Alternative Fuels: Who Needs and Wants It?
Posted on July 7th, 2011 by admin
Whether we want to think about it or not we all need alternative fuels to become more available and cost efficient. Fossil fuels have been a convenient way to power modern life but the fact seems to be that we just aren’t going to be able to afford them for much longer. Not just the economic cost of buying the fuel itself but the environmental costs of using fossil fuels is getting to be outrageous.
Atomic power in the form of nuclear reactors is one possible source of electricity that once was thought to be a terrific answer to the fossil fuel dilemma. However as events at several reactors over the years have shown, this answer might pose more and more deadly questions than it answers.
Alcohol is another answer and has the advantage of being renewable so that we aren’t going to run out of it any time soon. For automobiles ethanol additives are already being used and the technology necessary for alcohol exclusive vehicles has been available for years. Electric cars have been around for as long as automobiles have, but the technology is still evolving as far as the batteries are concerned.
Who needs alternative fuels? Everyone does. Who wants them? We all do.