| It isn't clear where current energy trends are going. | | | | Tesla and now others are beginning to jump on the |
| Perhaps they may stabilize or as more and more | | | | band wagon. The sticking points in preventing mass |
| people suggest the days of the carbon fuel fuel | | | | consumption of electric cars have been a proper |
| economy are quickly being done away with. Without | | | | infrastructure to support the integration of electric |
| CO2 based propulsion, researchers, businessmen, and | | | | stations and other support. This has begun to change |
| engineers are on the look out for the next universal | | | | recently as more and more smaller countries have |
| fuel. This fuel will be the first fuel in the age of the | | | | begun to lay the foundations for turning over their |
| "clean fuel." Clean fuel refers to a non CO2 based | | | | carbon infrastructure to an electric one. |
| fuel, which is renewable. The problem so far is that a | | | | Air Cars are another burgeoning possibility that has |
| universal fuel has yet to be found. Here are some of | | | | become very real in the last few years. They |
| the possibilities: | | | | essentially work off of compressed air. The is |
| 1. Solar | | | | released slowly, whose energy puts pressure on the |
| 2. Wind | | | | pistons to propel the car. Air Cars are almost ready |
| 3. Electric | | | | for the consumer market and when they are, they |
| 4. Air | | | | are assured of success. |
| 5. Hydrogen | | | | Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars have been around for a |
| Solar Cars have long been the source of hope for | | | | while, yet their technology has gotten to the point |
| green energy enthusiasts, mainly because the fuel | | | | where they're actually ready for the consumer |
| is...free. The problem is that an efficient prototype | | | | market. Fuel-Cells are essentially a combination |
| available for mass markets has yet to be fully | | | | between an engine and a battery. Hydrogen is |
| developed. There are some universities and other | | | | converted into energy using ions in the fuel cell. The |
| engineers working on workable solar car prototypes, | | | | energy is then used to power the vehicle. As with |
| but these prototypes have been relegated to the | | | | other clean fuels, hydrogen has a way to go since it |
| sphere of university projects despite the advances. | | | | lacks an infrastructure for refueling. Despite this, |
| Wind energy may not seem to be a good propulsion | | | | countries have been pushing forward with incentives |
| system for a car, but it is however a great source | | | | and plans to build hydrogen stations. California has |
| of primary energy to infuse the electric grid with. | | | | already done this as well as other areas of the world. |
| Wind Energy is a solid clean energy instead of carbon | | | | Its not clear yet which clean fuel will be accepted as |
| derived fuel, which is juicing up the grid now. This will | | | | universal. Perhaps there won't be a clear universal |
| truly move us into a purely clean fuel society. | | | | clean fuel, but rather a serious of choices built around |
| Electric Cars are not only a reality, but they are | | | | regional and geographical situations. |
| beginning to take the world by storm. Starting with | | | | |