Essay On Gasoline

A major ongoing issue in the world is the pollution of our atmosphere, one the factors that contributes to the pollution of our atmosphere is Gasoline which produces CO2 and is emitted into the atmosphere when Gasoline is used. There are 7 major alternate resources for Gasoline that will not only be beneficial to the Earth's environment but may be less expensive than Gasoline. One of the 7 major alternate source for Gasoline is the fuel Ethanol. Ethanol is a renewable fuel made from corn (not necessarily always corn) and other plant materials or biomass (organic matter used as a fuel). The chemical formula for fuel CH3CH2OH, it is also known as Ethyl alcohol and can be found as several 'Blends'.

This type of energy, Ethanol can be used as
In some cases, the price for blended Ethanol and Gasoline can be less since it is a "low -cost alternative fuel", 66% of regular gas prices. The positive aspects of using Ethanol is that it is low cost and that it is good for the environment since it emits less CO2 into the atmosphere compared to pure Gasoline. It also makes the levels of hydrocarbon and oxides and nitrogen emissions to lower or to remain fairly constant. It reduces green-house emissions significantly. The negative aspects of using Ethanol are that there is less energy in a blended mixture compared to pure Gasoline. Less energy means less mileage per gallon and so one would have to buy more blended fuel to make up for the loss of energy. Additionally, it can only be used in flex-fuel vehicles and there is limited availability to the fuel. The science behind Ethanol fuel is that Ethanol is produced from plants and "refined" into alcohol, according to ezinearticles "This alcohol is suitable to be used as a bio-fuel in a car and other vehicles." Ethanol is created through fermentation and distillation,"Ethanol is produced by the bacteria that ferment and breakdown carbohydrate sugars, such as the starch from