We are searching for an all-encompassing answer to our current, excessive fuel usage, but it appears that none exists—at least not for now.
We are considering adding ethanol to our current gasoline formulae, but doing so will only improve our miles per gallon and, of course, produce much cleaner byproducts.
Ethanol turns into a transient
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repair, at most.
Of course, this is due to the requirement for the production of maize base sugars (as well as other related sugar and starch crops).
It is obvious that this will ultimately start to diminish our country's food supply and have a negative impact on our ability to export these grains.
With the projected rise in demand for our maize harvest, we may grow the additional area that .
Will using ethanol keep the price below what we already pay for gasoline?
All in all, we have to face the reality that we can't have our gas and eat our corn muffins at the same time.
Other crops, such soybeans, sugar beets, raw sugarcane, etc., can also be used to produce ethanol fuel.
The choice will be gas for our cars, and this will eventually result in a significant depletion of one or more of our important domestic and export crops.
It doesn't necessarily follow that this will happen, but if no complementary renewable energy fuels are created, such as hydrogen-based fuel cells to support the ethanol fuel method, this might lead to shortages of several important food staples.
The last query may be, "Do we like wheels underneath?"
The last query may be, "Do we like wheels underneath?"
our tummies, or the food on our feet."
Our common sense tells us that we should move forward in this situation very cautiously.
Granted, the extremely big south American nation of Brazil has been implementing its ethanol program for for ten years, with largely positive outcomes, and has benefited from the transition away from foreign oil.
It is uncertain whether it will ever be 100%.
It is hoped that electricity, which now contributes to the depletion of our fossil fuels, will help us to deliver the fuel needed to produce power for advanced "Fuel Cells" being developed to power the automobiles and trucks, etc. of the future. Solar energy is one potential strategy being experimented with to produce Hydrogen in order to power our future power plants.
Unfortunately, it is incredibly inefficient to produce hydrogen using solar energy power.
Having said that, solar energy must be taken into account because it is entirely renewable.
Along with the hydrogen fuel from solar approach, there have been recent announcements of some breakthroughs that hold great promise for using solar to produce hydrogen economically for fuel cells needed for both the automobile and our industrial needs while not depleting all of our food resources in the process.
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