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Environmental Education- why do we care?
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Pursuing alternative fuels, supports our economy and energy security.
Source: Energy Information Association
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Replace, Reduce, Eliminate
Hitting the Road: Electric Car Comparison
71% of U.S. petroleum consumption
"Domestically produced, manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant grease"
“a clean-burning, high-energy alternative fuel that’s been used for decades to power vehicles”
"Domestically produced, manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant grease"
Blends: B5 to B100 (pure biodiesel), B20 is common
Benefits: increases energy security, improves public health and the environment, and provides safety benefits.
Emissions: Life-cycle and tailpipe emissions reduced.
Station/ Infrastructure: Belgrade
By-product of natural gas processing and crude oil refining; clean-burning, high-energy alternative fuel
Types: dedicated and bi-fuel
Benefits: energy security, vehicle and infrastructure availability, good fuel economy, safe
Emissions: lower carbon content, can produce lower amounts of some harmful air pollutants and GHGs
Stations/ Infrastructure: 2 in Bozeman, a number throughout MT; very similar to gasoline and diesel refueling equipment.
Natural Gas Formation
“electricity can be used to power all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles”
“an odorless, nontoxic, gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons-primarily CH4 that comes in two forms: CNG and LNG”
Draws electricity directly from the grid and other off-board electrical power sources and store it in batteries
Benefits: increases energy security, improves public health and the environment, and provides safety benefits.
Emissions: Tailpipe emissions reduced completely.
Station/ Infrastructure: PHEVs can be charged at home; Billings and Jackson, WY
Gaseous fuel, can be used as either compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG).
CNG: light-, medium-, and heavy-duty applications
LNG: good for trucks needing a longer range (liquid is more dense than gas)
Benefits: energy security, readily available, can be as low as half the cost of gasoline
Emissions: Less emissions than conventional gas or diesel because of lower carbon content
Stations/ Infrastructure: WY; CNG stations require more equipment and configuration, while LNG stations require more safety precautions during fueling.
Source: Alternative Fuels Data Center: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE)
"Electrolysis" in Electric Cars and Hydrogen Fuel Cells
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“a renewable fuel made from various plant materials collectively known as 'biomass'"
“a potentially emissions-free alternative fuel that can be produced from domestic resources”
Ability to power fuel cells in zero-emission EVs
Benefits: domestically produced, emits no harmful substances, has potential for high efficiency—2-3x more efficient than an internal combustion engine.
Emissions: water and air
Stations/ Infrastructure: only 12 in the US; not a commercial option yet
Renewable fuel made from corn and other plant materials- most gasoline contains ethanol in a low-level blend
Blends: E10, E15, E85
Benefits: renewable, domestically produced transportation fuel, helps reduce imported oil and GHG emissions
Emissions: CO2 released when ethanol is burned is balanced by the CO2 captured when crops are grown
Stations/ Infrastructure: E10 is readily available; E85 Salmon and Idaho Falls, ID
Amy Snelling
Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy Coalition
email: amy@ytcleanenergy.org
phone:
703-508-8243