Alternative Fuels http://altfuels.blogs.bftf.org Just another Ben Franklin Institute weblog Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:11:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 en Electric cars http://altfuels.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/30/electric-cars/ http://altfuels.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/30/electric-cars/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:11:46 +0000 altfuels http://altfuels.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/30/electric-cars/ Electric cars are vehicles that use electric energy stored into batteries. The batteries should be recharged more often than the fuel in a normal car and had to be changed from 3 to 5 years. The EC has a zero emission ot polutants that produce smog effect and other Greenhouse gases. This makes them environmentally useful but still we have the polution produced while manufacturing the electricity. EC also reduces the oil market dependance, the noice and also gives evidence of about 90% efficiency. The moving energy can be converted into electricity again which reduces the energy requirement of a trip. Although being safe for the reason that there is no danger of explosion the electric car is good only for short distances. Except for that the batteries, thir instalation and recharging are too expensive fot a evarege salary of 100 $ in Bolcan coutries for example that cannot afford 50 000$ for full pacage of the service.

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There are many problems associated with using ethanol as opposed to regular oil. It is more expensive than oil, it is using our resources that could be used to feed our people, and ethanol fueling stations are extremely difficult to find from state to state. For example, Connecticut has only 2 stations in their entire state that has ethanol, and both are state sponsored.

However, these problems are easily overcome, if we offer just enough incentives for both citizens and the government to make the switch to ethanol. Positive reinforcement is all that is needed. Perhaps tax breaks on those people who buy ethanol or fuel-flex cars, or tax breaks for those gas stations that offer ethanol fueling stations.

Until next time.

Jennifer

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