One of the biggest growing scenes and interests in the UK is performance cars,
people love to spend huge amounts of money and time on modifying their cars to get maximum performance and make them look as good as possible.
Track days, cruises, road trips and car shows are common place and its needless to say that a bigger engine with more power uses more fuel and therefore produces a higher amount of emissions.
There have been developments in lower emission fuels such as electric cars, autogas and even diesel is better for the environment due to fact we don't use as much of it in comparison to petrol.
None of these developments have had the desired effect when it comes to perfomance though.
One development which has broken the barrier between eco friendly fuels and performance is Bioethanol.
According to bioperformanceuk.com 'bioethanol is made from sugarbeet and is an ecologically correct fuel; it does not affect the ozone layer and is obtained from a renewable source.' The website goes on to say; 'Following specific recommendations, it can be added to diesel and to petrol, and can be also used without additives, without damaging the engine.'
Other facts state that bioethanol is a high octane fuel, its is biodegradeable and low in toxicity.
'Since it is cleaner and drier, the bioethanol will clean the engine parts and components that may build up impurities left by the petrol'.
'Since it is cleaner and drier, the bioethanol will clean the engine parts and components that may build up impurities left by the petrol'.
So bioethanol is a good all round source of a low emission fuel which also keeps its performance factor, but of course there are always going to be problems when it comes to trying to introduce a new fuel into a an multi-billion pound industry.
There is also a problem with advertising bioethanol, unless someone goes out of thier way to find out about a bioethanol by researching on the internet and spending at least £400 on a fuel conversion, it will be hard to find any outside advertising about bioethanol because its fair to say that oil companies will not be supporting the conversion.
This then brings back the point of how people who enjoy driving for a reason and not just to get from A to B will be the people who produce the most emissions, if bioethanol was to become more commercial it could bring a whole new outlook for those people and could change the attitudes they have toward our environment as well as being able to enjoy thier interests.
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1 comment:
Petrolheads cannot be held responsible. OK they make a lot of noise and (some would say) pointlessly consume unnecessary amounts of petrol but, compared to the average drivers on the roads they aren't contributing much.
Bioethanol...is it sustainable?? Doesn't it involve growing plants or something which use up loads of land that could otherwise be used for growing food or medicine or such?
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