In October of 2005 consumer reports did a study on the EPA rated MPG’s and the actual received.  In most cases the actual was well below the EPA, in some cases as much as 50%.  In this same study Consumer Reports posted what they believed were big contributors to fuel economy loss.  Here is what [...]

 
          While both nationally and globally we wait for a renewable energy explosion to finally offer relief at the pump, we find there are small efforts we can make to keep our consumption of gas down.  Everything from not topping off your tank when you fill up to making sure your air filter is clean, [...]

At Ohio State University, the future of solar technology is being made.  Recently researchers discovered a way to capture all the energy of all visible sunlight.  By combining certain conductive plastics and alloy they created a material that is capable of generating far more output than conventional photovoltaic cells.
Using a supercomputer to model different [...]