Alternative fuel

Alternative fuel is any method of powering an engine that do not involve petroleum (oil). Some alternative fuels are electricity, hithane, hydrogen, natural gas, and wood. The need for the development of Alternative fuel sources, has been growing because of concerns that the reserves of oil are finite and will one day run out completly. See Oil depletion. The relative difficulty in obtaining oil which is a major cause of conflict, especialy in areas like the Middle East, has caused the price of oil to slowly rise. See Oil_price_increases_of_2004_and_2005. Growing concerns about the effects of polution from car exhausts and the Greenhouse effect have increased interest in Alternative Fuels, as well. See Future energy development for a general discussion.

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Engine - Petroleum - Electricity - Hithane - Hydrogen - Natural gas - Wood - Oil depletion - Oil_price_increases_of_2004_and_2005 - Greenhouse effect - Future energy development

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A very small minority of geologists support the abiogenic petroleum origin theory. They claim that very large amounts of hydrocarbons exist extremely deep underground. Thomas Gold, author of The Deep, Hot Biosphere, is one of the most prominent proponents of this theory. Even if this very controversial theory is true, it may be of little relevance for the near future since drilling costs increase with depth.

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Abiogenic petroleum origin - Thomas Gold

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Some of these come into the category of renewable energy. Renewable energy includes electricity generation for the home, while the term "alternative fuels" tends to refer to mobile energy. Some alternative fuels and the cars they power are : ethanol, oil shale, steam engine cars (like the Stanley Steamer), coal-oven steam cars, electric vehicle, electric cars recharged by solar cells, Tesla's electric car (with antenna), hydrogen fuel cell (see hydrogen car), hydrogen internal-combustion car (see hydrogen car), water fuel cell, hempseed oil fuel, organic fuel (garbage), gas vaporizing carburetor, magnet car, and air car. Some less conventional alternative fueled cars are : wind-up car, nuclear powered, rubber band (stored energy), spring power (stored energy), and wind-powered sail cars. Most alternative fuels are designed to be cheap, non-polluting, non-finite sources of energy.

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Renewable energy - Ethanol - Oil shale - Steam engine - Stanley Steamer - Coal - Electric vehicle - Solar cell - Tesla - Hydrogen car - Water fuel cell - Hemp - Organic - Carburetor - Air car - Rubber band

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