Is there any other typed of fuel or energy other than gas/oil that can be used to power cars?

Question

Is there any other typed of fuel or energy other than gas/oil that can be used to power cars?

Answer 1

The Tesla Roadster is an anticipated electric car that is too expensive right now.  Electric, steam [Haha jk]

and—wait... just listen to the first answerer he knows the best ones.  Corn, too, believe it or not.

Answer 2

Hydrogen fuel cell , Electricity , and bio - diesel ( veggy oil) are the front runners , there is also E-85 Ethanol and Methane or Natural gas and there is alway's propane.

Answer 3

Liquid hydrocarbons (gasoline, diesel) are the most efficient way to carry fuel and power a vehicle.  They have the highest "energy density" and don't require refrigeration or high-pressure tanks to carry them.

The alternatives are electricity - but batteries are inefficient and VERY heavy.  Hydrogen - needs high pressure tanks.  Propane, LNG, etc. require low-pressure tanks.

So although there are a lot of alternatives, none of them come close to the energy density of gasoline.

Answer 4

there are full electric cars but if we made them a permeate

thing stupid gas companies will be out of buissness

Answer 5

Yes the new fuel in the works is ethanol. Some gas stations are starting to sell the fuel e-85, it only uses 15% gasoline. Very little emmisions. Plus by 2012 solar car will begin to hit the markets. Good luck with finding your best answer:)

Answer 6

In Brazil, ethanol working cars are very popular and it's an old tecnology. it's use is widely spread.

We also have it here Natural Gas an Methane.

Answer 7

The best alternative to Gas/Oil (Gasoline/Diesel) is electricity and with the advancements in battery technology we should be able to use zero polluting vehicles to commute and run errands economically very soon.

There is some advancements being made on an engine that runs on compressed air. That actually shows some promise as an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) is essentially an air pump that uses burning Gasoline to compress the air. There would be little to change to convert an ICE to Compressed Air. The car itself would need to be much lighter than conventional cars used today as the power stored in the tanks (Compressed Air) is rapidly depleted during use, but rather quickly refreshed at an appropriate refilling station.

Compressed  Natural Gas (CNG) and LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) are useful and easy to use but are petroleum products.

I think that Electric power is the best alternate fuel and leaves the option to have your own solar voltaic panels to make the power. Plus when the Energy Companies wake up and start using solar, wind and tidal and/or waves to generate electricity it will be totally green. In the interim, while we still use coal to spin steam turbine dynamos to generate electricity, charge your EV at night when excess power generated is destroyed. The energy is created anyway so use it, rather than destroy it.

Answer 8

Both electric and steam powered vehicles have been around for many decades.   I was thinking of how to build a stirling engine powered by most anything burnable on the way to work today.

Answer 9

let me start off by saying Hydrogen is a great option for the concept of free energy.     I built my first hydrogen cell about 5 years ago. Have converted over 50 vehicles in the last 10 years (gydrogen and EV) and now currently run 2 trucks (and another EV), my home hot water heater, home stove and home generator on hydrogen for free with caught rain water and the help of a $10 solar panel.  I offer a step by step DIY guide to walk anyone interested threw the process. You can find it at www agua-luna com or you can email me.

There are basically 3 safe ways to make and use it... chemically, electrically and molecularly, the first 2 being easier so I'll only discuss them here. The fallowing steps were taking directly out of a DIY guide I offer to those who would like to run their vehicles or home on hydrogen safely. The entire guide is available at www agua-luna com

    On demand h2 generators are a bit different from the Hollywood versions like seen Chain Reaction with Keanu Reeves, that tend to explode violently every time a film is being made. However when used in an on-demand system there is no storage of hydrogen and oxygen in its gas form, only liquid (water) and is only transformed into gas “on-demand” in small cylinder size amounts. It’s actually safer then gasoline as it doesn’t evaporate, creating explosive fumes in the tank like gas. the following were actually taken out of my $5 guide available at www agua-luna com

    Chemically

    1. You’ll need a 6inch x 1ft schedule 40 pvc pipe. With pvc cement glue a cap on the bottom and use a s***w on cap for the top. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, s******g in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections).

    2. Now crunch up a couple aluminum cans (beer cans, soda cans etc) and drop them into the pvc pipe, along with a couple cups of lye (Red Devil drain opener has lye in it, some Clorox and Drano’s do to).

    3. Then simply add water, s***w on the top and wait a few minutes.

    What happens in simplicity is that aluminum and lye don’t really get along so they battle, and as always the innocent civilians (water H2O) that the most casualties, by giving up its hydrogen and oxygen. This then builds up in the void of the pipe and is ready to be vented into your engine, by opening the valve. You may need to start your engine on gas then switch it off after the hydrogen starts burning.

    Electrical is a bit easier then Chemically.

    1. Simply take a small solar panel 1.5 amps is what I use ($9 at harborfreight.com), connect the 2 wires from the panel +- to 2 conductors (carbon cores of batteries work well, just be careful removing it from the jacket), but any conductive material will work ie. Copper, aluminum, steel, etc.

    2. Drop the wires into a water tank (I use 55gal drums), make sure they don’t touch each other.

    3. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, s******g in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections).

    4. Then simply add water, s***w on the top cap and wait.

    After a few hours tiny bubbles will form and rise off one conductor (that’s hydrogen) and even smaller bubbles that just looks like foam will rise off the other (oxygen). I don’t remember which likes the positive and which likes the neg hydrogen or the oxygen.

    The third method is more complicated and is what I use for my vehicles. It’s just a modified Joe’s Cell, there’s a step by step DIY guide available to walk you threw the process here www agua-luna com

It also covers the other 2 methods described in more detail.

www agua-luna com

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at  www agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

Dan Martin

Alterative Energy / Sustainable Consultant, Living 100% on Alternative & Author of How One Simple Yet Incredibly Powerful Resource Is Transforming The Lives of Regular People From All Over The World... Instantly Elevating Their Income & Lowering Their Debt, While Saving The Environment by Using FREE ENERGY... All With Just One Click of A Mouse...For more info Visit:  

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Answer 10

Electric cars  are an up and coming variety~ They still use gas at times, but are better for the enviroment (Hybrids) ~ Vegetable oil is gaining popularity, which is a good thing for restaurants looking to get rid of their used oil!  Not sure how it's done, but a diesel engine can be converted to run only on vegetable oil~

Answer 11

Natural gas (methane)! My 2 cars run on it now. Ford made them in 1999 and 2000, so the technology is not new. Natural gas burns 99% cleaner than gasoline, so it's great for the environment, plus it's super cheap and plentiful in the USA. I love 'em!