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Stephanie Seki, a recent PhD graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s Engineering and Public Policy Department, discusses how one can make the right decision on whether a particular fuel is actually the cheapest option. Listen Respond Learn More Alternative Fuels Data Center by the Department of Energy EPAct Transportation Regulation Activities by the Department of Energy Is you car a flex-fuel vehicle? by Fuel Freedom Foundation Transcript HOST: What are the true prices of alternative fuels?… Read More

Flex fuel vehicles will help the alternative fuels market, which in turn will help reduce our carbon footprint

Stephanie Seki, a recent PhD graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s Engineering and Public Policy Department, discusses flex fuels and flex fuel vehicles, and how they can revolutionize the transportation sector. Listen Respond Learn More Flex Fuel Vehicles by U.S Department of Energy Automobile and truck fuel economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas standards by R. Schnepf & B. D. Yacobucci Alternative Fuel Vehicle Adoption Increases Fleet Gasoline Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions under United States Corporate Average Fuel… Read More

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Stephanie Seki, a recent PhD graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s Engineering and Public Policy Department, discusses why alternative fuels aren’t widely available. Listen Respond Learn More Ethanol Fueling Stations by the Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center TIAX Natural Gas for Vehicles Analysis by the American Gas Association Transitions to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels by the National Academies of Science Transcript HOST: When fueling your car, have you ever wondered why all stations don’t sell fuels… Read More

electricity

Casey Canfield, a recent PhD graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s Engineering and Public Policy Department, discusses the challenges for low-income families to use less electricity and solutions to the issue. Listen Respond Learn More Energy Burden and the Need for Integrated Low-Income Housing and Energy Policy from Diana Hernández and Stephen Bird “Because You Got to Have Heat”: The Networked Assemblage of Energy Poverty in Eastern North Carolina from Connor Harrison and Jeff Popke Power for the People:… Read More

Casey Canfield, a recent PhD graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s Engineering and Public Policy Department, discusses some of the social, economical, and environmental factors that influence people to power their home with solar energy.

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Casey Canfield, a recent PhD graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s Engineering and Public Policy Department, explains what the best way is to communicate electricity consumption on your bill. Listen   Respond Learn More Perceptions of electricity-use communications: effects of information, format, and individual differences from the Journal of Risk Research How is electricity used in U.S. homes? from U.S. Energy Information Administration Transcript How should your electricity bill show your electricity consumption? HOST: How should your bill… Read More

smart meter

Casey Canfield, a recent PhD graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s Engineering and Public Policy Department, explains how smart meters can be hacked. Listen Learn More Electric Meters from the Department of Energy Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System from the National Academies Press Multi-vendor Penetration Testing in the Advanced Metering Infrastructure presented at the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference Transcript Can smart meters be hacked? HOST: Are you worried about your smart meter being hacked? On… Read More