With the price of gas going through the roof, I have been looking up information related to alternative fuels and experimental vehicles hoping to find a future car that would run on air or water and be pollution free.
In a short time, I found quite a lot of info on the web by using the Google Search Engine. Google is a great modern research tool for the general public. It sure beats going to the library and looking through the card catalog index and hundreds of books. I listed some of the web sites below for future reference in case anyone wants to look at the sources.
Through a Google search I found that YouTube also has some great videos on future cars and innovations that are being carried out by enterprising experimenters in their home garage or basement. These guys have invented all sorts of gadgets related to getting better mpg (miles per gallon) on traditional and modified gas engines.
One such innovation is the Weed Wacker Bike where the inventor attached a gas powered weed wacker to a bicycle. He then put a small airplane propeller on the end. The weed wacker propeller pushed the bike along a straight road and provided about 200 mpg. See the link ….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h7AmVPpaEY
Another innovation was the Water Powered Car. This takes water and breaks it down to Hydrogen and Oxygen which are used as combustible fuel in a modified gas engine. See the link …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIgOn1kRw5s&feature=related
Cars with diesel engines can be modified to burn filtered french fry or vegetable cooking oils. This is a great way to recycle this waste product from restaurants and to reduce the use of regular diesel fuel. However, one of the side effects is the car exhaust smells like French fries and makes you hungry. See the link …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0WTkpQbv1w&feature=related
Another alternative is Biofuel or Ethanol made from corn or soy beans. Presently, unleaded gas at the pump has 10% Ethanol. Some hybrid cars can burn 85% ethanol mixed with regular gasoline. The problem with ethanol is farmers are growing less corn for food and more to make ethanol which consequently drives up the price of food corn. Farmers in the Amazon Basin are also clearing large areas of Rain Forest to grow soy beans that can also be used to make ethanol. This leads to more global warming and other ecological problems. However, a company in Medford, MA is developing a way to make ethanol from corn husks. That way the corn can still be used for food. See link ….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ZLSzuQFTE
How would you like to get over 3000 mpg. New experimental cars have set new records for mpg and distance. See the link …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY59yD7fsYE&eurl
You can also see other information about fuels and cars at the government web site … http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm Here you can find cheap gas prices by zip code, hybrids, mpg, money saving tips, and experimental cars that give extreme mpg.
Also, look at the US Dept. Energy website for future alternative vehicles. See the link …
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/vehicles/index.html
In a short time, I found quite a lot of info on the web by using the Google Search Engine. Google is a great modern research tool for the general public. It sure beats going to the library and looking through the card catalog index and hundreds of books. I listed some of the web sites below for future reference in case anyone wants to look at the sources.
Through a Google search I found that YouTube also has some great videos on future cars and innovations that are being carried out by enterprising experimenters in their home garage or basement. These guys have invented all sorts of gadgets related to getting better mpg (miles per gallon) on traditional and modified gas engines.
One such innovation is the Weed Wacker Bike where the inventor attached a gas powered weed wacker to a bicycle. He then put a small airplane propeller on the end. The weed wacker propeller pushed the bike along a straight road and provided about 200 mpg. See the link ….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h7AmVPpaEY
Another innovation was the Water Powered Car. This takes water and breaks it down to Hydrogen and Oxygen which are used as combustible fuel in a modified gas engine. See the link …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIgOn1kRw5s&feature=related
Cars with diesel engines can be modified to burn filtered french fry or vegetable cooking oils. This is a great way to recycle this waste product from restaurants and to reduce the use of regular diesel fuel. However, one of the side effects is the car exhaust smells like French fries and makes you hungry. See the link …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0WTkpQbv1w&feature=related
Another alternative is Biofuel or Ethanol made from corn or soy beans. Presently, unleaded gas at the pump has 10% Ethanol. Some hybrid cars can burn 85% ethanol mixed with regular gasoline. The problem with ethanol is farmers are growing less corn for food and more to make ethanol which consequently drives up the price of food corn. Farmers in the Amazon Basin are also clearing large areas of Rain Forest to grow soy beans that can also be used to make ethanol. This leads to more global warming and other ecological problems. However, a company in Medford, MA is developing a way to make ethanol from corn husks. That way the corn can still be used for food. See link ….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ZLSzuQFTE
How would you like to get over 3000 mpg. New experimental cars have set new records for mpg and distance. See the link …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY59yD7fsYE&eurl
You can also see other information about fuels and cars at the government web site … http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm Here you can find cheap gas prices by zip code, hybrids, mpg, money saving tips, and experimental cars that give extreme mpg.
Also, look at the US Dept. Energy website for future alternative vehicles. See the link …
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/vehicles/index.html
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