| There are many different types of alternative fuels | | | | a diesel engine, with some changes of course. Since |
| that can be used these days although not all of them | | | | vegetable oil isn't produced from petroleum oil it's a |
| have made it to the mass market yet. Some might | | | | better choice in the long run, but it does make your |
| never make it based on integration and feasibility | | | | car smell like a French fry. There is also the issue of |
| problems, but the fact that they could be used | | | | having to refine the oil, especially if you pick it up |
| means perhaps with testing and research they could | | | | used from a restaurant. Particulates, just like in |
| be made into viable solutions. | | | | gasoline, need to be filtered out and adds cost to the |
| 1. One of the first alternative energy sources for | | | | maintenance of this alternative fuel program. |
| vehicles was electricity. Just plug your car in at home | | | | 4. Ethanol is another alternative fuel being looked into |
| and you can then drive around for a set amount per | | | | by the US government. So much so that they are |
| battery charge. It works for remote controlled cars | | | | offering encouragement for farmers to plant corn to |
| so why not for their larger counterparts? | | | | create the ethanol, which has recently been linked to |
| Unfortunately battery technology for such large | | | | rising food costs using wheat which has declined in |
| vehicles has been slow in coming. The average car | | | | the amount planted since corn pays better. However |
| powered by electricity only get a couple hours per | | | | adding another pump at a filling station seems unlikely |
| charge and incompatibility with the average three | | | | to go over well. It would require costly excavation |
| prong outlet caused further concerns. It's still being | | | | for the tank and lines, which would render the station |
| worked on, so maybe some day it will be in mass | | | | unable to benefit from regular fuel sales. |
| production. | | | | 5. Another alternative fuel source is the water fuel |
| 2. Next on the alternative fuel list is the electric | | | | cell. Based on the electrolysis of water into its main |
| gasoline hybrid engine. Using gasoline to fuel the car | | | | components of hydrogen and oxygen it is a very |
| part of the time and the electric batter the rest of | | | | promising alternative. Water is to be had cheaply all |
| the time gives a nice midway alternative while other | | | | over the world and can be filtered easily to create a |
| technology is explored. At certain speeds the electric | | | | suitable fuel for a hydrogen fuel cell. Also unlike the |
| motor automatically takes over and is recharged | | | | other alternative fuels its only byproduct is water |
| when the car's brakes are used. It is not a | | | | vapor, hardly a environmental concern over |
| permanent solution though since it still uses some | | | | greenhouse gases and other carbon based pollutants |
| gasoline, although significantly less than a normal | | | | from combustion. Hydrogen fuel cell conversion kits |
| combustion engine. | | | | can be had pretty inexpensively as well making it an |
| 3. Another currently popular fuel is biodiesel. Biodiesel | | | | ideal alternative fuel. |
| uses vegetable oil as an alternative energy source in | | | | |