Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Hydrogen-fueled vehicles (fuel cell cars) cause no geenhouse gases. And hydrogen will never be exhausted. So what are we waiting for?

2007-11-20 15:30:30 · 6 answers · asked by gregory_s19 3

and my nearest ethanol filling station is 45 miles from my house? Whats up with that?

2007-11-20 10:50:42 · 7 answers · asked by rachel t 4

2007-11-20 00:00:49 · 8 answers · asked by peacefullyoptimistic 4

They're making both a fully electric and plug-in hybrid version of their car. The electric version can go 120 miles per charge, the plug-in will be able to go 40-60 miles purely on electric power before switching to gas/electric mode.

http://www.aptera.com/about.php

The really impressive thing is that both models will cost $30,000 (or less), and supposedly be available next year. That means Aptera could possibly have the first affordable long-range high-speed EV (in competition with the ZAP Alias and Miles Javlon), and an equivalent to the Chevy Volt, but 2 years earlier.

Anyone ever heard of this company before? I'm shocked that I'd never heard of them before today, as an alternative fueled vehicles buff.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/11/unveiled_aptera.php

2007-11-19 09:57:27 · 6 answers · asked by Dana1981 7

I wonder how much the commercialism of the holiday season actually pours into the Electric Companies each year from outside and inside decorations?

2007-11-18 14:23:15 · 3 answers · asked by E. Paul S 3

Why is it that manufacturers presume that if you want a hybrid, you want a boring car? I am patiently waiting for someone to produce a fun-to-drive hybrid.

2007-11-18 14:13:13 · 3 answers · asked by The Oracle of Omigod 7

2007-11-18 12:47:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to build my own production still, and I want to know how to sell the fuel in large amounts.

2007-11-17 09:17:28 · 7 answers · asked by Corey Z 1

i heard it takes more than 1 gallon of oil to produce 1 gallon of ethanol.

2007-11-17 07:06:00 · 10 answers · asked by kreacher92 4

10,000 acres of hemp can produce as much paper product as 40,000 acres of forest. I'm sure we could use it as fuel too. growing corn for ethanol is just raising food prices.

2007-11-17 04:46:19 · 15 answers · asked by Homer 133 3

2007-11-16 17:38:04 · 3 answers · asked by melonblind25 1

2007-11-16 14:35:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok if you had an all electric car that you would have to plug in at home to recharge, it still wouldn't help the environment because of coal burning factories! Don't ya have to burn coal to get electricity in your car?? So if there's more of a demand of electricity, and i'm sure a car would need that amount, then more coal would need to be burnt so there would be more acid rain n stuff like that :(

2007-11-16 09:53:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

anyone scrummage around and find out how he made it?

2007-11-16 06:48:52 · 11 answers · asked by geiniusbobiknow 4

I ask this because I find that the amount of wind, and solar energy needed to power our lifestyle may due as much damage as global warming, and I know that some people aren't comfortable with nuke reactors.

2007-11-16 01:42:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are the pros and cons of implementing the use of fuel cells in automobiles?

2007-11-15 15:37:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

In San Antonio,the cost of gas is $3.05 a gallon and most people can not afford to be able to drive their vehicles.

2007-11-15 12:50:02 · 4 answers · asked by Antonio G 1

is it efficient

2007-11-15 11:42:55 · 15 answers · asked by Cory A 1

"An eight-passenger sport utility vehicle, the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid from General Motors Corp, won the "Green Car of the Year" award at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Thursday.

The Tahoe Hybrid will be the first full-size hybrid SUV on the market when it goes on sale in early 2008."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071115/bs_nm/autos_greencar_dc

The Tahoe hybrid is supposed to get about 21 mpg, roughly a 10% improvement over the regular Tahoe:

http://www.chevrolet.com/hybrid/

In fact, the Tahoe hybrid won't even get any better mileage than the regular Tahoe on the highway:

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/model/overview.html;_ylt=ArAis5YB4Ta13uuOyqeoRaoEc78F;_ylv=3?modelId=5379

Smaller non-hybrid SUVs already get better mileage, such as the CR-V at 23 mpg

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/model/overview.html;_ylt=ArAis5YB4Ta13uuOyqeoRaoEc78F;_ylv=3?modelId=5511

What do you think about an SUV with 21 mpg fuel efficiency being named 'Green Car of the Year'?

2007-11-15 10:32:55 · 11 answers · asked by Dana1981 7

Mon then folks whats the plans?
WHEN THE OIL SUPPLY RUNZ OOT???

2007-11-15 07:44:18 · 14 answers · asked by treehugger2k7 1

Do you think they are raping us on prices now knowing the industry will shrink in coming decades?

2007-11-15 06:34:16 · 10 answers · asked by anthony m 1

2007-11-15 03:01:45 · 12 answers · asked by aslans_star 1

2007-11-15 00:21:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really can't think of any other thing other than it would be cheaper to get in a car a go to a restaurant. Any ideas?

2007-11-14 12:41:04 · 9 answers · asked by Popotitozz R 4

You know the sticker - the one that identifies the car as a Hybrid. How important is this sticker to you?

Would you buy a hybrid without this sticker? Is it important to you to show your friends you 'care' about the environment, or do you drive a hybrid because it's doing what you think is right?

What if someone stole this sticker from your car? What would you do?

2007-11-14 06:12:01 · 30 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7

oil conservation - save oil , save natural eneries

2007-11-14 00:43:44 · 2 answers · asked by sujithhtijus 1

what does "mono" stands for?
is it refer to structure of alkyl esters having only one alkyl group?
or it means that the resulting ester is made only of one alkyl esters

then, which statement is correct"

1. mixture of methyl ester and ethyl esters cannot be considered biodiesel because it is poly-alkyl esters

or

2. isopropyl ester cannot be considered biodiesel because its structure contains three alkyl gropu attached to carboxylate carbon

2007-11-13 14:15:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would we still have to import any oil or would our domestic production be enough to cover our non-gasoline oil needs.

2007-11-13 13:41:44 · 5 answers · asked by MUSCLES 5

"Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer that is on the road for three times longer than a Prius. As already noted, the Prius is partly driven by a battery which contains nickel. The nickel is mined and smelted at a plant in Sudbury, Ontario. This plant has caused so much environmental damage to the surrounding environment that NASA has used the ‘dead zone’ around the plant to test moon rovers. The area around the plant is devoid of any life for miles...
All of this would be bad enough in and of itself; however, the journey to make a hybrid doesn’t end there. The nickel produced by this disastrous plant is shipped via massive container ship to the largest nickel refinery in Europe. From there, the nickel hops over to China to produce ‘nickel foam.’ From there, it goes to Japan. Finally, the completed batteries are shipped to the United States, finalizing the around-the-world trip required to produce a single Prius battery."

Inconvenient Truth!

2007-11-13 06:00:51 · 12 answers · asked by dlil 4

The benefits of wwitching to surgar cane are far better than that of corn ethanol. It produces 8 times the amount of ethanol, and is releasing 80% less pollutants than corn ethanol. Plus, it will cost alot less than the current gas prices.
The main benefit, and my primary question, is how do we get around the corn farmers from suffering? Subsidaries, or is this not possible?

2007-11-13 05:13:49 · 7 answers · asked by Borat 1