Five most unusual vehicles powered by biofuels

  
Vehicles powered by biofuels Most unusual vehicles powered by biofuels
Today, in a world, where pollution is growing at a fast pace and the fact that all of us face many health problems because of that, we need to urgently find ways to make this world a cleaner and a greener place to live in.

There are so many vehicles running on the roads, each adding their share of pollution. But, as these vehicles have become an inevitable part of our lives, we should find vehicles that are pollution free so that the future generations can live healthier and cleaner lives.

There are already some such engines that do run on bio fuels. Bio fuels are made from natural substances which burn completely without giving out harmful gasses that cause pollution. But, due to economies of scale, bio fuels are more expensive than the usual petrol and diesel.

The other factor against bio-fuels is that their energy content is lesser than conventional fuels. None-the-less, efforts are being made, the world over, to make the bio-fuels more viable and the vehicles more popular, for a better future for all.

Here is a list of five some unusual vehicles powered by bio-fuels:
1. Biodiesel Hummers

 Biodiesel HummersThese cars are the same as Hummers usually are, but they run on biodiesel
These cars are the same as Hummers usually are. But, the catch is, that they run on biodiesel, fuel that is made from decomposed plants.

The fuel when used gives out the least amount of pollution making the vehicle completely eco-friendly. Biodiesel Hummers are the ultimate replacement for the usual gasoline ones and are slowly becoming really popular among Hummer lovers. The biodiesel Hummer gives a mileage of 19 mpg and you can also get your gasoline Hummer converted to a biodiesel one.

2. Hybrid vehicles

 Hybrid vehiclesThese vehicles use two sources of fuel
These vehicles use two sources of fuel. One of them being a conventional source like petrol and the other being the eco-friendly one, that is electricity. By using electricity, a part of the emissions of the vehicle are completely harmless. These vehicles, thus have a higher mileage as well. These vehicles have an internal combustion engine and an electric one.

There is a long list of hybrid vehicles that exist today. From scooters, bicycles, mopeds to heavy vehicles like trains, ships, aircraft and even cranes, all come in the hybrid form. A new form of hybrid vehicles is the human-powered electric form.

This includes electric bicycles and electric skateboards, etc. There are also a range of passenger vehicles that are now coming in the hybrid form. Most of the passenger car makers are coming up with newer varieties of hybrid with improved technologies. These vehicles are pollution free, but the cost of fuel is a bit of a concern in this case as well.

3. Electric cars with nanotechnology batteries

 Electric cars with nanotechnology batteriesThe advantage of nanotechnology batteries is that they are very light in weight and take very less time to recharge

The advantage of nanotechnology batteries is that they are very light in weight and take very less time to recharge. They also, are more durable and therefore last longer.

Engines running on these types of batteries boast of zero emissions! Moreover, according to some studies, Nano Lithium-X battery technology has the best output of energy as compared to other technologies available. Nanotechnology offers higher rates of battery charging and more energy supply as compared to other eco-friendly sources of energy.

4. Green races

 Green racesAn example of this was Audi which won a race with its bio-diesel powered car
Since road races are a rage among race lovers, we also need to find ways to have eco-friendly races for a cleaner future.

An example of this was Audi which won a race with its bio-diesel powered car. Efforts are being made by the organizers of these events to reduce their carbon footprints and introduce more vehicles that run on bio-fuels, to the racing track.

5. Travel to the green way

Travel to the green way Successful prior experiences of bio-fuels with jets and fast cars, bio-fuels do give a ray of hope in this arena as well

Alternative rocket fuels are being devised to help us reach space in a greener way. As the outer space is light years apart, this is much easier to talk about than made a reality. Although, with successful prior experiences of bio-fuels with jets and fast cars, bio-fuels do give a ray of hope in this arena as well. We can now confidently say that bio-fuels will surely work well to give energy to spaceships. The use of rocket fuel, which is inevitable today may not be so in the future.

The harmful emissions of this fuel should be done away with, as soon as possible. As going to outer space, now-a-days, is a regular phenomenon, we surely need to work on bio-fuels as a reliable source for rockets as well.

With so many new vehicles running on bio-fuels and newer ones being worked on, we can surely expect a greener future for the world.


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Biofuels as an alternative energy sources

Biofuels are produced by converting fuel on our organic matter. These biofuels are alternative energy source of fossil fuels that we currently depends on. Biofuels umbrella includes aegis ethanol and derivatives, such as sugar cane, as well as vegetables and corn oils. All ethanol products must, however, designed to be used in gasoline as a form. The international energy (IEA) tells us that ethanol be extending up to 10% of the world's usable gasoline by 2025, and not more than 30% by the year 2050. Today the percentage is 2%.

However, we have a long way to refine and for economic and practical these biofuels, that we are on the journey. Oregon State University's research to prove this. We have yet to develop biofuels that are energy efficient, as it is produced from oil petrol. Energy efficiency is a measure of how much usable energy for us the necessary for the purposes for which it was derived from a certain number of input energy. (None of that mankind has never been obtained more energy than the output of the input was necessary. What has always been an important is conversion — end-product is energy, which is useful for us to meet the specific needs of the input energy being only take the effort to produce the end-product.) HIT the investigation found is only 20% of the energy efficient maize derived ethanol (petrol petroleum produced 75% of the energy efficient).Biodiesel fuel was recorded 69% of the energy efficiency research to one, however, positive: ethanol derived from cellulose was choices is 85% efficiency, which is even higher than the Floris effective in the field of nuclear energy.

Recently, oil futures were down the New York Stock Exchange, analysts from various countries are predicting a strong increase in the availability of biofuels, which has been carried over to the oil, the value of the drop in crude oil $ 40 or thereabouts on international markets.Chicago Stock Exchange of cereal futures market, which is started "steal" the investment activities of NY, oil futures from the investors are definitely missing Start better profitability from biofuels. in fact, it is predicted that analysts agree on that biofuels must be by 7% of total world transportation fuels by 2030. One certain energy market analyst has said, petrol and diesel fuel demand growth may slow down, if the Government subsidizes biofuels distributing companies and pushes even further to promote the use of eco-friendly fuel.

There are a number of people involved in serious development of biofuels.

Is Brazil, which is the world's largest producer of sugar derived from ethanols. it produces approximately three and a half billion gallons of ethanol per year.

United States of America is the world's largest oil-guzzler, but is already behind Brazil's second largest producer of biofuels.

EU biodiesel production capacity is now more than four million tonnes (British) 80% of the EU biodiesel fuels are derived from rapsiöljyn; the low volume of palm oil and soybean oil make up 20%.