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	<description>Doc Miles provide tips on fuel efficiency, gas mileage, and help improving your fuel economy to help fight high gas costs.</description>
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		<title>Seven Million Miles and $882,000 Dollars Later&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our little eco-driving community here at FuelClinic.com continues to grow.
Today we crossed the seven-million-mile mark of real-world fuel data based from members of our free non-commercial version of the site. There have been over 31,000 receipts entered into our database, documenting the real-world fuel efficiency of nearly 4,000 vehicles. We have been averaging ~500 new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/02/05/seven-million-miles-and-882000-dollars-later/</link>
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		<title>Shea Holbrook to Make Rookie World Challenge Run in 2010</title>
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GROVELAND, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2010)  &#8211; Shea Racing, LLC. is proud to announce its participation in the World Challenge season opener, March 26-28, at St Petersburg, Fla. Team owner and driver Shea Holbrook, 19, of Groveland, Fla., will strap-in and make her debut professional road race in the World Challenge Touring Car (TC) class. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/02/04/shea-holbrook-to-make-rookie-world-challenge-run-in-2010/</link>
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		<title>BREAKING: Tesla Motors Files S-1 Registration Statement for proposed IPO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tesla Motors has filed the S-1 Registration Statement with the SEC for a proposed public offering of it&#8217;s common stock &#8211; the first such IPO from an American auto manufacturer since Ford went public in 1956.
While the filing is an exciting sign of growth at Tesla, there&#8217;s a bit of bad news buried in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/02/01/breaking-tesla-motors-files-s-1-registration-statement-for-ipo/</link>
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		<title>VIDEO: Eco-Driving Techniques</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Europe, eco-driving is fairly popular as a means to save money and reduce emissions. Fuel costs are much higher than here in the US &#8211; fuel is heavily taxed and the per-gallon cost equivalent is $6 to $8 per gallon.
In Europe fuel is usually sold by the Liter and the standard of fuel economy is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/01/31/video-eco-driving-techniques/</link>
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		<title>FLASH: #55 FuelClinic.com Camaro invited to race in &#8220;24 Minutes of Daytona&#8221; this weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I recieved a call from an excited race car team owner Mike Kern, &#8220;We&#8217;ve been invited to race in the Rolex 24 Heritage Exhibition (aka &#8220;The 24 Minutes of Daytona&#8221;)&#8230; and I need you to help me prep the car&#8230;&#8221;

The Camaro was on display at the Grassroots Motorsports Magazine tent area, as planned, but race [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/01/28/flash-55-fuelclinic-com-camaro-invited-to-race-in-24-minutes-of-daytona-this-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Gas Prices Steadily Climb Again &#8211; What Have We Done To Stop It?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at this graph of average gas prices courtesy of GasBuddy.com and you&#8217;ll see that prices continue to rebound from the &#8220;crash&#8221; of 2008&#8230; which shouldn&#8217;t be a shock to anyone.

Not much has changed as far as our &#8220;oil addiction&#8221; since the &#8220;crash&#8221;. Looking back, it seems that Cash for Clunkers was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/01/25/gas-prices-steadily-climb-again-what-have-we-done-to-stop-it/</link>
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		<title>Configuring CarChip Pro for Hybrid Vehicles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a chance to test-drive the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid over the weekend. I connected one of our CarChip Pro data loggers to it to gather real-time data on speed, throttle position, engine load, and mass air flow. Unfortunately the CarChip Pro was not working properly with the Hybrid vehicle, and a quick inquiry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/01/22/configuring-carchip-pro-for-hybrid-vehicles/</link>
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		<title>Transformational Trucks: Determining the Energy Efficiency Limits of a Class-8 Tractor Trailer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rocky Mountain Institute: White Paper
Feasible technological improvements in vehicle ef?ciency, combined with “long combination vehicles” (which raise productivity by connecting multiple trailers), can potentially raise the ton-mile ef?ciency of long-haul heavy tractor-trailers by a factor ~2.5 with respect to a baseline of 130 ton-miles/gal. Within existing technological and logistical constraints, these innovations (which do not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/01/21/transformational-trucks-determining-the-energy-efficiency-limits-of-a-class-8-tractor-trailer/</link>
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		<title>Oprah Show: Distracted Driving &#8211; America&#8217;s New Deadly Obsession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey is using her considerable influence to educate motorists to the growing dangers of distracted driving, a topic near to our hearts here at FuelClinic.
Millions of people text, talk or e-mail on their cell phones while driving—a recent survey finds that 71 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 49 admit they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/01/21/oprah-show-distracted-driving-americas-new-deadly-obsession/</link>
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		<title>Dublin City Council is asking all drivers to reduce their carbon footprint by three per cent.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About the Eco-Friendly Driving Campaign
Dublin City Council, in partnership with Codema, Dublin’s sustainable energy agency, is asking all drivers to reduce their carbon footprint by three per cent.  This eco-friendly driving campaign is part of the MINUS 3% project, which aims to reduce Dublin City Council’s energy use by 33 per cent by 2020.
Dublin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/01/21/dublin-city-council-is-asking-all-drivers-to-reduce-their-carbon-footprint-by-three-per-cent/</link>
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		<title>Announcing: FuelClinic.com membership in Stuttgart&#8217;s &#8220;Cities for Mobility&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we are very pleased to announce FuelClinic.com membership in the Cities for Mobility network, created and coordinated by the city of Stuttgart, Germany to promote sustainable and efficient transport systems in the member cities.

&#8220;Cities for Mobility&#8221; is a global network on all questions regarding urban mobility. The network is coordinated by the City of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/01/18/announcing-fuelclinic-com-membership-in-stuttgarts-cities-for-mobility/</link>
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		<title>Fuelishness! Feed: Test Drive Taurus SHO w/ EcoBoost; Bioethanol Volvo Wins; Hybrids Offset Little Oil; How Much Is That Hybrid In The Window?</title>
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Test-drive: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO w/ EcoBoost &#8211; The EcoBoost V6 readily delivers on Ford&#8217;s claim that it produces V8-levels of power, and it also does it with V8 linearity. Torque reaches peak at a very low 1500rpm and rides a plateau all the way to 5250rpm, thanks to the diminutive size of the Honeywell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/01/17/fuelishness-feed-test-drive-taurus-sho-w-ecoboost-bioethanol-volvo-wins-hybrids-offset-little-oil-how-much-is-that-hybrid-in-the-window/</link>
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