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Sunday, 23 July 2006
 

Calif. temperatures spark record power use (AP).

Crowds gather to watch the U.S. Open of Surfing trials in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Saturday, July 22, 2006. (AP Photo/Oscar Hidalgo)AP - Triple digit temperatures smashed records across California Saturday, straining thermometers and air conditioners and prompting dozens of scattered electricity outages that left residents sizzling.


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Hydrogen fuel cell company starts small (AP).

Taras Wankewycz,  founder of Horizon, explains the hydrogen-powered system Tuesday July 11, 2006 in Shanghai, China. This month, the company will begin sales in the U.S. and other major markets of a tiny hydrogen fuel cell car, complete with its own solar-powered refueling station, that Wankewycz and his partners say is a step toward making the technology commercially viable for the mass market. (AP Photo/Elaine Kurtenbach)AP - It's a dream that's been pursued for years by governments, energy companies and automakers so far without success: Mass-producing affordable hydrogen-powered cars that spew just clean water from their tailpipes.


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Cooking oil cars turn the table on high fuel prices (AFP).

Used cooking oil from a holding barrel behind an Ashton, Maryland, restaurant is pumped into a collection tank. A growing number of Americans are setting up mini-refineries in their homes to produce biodiesel, a fuel made from waste cooking oil which is cleaner and cheaper than the petrol sold in gas stations.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - A growing number of Americans are setting up mini-refineries in their homes to produce biodiesel, a fuel made from waste cooking oil which is cleaner and cheaper than the petrol sold in gas stations.


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