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• Stinkweed in your fuel tank? Maybe some day
ALBANY, N.Y. - The request caught dairy farmer Brian Ziehm off guard: Would he devote an acre of his fields near the Vermont line this fall to grow stinkweed? "It was like, 'What the heck? I've been trying to get rid of these things for 30 years. Now ...
• Alaska residents cash in on annual dividend
On top of that, the checks will include another $1,200 from the state treasury to help offset soaring fuel prices. The one-time energy boost was proposed by Gov.
• Airlines expected to lose $5.2 billion this year
IATA predicts airlines will spend $186 billion on jet fuel this year, $50 billion more than they did a year ago. Fuel will make up 36 percent of carriers' costs this year, IATA predicts.
• Bush pushes offshore drilling
Yet while record fuel prices have focused more attention on increasing domestic energy production, experts also note that lifting the congressional ban on offshore drilling wouldn't produce more oil for five to seven years.
• Honda to bring back Insight name for hybrid
It will be a five-door hatchback compact, whose design is based on the sleek FCX Clarity, Honda’s fuel cell vehicle, according to Honda. “The name Insight was chosen to denote Honda’s ’insight’ into a new era in which hybrid vehicles come ...