What is answer to the fuel and oil problem?

Question

I WOULD MAKE IT MYSELF ,ARE YOU NOT WISE,MODIFY YOUR DISTILLERS ,BOOST THE LEVEL OF THE SPIRITS,RUN YOUR MACHINES ON CORN SHINE AND THE OIL CAN BE MADE OUT OF COOKING OIL,JUST MODIFY THAT SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF CONTENT OF THICKNESS TO LUBE YOUR MACHINES

Answer 1

I will likely be a combination of things.  Solar, nuculear, wind & hydrogen power in addition to the "dirty" sources we use today.  I understand enthanol isn't efficient enough to merit long-term use, but it will probably have its place.

Answer 2

mine is electric cars because they are right now the cheapest and the technology for the most part is already developed

Answer 3

A better solution is the use of windpower to produce electricity. Windpower is relatively cheap (approximately 4 cents per kilowatt hour), and windpower is quite plentiful in many parts of the United States and the rest of the world.

Answer 4

mule & wagon

Answer 5

The best answer a E85 hybrid.  E85 can be made here in the states and takes little adjustments (about $1000) to turn any gasoline car into an E85.  Altair Nanotechnologies is producing batteries that are rechargable by a standard power outlet and lasts around 500 miles with little power loss compared to most electric cars.  Couple these batteries with E85 and not only would we be nondependent on oil, but we'd also have better, less pollutant cars with virtually the same performance.  Even the common hybrid on the market today can run 40 miles,which is more than the average person drives a day, on electric before switching to gas.  Of course this option will not happen anytime soon seeing how the most powerful people in the U.S. currently have a great amount of stocks in the oil industry.

Answer 6

Ultimately the answers to oil already exist; fuel cells; solar power; wind power; hydro electric. Right now the cost of fuel is steadily rising which is putting more and more pressure on the government and big business. Within the next 5 to 10 years the price of fuel should rise to 5 or 6 dollars a gallon in the U.S.A. When this occurs it will cause a massive amount of pressure to be put on the government; this will result in billions being put into rapidly putting fuel cells into cars; solar powers being adapted for everyday use in cheaper solar panels while hydro electric and wind power will be expanded. Due to the current political movements going on in the Middle East and Russia; the price of oil won't go down regardless of profit made which means within 15 years the U.S.A. will be forced into switching over to new fuel systems; which in turn will spread throughout the world.

Answer 7

renewable energy and localised fuel sources will meet the demand and cut foreign depedancy from oil in the future.

Answer 8

The answer is simple:  use less oil and/or use alternative fuel.  Unfortunately, alternative fuel doesn't seem to be quite ready for prime time.  

Use less oil/gas:

1.  Drive an energy efficient car (I get 50 mpg in my Prius.)

2.  Use public transit/carpool.

3.  Find other ways to drive less.

4.  Encourage your friends to make low energy consumption part of their choice, too.

5.  Buy a solar water heater - pays for itself in 2 years.

Prepare to use alternative fuel vehicles:

1.  Learn about biodiesel produced in your area - where can you buy it? What kind of car will support it?

2.  Learn more about the electric vehicles.  When will they be feasible?

3.  Plan for your next car to be energy efficient.

Answer 9

I don't think we have the answer yet.  The best bet at the moment is probably electric cars, run off wind power.  Hydrogen is no better - emisson free, yes when its used, but not when produced.  One of the main ways to produce hydrogen at the moment is by natural gas reforming.  Breaking up methane into hydrogen... and carbon dioxide.

And things like biodiesel... they do sound good but think of what is required to make it.  In order to produce enough oil crop to make enough to power just Australia's cars, you would probably need to have half of Australia planted with oil crops.  What happens to the food?

Answer 10

There are several solutions to this problem.

There are numerous different kinds of fuels we could switch to. The first is ethanol. Ethanol comes from corn and corn is plentiful around the world.

Another kind of energy we could use are electric cars. We could use solar or wind energy to fill up the electric chargers that electric cars could pull into.

The next is hydrogen. Hydrogen is infinite and is clean. Absolutely no emmisions.

The last is compressed air. A compressed air car has been invented and will be mass produced in 2008.

Thanks for your time

Answer 11

Let economics work.  Charge more, buy less, adapt.

Answer 12

The first answer is conservation. Look at the 1950's. Most familes had ONE car in the driveway. Now, it is common to see four, six and more at the house. Suzie and Johnny the teens have to have their own ride, you know. The second answer is alternative fuels. Natural gas, electricity, hydrogen. These alternative fuels need to become key in the running of vehicles and we are now beginning to see hybrids. Additionally, BMW is working on a hydrogen cell auto. Thridly, people need to find alternative modes of transportation fpor fossil fuel preservation. For example, our family has ONE car. My husband uses it for work; if I need to go somewhere during the day, I walk, take the bus or cab it.

Answer 13

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Answer 14

Ethanols is the answer.  Made in America, clean, renewable.  What else do you need!

Answer 15

I would have to say hydrogen powered cars since hydrogen is plentiful and doesnt cause pollution.

Answer 16

Bio fuels can be from used cooking oil for around $1 per gal , the problem there is that unless people start eating more fatty food, there is a limited supply of used cooking oils. If we start using existing supplies of vegetable oil for bio fuel then food prices will go up. One source being investigated is Algae farming.