Which alternative energy sources replace fossil fuels?

There are several alternative "fuels" to supply energy for vehicles. Presently the market and developing technology is sifting to see what is the most practical and economical. Perhaps the easiest replacement would be an actual "fuel" that you can burn.

Among these are Ngas, hydrogen, biodiesel, propane, and ethanol. More esoteric fuels under development are Biobutanol, Dimethyl ether and Methanol. Most "alternatives are fossil fuel derivatives and will leave a residue or in the case of hydrogen will practically speaking be made from fossil fuels.

So while the easiest route based upon existing infrastructure and vehicles burning some sort of fuel may not give us the best pollution free results for powering vehicles. http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels Some are therefore encouraged by other energy sources. The most esoteric might be a heat battery that can store heat from the sun indefinitely and release it in a controlled fashion over time.

The chemical used for storage is fulvalene diruthenium. http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/29/21st... To use heat directly we would need to switch to heat engines that do not burn fuel internally. With present technology this implies something like a Stirling engine or a modern steam engine like a quasi turbine.

Somewhat related to the chemical heat storage battery is an atomic battery. Atomic batteries have been produced and used in remote locations like lighthouses. But small ones have also been used for medical devices.

They seem to depend upon thermo electrics to convert the heat to electricity. The resulting vehicle would be an atomic battery powered electric vehicle. (ABEV?) The Tesla battery consists of many small batteries.

http://www.electric-vehiclenews.com/2009... An electric motor is up to 6 times more efficient than an internal combustion engine and electricity when used produces no pollution. Many therefore consider the EV to be the vehicle of the future. There are also many ways to get electricity to that motor, but most of the time we only hear about battery electric vehicles or hybrids.

If instead you think of making electricity on the vehicle then you arrive at solar cars, atomic battery cars, hydrogen cars (the hydrogen is used in a fuel cell to make electricity) and series hybrid cars. When you think of storing electricity on the vehicle you come to battery electric cars which might also use ultra-capacitors or flywheels to store the energy. But you could also transmit electricity to the vehicles as we do with trolleys and subways.

Some propose preparing a system of major roadways where electricity can be transmitted to power and charge vehicles while they are moving. The system could use overhead wires or magnetic-resonance to transfer energy wirelessly. Cable operated vehicles, mag-Lev trains and the hyper-loop might also be a special category of electric vehicles where the electric motor is not completely on the vehicle.

Small battery electric one and two seat planes also already exist. http://www.wired.com/2014/07/chip-yates-electric-plane-records.

Yes and no. There really isn't anything that will be as efficient, and easy to deal with. That said, at some point, the world supply of oil will diminish to the point that it will be very expensive.

Even without global warming, something would have to change. Global warming just changes the equation such that the change needs to be done before we burn all the oil. There's hydrogen fuel cells, burning hydrogen, burning natural gas, and batteries.

In the end, I'm pretty sure that batteries will win.

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