| the increasing prices of fuel and emissions, along with | | | | acceleration and speed. In some ways this lack of |
| pollution threatening the existence of human existence, | | | | speed makes hybrid cars less dangerous on the road. |
| green cars and the greening of cars has become a | | | | The first alternative renewable fuel added to |
| priority of governments and car companies today. | | | | petroleum to make cars more fuel efficient was |
| Green cars are environmentally friendly cars. They are | | | | ethanol. It met with some success in Brazil in the |
| less polluting than the traditional all petroleum internal | | | | eighties and later all countries began hybridizing fuel by |
| combustion engines. They use bio fuel made from | | | | adding ethanol to petroleum for greater fuel efficiency |
| plants to reduce the consumption of petroleum. Hybrid | | | | in cars. Ethanol has not become an alternative to |
| cars run partly on petroleum and partly on other non | | | | petroleum and the energy used in making ethanol is |
| fossil fuels. Non fossil fuels used to make hybrid fuels | | | | often more than the output it gives. |
| are distilled from plant refuse or vegetable oils and a | | | | Bio diesel is the other alternative fuel which is used for |
| smaller quantity of petroleum. Today, hybrid cars are | | | | heavy duty vehicles for greater fuel efficiency. |
| more expensive than cars that use a petroleum | | | | Biodeisel is made from rapeseed and soy oil. Both |
| combustible engine but the long term game in fuel | | | | these sources of fuel are renewable vegetable based |
| costs are likely to be considerable. | | | | fuel. The benefit of using biodeisel is that it is both a |
| The benefits of driving cars are that they are | | | | fuel and lubricant that helps to maintain the engine |
| environmentally friendly and spew few pollutants into | | | | better. Biodeisel produces more power than many |
| the air thus preventing possible environmental disasters | | | | other forms of alternate energy. The only drawback |
| like global warming and the greenhouse effect. Using | | | | with biodeisel engines is that they stall if the fuel |
| hybrid cars is good for human health. Breathing the | | | | becomes cold. Biodeisel engines easily absorb water |
| fumes from these cars are less harmful than breathing | | | | which is bad for the proper working of the engine. |
| in the fumes of vehicles that use petroleum engines. | | | | New technologies are being evolved by car |
| The EPA advocates the greening of cars with its, | | | | companies every day. Gasoline turbocharged direct |
| ‘Smartway’ and ‘Smartway | | | | injection engines are the new technology that gives |
| Elite’ program. Hybrid cars are highly priced | | | | nearly as much output as a petroleum combustion |
| because of the cost involved in making the engines. | | | | engine. New forms of diesel are being developed from |
| The cars make up the high cost with fuel savings, | | | | household refuse and rubber automobile tires. |
| pollution prevention, and an easy way to shut down | | | | Petroleum alternatives for fuelling green cars are the |
| combustion in places where the traffic is idle and | | | | focus of ongoing research and development in the |
| where pure petroleum cars emit the maximum fumes. | | | | automobile industry. The future of all automobiles of |
| The only downside to hybrid cars is their lack of | | | | every size and shape is looking very green. |