The primary advantage to alternative fuels such as biodiesel in automobiles is to lower harmful emissions into the atmosphere in the hopes of off-setting further damage to the ozone. Currently the biodiesel of choice, at least in the United States, is ethanol derived from corn. There are two affective faults with the current system and crop of choice, first is the amount of ethanol derived from corn is minimal compared to alternative crops such as water based algae. This has a subproblem rooted in that the amount of space necessary to grow the corn to produce sufficient amounts of ethanol is staggering. Secondly, the amount of machinery and vehicles using gasoline or standard diesel in the process of allocating the ethanol from the corn far offsets the benefits of using the ethanol to begin with.
Side note - the performance of vehicles on biodiesel is similar to that of standard diesel.
Alternative fuels can be better in that they are generally cleaner than oil and gasoline. Most alternative fuels are renewable, which means there can be a steady supply for a long time. Oil is not renewable.
Development of new alternative fuels also can fuel the economy and new jobs. Alternative fuels have the potential to replace the oil economy, it is just a question of if the fuel can be produced efficiently and be sold at a practical price for people.
Alternative fuels produce fewer vehicle emissions that contribute to smog, carbon monoxide, NOx etc. which leads to clean air, no pollution and no global warming
Mainly two reasons. (1) The fossil fuels will eventually be used up. (2) Fossil fuels cause pollution.
Currently it is not as economical as using fossil based fuels. For instance, the production of ethanol as a fuel is currently more expensive than the extraction of octane from crude oil. And also, fossil fuels tend to have a higher heat of combustion (more power).
Fossil fuels were never invented, they were discovered. Some people think that coal may have been used as fuel in prehistoric times.
Electricity, gas, solid fuels
It is used mainly for fuel (airplanes, trains, automobiles), as a source of heat for homes and businesses, and in the manufacture of plastics and pharmaceutical supplies, and tar for asphalt.
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Fossil fuels are used to generate electricity in our homes and for to power our automobiles and other vehicles and power tools.
Gasoline is the most commonly used fuel for automobiles. Gasoline has many advantages over other fuels.
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No there are alternative fuels are also used.
they can be used instead of fossil fuels like bio diesel which can be used in automobiles.
Any energy source that is an alternative to fossil fuels. They are used to avoid the damages that fossil fuels do to our environment such as: Carbon dioxide emissions which leads to global warming and acid rain.
Use of Fuels in Portable Stoves are Lower heat output than some other fuels.
Fuels are the substances that burn to produce heat and light energy. Some commonly used fuels are wood, coal, petrol, diesel, kerosene, LPG & CNG. Fuels are used for cooking in automobiles and to generate electricity.On the basis of their physical state, fuels have been divided into three categories:Solid fuelsLiquid fuelsGaseous fuels
There are many alternative fuels apart from the conventional petrol ,diesel,etc.,.To name them -CNG,hydrogen fuel cell,LPG,electricity,algae oil,etc.,-santa
Biofuels are fuels used in powering machinery such as automobiles that are produced from organic matter, such as corn. They differ from fossil fuels which may have originally been organic matter but have changed chemically.