CW9-1299
From Environmental Technology
Revision as of 20:40, 21 April 2006
A Common Disadvantage of switching to clean fuels for vehicles
A common disadvantage of switching to any of the clean fuels seems to be either higher fuel costs, or higher vehicle costs. Because some of the fuels deemed to be clean might be in low or limited supply, they could cost more. The adaptions that a vehicle needs to be able to run on clean fuel could also be costly.
An overwhelming advantage of switching to clean fuels
The most overwhelming advantage of switching to a clean fuel would be lower emissions.
Does this article really address whether clean fuels are feasible?
This article addresses the issue a little bit, though not in depth. It mentions that we really do not have the technology refined, and that the public would have to accept the changes. However, it seems to me that most of the public doesn't really care about clean fuel in the first place, so they would have a hard time seeing the need and taking the effort to switch over.
Fuels listed on chart by lowest to highest octane rating
1. No. 2 Diesel 2. Biodiesel 3. Gasoline 4. Ethanol 5. Methanol 6. Liquefied Petroleum Gas 7. CNG 8. LNG 9. Hydrogen
Which alternative fuel has the most diversity to date for types of vehicles?
The one alternative fuel that I would say is able to be used by many vehicles is CNG.
Fuels listed on the chart by their energy content from highest to lowest
1. No. 2 Diesel 2. Biodiesel 3. Gasoline 4. Liquefied Petroleum Gas 5. Ethanol 6. LNG 7. Methanol 8. CNG
Gaging by the chart, what seems to be the safest fuel?
Hydrogen
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?
I don't know if the chart was accurate or not, but since the website is ran by the U.S. Department of Energy, I would assume it to be true.
