Dig Deeper

What to check out if you're considering fuel alternatives.

By Sacha Zimmerman

From Reader's Digest

• a list of various states' incentives for going hybrid;
• details about the $2,000 federal tax deduction (hybridcars.com/incentives-legislation.html).

• go to the website of the Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center (www.eere.energy.gov/afdc) for cutting-edge developments on fuels and energy sources;
• visit hydrogenforecast.com for updates on the race to create new and better hydrogen fuel cells;
• bookmark peakoil.net, the website for the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, for the really big picture: the status of global oil reserves and how they may affect our economy and security.

From Reader's Digest - August 2005

• 6 Alternative Fuels That Make Sense
• Six alternative fuels that finally make sense.
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• In Our Hands
• Simple ways we can all be champions of the earth.
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• 10 Ways to Save a Gallon of Gas
• Simple tricks for going the distance -- without a pit stop at the gas station.
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