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Mitsubishi electric car flooding the city of Normal, Ill.

Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Motors is flooding the city of Normal, Ill., with up to 1,000 of its electric cars In an effort to prove electric cars will work — are “normal” — even in the smaller cities of middle America, Mitsubishi Motors … Continue reading

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High Horsepower Locomotives

High Horsepower Locomotives 2-6-6-6  ”Allegheny” class From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 2-6-6-6 (in Whyte notation) is an articulated locomotive type with 2 leading wheels, two sets of six driving wheels and six trailing wheels. Only two classes of the 2-6-6-6 … Continue reading

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Natural Gas Fueled Trucks

Natural Gas Fueled Trucks Mack Trucks, Inc. Brings Natural Gas Power To Refuse Applications New Freightliner natural gas truck Waste Management Fueling Trash Trucks with Natural Gas COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) AS A TRANSPORTATION FUEL Clean Burning Natural Gas Vehicles  … Continue reading

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More Twin Groves Windfarm Pictures

More Twin Groves Windfarm Pictures One of World’s Largest Wind Farms, Bloomington, Il. Giant Windmills of McLean County Horizon Wind Energy LLC Located on the wind-swept Bloomington Moraine in eastern McLean County, Twin Groves Wind Farm offers 396 megawatts of … Continue reading

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Twin Groves Wind Farm (Ellsworth Illinois)

Twin Groves Wind Farm (Ellsworth Illinois) One of World’s Largest Wind Farms, Bloomington, Il. WJBC AM 1230 http://www.wjbc.com reports that 37 of the 240 turbines to be erected at the Twin Groves wind farm in Ellsworth, Illinois are up and … Continue reading

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T Boone Picken’s – Energy Plan

T Boone Picken’s Energy Plan   pickensplan T. Boone Pickens gives an extended account T Boone Picken’s, Energy Plan. See the link in my Blogroll, I have no opinion yet other than since he put it out there, it wouldn’t … Continue reading

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American Solar Car Challenge arrives at Normal checkpoint

American Solar Car Challenge arrives at Normal checkpoint American Solar Challenge American Solar Car Challenge arrives at Normal checkpoint American Solar Challenge and Renewable Resource Day A partnership between the CDM, ISU CeMaST, and Uptown Normal Illinois State University – Department … Continue reading

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Union Pacific – Gas Turbines

Union Pacific  Gas Turbines  Union Pacific Turbines of the Wasatch Union Pacific “Gas Turbine“ Union Pacific “Gas Turbine” Locomotive Early experimental Gas Turbine Union Pacific “Gas Turbines” Locomotive Gas Turbines Union Pacific has long sought the biggest and best locomotives … Continue reading

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I Think There is Enough Oil in the Drains of My Trailer Park to…

I Think There is Enough Oil in the Drains of My Trailer Park to… I think there is enough Oil in the Drains of my Trailer Park to become completely “Energy Independent” Forever? Also, some of the people I know … Continue reading

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