Benefits of Vehicles Using Alternative Fuels

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Communication in Automotive Industry
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Date: May 24, 2019
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Subject: Benefits of Vehicles Using Alternative Fuels.
Alternative fuels are known as the advanced and the non conventional fuels used in place of the
conventional fuels. Alternative fuels are found to be producing less emission that contributes to
air pollution, smog and global warming. In other words, alternative fuels represent sustainable
forms of the energy and are not derived from the petroleum. They mostly include biofuels,
alcohols, propane and natural gas. They primarily represent the solid, liquid or the gas biofuels
acquired from the vegetable oil, biomass or from the agricultural food crops.
Alternative fuel is expected to be economical, supplying a gain in energy, beneficial to
environment and delivering limited impacts. The alternative fuels commonly used across the
world include biodiesel, ethanol, and methanol. Also known as ethyl alcohol, ethanol represents
colorless liquid alcohols that are less dense. Biodiesel on the other hand refers to carbon neutral
fuel and is a mixture of the methyl esters and fatty acid. Methanol is liquefied methane which is
also a natural hydrocarbon produced through decomposition.
In present times, alternative fuels for the automobiles presently became a topic of growing
importance and interest. According to October 2013 data, there has been a sale of 34 million
flexible fuel vehicles and close to over 9 million hybrid electric vehicles. Production wise there
has been a production of close to 17.8 million vehicles made of natural gas and 17.5 million
vehicles have been powered by the Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG).

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It is to be noted that vehicles using alternative fuel are known as the alternative fuel vehicle since
they are powered by fuel other than petrol or diesel. Such vehicles are either electric powered,
solar powered or hybrid vehicles. Some of the benefits for the vehicles using alternative fuels are
as follows:
1. Vehicles Using Alternative Fuels do not have a Chance of Running Out: It is believed that
traditional fuels like petroleum would get depleted given the fact that the fuels are not renewable
and there would be a day when the demand for the fuels would be higher compared to supply
thereby leading to a world crisis. Non environmentalist have also put forward that most of the
oil fields across the world have been associated with problems both economic and political.
Presence of alternative fuels would not only reduce the conflict and unrest that results from the
dependence on the fuel supply of specific countries.
2. Vehicles Using Alternative Fuel Can Reduce Pollution: The use of the alternative fuels helps
in reducing the harmful emissions of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and
emissions related to production of Ozone.
3. These Vehicles Protect Against the Global Warming: It has been found that burning of fossil
fuels causes the temperature to rise in the atmosphere of the earth thereby leading to global
warming. Although the aspect of global warming has been restricted to theory there has been a
belief that discovery of cleaner sources of burning fuel acts as a crucial step towards enhancing
the environmental quality.
4. Using These Vehicles Helps in Saving Money: Alternative fuels are lower priced not in
relation to the fuel itself but also in terms of having long service life which implies saving for
the future.