Alternative Fuel A Good alternative fuel vehicle to add to the lineup of vehicles of Lotus Rental Car’s will be diesel operated fuel vehicles. You will not find a big popularity in diesel fuel engines in the United States like you would in Europe but it is growing especially with the new technology available now. Some of the benefits you will find in diesel engines are the savings. One will be in the miles per gallon (MPG) diesel fuel provides people with another option rather than gas and lasts
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fatty acid. It is a fuel that derived from the vegetable oils‚ animal fats‚ which is similar to the diesel fuel except that it is made from the crops. It is produced from domestically grown‚ renewable sources‚ such as crop oils or animal fats which are then chemically converted into biodiesel (Habmigren‚ 2003). Unlike diesel‚ biodiesel contains no petroleum products and free of sulfur compounds and aromatics (Habmigren‚ 2003). Until today‚ it is still the only alternative fuel for motor vehicle. The
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Renewable Resources‚ VS. Fossil Fuels By Michael Lawson Assignment: To Drill or Not to Drill Renewable energy is a debatable issue because on one hand‚ it could potentially reduce the need to Burn fossil fuels. Burning fossil fuels for energy releases much of the harmful gases that exist today. Scientists estimate that about 35 percent of the greenhouse gases‚ such as carbon dioxide‚ being released into the atmosphere are from the United States (Renewable Energy Is Beneficial for the Environment
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Today‚ renewable energy sources are commonly used to replace fossil fuels due to the lacking of oil‚ gas‚ etc. An alternative energy source is ethanol (C2H5OH). It is an alcohol fuel manufactured by fermentation and distillation of crops that are high with starch and sugar‚ such as grains‚ sugarcane (most commonly used)‚ corn‚ and fruit. Other names for ethanol are ethyl alcohol‚ drinking alcohol‚ and grain alcohol. It can also be made from trees‚ grasses‚ woods‚ and plant waste. It is a colourless
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A fuel cell is a device that transfers the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction of positively charged hydrogen ions with oxygen or another oxidizing agent [1]. Fuel cells can produce electricity continuously until these inputs are supplied. The first fuel cells were invented in 1838. Since then‚ fuel cells have been used in many other applications. Fuel cells are used for primary and backup power for industrial‚ commercial and residential buildings and in inaccessible
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Industrial Revolution‚ cheap fossil fuels then became the main source of energy. However‚ faced with the notable increase demand for energy‚ fossil fuel‚ as a non-renewable resource becomes scarcer and more expensive nowadays. To solve this problem‚ the world needs to replace fossil fuels with other sources of energy which are relatively low-cost and more secure. Renewable energy is such a potential energy. This essay will give an outline of three sources of renewable energy to be used in developing
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Alternative Fuels – Data By: Denise Claire Tan Yet Nee Structure and physical properties of Molecules Nowadays‚ there are a lot of alternative fuels which have discovered by human beings in order to replace the depleting non-renewable fossil fuels supply. In fact‚ organic chemistry has successfully proved that organic compounds can be served substitution of fossil fuel supply. The structure and physical properties of organic molecules are characteristics that aid them to become useful fuels
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Environmental Pollutants: Sewage and Fossil Fuels ENV/100 March 2013 Environmental Pollutants: Sewage and Fossil Fuels Environmental pollutants‚ according to the Blacksmith Institute (2013) negatively affect billions of the world’s population as a result of exposure to poisons associated with sewage and the fossil fuel crude oil. These poisons have led to long-term detrimental effects on ecosystems and has attributed to the premature deaths of 40% or 2.8 billion of the world’s
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Fuel and energy-Why are fuel and energy important? I chose this topic because I think; it plays an important role in our life. Without fuel and energy‚ I wouldn’t be able to arrive to school on time‚ because I need to come to school by car‚ which would not work if there is no fuel. I wouldn’t be able to use Air Conditioner‚ because it need electricity to works….and many more example. The point is without fuel and energy‚ most part of our life would be meaningless. So it is important for us‚ that
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“The use of fossil fuels‚ such as coal and oil‚ belongs to the past.” For the time being‚ the world is mostly dependent on the use of fossil fuels. All the infrastructure is fossil fuel based. i.e. if the world runs out of fossil fuels now‚ there won’t be any alternative energy source to power the entire world. Fossil fuels are usually found in rock formations containing fossils from decomposed animals and plants. The formation of fossil fuels happens in the course of hundreds of millions of years
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