Can some1 recommend a few good fuel alternatives to place in a vehicle other then ethanol?

Question

I need to noe a few fuel alternatives that r environmentaly friendly and could work well on cars

Answer 1

No. As a matter of fact ethanol by itself is not too good either.

"Water Gas" has been used (made by inclmplete burning of any carbonaceous material like paper or wood chips). Methane or propane gases have been used for years in Oklahoma and Texas. The problem, primarily, is that none of these have the energy content of gasoline. It takes 3-5 times as much, per mile. Also you have to modify your motor (or replace it). Remember, all these processes TAKE more energy than they yield.

Answer 2

There is hardly anything that is cheap, that is the problem no adays with oil.

You could also buy an electric car.

Answer 3

There are a variety of fuels you could get judging how environmentally friendly you want to get.

The first is diesel. Diesel gets a very high gas mileage. We have a diesel car that gets 52 mph. The downside is that it is oil based.

The second is electric. Electric can be very environmentally friendly judging where the electric charger get's its energy from. If it were powered by solar for example it would be 0 emissions!

The next is a hybrid car. Hybrids encourage being less dependent on oil since it is half electric and half oil. Still it gets a good gas mileage.

The last is hydrogen. If I were you I wouldn't get one since there are very few hydrogen stations out there and most of the hydrogen cars are just prototypes.

For more information go to www.puregreencars.com

Answer 4

old deisel mercedes benz require NO CONVERSION to run on BIO DIESEL or what has come to be known as SVO (straight vegetable oil)

any other vehicle with a 800$-$5000 conversion kit can also run on either or both SVO and bio-diesel

http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com/

or, how about water as fuel?

sound like sci-fi? check this out:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home/make-fir...

Answer 5

If a vehicle is designed to burn a specific type of fuel there are limited options for alternatives.

And if you are a person who moans about the price of gas, the alternatives aren't any cheaper.

Answer 6

In New Zealand, we are starting to use recycled vegetable oil as an alternative fuel.

It is still a new concept, but currently working very well.

Answer 7

Old diesel cars (the ones running on carburettors, not the fuel-injected ones) can run without any conversion on used vegetable oil, the exact same one used for deep-frying donuts.

Also, an engine (regardless of diesel or petrol) can be converted to run on natural gas which spews out less carbon dioxide than other fossil fuels. In fact, in some countries taxis and buses have been converted to use natural gas instead of gasoline.

Answer 8

Any diesel engine (old or new) can run biodiesel directly.  Biodiesel is vegetable oil run through a simple chemical process to make it thinner.  Veggie oil is too thick to work in modern diesel engines straight, just check out a bottle of vegetable oil at room temperature, then put it in the fridge.  The colder it gets, the thicker it gets!

Or a diesel car can be modified to pre-heat the fuel, in which case you can use straight vegetable oil, either new or used from the fryers (after you filter it to get the crud out.)

Diesel engines have always used fuel injectors.  They cannot use carburetors and never have.   Gasoline engines switched from carbs to fuel injection in the last 20 years.

Other fuels you can use are electricity (electric car), propane, or CNG.  Hydrogen is coming, maybe, if they can solve some problems.