Alternative Fuels

Alternative automobile fuels are those that originate from a source other than petroleum. Three of the largest draws to alternative fuels are that they are often produced domestically, decreasing reliance on foreign markets, they are often renewable, eliminating the pressure of decreasing oil supplies paired with increasing oil demand on an international level and they often produce less emissions than gasoline, which is very critical in an age where global warming’s impact is being experienced each day.

Some current viable alternative fuel sources include:

Ethanol, also known as E85, is a domestically produced fuel that comes from harvested corn and other crops that produces far less emissions than burning gasoline.

Bio-diesel comes from refined vegetable oil and animal fats, is widely abundant and produces fewer emissions than burning gasoline.

Natural gas is a naturally existing fuel that when burned produces fewer air pollutants and greenhouse gases when compared to gasoline.

Propane, also known as liquefied petroleum gas, is a fossil fuel which is domestically available in great abundance that when burned produces fewer air pollutants and greenhouse gases when compared to gasoline.

Hydrogen is a fuel source that can be produced domestically from fossil fuels, nuclear power or renewable power that when burned produces no air pollutants or greenhouse gases when compared to gasoline.

Possible future alternative fuel sources also include compressed air, solar power, chemically stored electricity, methanol and biomass.

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