it's ethanol and biodiesel philips stations starting to pop up in northern california. >> we provideice to customers at the pump and give them choices beyond standard petroleum products. today we're selling 85 ethanol and biodiesel and tomorrow we'll be selling hydrogen, electric vehicle charging, whatever makes sense at the time. >> reporter: while flex fuels are less expensive, drivers get between 20 and 30% fewer miles to the gallon, still propel is banking on consumers like paul we cough preferring lower cost and environmental benefits. >> the price is lower but there's energy independence that we're all working on and the lower emissions especially. >> the high tech doesn't end there. consumers and companies contract fuel consumption online. that's good for fleet usesers like the u.s. postal service with 43,000 flex fuel vehicles nationwide, they're already propel customers. >> when the prices of gasoline go up, every penny it goes up costs the post office $8 million. >> a messages that's got as much mileage today. >> it can gave you money. >> money? >> as it did generations ago

this is a biodiesel plant. you see a few workers milling abo about. we are being told, however, that there is no threats, they don't believe, in the atmosphere, at least some of these firefighters and some of the people around. what was happening here is that chemu chemu chemicals were being mixed and this is at a factory on the west side of chicago. chemicals were being mixed and a truck was also unloading at a diesel truck at a time. two people injured and one of those injuries being called fair and the other being called serious injuries. no other injuries to report at this time. but, again, some of the latest video we are getting in. firefighters, again, this could have been a much worse situation when you're dealing with chemicals like this. firefighters out there working and the reason why they're not in hazmat suits you oftentimes see they say even though this is a level two hazmat situation, they do not believe there is any threat or any chemicals out in the atmosphere that could be a threat to anyone. two people injured and we'll continue to

in rhode island, newport biodiesel is producing a cheaper form of home heating oil for rhode island families by recycling restaurant grease. al terrace renewables is creating jobs in rhode island, installing solar energy systems on residential homes. i recently visited a home in charleston, rhode island, where a family has a new al terra solar system on their roof and heard about the significant energy savings they will achieve. this is a fraction of the scale needed to revolutionize our economy. the american people, our researchers, entrepreneurs and workers from the largest, most sophisticated research institutions and corporations to our smallest local businesses can create clean-energy jobs everywhere in the united states. in urban areas, as well as rural, in the rustbelt as well as the wheat belt, in our deserts and on our coast. all they need is for us in congress to set the economic parameters correctly, to level the playing field with foreign competition, to meet the market for investment in these products. america is waiting for congress to act. as i close, let me address a couple o

and formula three regulations don't allow biodiesel engines to race anyway. the answer lies in the application. >> these are the early days of these materials so some of them have been quite challenging. but in the future, we hope they'll spread into other forms of motor sports and race cars. >> reporter: so, what do the experts think? first, the environmental academic. >> it appears all very nice if you just think about your own little usage. oh, yes, we can make ourselves green by using all this stuff that's made from corn or from sugar beet or whatever. but then if you say, well, okay, what is that displacing and what is it doing for the poor people in the world in terms of their price of food, then there are very much limitations on how much one could grow that. >> reporter: and the racing experts. does it make the grade for formula three? >> not only are you going to have to create new cars with new designers with new people and a new factory to come to a new formula, but you are suggesting that maybe they're going to have a new energy power. to bring al

the plant manufactures biodiesel fuel from oil. >>> steve mcnair's killer is dead. the policeade an arrest in the case, charging the man who they say supplied the gun to mcnair's girlfriend, the same gun she used to kill mcnair and herself. paul wagner is here with the latest. >> reporter: two days before mcnair was found shot to death on the couch of a nashville kind oh, federal agents say adrian gilian jr. sold a gun to the retired nfl quarterback's mistress for 100. the sale was not illegal. it was the possession of the gun, ex-cons are not permitted under the law to own or possess fire arms. federal agents say gilian jr. was convicted in florida in 1993 of first-degree murder and three counts of robbed armory. three days before mcnair was murdered, the girlfriend met the man in the parking lot where she worked. earlier that same day, kase was busted for dwi. >> these laws that rise out of shooting debts in the 16th are basically -- deaths in the 16th, are basically laws -- prevents anyone who is convicted to have a firearm, that has travelled interstate commerce

biodiesel, electricity, natural gas. but the other thing is the technology has improved. now go 120 hours in these cars without having to plug it in. right? and the -- you should see the chart. the chart goes like this. from 1999 when 304 people had joined car sharing services, you can look at it right here and the chart keeps going up. to right now when were aat re 309,000 people doing this. zip cartels us that 80% of the customers want alternative fuel cars. >> where is this really taking off? any particular section of the country. >> it is interesting right here in baltimore, not too far away you can test drive electric cars right at the harbor free from now until the end of july and starting in august a company called altcar will have ten that you can use. hertz is getting in to the game, as is enterprise. so you are finding in the hubs where these car feelers are is where you are seeing the most use and obviously in cities. it is so much cheaper to pay $7 to rent a car to renn an electric car versus $9 an hour for another car. >> it is good for the energy, environmen

. >>> an explosion ripped through a biodiesel plant today. two people were hurt.e chicago fire department says the blast was caused by a chemical reaction, possibly sparked by a soul furyk acid spill. part of the roof caved in. a number of buildings were evacuated as a precaution. another fire tore through a miami beach mansion. it is a place known as the north bay road castle. it was built in 1925. had ten bedrooms, 7 1/2 bathrooms. no one was firefighters trying out what sparked the fire. >>> two fridays ago a flint hill virginia man found himself face to face th a bear inside of his own tcki he digil pocoest rrennd shows house us how the managed to get inside, the bear that is. >> reporter: the intruder made his way to bob dennis ' house. bob was barely awake when his dog shadow woke him up. >> i never know what he is barking at. >> reporter: he tried to get his bearings as he made his way to the kitchen when he says he saw a black bear. >> his paw is on the couldn'ter eating out of this cat dish. >> pressing bob further he admits further he admits he never saw

stating that this bill includes a provision that allows a 90% federal share for the entire cost of a biodiesel bus. mr. olver: the gentleman from oklahoma is correct, section 164 of this bill allows that. mr. boren: i understand the biodiesel provision was included in this in several past transportation appropriations bills for air quality and petroleum displacement reasons. however, i would like to jug zest to the chairman there's no reason not to extend the same 90% of the total vehicle cost benefits offered to a biodiesel bus to a natural gas bus. natural gas powered buses produce 22% less greenhouse gases than comparable standard diesel buses. and they have proven -- a proven track record of displacing imported petroleum. it is my hope that the gentleman will be willing to work with me on this issue to provide 90% of the total vehicle costs of natural gas buses. mr. olver: i yield the gentleman an additional minute. mr. boren: helping replace the existing diesel buses with new, fuel-efficient alternative-fueled ones this would make a significant contribution in america's strategy for energ

. >> they have converted the cocoa butter into die biodiesel. and the apple?>> you can extract fuel from anything that has oil in it. thank you very much. >> let's look at the car as a whole. the diesel engine can run on waste materials. some of the body work uses hemp fibers and recycled bottles. the seat uses foam made from soybeans. the steering wheel is made from carrots and the wing mirrors contain potato starch. but what's the point of it? after all, the car is fast, 140 miles per hour, but not fast enough. it would need to hit 160 miles per hour to have a chance of winning a race and formula three regulations don't allow biodiesel engines to race anyway. the answer lies in the application. >> these are the early days of these material. so some of them have been really quite challenging to make the parts on our car, but in the future certainly we hope that they will spread into other forms of motor sport. >> so what do the experts think? first the environmental acade c academic. >> it appears very nice if you think about your own little usage. yes, we ca

and formula 3 races don't allow biodiesel cars to race anyway. in the application. >> these are the early days of the materials. some have been quite challenging to make parts in on our car but in the future we hope they'll spread into other forms of motor sport and road cars. >> reporter: so what do the experts think? first environmental academic. >> it's nice when you think of your own usage, oh, yes, we can be green when we use this stuff from corn or sugar beet or whatever. then you think okay, what's that displacing and what's it doing for the poor people of the world in terms of their price of food? then there are very much limitations. >> reporter: and the racing expert -- does it make the grade for formula 3. >> not only are you going to have to create new cars with designer and a new factory to come up with a new formula, but you're suggesting maybe they're going to have a new energy power. to bring all that together at the same time is probably quite a challenge. >> reporter: the bottom line is -- >> i'm a slightly frustrated racing car

from the production of biodiesel at red birch and henry, to nanotechnology at luna nanoworks around danville. we must ensure that our small businesses, the dynamic engine of our economy are not left behind in the conduct of new breakthrough research. while i share concerns about opening the program up to venture capitalist firms, i ask my colleagues to support the small businesses over the petro dictators. vote for this rule and this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd now like to yield three minutes to our distinguished colleague from michigan, mr. ehlers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. ehlers: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i'm pleased that the bill before us today leaves the amount set aside for extra budgets of 2.5% for the sbir and .3% for sttr programs, and that that remains unchanged. last year the house considered legislation which would have increased the setasides for these programs. however, an amen

. $600,000 thousand for biodiesel blending in business much $1 million for black hills state eating and cooling plant in south dakota. $250,000 for a gas heat pump cooperative training program in nevada. $1.5 million for the gentleman ne -- for the geneticswitch gra, and $1 million for high speed wind turbine in wisconsin; and $2 million for the allerg algae biofuels research in washington; $1.2 million for the alternative energy school of the future, nevada. the alternative energy school of the future. $6 million for the hawaii energy sustainability program -- hawaii. $6 million for the hawaii renewable energy development venture -- hawaii. $2.25 million for the montana bioenergy center of excellence -- montana. $10 million for the sustainable energy research center, mississippi. my colleagues may get a little thread that runs through this? mississippi, nevada, south dakota, utah, et cetera -- goes on and on. $10 million for the sustainable energy research center, mississippi. $450,000 for the vermont energy investment corporation, vermont. $1.2 million for the hydrogen fuel dispensing

how much is ethanol, biodiesel, wind. nuclear, geothermal, solar, the list goes on. coal. and we were consuming 101.4 quad trillion b.t.u.'s of energy in the united states. and producing about 72 quad trillion b.t.u.'s of energy. roughly speaking we are producing only 72% of the overall energy we are consuming in the united states, yet we are an energy rich nation. we are an energy rich nation that should be able to shape an energy policy. an energy policy that will keep our energy cheap so that our economy can be competitive, so that americans can make things here in the united states where things are made or where the jobs are. and their jobs are going to be where it's competitive. and if we can't be competitive on labor, it's pretty obvious from looking at what's happening to general motors and chrysler, we'd have a lot of trouble being competitive on labor, at least we can be competitive on our natural resources, at least we can be competitive on our energy prices. instead the speaker of the house has embarked upon a path of making energy more expensive in this country

i am much more into it and solar, wind, biodiesel and strategies for alternative fuels. people are interested, there is an organization called non- governmental international panel on climate change which are the true sciences and the world -- 36,000 scientists to sign petitions refuting the ipcc's contention that we have a co2 produced climate change which is totally erroneous. host: we got to wrap up here. caller: people ought to look at it carefully and a real science and ipcc is based on junk science. host: he references candidate obama's discussion of his two daughters as they accompanied him. " " the mail" -- "the mail" newspaper, you see malea -- her father just won agreement from the russians to cut back on nuclear weapons and barack obama's all this daughter was obviously keen to make our own statement even if it wasn't merely a fashion statement. 48 hours at the the president signed agreements with medvedev to reduce russia's stores, 11- year-old malea obama was wearing a two shirts with anti- nuclear messages, a famous logo as a father prepared for three days

growing canola seed to mill it into biodiesel. i think there are a lot of exciting things we can do, and we want to make sure federal dollars, whether from the recovery act are recorded fairly around the country. host: kentucky -- michael on the democrats' line. otic come i was listening to "meet the press" yesterday and senator mcconnell said that people didn't have insurance could access it thru going to the emergency room. and i would think, you know, don't we need a better place to go then the emergency room to act as health care? i think that was a very expensive way for americans who don't have insurance to access the health care system. and if the government could come up with some kind of plan for people who don't have insurance and who don't have money to go to doctors could go to -- we could save all kinds of money. guest: i agree entirely. of the goal has to be to keep people out of emergency rooms because it is expensive, and if they don't have insurance, we all pay for it because of the bill to into the tax dollars of

there's so many nuances to green technology, with solar panels and wind mills and biodiesel plants and batteries and we don't know. but wouldn't you want, wouldn't it be smart to say, don't worry about health care, you're going to have to pay some, you know, this is not going to be a free raid, -- ride, there's going to be shared responsibility here, everyone's got to do their fair share, no one's going to get, you know, onboard for free. there's going to be a ticketed price here and everybody's going to have to pay something, but wouldn't be you want these young people to feel secure, to be able to create the next generation of wealth? i know we need it. i know when you're looking at places in the midwest like youngstown, like warren, we need these young people to feel unleashed and let their cretive juices flow as they come out of engineering schools. and they want to take a chance and be in an incubator and grow a company or start a company. that's what we need here. . we are trying to compeent, mr. speaker, in the united states of america -- compete, mr. speaker, in the united stat

it is a biodiesel. chocolate is being used to power a race car. and interesting car, though.his entire car is so-called green. it is chocolate fueled. the frame of the car is made from hemp and recycled bottles. the seat that you sit on, the foam is made out of sew iing beads, and this is made of carrots. even if they use chocolate on convert it into the bio diesel, just trying to produce enough chocolate and fruits and other things there that they are using to make this dee stil is difficult, but it is a step in the right direction looking for all terptive fuels. >> well said. that's a step in the right direction. they are trying. but stop wasting my chocolate. >> reporter: that's right. you can find out more on cnn.com. >> thank you, katherine. >>> well, what started as a political battle turned into a battle in the streets in honduras. it is up believable. street demonstrations are turning deadly. @ppx >>> "prime news" is coming up in a few minutes. here's a preview of what you'll find at the top of the hour. in less than 24 hours, the world will say good-bye to michael ja

has moved from a food-and-fiber industry to a food, fiber, and fuels industry with eth follow and biodiesel. this is a bit after sidebar but a connection on wind energy. it's providing income to those regions in our state. i want to talk about the energy policy of this country, particularly as it associate ass with easmght i think we need to look at the agriculture industry. i'm hopeful -- a number of us are -- that we can over time up the ethanol standard from a 10% to a higher mixed blend. i'd like to see us get to 15%, 20% in the current vehicle fleevment i think it is doable. i think the technology is there and it is not harmful to anybody or any of the ought motives in the automobile industry. a number of us signed on to a letter asking that that fuel blend be upped and that also the refineries be held harmless in any up-mixture of blending that might be considered. a number of refineries are sensitive about the mtbe problem when they were pushed by congress to put in mtbe and then later held responsible for difficulties associated with mtbe. i think we ought to hold the refinery indus