Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Toyota Prius etc are so ugly to look at. Why cant the manufacturers make a hybrid car that just looks normal?

2007-10-26 03:51:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i would buy one in a heart beat if they were legal and i could find one.

2007-10-25 07:29:28 · 22 answers · asked by Trace 2

Gas meters charged at 19.86p per day/ Electric at 17.09p per day.I have lived in this house for 20 years and to be fair? I have had 1 new gas meter.20 years at £129.83 = £2596.60!!!!!
I never thought they would be so expensive!

2007-10-24 23:34:42 · 6 answers · asked by george elfalent 1

2007-10-24 05:13:46 · 9 answers · asked by svikee s 1

2007-10-23 23:37:57 · 8 answers · asked by mcnuggets360 1

It makes sense to me that oil companies would see new fuels as a serious threat, so much so that they pay under the table to stall research. This is probably a naive question, but why does it take so long to create a fuel that machines can run on that can be produced in large supply and is less damaging to the environment than oil?

2007-10-23 14:22:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 06:31:04 · 5 answers · asked by Katie G 1

and current alternative fuel suggestions like hydrogen cells turn out to be worthless?

Are we all going to work just a few miles from home?

2007-10-23 05:03:22 · 17 answers · asked by Bob R 4

2007-10-22 03:34:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

A friend of mine said that America has enough fossil fuel underground to survive...If this is the case why are we so reliant on over seas oil?

2007-10-22 03:15:15 · 9 answers · asked by Word 1

How are hybrid cars different from standard petrol cars in terms of carbon dioxide emissions and other green house gas emission outputs?

2007-10-22 00:00:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-20 08:44:59 · 4 answers · asked by Marian 1

2007-10-18 17:49:19 · 7 answers · asked by mcmatrix12000 3

Water vapour is the #1 greenhouse gas and as the world warms so does the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere increase.

If all our motor vehicles were hydrogen burning then the greenhouse effect would be much worse than it is today because burning hydrogen produces water vapour.

It is true that the atmosphere can only hold so much water vapour before it precipitates - rains. But most of the time our atmosphere has nowhere near its maximum quantity so there is a lot of room for more water vapour in our atmosphere and, therefor, water vapour can violently increase global warming.

The amount of water vapour in the air would, in and of itself, increase the amount of viscious storms. The warmer the climate gets the more water vapour can be held and the cycle would seem to continue.

Right?

2007-10-18 08:12:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is inhibiting this technology from wider proliferation, given the obvious environmental benefits?

Any answers welcome, but if they involve the dominant influence of oil companies then I'd like some level of substantiation.

2007-10-18 02:09:45 · 17 answers · asked by Raygun 2

Flocks have been flying over my house headed south for the last couple days. Sounds like every one of them has something to say.

2007-10-17 08:58:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

This scenario is in 100 years time and there are a lot of hydrogen refueling stations (for cars that run on fuel cells) and you have to convert these to liquid nitrogen refueling stations (for liquid nitrogen cars) because liquid nitrogen cars are "better" and the way to go. Is this even possible? Or would building an all new refueling station would be the best way? Any answers would be greatly appreciated =)

2007-10-17 02:46:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-16 14:09:54 · 4 answers · asked by kitty_loves_life 2

i know that they don't produce any exhaust fumes but what else?

2007-10-16 12:43:11 · 10 answers · asked by trege20039211 2

ok, i got an idea to put a skillsaw motor on a bicycle and use lithium batteries off an electric wheelchair. you guys think it'll work?? any advice or cautions??

2007-10-16 11:00:57 · 8 answers · asked by vicfost86 1

My sister's car runs on natural gas (Italian 'Dino farts') How clean is this compared with petrol (gas) for C02 and air quality?

2007-10-16 08:47:08 · 4 answers · asked by John Sol 4

What are some different ways that cars can run without gasoline? I know I've heard people talk about making cars run out of something made out of corn, and I've heard of solar-powered cars.

What other methods are engineers exploring to help conserve oil?

2007-10-16 08:25:57 · 6 answers · asked by jamie68117 3

Hybrids, hydrogen fuel cells, ethanol cars, and biodiesel are all being pretty well covered in the media. What do you think about these (or any other) alternatives?

2007-10-16 04:17:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Engineers lately are working on every part of a car to
improve its MPG, they optimize the engine, batteries,
aerodynamic shape, even regenerative breaking
to win extra percents of efficiency here and there
But there's one area of a car where immense energy is lost
Just look at a large parking lot in the summer where
you see thousand of cars baked in the sun for hours
It is the roof! The sun does nothing useful but heating
the habitacle to sometimes up to 125F which ages
prematurely the plastics.

What if designers put some 1m2 solar panel in the roof? It would
silently recharge the battery, equivalent to free gas falling
from the sky. The panel can also charge while driving
The outer panel shape would be convex and smooth so the
wind would see no difference vs regular car.
It would run best in California, Arizona, and sunny states, in
summers when gas is heavily demanded
It could save maybe 10 percent (to confirm),
heck 10 percent more MPG i take it!
So why not?

2007-10-15 15:28:54 · 13 answers · asked by ed s 3

"British billionaire Richard Branson said on Monday his Virgin Group hopes to produce clean biofuels by around the start of the next decade and early next year will test a jet plane on renewable fuel."

"Air New Zealand has said it plans to test a flight on a combination fuel of biofuel and kerosene in late 2008, but Virgin is trying to beat that airline by testing biofuels first."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071015/sc_nm/usa_financial_virgin_fuel_dc

I think that's pretty impressive. Any thoughts?

2007-10-15 09:38:44 · 6 answers · asked by Dana1981 7

IF THEY DID,AND PEOPLE USED BIODIESEL WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ALMOST COMPLETELY DO AWAY WITH OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS

2007-10-15 08:01:56 · 8 answers · asked by Ron O 1

Will there be consumer interest?

2007-10-15 07:57:55 · 14 answers · asked by BIGROY 1

2007-10-15 07:05:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

There's a lot of talk about ethanol from corn and biodiesel from palm and other oils, but what about trees? They're full of cellulose and lignin and there's a lot of them used in paper making and so on, so there must be some waste left that might be useful. Or mabye we should just heat them up and use the gas that comes off when we do? What do you think?

2007-10-15 04:27:55 · 5 answers · asked by biofuelsimon 1

What is it? can it be used to produce Electricity and use as fuel for cars? ...How it can be made and from what?..What was the 1st country/person discover this technique?

2007-10-14 02:26:58 · 8 answers · asked by David Junior 3