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What is the name of the renewable fuel used in Brazil that helps to conserve petroleum resources?
Ethanol
What is ethanol used for?
Ethanol is used for fuel, or other various things.(That is not an answer!)Ethanol is a biofuel. BIOFUELS are widely considered a way to reduce greenhouse gases from fossil fuel use and thereby reduce human-caused global warming.Although ethanol is a common form of alcohol, the largest single use of ethanol is as a motor fuel and fuel additive.Compared to petrol, ethanol cuts poisonous gas emissions (carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxide) and produces fewer greenhouse gases that cause global climate change. Added to petrol, ethanol also reduces ground-level ozone formation by lowering the poisonous emissions from petrol combustion.Ethanol is made by fermenting and then distilling starch and sugar crops -- maize, sorghum, potatoes, wheat, sugar-cane, even cornstalks, fruit and vegetable waste.Many countries produce ethanol - the main ones being: Brazil, United States of America and China.Today, almost half of Brazilian cars are able to use 100% ethanol as fuel produced from domestically grown sugar cane. But environmentalists warn that the demand for sugar cane is a disaster for the Amazon rain forest as huge areas are cleared for agricultural use.Expanding large-scale agriculture to grow sugarcane, critics say, will worsen the loss of species diversity, water-quality problems, and habitat fragmentation in some of the world's most biologically diverse regions.Other opponents, environmentalists and livestock farmers say that increased ethanol production won't meet energy goals and may damage the environment, while at the same time causing worldwide food prices to soar as food crops are turned into ethanol.Other researchers report that the production of ethanol consumes more energy than it yields.One of the advantages of producing ethanol is very little is wasted. With sugar cane, for example, the leftover pulp is utilized in power plants as a surprisingly efficient fuel to produce electricity.Use these links for more information about Bioethanol:http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060412/Feature1.aspCrops as an Energy Source-Bunneh
Why is ethanol not widely used for vehicles all around the world?
Well, it isn't as efficient, it only works in some cars and the USA made a deal with OPEC years ago that said we wouldn't. We promised not to research alternative fuels in exchange for a promise to always keep us fully supplied with oil. So, in order to switch from fossil fuels to alternative sources we would have to find a more efficient fuel, build a lot of new types of cars to use it and fight OPEC and American oil companies every step of the way. Those companies don't want to lose the money they are making and they have a lot of pull in Washington right now. But, buses in China run on natural gas, there are a lot of cars in Australia that use liquid propane and here in the US we have electric and solar cars in the south-west and California and a lot of bio-diesel in Hawaii. So, there are other options out there and people are using them.A:Because it takes more energy to PRODUCE ethanol (in the form of diesel fuel in tractors and combines used to grow the corn) than you can get FROM the ethanol. We have to find smarter ways of producing biofuel, that isn't taking the food out of the mouths of the poor. A:It takes way too much land to be a real resource. If the US switched to ethanol the amount of land it would take to produce the corn would cover an area the size of the entire northeast down to Ohio assuming that we don't use the fuel to make the corn and we can grow crops all year round and that no natural disasters will occur such as a hailstorm or flood which would devastate the crop.
Why 95 percent ethanol is used in laboratory?
So as not to 'waste' too much ethanol. To use 95 % ethanol allows some ethanol to be saved!
How is petroleum important?
petroleum is important because it is used for fuel like cars,trucks,planes,etc
Why is ethanol used in fuel for cars?
No
What fuel is most commonly used in the internal combustion engines in cars?
In petrol (gasoline) cars, the commonly used fuel is a mixture of hydrocarbons principally octane,. As diesel, alkanes with 20 to 25 carbon atoms are used and ethanol is being an alternative and emerging fuel.
What alcohol is used to power cars?
ethanol
Can acetone be used in cars?
Its ethanol.. NOT acetone!!
What is the fuel used in Indianapolis 500?
Ethanol is the fuel used in the Indianapolis 500.
Fuels such as ethanol can be used as a substitute for petrol in modified cars Ethanol releases 29600 Jg and octane petrol releases 47900 Jg When choosing a fuel for cars why is it important?
The higher the Joules are the more explosive the combustion--thus the more power in the cylinders.
Can ethanol be used for car fuel?
yes
Can alchol fuel cars?
In theory yes but there's very little point in it as you can either get ethanol from crude oil through distilling and cracking through which you can also get diesel and petrol from. You can also make ethanol out of vegetables but again you can also make diesel. The main use of ethanol in running cars I would say is bio-petrol which is just a mixture of petrol and ethanol. All this achieves is less petrol being used. But yes, you can fuel your car on it after modifications but it's more commonly used as an additive to petrol.
Type of racing fuel is used in the Indy 500 race?
Starting in 2006, the IRL switched to Ethanol.
What is the difference between ethanol cars and electric cars?
Ethanol is a combustible fluid, which is burned in internal combustion engines just as gasoline is. Electric cars (not hybrids) do not run on internal combustion engines, they run on electricity provided by batteries, which is used to operate electric motors. Hybrids have both features, they can run on fuel or on electricity.
What is used as fuel in place of the methylated spirits?
ethanol
Who discovered the ethanol?
Ethanol, both a liquor and a fuel, has been around in the form of Moonshine Whiskey since 15th Century Scotland. In 1908, Ford Motor Company's first car, The Model T, used ethanol corn alcohol gasoline for fuel energy (gasoline).
