. Write in 150 words, what life would be like without the by-products that petroleum gives us. List some of their alternatives also
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Biodiesel
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel which can be made from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant grease. Believe it or not, this can then be used in diesel vehicles already on the road because its physical makeup is similar enough to petroleum diesel, but it burns much more cleanly. Biodiesel is also much safer. Not only is it easier on the environment if spilled, but it has a flashpoint of over 130 degrees celsius, compared to 52 for normal diesel. Pure biodiesel, known as B100, reduces carbon dioxide emissions by more than 75% compared with normal diesel.
Electricity
Electric cars have been around a while but so far have struggled to enter the mass market. Many hybrid vehicles now use electricity to reduce fuel consumption and thus reduce fuel costs. While the power grid might be readily available in the west, charging stations for these vehicles remains limited. In the United States, for example, there were only roughly 8,800 charging stations in 2014.
Ethanol
Ethanol is an alcoholic renewable that is made of the same kind of alcohol you find in alcoholic beverages. Ethanol is then mixed in various degrees with traditional petrol. The production and use of ethanol could reduce greenhouse gas emissions anywhere between 52 and 86 percent. Additionally, the infrastructure already exists to deal with ethanol, because it is the equipment used to store and dispense gasoline, just with modifications to some materials. The drawback, however, is that ethanol has less energy than petrol,