2006-07-27 23:54:19 · 7 answers · asked by kittu_16 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
You shouldn't worry because you can't spell FUEL>
2006-07-28 00:34:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not likely, at least in the US.
Much hype is made about ethanol but the current economic model in the US is seriously flawed. It takes nearly 200,000 BTUs worth of fossile-based (i.e. oil) energy to produce 100,000 BTUs worth of ethanol-based fuel energy. Call it a 200% "fuel tax" if you will. It's a self-extinguishing flame doomed to economic failure as it will actually DOUBLE our dependence on fossil fuels.
We do have an energy source available in the US today that could be used economically. It's called soybeans. Soy oil can be used in the production of "bio-diesel" today. Minor modifications would be required for existing diesel engines to use it, and new engines can be easily designed from the ground up to run on it efficiently. Soy-based bio-diesel requires only about 15,000 - 30,000 BTUs worth of it's own energy to produce 100,000 BTUs worth of useable fuel so it's self sustaining. Improvements in technology could further reduce this percentage. As a bonus, the exhaust smells like popcorn cooking!
Even if we don't go the bio-diesel route in the near future, North America actually has more proven oil reserves than all of the rest of the world combined. This is in the form of shale oil deposits which until recently have been uneconomical to extract. However, at $70.00 per barrel for crude, the economic model of shale oil changes completely.
Test projects are under way in the US and Canada to demonstrate the technological and economic feasibility of this. At least one Canadian project actually leaves the land in better condition than it was before the oil is extracted, creating green space and pasture lands in its wake where nothing would grow previously due to the surface proximity of the deposits!
Sure, $3.00 a gallon for fuel hurts, but it also opens the door for alternative fuels that were pipe dreams just a couple of years ago. At least we're not paying $6.00 per gallon or more as folks in Europe are!
2006-07-28 08:10:49 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many companies are workin on that.BMW's new motive is by using water seperating hydrogen and oxygen
There are new and improved solar cars
Electric cars are also making good progress.
Scientists all over the world are working on it, to make a satisfactory fuel for the people which can cause less pollution to the environment.
2006-07-28 07:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by cinnomone queen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When hydrogen becomes economically attainable, that'll be the big revolution, I bet. A car that exhausts only water?! Very nice.
2006-07-28 07:09:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure.. it's called Ethanol... starting to become mainstream here in the US slowly.. its a fuel made from Corn.
2006-07-28 07:00:05 · answer #5 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethanol and Bio-Diesel
2006-07-31 10:55:46 · answer #6 · answered by blueovalj79 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT BOUT FULE???????????
YA WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!
AS MANY RESEARCHES R ON FOR RUNNING CAR ON WATER.
2006-07-28 07:50:37 · answer #7 · answered by s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋