Fuel alternatives
We have talked about how newr vehicles are more fuel efficient and cleaner running than older vehicles. There are a lot of other choices out there in new cars. Electric and hybrid cars are fast becoming a favorable alternative to fuel powered cars. What we often forget to think about are the other alternatives without buying a new car. For example a diesel engine can be easily converted to run on biofuels (for example vegetable oil used by fast food retaurants). Often this is cheaper to run too. Fast food places have to pay to dispose of the oil, if they can give it to someone with a converted car there is no cost to them, they may evern sell it for a lower cost than traditional fuels. This site talks about other reasons to use biofuels. The USDA is currently working on the resources of biofuels and the uses for them.
posted by Morgan @ 11:34 AM
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I would love to own a Honda Civic Hybrid. I have buying one in my future plans. I think the new technology that is coming out for these cars is great, we now have hybrid SUV's and soon they will have more and more power. I have one concern, what will happen to those countries and businesses that rely on the buying and selling of crude oil? Do you think that the governments of the world will allow a total swap from gas guzzling vehicles to Hybrids, granted this would take a long time if it even happens at all, but what would the governments of oil countries do if the U.S. stopped buying oil? I do not have an answer but maybe others have could leave some feedback. I love the idea of biofuels and hybrid caars but I wonder what the future holds for these kinds of cars.
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I think that looking into the alnernatives of buying hybrid cars would be the best. That way we can use our resources without having to purchase new vehicles. Using the example of converting a diesel engine into running off ot biofuels, old vehicles would still be valid as well as porbably creating a new job market. Somebody is going to have to get used vegetable oil cleaned and ready to be ran through an engine.
It is wonderful that biofuels are being explored. But in looking at this link about biofuels there is information about your subject of a biofuel replacement of diesel and it’s not always cheaper and it’s not always guaranteed to be trouble free. Regardless of how much more work it is it is more work than going to the pump. I see no price incentive to make the switch. With no price incentive it will not take hold on a large majority of people. But again, it is great that technologies in biofuels are being advanced. The more competitive substitute goods the better.
As far as what Austin said, I think look at it in two ways, One, even with hybrid cars, their is still gasoline required to run them. Second, when did it become our responsibility to solidify the economies of countries who are sketchy at best, and terrorists at worst in their support for the U.S. Maybe if we stopped buying so much middle eastern oil they would stop worrying so much about being influenced by "The Great Satan."
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