GPS News  
ENERGY TECH
German auto industry says ready for biofuel ramp-up

by Staff Writers
 Frankfurt (AFP) April 3, 2008
 Germany's automakers association played down concerns Thursday that large numbers of cars would be incompatible with a new biofuel mix that the government wants to introduce to cut emissions.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to double the proportion of biofuel in petrol to 10 percent by 2010 as part of the country's efforts to fall in with European Union aims to reduce the bloc's carbon footprint.

The ADAC motorists club said that up to three million cars on German roads would have problems with the new fuel but the VDA automakers association on Thursday put the number at around 360,000.

"The German automotive industry has done its homework and stuck to its word," VDA president Matthias Wissmann said in a statement.

Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel had said that the project might have to go back to the drawing board if the number of incompatible vehicles was over one million. He was to give a press conference on Friday on the scheme.

The big unknown is foreign manufacturers, however, who have yet to say how many of their cars will not conform.

The VDIK, the association of foreign carmakers in Germany, said they would make a statement later Thursday or on Friday.

Related Links
 Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com


Memory Foam Mattress Review
SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
 Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


ENERGY TECH
World cooling on biofuel solution to climate change
 Jakarta (AFP) April 1, 2008
 Once a golden promise in the fight against climate change, biofuels are fast losing their lustre as high demand for essential crops drives land clearing and pushes up the price of food.






AEROSPACE
  • World grapples with aviation's climate change footprint
  • Europe's EADS finds sweet home in Alabama despite uproar
  • A380 superjumbo makes European debut in London
  • Aviation industry must act fast on climate change: Airbus chief

    • CAR TECH
  • Thailand approves 688 mln dlrs in eco-car investments
  • Sandia's Fleet Services Department Exceeds DOE Fuel And Energy Efficiency Standards
  • Hydrogen fueling stations stall in Calif.
  • New York inches towards traffic congestion charge

    • MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
  • Lockheed Martin Team Awarded AMF JTRS Contract
  • Lockheed Martin Team Achieves Major Milestone On US Navy's Mobile User Objective System
  • BAE And USAF To Develop New Technologies For Mission Management
  • Lockheed Martin Wins Contract To Support Defense Department High Performance Computing Centers

    • MISSILE DEFENSE
  • US, Czech Republic agree on missile defense radar
  • NATO orders missile study, urges Russia to link up defences
  • Bush sees 'unprecedented' cooperation with Russia on missiles
  • BMD Watch: JLENS passes Army PDR

    • FARM NEWS
  • Specially-Designed Soils Could Help Combat Climate Change
  • Chips Could Speed Up Detection Of Livestock Viruses
  • Russia calls for sturgeon fishing ban in Caspian
  • Consensus reached to fight tuna overfishing: Japan

    • DISASTER MANAGEMENT
  • Big Tokyo quake would cause human gridlock: study
  • Disasters In Small Communities: Researchers Discuss How To Help
  • Raytheon Develops Advanced Concrete Breaking Technology For Urban Search And Rescue
  • Floods, cyclones, devastate southern Africa: UN

    • TECH SPACE
  • Russia's Progress Develops New Bion-M Biosatellite
  • Researchers Explore Materials Degradation In Space
  • CEE Researchers Unravel The Secrets Of Spider Silk's Strength
  • Satellites Take Sustainability To New Heights

    • ROBO SPACE
  • European Space Freighter cleared to dock with ISS: ESA
  • Toshiba robot can do the job of the remote control
  • Jules Verne Set For Next Step On Road To Automated Station Docking
  • High-Schoolers Go Into Overdrive At FIRST Robotics Competition

    • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement