Cw9-8765
From Environmental Technology
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Clean fuels
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1) What is a common disadvantage of switching to clean fuels for vehicles?
A higher cost for vehicles and fuel.
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2) What is the most overwhelming common advantage of switching to clean fuels?
It decreases in air pollution and using it would decrease our dependancy on imported oils.
3) Does this article really answer whether clean fuels are feasible?
Alternative fuels at the AFDC.
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4) List the fuels on the Comparison chart by octane rating, from lowest to highest:
Electricity No. 2 Diesel, Biodiesel(B20), Gasoline, Ethanol(E85) and Methanol (M85), Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), and Hydrogen.
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5) Which alternative fuel has the most diversity to date for types of vehicles?
CNG
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6) Rank the all the fuels on the chart by their energy content from highest to lowest:
No. 2 Diesel, Biodiesel, Gasoline, LPG, Ethanol (E85), LNG, Methanol (M85), and CNG Electricity and Hydrogen
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7) Gaging by the chart, what seems to be the safest fuel?
Hydrogen
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8) Do you have any way of gaging whether this chart was accurate or not? How would you go about finding out if it is true or not?
There really isn't anything that stands out on this chart to confirm it is accurate. The chart is well put together and is detailed, which suggests it's accurate.
