Green Energy: Alternative Fuels

With the spark of the green energy in the scientific world, people have gone on to discover alternative fuels. These are the types of energy resources that can replace their more expensive versions like diesel and gasoline. Plus, they are very eco-friendly that more people have taken an interest in them. With their discovery, we can already help the conservation of natural resources that are needed to produce gasoline.

Alternative Fuels

With all our advancement in science and technology, alternative fuels are now readily available to anyone who may want to use it. The most common use for alternative fuels is powering up our cars. Ever since its discovery, numerous cars are already being powered with liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, ethanol, electricity and even compressed natural gas.

The best part about this change is that alternative fuels are way cheaper than their oil based counterparts and you can also travel without sacrificing the mileage of your car. Without the harmful substances or residue that comes with gasoline, alternative fuels are proven to be very clean and will clearly help reduce air pollution.

Alternative fuels can help save the world and pollution can be avoided if we just simply try them out. A basic example is an electric powered car. Without all the harmful chemicals that gasoline produces, there will be lesser chances that air pollution will worsen for every mile that you travel on wheels.

To give you a feel on what our earth eats up while you drive, here are the harmful chemicals or pollutants that are emitted by your car for every mile that you cover - Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate materials and unburned hydrocarbons. Imagine all of that and multiply it by every single car in the whole world. Can you imagine it now?

With alternative fuels, there will be none of that. With their use, people will be able to minimize all of these pollutants or get rid of all of them completely.

Another good thing about alternative fuels is that its components can be found everywhere, even in your own backyard! Imagine the following items, recycled paper, plant waste, animal feces, used vegetable oil, or old frying oil as power for your vehicles. Isn’t it amazing? Don’t think about stuffing all of this into your gas tank though, everything still has to undergo different procedure to make it useable for your vehicles.

In line with the discovery of alternative fuels, people have also developed specific vehicles that can only run with the designated fuel made for it. The best example for this would be the electric cars. Electric cars no longer need regular fuels or even the alternative choices. Electric cars run on electricity and can be recharged via an outlet. It’s just like charging your cellular phones.

Unfortunately, though, not all good things are perfect. Alternative fuels may be the ideal solution in lessening air pollution but it is also expensive since all the materials have to undergo specific processes. Also, gasoline or diesel can also provide better mileage for your cars since it produces more power. Alternative fuels cannot do that just yet so people will just have to settle with cruising down the street and not zooming by.