Currently there are no E85 Fueling Stations in Alaska. Check back soon to see planned or current E85 Stations.

City of Hoover Government E85 Fueling Station
2020 Valleydale Road
Hoover
Private Government Access Only

The following is a list of the gas stations within the United States that offer the alternative fuel E85. The list includes all the states and show both public and private gas stations that offer E85 fuel. Learn more about E85 Fuel

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware

“The gap between what the science tells us is necessary and what the politics is delivering is still significant” - David Milibrand, Environment Secretary of Britain

Check out this summary of the climate and alternative fuel debate in 2006 in a BBC article by Richard Black called “Climate 2006: Rhetoric up, action down”

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Posted by Tim Roth, author of the political blog Think Anew and Act Anew

As discussed before in this blog, alternative energy is not only an economic and environmental issue. Ending our dependence on foreign oil is the best thing we can do for the citizens of oil-rich countries who are ruled by dictators. Thomas Friedman couldn’t said any better than this:

“As long as the monarchs and dictators who run these oil states can get rich by drilling their natural resources - as opposed to drilling the natural talents and energy of their people - they can stay in office forever. They can use oil money to monopolize all the instruments of power - army, police, and intelligence - and never have to introduce real transparency or power sharing. All they have to do is capture and hold the oil tap. They never have to tax their people, so the relationship between ruler and ruled is highly distorted. Without taxation, there is no representation.” - Thomas Friedman from The World is Flat

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Posted by Tim Roth, author of the political blog Think Anew and Act Anew

I recently found some great images of offshore wind farms. Although when I look out at the ocean around me here on the island of Oahu I enjoy seeing nothing. Just endless water (except for the occasional island depending on where you are and what direction you’re looking.)

But the idea of utilizing the vast openness of the large bodies of water just makes great sense! We as a world need to start looking into alternative energy options and having offshore wind farms is a giant step in the right direction.

You can see tons more of these pictures at Thrilling Wonder’s Picture Post. There’s lots of them there so be sure to check it out.

What do alternative energy and Christmas have in common?

LED Christmas lights. LED stands for light-emitting diode and this technology can be found everywhere from flashlights to traffic signs. For some interesting reading on LED technology, check out the Wikipedia article on the subject.

If you haven’t already put up your holiday lights yet, you should consider getting some LED lights. (I realize this article comes a bit late for many of you….I already set a reminder on my computer to post this article next year around Thanksgiving when people begin to string the lights up for the holiday season.)

Yes, they are more expensive upfront, but they will save you money in the long run. They are much more durable than the incandescent lights since there are no filaments to burn out or break. Plus, color incandescent bulbs fade because the colored plastic lens degrade in the elements. Since the color of LED lights is based on the actual chip rather than a colored lens, you can maintain vibrant colors year after year.

Most of important of all, they save energy and every bit of energy matters at a time when a growing and modernizing world requires more and more energy. LED lights use a jaw-dropping 1/100th of the energy a old-fashioned incandescent light.

According to a Department of Energy study in 2003, holiday lighting costs 2.2 billion kWh (kilowatt-hours) of electricity a year. If everybody in the country switched to LED lights, we could save an estimated 2 billion kWh every year!!

Think about all the holiday lights across the world and how much energy could be saved. That’s electricity that could be used to power electric cars and replace the heating oil needed by many to keep warm this winter. That’s a lot of oil that could be saved, folks.

I don’t about you, but I’m dreaming of a “Green” Christmas!

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Posted by Tim Roth, author of the political blog Think Anew and Act Anew

In his book An Inconvenient Truth, former Vice-President Al Gore talked about a well-respected study by Princeton researchers Robert Socolow and Stephen Pacala that describes how “humanity already possesses the fundamental scientific, technical, and industrial know-how to solve the carbon and climate problems for the next half-century.”

Currently, the United States is emitting about 1.8 Gigatons of carbon every year. Mr. Socolow and Mr. Pacala concluded that a “business as usual” approach to policies such as car mileage standards and alternative energy would result in 2.6 Gigatons of annual U.S. carbon emissions by 2050.

Through six different categories of policy changes, the researchers predicted that we could lower annual carbon emissions to roughly 1.0 Gigatons by 2050. This is would be back down to the carbon levels of 1970.

What are these six different categories? They all are affordable and already-existing technologies that in combination would make a gigantic difference.

1. Reduction from more efficient use of electricity in heating and cooling systems, lighting, appliances, and electronic equipment.

2. Reduction from end-use efficiency, meaning that we design buildings and businesses to use far less energy than they currently do.

3. Reduction from increased vehicle efficiency by manufacturing cars that run on less gas and putting more hybrid and fuel-cell on the roads.

4. Reduction from making other changes in transport efficiency, such as designing cities and towns to have better mass transit systems and building heavy trucks that have greater fuel efficiency.

5. Reduction from increased reliance on renewable energy technologies that already exist, such as wind and biofuels.

6. Reduction from the capture and storage of excess carbon from power plants and industrial activities.

Conclusion: We can do this….we have to do this.

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Posted by Tim Roth, author of the political blog Think Anew and Act Anew

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, a new study from the Global Carbon Project found a sharp acceleration of human carbon emissions. Up until the year 2000, global carbon emissions rose annually 1%. Now the emissions are rising at 2.5% per year.

While these percentages seem small, consider that in 2000 we emitted 6.8 billion tons (gigatons, Gt) of carbon and 2005’s total was 7.9 Gt.

Yet another reminder that we as a planet have some serious work to do.

For further reading, check out the BBC article on this carbon emission study.

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Posted by Tim Roth, author of the political blog Think Anew and Act Anew

Leventhorpe school in Sawbridgeworth has decided to lead the way when it comes to communities going green. They’ve decided to install a wind turbine to help power the school.

The turbing will produce enough electricity to power three family homes which will save the school 1,200 pounds a year. That’s 14,000 kWh of electricity within the shool year making this school one of the first and hopefully not the last.

The cost to install one of these turbines at a school like Leventhorpe is 20,000 pounds. The students determined that in the first month of service they created enough energy to toast 24,371 pieces of bread! That’s a lotta toast. Hope it’s a big school.

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