Bio Fuels
Henry Ford designed the first mass-produced automobile, the famed Model T Ford, to run on pure anhydrous [ethanol] alcohol -- he said it was "the fuel of the future". Today, however, 100 % pure ethanol is not approved as a motor vehicle fuel in the US, even though compared to gasoline, ethanol cuts poisonous gas emissions carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxide] and produces fewer greenhouse gases that cause
global climate change.
Added to
gasoline, ethanol also reduces ground-level ozone
formation by lowering volatile organic compound and hydrocarbon emissions, decreasing carcinogenic benzene, and butadiene, emissions, and particulate matter emissions from gasoline combustion. Since 90% of US crude oil reserves have been consumed, the US must import crude oil to meet energy demand. Substituting ethanol for gasoline would substantially reduces the foreign trade deficit, which is aggravated by crude oil [and gasoline] imports.