Flexible Fuel Vehicles

If your alternative energy and fuels are your feet, whether through walking or bike riding, you are already at an advantage, taking care of your body and using transportation that is essentially free. However, there’s an even better way. And that is really through using alternative fuels.

Biodiesel is one of those alternative fuels. It is made from vegetable oils. Rapeseed and soybean oils are the most commonly used, although other vegetables oils such as mustard, palm oil, hemp and jatropha have been tried and seem to show a lot of potential. These are listed or called Virgin Oil Feedstock.

Then we have the waste vegetable oils which are byproducts from animal fats like tallow, lard and yellow grease. It is suggested by many that waste vegetable oil is the best source of oil to produce biodiesel.

Biodiesel is an environmentally friendly alternative to the petroleum diesel we use today which as higher emissions that pollute our towns, cities and environment. Many people already have alternative car fuels and that is good because there are really many benefits that biodiesel can give.

Some of the benefits of using biodiesel are:

1. Biodiesel is an environmentally friendly fuel.

2. It is a clean burning fuel.

3. It will reduce carbon dioxide emissions

4. Biodiesel is made from waste vegetable oils

So convert car to biodiesel and everything will be alright. You’ll realize that you are driving longer distance but is saving more and more. Oops don’t forget that you’re also helping the environment.

Is there such a thing as flexible fuel vehicles? Can you really run your car on water or in biodiesel? The truth is you really can. But water alone can't fuel your vehicle. You need a few portion of gasoline in the car as well, or a mix of biodiesel for it.

Water or biodiesel will simply help gas burn more efficiently. It is a fact that because of the poorly-designed engines, only 20% of gasoline is actually used to move the car. The rest gets wasted as heat and carbon deposits that collect in various parts of the engine. So alternative automotive fuels will be able to stop converting gas to heat and pollution and greatly boost your fuel efficiency.

Here are some of the benefits of a car that depends on natural gas prices and runs it with it:

• You can double your mileage and cut your gas bill in half.
• You can clean up emissions and protect your health and the health of your family.
• You can prevent global warming and help the environment.
• You can make your engine last longer.
• You can qualify for IRS tax refunds because of using green energy.
• You can reduce the wear and tear of your engine and cut back on maintenance costs.

There are lots of reasons for us to use alternative fuels. First is to help save Mother Earth. It is a reality that the earth is growing older. Green house effect is one of the troubles we are facing. Fuel has contributed to this. Second is the economic crisis. And so, to use alternative fuels connotes less cost on our part because our aim is to use a lesser amount of fuel. Third, if we use alternative fuels, we save energy and get earth out of danger.

Having shown with reasons to use alternative fuels, the next query would be, what are the ways to do it? We are reliant in terms of using fuel. Using alternative fuels maybe difficult be done because we are by now comfortable on using fuel to run our stuff –car, aircraft, vessels, appliances, etc and in making household chores. But then once more, if we do not use alternative fuels, we will be the ones to suffer of or maybe our siblings in the future.

Let us focus on using fuel to run our vehicles. How do you use alternative fuels in this case? Some people may answer, do not use your car or vehicle. On our earlier generations were able to survive without it. Of course, you ought to know that the earlier and the current generations are not the same. Vehicle is a necessity at our time. We cannot able stop using cars; we only have to assess the necessity of using it. For example, if you will buy food in a convenient store only a block or two away from your place, you can do a walk and do not use your car. By this action, you will not only save fuel, you will also be able to exercise your body and maintain a good health.

If you must have to use your car, avoid applying the accelerator when you start up. Likewise, do not rev the engine when turning off the ignition. To save fuel you have to stay away from rough roads. Passing on rough roads leads to an increase in fuel consumptions. Make sure also if your petrol cap fits closely. You also have to avoid rush journeys, if you can. You might think, you cannot really do the steps enumerated here, however, bear in mind the advantages you will gain if you save fuel.

A famous adage says “everything is only a state of mind.” That's why, using alternative fuel can really become a practice or habit if we put in our minds that in doing so we save money, make a healthy living and we can also save Mother Earth.