What are some advantages/disadvantages of non-fossil fueled power cars?

Question

Advantage: helps preserve oil

Disadvantage: the cars are really expensive to buy

Any others?

Answer 1

jennifer

not sure if this is in line with what you need but to cut the cost disadvantage of non-fossil fueled cars you may want to try and convert your own.

First off there are many types of hybrid cars. I’ve converted cars to run on hydrogen, ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, Electricity, etc and currently run 2 on hydrogen and one on 100% electricity as well as my home hot water heater, home stove and home generator on hydrogen.

I’ve written several guides on the process and would be willing to walk you step by step threw the processes. The fallowing is a simple how to DIY hydrogen generator to run your car on regular water. If you'd like any other you can email me at [e-mail] or visit http://www.agua-luna.com/guides.html

"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 http://www.agua-luna.com/guides.html

    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.

    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 http://www.agua-luna.com/hydrogen.html It also covers the other 2 methods described in more detail."

    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 http://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

Retired Boeing Engineer now living 100% Off-the-Grid with my family, using Alternative Energy & loving every minute.

for more info visit agua-luna or email me at [e-mail]

Answer 2

For $2000 to $4000 you can buy a pre 1985 diesel,and run free wvo.

Answer 3

Electric vehicles may seem expensive to buy at the moment, but they are simpler to make, few moving parts (the Tesla http://www.teslamotors.com, only has 7 parts in the drive chain) so should be cheaper to make, plus no complcated fuel & exhaust management systems to meet pollution requirements. the Tesla for $100k is cheap compared to a ferrari of similar performance, 0-60<4 secs

Electric motors provide max torque from 0rpm from cold. are quiet, smooth & smell free. regenerate energy when slowing, and use none when stationary.

Electric can be generated from unrefined fuel close to source, or from renewables at home or work. and the distributed car batteries act as a back-up to the power-supply http://www.acpropulsion.com/technology/v...

Battery electric can use the primary fuel directly & efficiently without needing to store hydrogen or air under pressure.

Electric motors are cheap to maintain, and LI-ion batteries are fully recyclable.

And the electric technology has been well proven over the last 100 years

Disavantages: reduced profit for global oil & their governments (eg nigeria)http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com;

fossil head salesmen & journalists would need to re-train. need fewer mechanics, and service stations and tanker drivers...

Answer 4

These cars don't conserve oil or fossel fuel. They are less efficient because of dead weight they carry and only have an appearence of better ecconomy. Can't think of anything to recommend them other than they might make you feel good about buying one. Thats a good thing.

Answer 5

There's no gas bill if you use this car that runs on compressed air and is the "World's Cleanest Car.  

"   After fourteen years of research and development, Guy Negre has developed an engine that could become one of the biggest technological advances of this century. Its application to Compressed Air Technology(CAT) vehicles gives them significant economical and environmental advantages. With the incorporation of bi-energy (compressed air + fuel) the CAT Vehicles have increased their driving range to close to 2000 km with zero pollution in cities and considerably reduced pollution outside urban areas.

   The application of the MDI engine in other areas, outside the automotive sector, opens a multitude of possibilities in nautical fields, co-generation, auxiliary engines, electric generators groups, etc. Compressed air is a new viable form of power that allows the accumulation and transport of energy. MDI is very close to initiating the production of a series of engines and vehicles. The company is financed by the sale of manufacturing licenses and patents all over the world."

Answer 6

Don't listen to the nay-sayers!

Alternative fuel vehicles work for real people and save TONS of CO2, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and, in the long run, are cheaper to operate.  Watch "Who Killed The Electric Car".

Answer 7

The advantage is if we use a hydrogen powered car, all we need to fuel it is hydrogen and it only wmits water vapour so no carbon dioxide gets into the air.