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Improving our Planet with Alternative Fuels

Improving our Planet with Alternative Fuels . Michael Spychalski – Sec. 609. Why Choose Alternative Fuels?.

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Improving our Planet with Alternative Fuels

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  1. Improving our Planet with Alternative Fuels Michael Spychalski– Sec. 609

  2. Why Choose Alternative Fuels? More than a dozen alternative and advanced fuels in production or use today. Use of these fuels is critical to reducing dependence on foreign oil and improving air quality. This slide show will touch base on four different alternative fuels and teach you about their benefits for your country and your lungs!

  3. Biodiesel • Biodiesel is a domestically produced, renewable fuel that can be manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases. • Biodiesel is safe and biodegradable, and its use significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions and serious toxic air pollutants. • The United States imports more than 60% of its petroleum, two-thirds of which is used to fuel vehicles in the form of gasoline and diesel.

  4. Ethanol • Ethanol is a renewable transportation fuel primarily made from starch crops such as corn or from sugar beets and cane or cellulosic materials, such as fast-growing trees and grasses. • Nearly one-third of U.S. gasoline contains ethanol in a low-level blend to reduce air pollution. • The carbon dioxide released when ethanol is burned is balanced by the carbon dioxide captured when the crops are grown to make ethanol. This differs from petroleum, which is made from plants that grew millions of years ago.

  5. Hydrogen No CO2 • The simplest and most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen can be produced from fossil fuels and biomass and even by electrolyzing water. • Hydrogen can be produced from diverse domestic resources, with the potential for near-zero greenhouse gas emissions. • Hydrogen and fuel cells can power stationary applications such as portable electronic devices, backup generators, and grid electricity production.

  6. Natural Gas • Natural gas is a domestically available, inherently clean-burning fuel. • Using compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) as vehicle fuels increases energy security, paves the way for fuel cell vehicles, and improves public health and the environment. • It directly reduces greenhouse gas emissions by preventing methane release into the atmosphere

  7. Percentage of C02 Emissions from Cars

  8. How Biodiesel Is Renewable

  9. Bibliography The End • http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/ • http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/ggccebro/chapter1.html • http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/current.shtml • http://www.globalwarming.org/

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