Alternative Fuel For Cars

Write-up by Norman Dulwich

When couriers get together, the subjects of the all-important back load and fuel rates are bound to come up. We are all waiting for that wonderful day when fuel is inexpensive, we don’t require a back load and can just get pleasure from the ride! In the meantime, here are some examples of funny fuels that are so weird you couldn’t make it up! Dirty diapersOne of the greatest alternative fuel schemes ever heard about was turning dirty diapers into inexpensive, synthetic diesel fuel. Apparently, about 30,000 tons of this readily obtainable ‘raw material’ could generate ten,000 tons of cheap diesel fuel a year. Wonder why this scheme didn’t become an international phenomenon? Perhaps some enterprising fathers of good poopers demanded to be paid for their kid’s waste merchandise. And if dirty diapers became saleable, some parents would be force-feeding their children a really high fiber diet! For the very first time in history, fathers would be volunteering to modify diapers and it would surely give a entire new which means to the phrase ‘pump price’! And couriers with very good contacts in child crèches would often have a regular back load of – well, back load – ready for them to haul!Power-full cocktailThe Swedes are quite practical folk and they have designed a wonderful scheme to use up all the alcohol folks try to smuggle into their country. Every year about 200,000 gallons of booze are confiscated and rather of pouring it down the drain – they turn it into cost-free fuel! All the alcohol is mixed together to make a strong cocktail producing a biogas fuel that is used to run the entire public transportation system of buses and trains! Sea saltSaltwater is one more all-natural resource that might turn out to be a great source of motor car fuel. A researcher referred to as John Kanzius was experimenting with radio waves as a implies of killing cancer cells. Rather of that, his radio frequency generator came into speak to with saltwater. This released the oxygen and hydrogen, which burst into an intense flame. Experts have stated this invention could be made into a steam turbine and then turn out to be a auto engine. Fairly incredible stuff!Garbage gasMethane gas from garbage dumps has been talked about as a prospective fuel for a lengthy time now, but despite the obvious eco-advantages of using ‘fart gas’ we are nonetheless waiting. This is a shame, since many truckers and couriers already create sufficient methane to power a whole fleet of vehicles – if only they knew how to change it into fuel they wouldn’t have to perform so hard to secure a back load every time they went out.Pond Scum This is a good contender in the race towards a realistic bio-diesel to replace all car fuels. Algae that grow on ponds has a high natural oil content material and could simply be grown on the top of wastewater treatment ponds. This provides pond scum a big benefit over crop-based bio-fuels since developing crops takes a lot of farmland and fresh water for irrigation.General, the future looks excellent for low-cost fuels that will give a key boost to the courier organization and experts expect a breakthrough inside the subsequent 5 years. Bear in mind, you may possibly be laughing at baby poo and pond scum today as you struggle to fill your back load quota – but you could well be pumping them into your tank one particular day!

About the Author

Norman Dulwich is a correspondent for Courier Exchange, the world’s biggest neutral trading hub for identical day courier jobs in the express freight exchange business. More than two,500 transport exchange companies are networked together via their website, trading jobs and capacity in a safe ‘wholesale’ environment.