Using ethanol instead of fossil fuels The use of ethanol as an alternative to fossil fuels could greatly reduce pollution. ... The more oxygen in a fuel, the cleaner and more efficiently it burns. ... Furthermore, because ethanol blended fuels also burn cleaner and pollute less, they are therefore reducing air pollution, this making ethanol the only motor fuel that will not contribute to the "greenhouse effect". ... Ethanol could prove to be a solution to a number of problems caused by the use of fossil fuels, and has also shown to be the solution to a number of other economical problems. ...

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Ethanol has numerous advantages that increase its potential as an alternative car fuel. ... Because there is a decreasing supply of fossil fuels on earth, the use of ethanol as an alternative, helps to extend the life of the petroleum supply on earth. ... The levels of fossil fuels on our planet is decreasing at an alarming rate. ... This means that the widespread use of ethanol would extend the existence of fossil fuels by a large degree. ... With extensive research, money and confidence the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel has the great potential to save the dwindling fossil fuel suppli...

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As our society slowly ventures away from the use of fossil fuels we face many problems on how we will efficiently run our factories, cars and other technologies without the use of fossil fuels. Since fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources they take millions of years to form and reserves are being depleted much faster than new ones are being formed. ... The sources we obtain fossil fuels from are often very dangerous and do not put a price on other natural capitals used in the process such as air and water. ... Since demand is so high for fossil fuels and supply is low or in a country that we ...

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Replacing fossil fuels with biofuel has the potential to generate a number of benefits. In contrast to fossil fuels, which are exhaustible resources, biofuels are produced from renewable feedstocks. ... The tax charges a fee on fossil fuels based on how much carbon they emit when burned. ... It will raise fossil fuel prices. It's an antidote to rigged energy pricing that helps fossil fuels destabilize earth's climate. ...

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As of how the cost is now, people don't see any profit in putting solar panels on, so most current owners of solar panels did it to reduce global warming, or to save our natural fossil fuels. ... "(Hall) Although, car batteries have the ability to charge themselves, as of right now, without fossil fuels powering the car and allowing it to move, the battery couldn't recharge its self. ... (Goodchild) The second major reason we need to expand research on clean renewable energy is we are greatly depleting our fossil fuels and Marci Bortman in the scholarly article...

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HEVs have several advantages over conventional vehicles: HEVs can reduce dependency on fossil fuels because they can run on alternative fuels. ... Fuel cells generate electricity through an electrochemical reaction that combines hydrogen with ambient air. Pure hydrogen or any fossil fuel that has been "reformed" can be used to produce a hydrogen-rich gas. Methanol is a common fuel choice. For the most part, the fuel cell's only emission is water vapor, giving it potential as the cleanest hybrid power unit alternative. ...

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From the earliest times mankind has burned wood and other biomass fuels in order to make heat. ... More recently, "biomass fired steam power has been used to generate electricity [which] can have numerous environmental and air-quality advantages over burning fossil fuels" (How Biomass Energy Works"). But biomass has other uses than just the generation of electricity, it can also be converted into liquid form and used as a fuel for automobiles. ... Another disadvantage is that biomass is neither as economical nor efficient as the burning of fossil fuels. ... On the other hand is the latest in t...

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It is defined as being a fossil fuel. ... Being that crude oil is a fossil fuel, it is plentiful in the rocks of the sea bed, however the process of offshore drilling used to extract the oil has many negative side effects. ... One option is to use hydrogen, rather than crude oil derivatives as fuel. ... Another option is to use oxygenates, such as ethanol and methanol as fuel. ... It is a fossil fuel that occurs naturally in great abundance and thus is not in danger of being completely diminished ; Furthermore, although the burning of coal does release some harmful bi-products, technologica...

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This is due to the fact that it is rich in fossil fuels, but also thought of as the most critical area in the entire ecosystem. ... Because of this revenue, Alaska has no state income tax, no sales tax, and the lowest fuel taxes in the U.S. ... There is also an interest in finding alternatives to fossil fuel based energy, which is something that has not been fully supported by Bush. ...

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This paper will examine the construction of the Energy East Pipeline showing its benefits and potential risks. The focus will be on the social, economic, environmental and public security impacts that can have a tremendous effect on climate change. In this content (TransCanada, Energy East Pipe...

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A millennium ago, around roughly the tenth century, the Middle East was an economically advanced region of the world, as measured by standard of living, technology, agricultural productivity, literacy or institutional creativity (Kuran, 2011). The Middle East has experienced a roller coaster of grow...

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