Mormon missionaries' world view grows overseas

Landon Ainge heads for Puerto Rico in June. Tommy Allen travels to Chile in July, and Ryan Collett left for Peru last week.These aren't vacations for the 2007 graduates of Lake Oswego OR.High School. They will serve two-year missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, w/o pay.These missions aren't for the faint of spirit

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Electric Cars for 2010 AlternativeEnergy.com

With oil prices rocketing past $130 per barrel, a growing number of vehicle makers are planning to offer electric vehicles by 2010. Zero gasoline will be used.Over 40,000 electric vehicles (EV) are currently used in the United States.

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Algae farm in Mexico to produce ethanol in '09

Rather than squeeze algae for its oil, Algenol wants to turn each algae cell into a tiny ethanol factory.This is sure to give all of you liberals and hippies a boner for how environmentally great it is. We have contacted Algenol, with the proposal to build algae plants on wind farms.

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What independent U.S. town built a wind farm? Rock Port MO

Following the opening of a new four-turbine wind farm last week, Rock Port in northwest Missouri has become the first U.S. town to get its electricity from wind power.The farm was built in a partnership between St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group and John Deere, which has been helping fund rural wind projects across America. Energy Talk at BTR

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