St. Cloud Technical & Community College rushes to fill driver gap
Jake Barber of St. Joseph had been in the carpentry business for decades. But when the housing market took a turn for the worse, he was forced to make a change.
Four-axle walking beam suspension
The RWB-QUAD series of four-axle, walking beam suspensions is available in 120,000-pound and 200,000-pound capacities using 5 and 5 ¾-in. axles. Axle spacing is available in 50 and 56 in., and beam spacing can be customized.
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Coast Guard: No Damage Caused By Freighter Crash
The U.S. Coast Guard says a bulk freighter that ran aground on a manmade island in the waters off Long Beach did no damage to the environment and is now safely anchored in a moorage area.
Weekend Op-Ed: Why My Jeep Wrangler Is Greener Than Your Hybrid
The canoe is for aerodynamics
With fuel efficiency now a primary concern for automakers world wide, I’d like to gently remind my audience that your new hybrid takes a lot of energy and resources to build. That’s why used cars are almost always gree…
AIST developing lithium-copper air fuel cell
Researchers at Japan’s AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) report the development of a new type of lithium-copper air fuel cell using a hybrid electrolyte (organic electrolyte/solid electrolyte/aqueous electro…
Report: Toyota to bring Home EV chargers to market in 2012; expects to sell 50K PHEVs worldwide that year
The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. will start selling home battery chargers for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in 2012. Group firms Toyota Home and Toyota Industries Corp. will jointly develop the charger and will market it under the Toyo…
Study of emissions from CNG- and gasoline-fueled autorickshaws suggests measurements and data, not assumptions, should drive policy
Fuel-based particulate matter emission factors (A: PM2.5 mass, B: organic carbon fraction (OC/PM), C: elemental carbon fraction
(EC/PM)), global warming commitment (D: GWC-Kyoto, E: GWC-All), and F: fuel consumption. Credit: ACS, Reynolds et al. Cl…
Burning odor diverts Ireland-bound plane to Boston
A New Jersey flight bound for Ireland has been diverted to Boston after a burning odor was detected onboard.
Posco and LanzaTech to collaborate on conversion of flue gas to ethanol and key value-added products
New Zealand-based LanzaTech, developer of a proprietary gas fermentation technology (earlier post) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Posco, one of the largest steel producers in the world, covering the implementati…
Blog: Southwest Raises Airfares
By Jim Donovan: Southwest Airlines has announced that it is raising airfares by $10 round-trip . The airline cites rising jet fuel costs for the increase.