A small British company has developed a process that produces gasoline from water vapor and carbon dioxide. The only thing it needs to make this incredible transformation is air.
The company hopes that within two years it will build a larger, commercial-scale plant that can produce a ton of biofuel a day. It also plans to produce green jet fuel to make airline travel more carbon-neutral.
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So why are gas prices so high? High international oil prices are bad news for everyone–even for oil-producing countries. People who have to pay $4 for a gallon of gas don’t have money to spend on other things, and eventually even gas consumption goes down, as people turn to other modes of transportation. For a long time, it was assumed that Middle Eastern countries were keeping prices high because they didn’t gave much oil left, but Saudi oil minister Ali Naimi says that isn’t the case–there’s plenty of oil.
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First they were high, now they’re low?what’s predicted for the future? What plans should we make for the holiday season if we want to drive to visit friends and family?
Engineer Peter Clark thinks that gasoline prices will continue to drop. He says, “The price of oil has dropped into the $60 to $70 a barrel range, and therefore there is no real price pressure on gasoline prices for the moment. For the holiday season, gas prices should stay about the same as they are today or even a little lower. Lower gas prices will probably encourage people to travel, although I’ve been encouraging conservation because if consumers would lower their gasoline usage by 5%, the price of gasoline would drop significantly.”
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What if you could simply plug your SUV into an outlet in your garage every night, instead of filling it up with expensive gasoline? Two Georgia drivers have figured out how to do just that. And a Canadian man is touring Alaska in a solar-powered car.
A New Hampshire man who has created a company that sells parts, so you can do your own gas to electric conversion, says his business has tripled in the past year. The conversion costs about $12,000.
A Canadian man says his life has been changed by his solar-powered car. In the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Amanda Bohman quotes Marcelo da Luz as saying, “What I?m trying to do is save the planet in my own way.” Right now he is using it to tour Alaska.
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