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...Lost in reveries of the end of an era, I neglect to notice that my left knee has strayed beyond the chrome curlicues that bound the passenger seat, breaking one of the cardinal rules of riding in tuk tuks. There's a loud thwack, a roar of exhaust and a fiery jolt of pain in my kneecap. A goggled gladiator on a motorbike has clipped me on his way past, without even stopping to see if I am O.K. Wiset pulls over at the next set of lights. As I abandon the tuk tuk and hobble off in search...
...push British diesel prices north of $4.50 a gal.: by filling up with vegetable oil at half the cost or, better yet, with used cooking oil from fish-and-chip shops. Filter with methanol, and voila! But undercover cops have begun to sniff out these alternative-fuel users (the exhaust smells like french fries) and nail them for tax evasion. And while diesel cars can run well on such oils--so long as all the glycerin, water and other contaminants have been removed--the homemade stuff can gunk up an engine. Meanwhile, British foodmakers like Wal-Mart subsidiary ASDA have...
...right to "an effective remedy before a national authority, not- withstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity." Having failed to get justice from Moscow, the Chechen plaintiffs are seeking their remedy through Strasbourg. "It is impossible for complainants in Russia to exhaust all the local remedies," says Alexander Petrov of Human Rights Watch's Moscow office, "particularly so for complainants from Chechnya." The Russian government argued the case should not be heard in Strasbourg since there were still domestic remedies to be explored. But the Court said this assertion was so closely linked...
According to the website of the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition (NGVC), the carbon content of natural gas is lower than that of any other fossil fuel. Natural gas vehicles decrease the amount of exhaust emissions...
LANCASTER: Maybe eight or 10 years. The major auto companies have prototypes, and today you can actually put down your credit card and buy a fuel-cell product. Coleman Powermate [a division of Sunbeam] just started selling a quiet, exhaust-free generator that uses our technology. It's for industry--it costs $5,995--but a consumer version is due in the next few months. General Electric is involved in fuel cells. They have an investment in one of our competitors [Plug Power...