What is the best alternative fuel for automobiles?
Dear Best, _____At current technology the best and simplest is ethanol. It is made much the same as whiskey with a still. If using corn to ferment, the solid parts make a superior cattle feed. And pigs just LOVE it. Most corn grown in the US goes to cattle feed anyway. A car can run on ethanol without being modified very much. Even a diesel can be changed to run on ethanol. Ethanol is safer, cleaner, less pollution than gasoline. You lose a little mileage but get longer engine life. and less carbon in the oil. _____The car of the future will be the electric. A better battery will give better range. Now four batteries will give thirty miles range, and eight will give fifty. For a small car (VW) it is pretty good. There is a club in Seattle WA that converts VWs to electric. _____Hydrogen will be great as an energy storage system. Wind mills generate the power and it is stored in a special tank. Picture two tin cans, one slightly larger than the other. Both have the tops cut out. The smal
