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Vocabulary
Alternative auto fuels
Why gasoline is bad
Cons of alternative fuels
Future
100
Is the fuel that most automobiles use
What is gasoline?
100
A widely used renewable fuel made from corn and other plants materials
What is Ethanol?
100
carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and unburned hydrocarbons
What is the vapors given off when gasoline evaporates
100
Not enough fueling stations and limited available engine choices
What is Natural gas?
100
This would be the best bet for future fuels due to it being more energy rich per kilogram
What is Hydrogen?
200
better source of energy for automobiles
What is alternative fuels
200
Can be used to power plug in electric vehicles which are increasingly available
What is Electricity?
200
they happen at gas stations everyday and gasoline drips from the nozzle onto the ground and vapors leak from the open gas tank into the air
What is gasoline leaks
200
fueling is not easy as standard fueling stations
What is Propane?
200
Be best bet for future fuels due to its no air pollution and it being almost silent
What is Batteries?
300
keeps home and cities lit and some vehicles run off it
What is electricity
300
A renewable fuel that can be manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled cooking grease for use in diesel vehicles
What is Biodiesel?
300
this is the focus of environment law in the United States
What is reducing pollution
300
A lot of effort to produce and costs more than petroleum diesel
What is Biodiesel?
300
the original plan for future vehicles
What is flying cars
400
primary way to get to school/work
What is by vehicles
400
A really available gaseous fuel that has been widely used in vehicles throughout the world for decades
What is Propane?
400
all underground storage tanks had to be replaced by tanks had to be replaced by tanks with a double lining and it happened during this time
Since the beginning of 1990
400
Big, expensive batteries and limited range
What is Electricity?
400
Although it being a good future fuel it is expensive to produce and difficult to transport and store
What is the con of hydrogen
500
the main reason why we have pollution, because it wants fancier cars, cheaper gas prices
What is humans
500
Is domestically abundant gaseous fuel that can have significant fuel cost advantages over gasoline and diesel fuel
What is Natural gas?
500
gasoline is very flammable and can devastate homes and ___ if not used correctly
What is life
500
Absorbs water and it is corrosive
What is Ethanol?
500
They have a terrible range, they take to long to charge and most of it comes from burning coal
What is the con of batteries