The new excitement about more fuel-efficient automobiles is a direct response to rising fuel prices and environmental concerns. Anyone traveling a great deal is concerned about reducing fuel expenses, and everyone should be concerned about environmental issues related to fossil-fuel burning.
In the US many new cars and trucks are equipped to operate on either gasoline or ethanol. Many parts of the US now have ethanol available at fuel stations and convenience stores for far less per gallon than gasoline. Although this is exciting news, the use of ethanol as a motor vehicle fuel in the US remains a very small portion of the total fuel market.
How we generate energy is the question that seems to underlie all others when discussing environmental issues, so this article will focus on just discussing some “facts” about energy usage, as best we know them.
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