We talked about alternative fuels today in physics, which i found really interesting obviously because I will write my paper about them. Mr. Napier was having a question day, and somehow we got on the subject of alternative fuels, which i gladly jumped into at certain points, although there were a lot of things that were said that I didn't know about, such as that on the subject of ethanol fuels, there is no clear data of its efficiency because the people doing the research are usually biased in some way. On the subject of Hydrogen fuel, we talked about how the biggest problem is that there would be a delay in pressing the gas pedal to when the car would actualy accelarate, because it needs to allow time to produce the hydrogen. However, this problem could be solved by using gasoline for the primary accelaration. Also, Hydrogen is highly flammable, and since it is a gas, if there is an over production of it, any small collision could, in mr Napier's words, level several blocks.
I found this interesting. I figured I would mark it as progress
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Alternatives fuels are becoming of more interest partly because of concerns about environmental issues. I don't know very much about this topic, but I would be interested to know more about different options and research or testing that is being done.
Tina of the fer-
Of course you would write about physics! I must give you credit though- it is quite relevant to your issue. Alternative fuels are really fascinating because of the scientific component to them. I think you'll find some really interesting things about hydrogen fuel when you research it. Ethanol is a little more controversial because of the bias that tends to come with the information the public recieves. I haven't heard much about it other than what my Dad has told me, and his opinion certainly differs from the commonplace.
wow tina, way to steal my sort of topic lol. and it was me that started that conversation in Mr. Napier's class too. ANyways, good luck with the ethanol. That's a tricky subject and non-baised facts are hard to find
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