Columbia Missourian - Both have professed their support for alternative fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, produced from grains like corn or soybeans. But they differ in some of their policy proposals for reducing the nation s dependence on foreign oil. Here, Talent

Ranting doesn’t fix anything
Herald News - If the public really has had a bellyful of obscene oil company profits, it needs to become more supportive of alternative fuels. It needs to call on the politicians to help scientists and inventors with the development of new technologies that

Talent kicks off campaign tour
Daily Journal - as ethanol and biodiesel fuels. He said three biodiesel plants are under construction in western Missouri. We’re going to be depending on our farmers for what they grow, he said. Let’s make the Heartland the supplier of alternative fuels

Representatives from Rentech, Inc. attend energy summit meeting
Natchez Democrat - Charles W. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., said he called the summit was he thought Mississippi could be a leader in the alternative fuels movement. We can make Mississippi a leader in energy for the next 20 to 25 years, Pickering said. I

Tulsa Clean Cities, INCOG to host expo
Tulsa World - Tulsa Clean Cities, part of the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium, will host the National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day Odyssey on Oct. 21. The event, titled “Emerging Energy Technology Expo,” will showcase cleaner and more energy

We’ve all been there. You’re entranced by some wonderful song that you can’t live without, only to buy the album, hunker down to listen, and find it full of duds. Your purchase … sucks.

EDITOR’S NOTES 
There was no better place than the Castro Theatre to watch Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey, which kicked off the 70mm Series on Aug. 11. (Future delights in store: South Pacific and Tron!) The timing wasnt bad either: among the films many viscerally unsettling images (see: bludgeoned animals; HALs omnipresent glowing red eye; an astronaut jerkily struggling for oxygen, then floating

Event Listings 
Events listings are compiled by Duncan Scott Davidson. See Picks, page 24, for information on how to submit items to the listings. Vision and MISperception Canvas Gallery, 1200 Ninth Ave, SF; 504-0060. 7pm, free.

Silicon Valley start-up revs up interest in electric cars with $100,000 roadster 
Who killed the electric car, a summer documentary asks. It turns out it’s alive and well: Tesla Motors of San Carlos has revived interest in the electric car with a new $100,000 roadster.

Childers wants to be freed on bond The former chief of police in Landis will find out Thursday if he will be released from federal custody before his child pornography case goes to trial.

The Global Battle for Natural Resources 
The global economy is booming, and experts predict it will stay healthy. But competition for natural resources will change the balance of power among the world’s nations as a new age of conflicts over energy begins. In a new online series, SPIEGEL documents the global competition for dwindling supplies of natural resources.

Honda Insight: The Once and Future Mileage King 
Can an automobile be ahead of its time and yet be obsolete? As it heads into retirement, the Honda Insight certainly looks that way.

Are Global Warming Solutions Possible? 
By PAUL SISCO Washington, D.C. VOA News Global warming — you may accept or reject those who say it is a dangerous phenomenon. But if the planet is warming, and humanity is contributing to it, shouldn’t someone be thinking about solutions?

Shifting into green gear 
SINGAPORE: It’s perhaps the clearest sign yet that the sluggish green car market here is on the upswing. As of June this year, 129 petrol electric hybrid vehicles have been registered in Singapore, compared to fewer than 10 in June last year.

Japanese Stocks Gain, Led by Toyota, Automakers, on Outlook 
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) — Japanese stocks rose, paced by automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp., on speculation rising sales of their fuel-efficient cars will boost profit as oil prices increase.

MetroMix - There are certain questions that define our times and the days of our lives. For example, is margarine healthier than butter? Are hybrid cars really going to help the environment? And most important, what happened to women’s lib? Because if some of

Energy museum to open Sunday
Austin Business Journal - Called The Future Energy Center , the facility features windmills, hybrid cars and energy-saving heating and air conditioning devices. It explores the uses of solar, wind, hydrogen and other types of powers. In partnership with the Dayton

City Considers Going Green
KAKE TV - The city of Topeka has already joined, they’ve switched light bulbs, and Lawrence just signed up this spring, buying three hybrid cars. On Tuesday, the council will consider the options: sign the climate protection agreement and come up with a plan to

Hybrid owners get lobby
Detroit News - Hybrid Owners of America will strive to be a true voice for owners of gas-electric hybrid cars and other highly fuel-efficient vehicles,” she said. “HOA will track and defend existing hybrid purchase incentives as well as advocating for new incentive

A different kind of Labor Day parade
Burlington Free Press - We have technologies that would allow us to make real progress, from solar panels to hybrid cars. Economists increasingly know how new incentives and new penalties could be used to shift consumer behavior. With institutions like Burlington’s

Hybrid perks and more HYBRID PERKS
San Jose Mercury News - HYBRID HYPE Recalls: In October, Toyota said it was voluntarily recalling 75,000 Priuses (from the 2004 and 2005 model years) to fix a software glitch that was causing cars to stall. Sales: No doubt hybrid cars are popular, but they’re not