ZME Science
Firefighting in space might lead to important combustion advancements
ZME Science
(c) NASA Combustion in space occurs at much lower temperatures and with a lower amount of required oxygen, and to better understand the process, scientists established the Flame Extinguishment Experiment, known as FLEX. The experiment was set-up on the ...

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The Milk Man's Lesson: Car Choice Can Work
NewsMax.com
The bills call for “fuel competition” to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign imports through greater use of domestic energy sources, and for an annually increasing percentage of automobiles sold in the UnitedStates to be flex-fuel capable.

Torque News
Insights, revelations from Mark Templin's AIADA address
Torque News
“Today, there are a wide variety of choices for alternative fuel vehicles. In fact, there are more than 150 hybrids, clean diesels, electrics and flex-fuel cars on dealer lots and consumers have more than 265 choices of fuel efficient models that get ...

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Alaska Dispatch
Flame Dances on Board Space Station
Scientific American
Working remotely from a NASA center in Cleveland, they ignite small droplets of liquid fuel in a combustion chamber on the space station. The three-year-old project is called the Flame Extinguishment Experiment, or FLEX. A second round of experiments ...
How Do You Fight Fire in Space?Space Daily
International Space Station experiment explores fire in micro-gravityGeek

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NSBNEWS.net
Volusia County Chairman Frank Bruno in final state of county address: 'Our ...
NSBNEWS.net
Fuel costs have been cut by $2.4 million since 2008, and the County fleet now includes about 250 flex-fuel or hybrid electric vehicles. These greener vehicles have increased fuel efficiency and reduced green house emissions. The artificial reef program ...

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Peoria city, county won't share top IT post
Peoria Journal Star
On other matters, staff with the governments are working on an agreement to have the county assume responsibility for inspecting city bridges, as well as for a procedure to permit county employees to refuel government-owned flex-fuel vehicles at the ...

Jr Deputy Accountant
Ethanol is (Still) a Rip Off
Jr Deputy Accountant
Ordinary consumers driving a "flex-fuel" vehicle may experience a drop (~15%) in fuel mileage when using 85% ethanol products (the compression ratio is fixed mechanically, and electronic sensors can only modify the timing of the spark and allow the ...

NextGen Journal
Why Gasoline Should Cost $10 per Gallon
NextGen Journal
In theory, fuel-efficient cars and a reduced carbon footprint are great ideas. People love the concept of buying a quiet, stylish hybrid or the newest “flex fuel” F-150. Yet “going green” will not ultimately motivate people when they can simply ...

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Financial Post
The case for biofuels in our energy mix
Financial Post
By Tim Haig Fossil fuels are an integral part of the global economy, and will be for many years. But that doesn't mean we can't continue to introduce alternatives into Canada's energy mix or explore new, innovative fuel sources.

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msnbc.com
Experiment Investigates How to Fight Fire in Space
Space.com
The Flame Extinguishment Experiment, known as FLEX, aims to better understand how. For example, in the weightless environment of orbit, flames can burn at a lower temperature and require less oxygen to ignite than they do in normal gravity.
Experiments look at how to fight fire in spacemsnbc.com

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Fuel makers talk RFS, tax incentives at summit
Iowa Farmer Today
This makes it extremely difficult for any new fuel mixture to gain market access. One thing that would change that picture and somewhat level the playing field is to mandate every car sold in the country be a flex-fuel vehicle, said Gal Luft, ...
Groundhog DayBiofuels Digest

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E85 Sales Hit by Ethanol Tax Credit Expiration
Global Warming (blog)
E85 sales more accurately reflect what an actual competitor to gasoline would look like, as E10 blends only supplement regular fuel production. While there are a number of flex-fuel vehicles on the road (FFVs) capable of running on any blend of ethanol ...

Forbes
How China Will Conquer The US Auto Industry
Forbes
For Korea, that push is largely in flex-fuel vehicles, said Lee. For China, it's inexpensive models. “Chinese just think first price, like we (Koreans) did, maybe ten years ago,” said Lee, adding that higher quality will come next.

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A low-cost, low-risk path to meeting US biofuels targets
Biofuels Digest
Third, the distribution of the fuel, whether through existing blending waivers (eg E10 ethanol or B10 biodiesel), expanded waivers (eg E15 ethanol), higher blends through flex-fuel car manufacturing (eg E30, E85), or drop-in fuels.
Fuel makers talk RFS, tax incentives at summitIowa Farmer Today

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Obama Directs Military to Cut Petroleum Consumption 30 Percent
NCTechNews (press release)
In order to comply with and support these directives, Fort Bragg partnered with the Defense Energy Supply Center and the Army Petroleum Center to construct the Green Biofuel Superstation to serve its flex-fuel fleet and other military-owned equipment.

Driver's journal: 2012 GMC Sierra 1500
Montreal Gazette
Filled the tank up with 81 litres of fuel. Had driven about 500 kilometres during the week, and I wondered how this new fire red 2012 GMC would look, sitting permanently in my driveway. The Specs ? Engine/transmission: 5.3-L V-8 Flex Fuel w/6-speed ...

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Video: Fighting fires in space
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
Perhaps most useful for the space station, the FLEX experiments determined an index for completely fire-safe air. Meaning, the limit where there is not enough oxygen in the air for fuel to ignite. The team found this limiting oxygen index for methanol ...
How do you fight fire in space? Experiments provide some answersPhysOrg.com

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Forbes
California's Dreaming: It Thinks It Can Force You To Buy A Car You Don't Want
Forbes
Baby Boomers were just starting to flex their buying power. Then fuel economy standards were mandated and guess what? Consumers started gravitating towards SUV's and pickups because the cars that were being offered by automakers to meet mandated fuel ...

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Hoosier Ag Today
Indiana Well-Positioned for Ethanol Future
Hoosier Ag Today
Buis told HAT that the second part of the new ethanol strategy is to foster the installation of flex fuel pumps around the US that allow consumers to choose the blend of ethanol they want. Indiana is well-positioned to take advantage of this new ...

FlexEnergy Adds Three Industry Leaders to Its Board of Directors
MarketWatch (press release)
FlexEnergy Inc manufactures a product line of gas turbines with the lowest emissions and widest fuel flexibility. The energy-efficient Flex Turbine(TM) MT250 is the leader in its class with hundreds of thousands of field operating hours burning low to ...

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