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A Look Into The Past Of Alternative Fuels

The history of alternative fuel can be found way back in the 1900’s but due to political and economical factors, the growth of alternative fuels was short lived. Fossil fuels are still the mainstay of the economy but in the 1970’s, there was a extreme fuel shortage in America that led to taking a serious view of alternative fuels.

Due to an over reliance on fossil products, America were at the mercy of foreign countries with oil supplies to generate their economy. This led to a paradigm shift when in 1973, OPEC reduced its output, corresponding causing an increase in oil prices. The consequences are that the world has to take a serious view of the dependent and in 1978, diesel engines began gaining more popularity as well as other alternative fuel for instant biodiesel.

Now, almost 3 decades later, the world has awakened to many other sources of alternative fuels. Ethanol is one of the fuels that is taken its place and is essentially make from grain. Researchers have developed a certain form of grain alcohol that can power a combustion engine as well as oil-based products but more friendly to the environment. In addition, it is much economical to produce too besides creating more jobs for corn farmers.

Other forms of alternative fuels are methane, propane, and hydrogen that can be used to power modern vehicles. But to effectively run such gases on traditional engines, changes have to be made. Thus, this give rise to the advance of the modern alternative fuels vehicles.

Technology and environment are not a factor when compared to the development of alternative fuels than mainly politics. To a certain degree, it is true as politicians, being politicians, tend to lean on mass opinions. With global warming becoming fashionable, politicians gravitate towards supporting and developing alternative fuels.

Whatever the cause, it has been proven beyond any doubts that alternative fuels contribute effectively to the environment. In retrospect when it comes to the development of alternative fuels, great advancement has been made and the present and near future, new technologies will surface to make it an exciting technology.

Many forms of alternative fuels continue to make big stride and will continue as fossil fuels are scare and will in due course dry up. Being environmental aware is essential but alternative replacements are necessary and scientists will persevere to make alternative fuels technologies more cost effective as well as efficient to use so that the population will take to it.

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A Look Into The Past Of Alternative Fuels / Author: Jason