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More Biodiesel Suppliers Opening Around the Country

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Services On Alternative Fuel Spreads Out

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute, or the AFVI, is working up a partnership with Clean Energy. And together, they are planning on expanding the range of the vital and most important pieces of information on alternative fuel.

Efforts to actually give out more information on alternative fuel seem to be expanding. One of the latest moves involves the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute, or the AFVI, working up a partnership with Clean Energy. And together, they are planning on expanding the range of the vital and most important pieces of information on such a mentioned topic. According to the groups, they are doing such a thing so as to be able to help consumers  make the right decisions  when it comes to purchasing vehicles.

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Such a move would indeed be quite important and very helpful. You see, because of the huge rise of gas and fuel prices, more and more consumers are struggling to make their budget fit just right. And alternative fuel and alternative fuel vehicles seem to be the very answer to the current problem. And with this, consumers are out in the market looking for the right kind of information regarding such alternatives. Both AFVI and Clean Energy are putting together all the most needed pieces of data with the help from a team of fuel and technology experts in the whole country. It has not been disclosed though if these groups would also be working with other businesses and organizations like Chevrolet performance parts manufacturers, auto accessories crafters, and other groups involved in the industry.

As part of their campaign and move towards providing information on alternative fuel and  alternative fuel vehicles  to the market, the groups would also be providing other services that would provide the much needed education on such matters. The list includes forums that would give other people the chance to talk about the topic as well as get in touch with other peers located not only in their locality and region but also those who are located straight right across the country. Newsletters would also be sent out and a website would also be put up.

Annalloyd Thomason says, "What we are doing is augmenting the core business that we’ve developed during the past two decades. Focused attention on the use of alternative fuels and vehicles that are here today has been a core mission for us. What’s new is that the support from Clean Energy allows us to expand the ways we deliver relevant information to fleets and others. That expansion will be evident during the next several months." Thomason is currently the executive director of AFVI.

Tracy is a 29 year old researcher and writer from Dallas, Texas with extensive experience in writing auto-related articles and covering automotive related events. She is currently a contributing writer for a leading automotive e-zine. Please visit Chevrolet performance parts for more information.

By Tracy Dawson
Published: 10/28/2006

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So Which Cars Run On Biodiesel?

Friday, February 13th, 2009

What in the world is a Flexible Fuel Vehicle? It’s a car or truck that is capable of burning certain alternative fuels. Now we’re not talking gasoline vs. diesel engines here, we’re talking about gasoline engines that can also burn ethanol, natural gas, propane, hydrogen, methanol, and p-series fuels. According to some chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy, p-series fuels are ‘a unique blend of natural gas liquids (pentanes plus), ethanol, and the biomass-derived co-solvent methyltetrahydrofuran’ just in case you were wondering.

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Anyway, if you own one of these flexible fuel vehicles, and you could own one without realizing it, then you might be able to save yourself a whopping amount of money now that gas is nearing the price of gold.

Although some of the more exotic alternative fuels may not be flowing out of the pumps at your neighborhood service station, there is a good chance that ethanol is.

Ethanol is alcohol-based and it’s made by fermenting and distilling corn, barley, or wheat. It can also be made from "cellulosic biomass", which is just a fancy phrase for ‘chunks of trees and grass’, except that this version is called ‘Bioethanol’ instead of plain ‘Ethanol’.

E85 is an Ethanol/Gasoline product that’s being sold at a lot of gas stations. It’s a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. E95 is a 95/5 blend of ethanol and gasoline. Both blends are capable of being burned by most Flexible Fuel Vehicles.

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Some service stations are selling an E10 (10/90 ethanol/gasoline blend), that doesn’t really qualify as an alternative fuel. Its primary purpose is to reduce carbon monoxide levels, and it can be burned by most any engine that burns gasoline.

Unlike Hybrid Vehicles, flexible fuel vehicles are not necessarily more expensive because of the alternative fuel option, and they aren’t anywhere near as rare. In fact, there’s a chance that you’re driving one right now. If the salesperson didn’t tell you, and you’re not the kind that reads owner’s manuals, and you’re ignoring the sticker that’s probably on the inside of your gas tank cover, you could be in for a cash-saving surprise.

If you’re not sure if you own an FFV, or you’re planning on buying a new car soon, then visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s Flexible Fuel Vehicle (http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/afv/models.html) list.

If there isn’t a FFV in your life, there’s still hope. You can have an aftermarket conversion done. When you do a conversion, your gasoline-only engine ends up being able to burn some particular alternative fuel such as compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG, or propane), or Ethanol. You have three conversion choices; ‘dedicated’, ‘dual-fuel’, and ‘bi-fuel’. Dedicated means that your engine only burns one fuel after the conversion. Dual-fuel engines can burn two different fuels, and with a bi-fuel conversion, your engine burns two different fuels at the same time.
So, if you think that you have no choice but to continue paying through the nose when you’re paying at the pump, look into getting a Flexible Fuel Vehicle or an aftermarket conversion.

Author: Diane Nassy

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