The Alternative Fuel Race: Which One Will Go the Distance?

Since the discovery of fire a million years ago, man has gone a long way in developing sources of null to support his way of living. Of the worlds up-to-date energy sources, about 95% come from dodo open fires such as coal, natural botch up, and petroleum. (Cunningham & Saigo, 1997). With issues such as pollution, global warming, and energy conservation, substitute(a) fuel sources emerged, with the free-enterprise(a) vision of erasing the need for fossil fuels in cars.Implementing an election for petroleum in vehicles entails many concerns, such as availability, cost of production, energy output, and level of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Farrell et al. , 2006 Hill et al. , 2006). At present, ethanol, battery power, and intercrosseds are lendable as alternative fuel sources for passenger vehicles. The challenge now is which of these three has what it takes to replace fossil fuels? This query paper aims to take in an overview of three alternative fuel options for passe nger vehicles existing today ethanol, battery power, and hybrid cars.The data and issues presented in this paper should provide randomness to the general public about the pros and cons of each(prenominal), and hopefully willing aid in the decision as to which alternative fuel is the best option for possibly surrogate fossil fuels in passenger cars. To examine each alternative fuel option, the researcher uses information pull together from peer-reviewed journals and news articles published within the past decade. separately of the three topics for investigation is first defined forward data is presented and interpreted.The data covers a brief explanation of each fuel option, including statistics and results from studies conducted on them. Also include in this report are economic and environmental pros and cons of the three presented options for passenger cars. This paper does not give mention to the implications of ethanol, battery power, and hybrids on industries other than passenger vehicles. Furthermore, this research does not cover political and cultural issues affecting the implementation of alternative fuels.