Environmental Friendly Alternative Fuels
Oil may be the main fuel that rules the industry but alternative fuels are gaining in popularity as it is environmentally friendly. In essence, there are fossil fuels which comprise coal, natural gas and oil and alternative fuels. Fossil fuels are the fossilized remains of ancient animals and plants and currently power 95% of the world energy usage.
The alternatives to fossil fuels are natural gas, propane, electricity, biodiesel, ethanol, methanol, hydrogen in addition to P-Series fuels and they are just not only appropriate for our environment but for the economy as well.
Alternative fuels are gaining in popularity, in particular for vehicles mainly because fossil fuels resources are finite as well as putting less dependent on current energy source and they contribute to less environmental damaging emissions that result in global warming.
The fuels of the future such as biofuels are derived from plants and they are more easily replenish and environmental friendly than petrol chemicals. Ethanol and biodiesel may provide a cleaner options but they need as much energy and land to make it viable. Biodiesels diminish the dependent on foreign oil as it can be planted domestically but the challenge is to grow the crops to meet the demand and that might be asking too much. It also has its skeptics as producing the crops required more energy than they can generate.
Hydrogen, in fact is a very clean fuel but the obstacle is the cost. Burning fossil fuels add to global warming but the by-product of hydrogen is only oxygen and water. That do not damage our health and the environment but you need fossil fuels to harness it, unless we can utilize solar, wind and other to generate it.
Natural gas may be cleaner than gasoline but it is finite and does not generate carbon dioxide. Wind energy is one of the oldest and the most developed of all the alternative fuels and there are plenty of potential to harness it. Hydroelectric energy may be a well developed alternative fuel source but not as receptive as harnessing it can have destructive effect on local environment and habitation. Solar energy fuel the dawn of the human race as all other energy sources emerge from it. Nuclear energy is a good substitute but it is too unstable when fall into the wrong hands.
Irrespective of what alternative energy sources we consider, it has to be cost effective and time will tell which will emerge as the most viable. At present we are still very reliant on fossilized fuels and the likely solution in the near future is to prudently make full use of all other alternative fuels in addition to reduce our reliance on fossilized fuels. All things considered, the best option is to conserve by reducing consumption.
About the Author
Jason is environmentally conscious and will like to see an emergence of a viable alternative fuel in the near future. Check out the website at http://www.researchalternativefuels.com/
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