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SAAB and Alternative Car Fuels

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:27:52 +0000

Everyone wants to possess a car that will run on alternative fuels. They know that the time is not far off when there will be no natural fuel left in the world. Apart from this there is the fact that the natural fuels emit lots of CO2 emissions and they pollute and damage the environment of the world apart from creating greenhouse problems. Keeping this in mind, most car owners are looking for models of their favorite cars that will run on alternative fuels.

One can say without hesitation that the owners of the Swedish car, SAAB, are the best off. As it is this car manufacturer is famous all over the world for the safety features of their car and also for the fact that they are credited with introducing certain innovative features that are now being adopted by car manufacturers all over the world. It is hence natural that SAAB cars would also lead the way when it comes to manufacturing cars that run on alternative fuels.

SAAB has not let down its fans and has come out with the SAAB 9-5 BioPower. This car has got the capability of reducing the CO2 emission by as much as 70%, a percentage that has not been achieved by any other car manufacturer prior to SAAB. The 9-5 BioPower can run either on petrol or on a mixture of petrol and bioethanol (E85). There is no need for special adjustments to be made by the driver to run the car on these different fuels.

Wood Chips used to make Bio-Ethanol

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:10:33 +0000

There’s quite a few morality issues with using food-sources for bio-ethanol-making, so scientists all over the world are looking for solutions to this ethical question…

Using wood chips to create ethanol is a great way, as long as we’re using the kind of wood Scandinavia is famous for — the kind that doesn’t kill worldwide photosynthesis…

In an article titled Moving Away from Food Source Ethanol, Alternative Fuels Blog talks about this, and I think it’s an excellent resource…

Bio-Fuels – they the same as Alternative Fuels?

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:45:22 +0000

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Bio fuels are indeed types of alternative fuels. There is some discussion, however, as to what constitutes a bio fuel. Some feel that it only refers to food source gasoline such as ethanol made from wheat, corn or sugar cane. Others believe that bio specifically refers to biodegradable, and others yet, understand bio to mean any sustainable resource such as plants and organic waste.

Further, many scientists refer to bio fuels as agro-fuels, since the underlying composition of a bio fuel is that it is sustainable and it came from living organisms. Another form of bio fuel is bio diesel that is made from fats found in plants, cooking oils, soybean oil, canola oil and some animals.

The thing that is most bizarre about bio fuels is the price. When it first became available at limited numbers of gas stations In Canada, the promotional material said it was a cheaper gas and helped the planet. Many people would not buy it believing it was some sort of gimmick and feeling that their car would not perform as fast using gas made from wheat or corn. But the point was it was much cheaper to manufacture so no one should have any complaint about filling his/her tank with bio fuels.

Today, it is claimed that it only costs about one dollar US per gallon to produce the bio fuels but all the gas stations that pump ethanol are charging the same ridiculously high price as normal gas. Now they tell us that it costs just as much to produce the corn based gas as regular gasoline. So other than the pollution factor, why would people bother buying bio fuels especially when most cities only have one gas station and then many have none?