Assess the potential of ethanol as an alternative fuel and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of its use
Title: Assess the potential of ethanol as an alternative fuel and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of its use
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Details: Words: 483 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Assess the potential of ethanol as an alternative fuel and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of its use
Category: /Science & Technology/Chemistry
Details: Words: 483 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Using ethanol as an alternate fuel, or fuel extender includes a heterogenous agglomeration of advantages and disadvantages.
On cars:
ethanol is preferable to lead as an octane booster. A 10% addition of ethanol to petrol is more effective than lead at boosting octane rating (+2.5) and making car run smoother. It's cheaper than lead, and ethanol-blended fuels leave no gummy deposits, thus keeps engine clean.
Although a minimal 10% ethanol blend should be compatible with internal combustion engines,
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of fossil fuel, ethanol can increase Australia's long-term security of fuel supply. However, ethanol now only comprises 0.33% of Australia's petrol use. Oil resources seem adequate as a source of petroleum products for many years to come and security against supply disruptions is provided by a diversity of crude oil and product supply sources. But in the future, with fossil fuels doomed to disappear and energy demands on the rise, ethanol is perhaps our only hope.