What is our alternative to gas powered Vehicles, and how will we end our dependancy for crude oil?

Answer 1

I believe in the short term we will use more ethanol based fuels. Next we will use more electric cars. And the next generation will be hydrogen powered cars which would be very good for our environment and the O-zone.

Answer 2

Well, right now Biomass and Electrical cars are becoming alternative source of power for vehicles but the day that this sources could entirely replace gasoline and diesel is pretty far. Hydrogen cell, solar cells and nuclear power may one day be also contribute to end the dependency on hydrocarbon fuel.

But it takes more than developing the necessary technology to make this transition happen. All the energy market revolves around the oil fuel, this is, all other sources of energy are measured and balanced against the cost of producing the same amount of energy from the primary method (from oil) that's why alternative sources aren't cheaper than buying a portable generator. This is fixing the price against the supply and demand and telling the world they're short on the most abundant elements on the earth.

One step that will also contribute to the transition to other forms of energy is the creation of more energy efficient vehicles, this is where the miles per gallon comes from. The day the vehicles become more efficient the gas prices are going to plummet becuase the demand will be less, then other alternative sources of energy will be able to compete better.

So Solar, Biomass, Hidrogen, nuclear energy or even compressed air are the most promising alternatives sources of energy that we will probably rely on to power the high efficiency vehicles of the future. All will probably run on electrical motors and the internal combustion chamber will become part of the dark ages.

Answer 3

Bio diesel,

Sure there are all types of electric cars, hydrogen engines and such, but none of these generate the energy to start with, they all need a power plant somewhere to create the electricity or hydrogen.

So, internal combustion engines are here to stay. What we need to do is find an alternative to crude oil based products to burn in them, bio diesel is the way to go.
Any pollution from an engine run on plant products has already been paid for (in environmental terms) by the plants growing from those very engine emissions

Answer 4

our "dependency" on crude oil will end whenever something better comes along

as it is, crude oil derivitive remain the least expensive form of energy

why would we want to move to a MORE expensive form?

Answer 5

The eventual solution will probably be small-scale fusion or electric cars that use re-charge stations. There's only about 40 years of oil left, so we'll probably find out soon enough.

Answer 6

Fuel Cars with Alcohol like they do to Monster Trucks

Answer 7

Walking. Horses, Bikes.