Bio-fuels have been
known to be an excellent replacement for traditional gasoline and diesel for
years. Fossil fuel production,
especially when obtained through hydraulic fracturing, can cause significant damage to the
environment. Eco-Enthusiasts have gone
to great lengths to make their cars compatible with this new fuel. These people have the will and desire to be
completely free of fossil fuels. Sadly,
none of these bio-fuels have actually achieved any real traction. Most people, especially those with busy
schedules, have not gone to such lengths and have instead decided to avoid the
hassle and cost of converting their vehicles.
No car company or energy company has come up with a solution to this
problem.
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Part of the
problem, which is typical of new technologies, is that the cost of purchasing
this new equipment is too expensive for the customer. Furthermore, obtaining bio-fuels in the open
market, especially in the United States, is significantly more difficult than
obtaining gasoline or diesel. It is also
difficult for the leadership of publicly traded companies to convince their shareholders
that making an investment/risk in the bio-fuels market would actually pay off in
the near-term. Shareholders, in most
cases, want to do what is in their financial best interest and not necessarily
what is in the best interest of energy independence.
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Bio-fuels do have a
bright future when they can be applied to a market driven economy effectively. Designs must be highly adaptable and
attractive to the end user. For
instance, a successful Eco-friendly vehicle would have a solar panel on the top
of the car, a battery plug in on one side of the car, and port for filling bio-fuel
on the other side. By giving the end
user a variety of options you make the vehicle more attractive and marketable. With a mix of wind, solar, hydroelectric, and
wave energy, these bio-fuels can allow society to end its dependence on fossil
fuels.
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The one thing that
is lacking in the discussion is a solution that does not put Automotive or
Energy Companies in a defensive posture.
Actually, an Energy and Automotive Company partnership would have the
greatest chance of successfully designing, building, marketing, and distributing bio-fuel cars to the marketplace. A
partnership like this makes sense because the organizations have a symbiotic
relationship with each other. This
partnership would also allow both organizations to reduce the risk inherent in
a significantly challenging investment. Ironically,
there are already some groups trying to figure out how to produce bio-fuels out
of organic waste. Mass producing such a
concept would help drive the conversion from gasoline/diesel to bio-fuels.
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