Alternative Energy - A Good Resource For Cars

In the earlier days of transportation, oil was considered to be the king of all resources. The cost of the oil at that time was only 25 cents per gallon and hence people thought that there might be an endless supply of this resource. In the time of 1970's it was found that oil is not available in the infinite quantity and hence its use has to be minimized. As a result, many big companies launch their cars which have less oil consumption.

As a result, the world had started looking for some alternative energy sources which can be used in their vehicles. But most of the people in the present world also don't have any idea about these alternative energy resources. Some of the major alternative resources of energy are the solar energy, energy from the wastes called biomass, energy from the water called hydroelectric power or tidal energy. But the point of concern is that till now we are able to utilize only 10% of these natural resources. Nuclear fuel, gas and coal are still the major fuel supplies and oil is abundantly used in the vehicles.

Most of the trucks, cars and other vehicles on the roads are making use of the gas oils and diesel. Some buses had started making the use of biodiesel. Some of the major examples of the biodiesel are the ethanol, methanol and vegetable oil. Some innovative work is still going on for utilizing the solar energy and wind energy in the cars. Only limited work is going across the world, but we need a solution which could be long ranged. Use of hydrogen gas can be extensively used in the cars for the future needs.