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Fuels of the future. What car will you drive?. Search Google and YouTube “futuristic cars”. YouTube. Fuels of the future. What fuel will it run on?. Energy Considerations. Short- and long-term availability Cost to develop, produce and distribute Net energy yield of balance
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Fuels of the future What car will you drive?
Fuels of the future What fuel will it run on?
Energy Considerations Short- and long-term availability Cost to develop, produce and distribute Net energy yield of balance Environmental impact Sustainability: renewable, nonrenewable, or nonexhaustible
Alternative Fuels Biodiesel: Soybean, Algae Ethanol: Corn, Algae, other Biomass energy sources (sugarcane, sugarbeets, wood, switchgrass, etc.) Geothermal Hydropower Solar Coal Wind
Fuel, Food, Economic & Environment Debate • Oil prices are linked to food …and most everything else… food costs more because the energy to produce the food costs more. • High Grain Prices • Biofuel demand • Global shortages related to weather • Speculation
Renewable Fuel Panel • Production Cycle • Fields of Energy DVD • Web stream www.agclassroom.org • Advantages & Disadvantages • Subsidies • Environmental Impacts • Future of the fuel, could the U.S. run on biofuel?
Fuel Flicks • Ethanol Plant • Super Yeast: Making ethanol production more efficient • Switchgrass Science • Biodiesel Plant • Fats to Fuel • Algae (QuickTime Movie for download) • YouTube Algae Movies • Green Fuel – Algae (History Channel) • Hydrogen • Algae Research
Classroom Resources http://www.need.org/ http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html http://www.infinitepower.org/lessonplans.htm http://www.nrel.gov/learning/ http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/for_students.html