2006-06-30 07:10:15 · 9 answers · asked by Denis Paul Yogore 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Yeah it's called bio-diesel, and its biodegradable, and its cheap, and you can drive the same speed as gasoline. It costs 40 cents to the gallon, and $2,000 to convert the engine. the bio-diesel is a oil, that turns to water,and you just pour it out and it does not harm the environment.
2006-06-30 07:14:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several but none as "easy" as Gasoline. Hydrogen fuel cells are the best bet currently but the technology both to produce and utilize hydrogen (and the infrastructure to dispense it) needs further development. Alcohol (methanol and ethanol) is another source. Some race cars use it 100% but mileage is poor due to lower BTU content per gallon vs. gas. Electric is actually quite good performance wise these days too. Battery tech. still needs improvements in weight and cost. Bottom line, gas is still too cheap to force real serious development in alternatives.
2006-06-30 07:33:52 · answer #2 · answered by john b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally I doubt it, but if there is you have to take into account the cost of something like that and the difficulty of finding it. I have a truck with a 400 bored 40 over, and I have to use premium gas (and you know how expensive that is, cause we get 4 mpg, 8 on highway). If there was a alternative that was cheaper but still easy to find, yeah, I would probably use it, but if it made it dog I would go straight back to gas.
2006-06-30 07:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by banshee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
E-85
2006-07-10 07:46:33 · answer #4 · answered by serenitylemon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of alternatives if the engine and distribution systems were designed for them (eg hydrogen and other chemicals with high energy content). Theoretical only as cost prohibitive at present.
2006-06-30 07:35:39 · answer #5 · answered by Robert A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Butanol is the closest fuel to gasoline in performance. In a dozen years it might be available as fuel.
Gasoline : approx 120,000 btus per gallon
butanol : approx 110,000 btus per gallon
ethanol approx 85,000 btus per gallon
2006-06-30 14:34:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
E85 Ethanol gets you actually better performance than gas.
2006-06-30 07:18:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's elecrtic cars, which ones off both battery and gas, as a backup.
2006-06-30 07:14:26 · answer #8 · answered by Linds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the indy car racing league is soon switching to ethanol
2006-06-30 14:35:17 · answer #9 · answered by ryan2659 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋