Posted on 11 June 2008 by Luke Hallam
Well, after using quite a few tank fulls of fuel on the commute to and from work I’m a bit disappointed. I’m consistently getting 320km from 19L of fuel. By my calculations that is 5.9L/100km. I said at the beginning of this that I was getting anywhere between 5.7 and 6.0L/100km. Either my original calculations were optimistic or I’m getting no advantage from the Fuelsaver.
Filed under: Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Motorcycles, Rants, Uncategorized | Tagged: BMW, Fuelsaver, Moletech, MTECH, R1150GS | 6 Comments »
Posted on 28 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The ASPO Australia web site has a transcript of an address given on 04 Mar 08 to the Brisbane Institute by the Honourable Andrew McNamara, Queensland Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation. In his presentation entitled “Highway of Diamonds” the Minister talks about sustainability in terms of climate change, peak oil and population density.
Filed under: Agriculture, Greenhouse gas, Peak oil, Rants | Tagged: Andrew McNamara, ASPO Australia, Climate Change and Innovation, Queensland Minister for Sustainability | 2 Comments »
Posted on 17 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
Now that the MV Beluga SkySails has completed her maiden voyage of 11,952 nautical miles SkySails are talking of kite double the size of the existing 160 square metre item. They are also planning on fitting kites with a sail surface of up to 600 square metres will be used on two larger Beluga P-Series carriers.
Filed under: Air, Greenhouse gas, Marine | Tagged: Beluga, MV Beluga Skysails, Skysails | No Comments »
Posted on 13 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
Great news for Greenfleet. They’ve become the first not-for-profit carbon offset provider to be approved by the Australian Government as Greenhouse Friendly™.
Filed under: Agriculture, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: Greenfleet, Greenhouse Friendly | No Comments »
Posted on 10 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The Cleanest Ship Project is proving that the application of higher specification fuel and exhaust treatment solutions can drastically reduce shipping emissions. While this sounds like common sense the Cleanest Ship Project is the first time I’ve heard of it being put into practice.
Filed under: Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Marine, Projects, Technology | Tagged: BP, Creating Inland Shipping, Techno Fysica, The Cleanest Ship | No Comments »
Posted on 8 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The fuel/air mixture in the new engine is ignited by a spark plug during starting and full load operation. At low and medium speeds, however, the gasoline engine morphs into a self-igniting unit operating on the diesel principle.
Filed under: Cars, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Technology | Tagged: Mercedes Benz, Daimler, DIESOTTO | No Comments »
Posted on 8 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The results from a study by an international collaboration between New Zealand’s Scion and AgResearch research instituets, Carter Holt Harvey and Verenium Corporation have found that there are no significant technical or supply barriers to producing ethanol from New Zealand’s softwood feedstocks, despite previous concerns that it was technically too difficult and too expensive.
Filed under: Agriculture, Biofuel, Ethanol, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: AgResearch, Carter Holt Harvey, Scion, Verenium | No Comments »
Posted on 3 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The Commonwealth Government has released a new fuel consumption and emissions label for all new light vehicles sold in Australia. The two main purposes of the label are to display the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the vehicle and show the amount of fuel consumed in city and highway conditions.
Filed under: Cars, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: ADR81/02, Fuel Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles | No Comments »
Posted on 2 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
German company Loremo AG is developing a pair of light weight aerodynamic cars powered by small turbo-diesel engines. The Loremo LS and Loremo GT both weigh less than 600kg and offer fuel economy of 2L/100km and 3L/100km respectively. The cars are due to go into production in 2009.
Filed under: Cars, Electricity, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: E-Loremo, Loremo AG, Loremo GT, Loremo LS | No Comments »
Posted on 1 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
Monash University researchers are saying car travel must be cut by at least 80 per cent, road construction halted and public transport boosted if Australia is to have any hope of meeting carbon emission targets to avoid dangerous climate change.
Filed under: Cars, Greenhouse gas, Public transport | Tagged: Monash University, Associate Professor Damon Honnery, Dr Patrick Moriarty, Professor Ross Garnaut | No Comments »
