| Not only is the price of gas rising ever higher each | | | | Biodiesel is another popular alternative fuel source. |
| day, but we must also take into consideration the | | | | It comes from animal fat and vegetable oil. It is |
| pollution that cars emit and the damage it does to | | | | said to produce less pollution than conventional |
| the environment. Those that want to live a | | | | diesel fuel that is based on petroleum. Willy Nelson, |
| greener lifestyle can do so by first finding | | | | the famous crooner of country ballads is a huge |
| alternative fuel cars that will be kinder to the | | | | advocate of using biodiesel for alternative fuel |
| global environment and their pockets as well. | | | | cars. |
| The New Science of Alternative Fuel Cars | | | | Natural gas is said to generate less pollution into |
| Alternative fuel cars are being tested at present | | | | the air as well as a smaller amount of greenhouse |
| to ease the dependence on petroleum. This | | | | gases. There are not many alternative fuel cars |
| vehicle can be one that produces less pollution or | | | | that run on natural gas at present but with the |
| it can focus on sustainable energy sources. This | | | | leaps and bounds in science, it is only a matter of |
| lessens our need to import fuel from the unstable | | | | time before this may be a viable fossil fuel |
| region of the Middle East and also addresses global | | | | alternative to petroleum. |
| warming issues that are at the forefront of many | | | | Hydrogen is a versatile source for these cars. It |
| governments at this time. | | | | can be produced from a number of fossil fuel |
| An added bonus in looking into alternative fuel | | | | sources such as nuclear power, coal and other |
| cars in the United States is the Federal tax | | | | sources of renewable energies. Hydropower fuel |
| incentives the government is offering to those | | | | cell cars are powered by hydrogen and do not let |
| citizens that purchase these vehicles that qualify | | | | off any harmful pollutants into the air. |
| according to their standards. | | | | What You Can Do |
| What are Alternative Fuels? | | | | The average consumer can find alternative fuel |
| One alternative fuel you may be hearing much | | | | cars in a variety of ways. Doing the proper |
| about in the news is ethanol. Ethanol is being | | | | research on the best alternative fuel cars for the |
| produced in the U.S. and it comes from crops | | | | money they have to spend is one of the best |
| such as corn. It is said to produce less emission | | | | ways to lessen our dependence on foreign oil and |
| and greenhouse gases than the conventional fuel | | | | to make positive changes that will address global |
| sources we now use. There is much debate over | | | | warming and climate change. It takes a village to |
| the use of ethanol as it takes energy in order to | | | | raise a child the old saying goes, but it also takes |
| produce it and the facts are still up in the air | | | | that same village to make changes in the way we |
| about whether it is truly worth the cost and | | | | handle our fuel needs. |
| effort to produce. | | | | |