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Oct 9, 2012

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA

* California / USA - Gas Prices Hit $4.67, The Governor Steps In 
Sacramento,CAL,USA -The Car Connection, by Richard Read -Oct 8, 2012: -- If you live in California, you're already accustomed to high gas prices, but to see those prices surge more than $1 per gallon in a week? That's extreme, and Governor Jerry Brown, is now trying to reverse the trend... The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in California currently sits at $4.67... Over the weekend, Governor Brown told the California Air Resources Board to initiate emergency measures to bring down the price of gas. One of those measures involves authorizing California's refineries to switch immediately to winter-blend production... 

* California / USA - Study: Charbroiled Burgers Fire Up Diesel Prospects 
Riverside,CAL,USA -Wards Auto, by Tom Murphy -Oct. 5, 2012: -- Modern, clean-burning diesel engines have managed to dislodge many Americans’ dark memories of smoky, noisy oil burners from 30 years ago. And yet, diesels remain a small part of the U.S. vehicle fleet... That may change after University of California-Riverside researchers, funded by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, determined commercially cooked hamburgers emit more particulate matter than heavy-duty diesel trucks... An 18-wheeler would have to drive 143 miles (230 km) on the freeway to generate as many particulate emissions as one 1/3-lb. (0.15-kg) flame-broiled hamburger patty...

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