This blog discusses the recent breakthrough in the search for alternate fuels. How corn wastes are being planned to be used as vehicle fuel has been discussed.
Vehicles could be running on farm wastes instead of petrol and diesel in the near future. This announcement was made by the researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) and Midwest Research Institute (MRI) in Kansas City very recently.
Specifications of the technology developed
The newly developed technology consists of carbon containers called briquettes having the capacity to store natural gas with volume many times their own, in the ratio of 180 to 1. These specially designed containers hold natural gas at required pressure for use in vehicles and hence show a chance for potential replacement of petrol very soon.
The main reason why natural gas was not used all these days was due to the reason that it required huge bulky tanks for its storage. It was not able to build these tanks into the car assembly properly. But now, being smaller in size, they can be fitted under the floor of the tank like the normal petrol tanks and hence their usage is bound to increase. Another factor benefiting the use of natural gas is its widespread availability and ease of manufacture.
Corn Wastes - The Future of Automobile Energy
The optimistic thing about these specially designed carbon containers is that they are manufactured from corn wastes, corncobs to be more particular. This break through is an encouraging one for the anti-CO2 campaign because it does not release any pollutants into the atmosphere and burns more cleanly. Another major advantage is that it is also cheaper than the traditional petrol and diesel.
While crude oil prices are touching the skies these days and are ever on the rising trend, this break through can bring major changes and have an impact on the global economy in a big way.
