The Campaign for Clean Diesels – Are Diesels “Greener” than Hybrids?

Have you seen the new Audi campaign, “Diesel – It’s no longer a dirty word”, promoting clean diesel technology? Below is a YouTube video from Audi of America. [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9lTGnvHMTw[/youtube] So what are the advantages of “Clean Diesel’s” over traditional gasoline engines? And even hybrids? Diesels got a bad

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“Green” Auto Repair Facilities

Becoming green in business is smart. It is good for the environment, good for consumers, and is just the right thing to do. Auto repair facilities can change their habits to become green. One organization, the Green Business Program, developed by San Francisco Bay Area local governments in collaboration with

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Hydrogen and Ethanol Out? Electric In? – A Paradigm Shift?

It was just 6 years ago that former President Bush announced a $1.2 billion dollar initiative to accelerate hydrogen fuel cell technology. Has the pendulum now swung the other way? Recently President Obama cut $100 million from the 2010 fiscal budget in the hydrogen fuel cell program. The reasons cited

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