One foot in front of the other. Might help the obese problem we now have in this country.If we can stop using oil today, what will we replace it with?
Many alternative fuels are being used today in place of fossil fuels like oil. Biofuels are alcohols, ethers, esters, and other chemicals made from cellulosic biomass such as herbaceous and woody plants, agricultural and forestry residues, and a large portion of municipal solid and industrial waste. The term biofuels can refer to fuels for electricity and fuels for transportation. The U.S. Department of Energy classifies the following fuels as ';alternative'; to gasoline.
Biodiesel (mono alkyl esters) is a cleaner-burning diesel replacement fuel made from natural, renewable sources such as vegetable oils. Just like petroleum diesel, biodiesel operates in combustion-ignition engines. Essentially no engine modifications are required, and biodiesel maintains the payload capacity and range of diesel.
Electricity used to power vehicles is commonly provided by batteries, but fuel cells are also being explored. Batteries are energy storage devices, but unlike batteries, fuel cells convert chemical energy to electricity.
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, EtOH) is a clear, colorless liquid with a characteristic, agreeable odor. Ethanol made from cellulosic biomass materials instead of traditional feedstocks (starch crops) is called bioethanol.
Hydrogen (H2) Although hydrogen can fuel an engine directly, or serve as a fuel additive, the current emphasis is on the use of hydrogen to supply fuel cells, which power electric vehicles. Hydrogen has also been blended with methane to form a fuel called Hythane.
Methanol (CH3OH) is an alcohol fuel. Today most of the world's methanol is produced by a process using natural gas as a feedstock. The alternative methanol fuel currently being used is M-85. In the future, neat methanol, or M-100, may also be used. Methanol is also made into an ether, MTBE, which is blended with gasoline to enhance octane and to create oxygenated gasoline.
Natural gas is a mixture of hydrocarbons鈥攎ainly methane (CH4)鈥攁nd is produced either from gas wells or in conjunction with crude oil production. The interest for natural gas as an alternative fuel stems mainly from its clean burning qualities, its domestic resource base, and its commercial availability to end-users. Because of the gaseous nature of this fuel, it must be stored onboard a vehicle in either a compressed gaseous state (CNG) or in a liquefied state (LNG).
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consists mainly of propane, propylene, butane, and butylene in various mixtures. However, for all fuels in the United States, the mixture is mainly propane. It is produced as a by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining. The components of LPG are gases at normal temperatures and pressures.
P-Series Pure Energy Corporation's P-series fuels are blends of ethanol, methyltetrahydrofuran (MTHF), and pentanes plus, with butane added for blends that would be used in severe cold-weather conditions to meet cold start requirements. It is anticipated that both the ethanol and the MTHF will be derived from renewable resources, such as waste cellulosic biomass that can be derived from waste paper, agricultural waste and urban/industrial wood waste.
Solar energy technologies use sunlight to warm and light homes, heat water, and generate electricity. Some research has gone in to evaluating how solar energy may be used to power vehicles; however, the long term possibility of operating a vehicle on solar power alone is very slim. Solar power may be used to run certain auxiliary systems in the vehicle.
Reality is, we can;t stop using oil today. Our entire infrastructure is dependent on oil - transportation, manufacturing, raw material in many products, heating our homes and so fourth.
What we eventually replace it with is the million dollar question. That's why we hear so much about alternative energy research.
There is no viable, complete answer as yet, only stop gap measures and minor things like corn ethanol.
Seriously, we need to get back to Nuclear. The left wing nuts did all they could to kill off all the plant developments decades ago. That would save thousands of tons of coal and MILLIONS of gallons of oil every day in the US.
Also, bio-fuels are the way to go. But, the left wing nuts wont let us build any more refineries, not even for that.
So, thats that.
There is nothing to replace it with. You can lessen the need slightly at great cost, but you cannot replace it.
Hydrogen and nuclear power
Id be using my legs running with that one song *Hes a maaaaniacc maaaaaniac in Mo-tion!*
either that or you'll catch me on horseback
How about good old fashioned walking and bicycling like much of the rest of the world?
Absolute poverty
It is no secret that we are very dependent on oil but stopping cold turkey is something that cannot be done. I think that the dependence on oil can be phased out over a period of time but replacing it with other natural resources such as vegetable oils , use of wind turbine to produce electricity, and producing more energy efficient appliances, greener cars and longer lasting products will aide the transition from oil. There needs to be more research done on a large scale to produce an alternative the current oil crisis.
Popeye's %26amp; Long John Silver's grease pit refuse.
There are some people that would believe it...If they believe Obama's crap, they'll believe anything!
Bio fuels are great for producers (Corn farmers for the Obama-minded) but the cost of beef SKYROCKETS due to the rising cost of cattle feed (the cows we eat come from feed lots Obama people, not 25,000 acre farms in Wyoming). The cost of all other corn dependant products rises as well, thus creating a new poverty level, an increase in demand for food subsidies, and an increased burden to the consumer twice...once in the grocery store and twice a month on payday when the fed tax % increases.
Nothing is available yet but we need to spend as much as possible on research to plug the gap. Oil has far to many other uses for us to think about burning it, like plastics , pharmaceuticals. etc. and don't forget an alternative would let the west get out of the Middle East and Putins control
Hot air ! No shortage of that around
Gas from the democrats in congress. I get the sense that Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Al Gore and Harry Reid could pretty much power a New York rush hour for the next 50 years.
I'll replace it with carbohydrates, which fuel my legs. I own a bike.
Nuclear power, hydrothermal, wave energy, wind energy, mass transportation like high speed rail, and electric vehicles.
Oil should be saved for fertilizer, mediciines, and plastics.
The idea of everyones grandmother fueling her car with hydrogen is just crazy.
Rubber.... like on the soles of your shoes.
Horses... because our machinery will stop.
Wood... because we'll need to make catapaults to drive back the forces of invaders since our mechanized army will be rendered useless.
Wax.... because without high-energy fossil fuels, we can't even light our lights.... Candle anyone?
Cloth.... because we'll have to go back to sails on our ships.
mercedes will be releasing hydrogen car. enjoy!
http://www.reuters.com/article/environme鈥?/a>
Ethanol fuel uses cheap sugar cane, mainly bagasse (cane-waste) for process heat and power, and modern equipment, and provides a ~22% ethanol blend used nationwide, plus 100% hydrous ethanol for four million cars. The Brazilian ethanol program provided nearly 700,000 jobs in 2003, and cut 1975鈥?002 oil imports by a cumulative undiscounted total of US$50 billion.
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