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The Daily Five: Friday, 09 October, 2009

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T. Boone Pickens interview; Scrutinizing Carbon Capture; Zero-emissions Locomotive; Curved Solar Shingles; Toyota FT-EV II
Pickens on Weaning the U.S. From Foreign Oil Video – At the World Business Forum in New York, T. Boone Pickens, chairman of BP Capital Management, updates WSJ’s Paul Glader on his project to reduce the nation’s reliance on foreign oil.
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The Daily Five: Monday, 3 August, 2009

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Electric concept car conquers water, snow, and highway traffic; Army Offers 14,000 Acres for Solar; Renewables Eclipsing Nuclear Power?; FedEx Installs 2.4MW Solar Array; For Wind Turbines Trucks, Trains Pose Hazard
Electric concept car conquers water, snow, and highway traffic. This amphibious “car” uses special wheels that transform to match the terrain, so on paved road [...]

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The Daily Five: Monday, 27 July, 2009

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Texas gets largest wind farm; FedEx hybrid-electric trucks; Solar bluetooth speaker; Using superbugs for biofuels; Euorstar reduces train emissions
Texas gets largest wind farm in US. Energy start-up Baryonyx has won bids for three land leases from the state of Texas to build data centers powered primarily by wind farms. The Texas-based company’s leases include [...]

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The Daily Five: Tuesday, 16 June, 2009

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“Greener” boxcars; Smart power grids full of bugs; Algae-based biofuels slow to market; CNG-Powered Honda Civic; Solar-powered cellphone.
Union Pacific greening their shipping boxcars. Union Pacific has installed diesel refrigeration units on 700 of it’s boxcars in order to meet California Air Resources Board standards that take effect in July.
CNG-Powered Honda Civic GX could take [...]

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The Daily Five: Thursday, 11 June, 2009

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Low-emission locomotives; Roll-up solar panels; Green riding lawnmower; Motorcycle helmet that generates power; Recycle your home for $100,000
New Jersey getting new low-emission locomotives. As someone who uses the train for all my long-distance travel needs, this is welcome news. Anything that helps the rail industry become even cleaner is good in my book! [...]

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