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August 28, 2008 · Filed Under Fuelishness!

Oil prices climbed for a third day Wednesday as fears deepened that Tropical Storm Gustav could enter the Gulf of Mexico as a powerful hurricane and disrupt oil and natural gas production.
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A divided Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday in support of offshore drilling, after an impassioned daylong hearing in which this year’s record gas prices trumped the memory of a disastrous oil spill.
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Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said the department is considering programs that would cut down on fuel usage, including purchasing flex-fuel vehicles in the future and having officers share vehicles.
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Swift Enterprises. The company, which is based in Indiana, has developed a renewable jet fuel made from landfill waste, sorghum, algae, woodchips, and other feedstocks.Â
Scientists are looking into Helium-3, which is found in abundance on the moon, as an alternative fuel. Helium-3 is non-radioactive fuel source. It is a cleaner and safer energy source compared to other nuclear fuels. Though Helium-3 has been found on earth, there isn’t much of it. Moon rocks however, brought back to earth have provided evidence of good amounts of Helium-3 on the moon.