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Narrator: Exercise 3.9. Lecture 3: Electric cars? Solar-powered buses? When most people imagine solutions to the problems of city air pollution they probably think of electricity and solar power. But the problem with an electric car is that the elect
EXPLORATIONS -February 27, 2002: Fuel Cell Cars By Mario Ritter VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell a
An increase in world oil prices is helping Vietnam speed economic growth and build new roads and bridges. But it also means higher fuel prices for its own people. Vietnam is not a major oil-producing nation like some Middle Eastern nations. However,
By Phil Mercer Sydney 22 May 2008 A couple has embarked on a journey around Australia in a car powered by leftover vegetable oil from fish and chip shops. Rachel and Gerard Mimmo plan to drive 18,000 miles in a specially designed four-wheel drive. Fr
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 22 January 2008 Israel has allowed a one-day delivery of food and fuel to the Gaza Strip, partially lifting a nearly week-long blockade of the territory. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. Israeli official
By Nino Gnecchi Nairobi 23 August 2006 Foreign diplomats based in Uganda are urging the Kampala government to deal more forcefully with charges that international donations to fight AIDS have been embezzled by officials once in the government. The c
Kenyans Outraged Over Rising Fuel Prices Discontent is rising in Kenya's public and private sectors over the record-setting price of fuel. With ongoing unrest in North Africa and border clashes in northern and southern Sudan, the price of fuel is rea
The roar of jet engines splits the air over the U.S. Navy's testing grounds in Patuxent River, Maryland, as an F-18 fighter plane takes to the skies. Powering this supersonic jet fighter is a fuel that is 50 percent petroleum-based and 50 percent der
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhuanet) -- A biotechnology(生物技术) company says it can produce diesel using the same ingredients(配制成分) that make grass grow, media reported on Monday. The Massachusetts company Joule Unlimited has created a genetica
Business 商业 Carmakers 汽车制造商 Revenge of the petrolheads 燃油车赢得先机 Fossil-fuel cars are getting much cleaner, making life hard for green ones 燃油汽车越来越环保了,环保汽车日子难过了 THE Chevrolet Volt, a c
BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China will raise the retail prices for gasoline and diesel by 300 yuan (47.53 U.S. dollars) per tonne starting Feb. 8, the country's top economic planner said Tuesday. The benchmark retail price of gasoline will be lifted
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 04 June 2008 India has raised domestic fuel prices, in the wake of the massive surge in international crude oil prices. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there are worries the move will fuel inflation at a cruci
Bryan Wilson works to cut pollution from cookstoves, two-stroke engines, diesel Shelley Schlender | Fort Collins, Colorado 10 May 2010 Engineer Bryan Willson is developing cleaner-running, more energy-efficient products for people in the developing w
Kenya is joining a long list of countries planning to produce diesel fuel from the poisonous-but-oil-rich seeds of the jatropha tree, a plant indigenous to South America. The tree is at the heart of a five-year strategy to develop a bio-fuel industr
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 19 February 2008 Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, has almost run out of gasoline, because political protests in southern districts have blocked deliveries for six days. The fuel shortage is causing long lines at gasoline pumps a
Business 商业报道 Carmakers 汽车制造商 Revenge of the petrolheads 燃油车赢得先机 Fossil-fuel cars are getting much cleaner, making life hard for green ones 燃油汽车越来越环保了,环保汽车日子难过了 THE Chevrolet Vol
I got a phone call from my husband the other day, Hey babe, can you take the car to get the oil changed please? It's overdue. As he works forty-five minutes from town, he rarely has time to run those errands back in Wenatchee, so he gets his secretar
China likely to cut fuel prices this month: analysts BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- China is likely to cut its gasoline and diesel prices this month, as the international crude oil prices to which China's prices are linked are expected to head south. Da
The State Council, China's cabinet, has released its timetable to upgrade fuel quality nationwide before 2017. The new standard for petrol and diesel, with sulphur content within 10 parts per million, is expected to be in practice nationwide by 2017.