Terms: scouting
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• Science > Ecology > Energy Efficiency > Autos
• Science > Catastrophic Climate Change > Biomass and Biochar > Biochar Soil

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1. Automotive X Prize (PopularMechanics.com)
   "PM's expert car editors have watched this $10 million competition from the beginning, test driving some of the most fuel-efficient cars in the world, following the first teams to sign up—even sponsoring one. Now, as gas prices soar and the AXP entry pool officially opens, we take a detailed look at the most promising startups. These are the innovators we believe at this point have a very real shot at winning the X Prize—and developing a mass-market 100-mpg vehicle. (We'll examine some of the race's unsung heroes soon.) Adhering to the X Prize Foundation's rules, we analyzed all 64 entrants thus far based on six factors—technological feasibility, fuel economy, design, performance, price and production reality. The result is the most comprehensive, up-to-date scouting report on the field for the ultimate car of tomorrow." 06-08

2. Biochar for Carbon Sequestration (Bioenergy.org)
   "Biochar also reduces emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas produced by soil microbes that's 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide, by up to 80 per cent, according to the International Biochar Initiative. The reduction isn't just the effect of applying less fertiliser, says Cowie."
   
   "Government agencies in New South Wales have already been scouting out suitable sites for commercial-scale pyrolysis plants, Cowie says, and have identified "half a dozen locations" where a plant could be supplied with 50,000 tonnes of biomass a year, the amount of feedstock a commercial plant could burn." 05-09