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Will The Stimulus Package Be Used For Transportation Energy Experiments?

With the current administration apparently huge hurry to distribute more than 800 billion U.S. dollars in funds which encourages people to enter the market, we are all a bit 'wait impatiently for some information about where our taxpayers' money will be distributed and what will be the funding . A large number of energy projects of transport have been proposed, many of them with heavy price tags and little profit. A look at two such projects that shows the cities that either have or unrealistically hopes that aim to help push the market for environmentally conscious and sustainable transport in the last administration said it would soon be found. Which falls into the category of what is yet to be determined. Atlanta, Georgia, is a city that seems to have very high goals. The city asked for $ 64 million to push hybrid vehicles, electric, and biodiesel. While a push on hybrids and electric vehicles is an excellent move and encourages energy independence, the movement of the vehicle biodiesel probably will take a national drive or standard in order to influence consumers. While the vehicles that will remain local, such as mass transit systems, are good candidates for conversion to biodiesel, few drivers will want to convert to biodiesel is made available at most filling stations across the nation and the guarantees of the vehicles are made to cover cars that use fuel. This is particularly true for consumers who frequently engage in activities or personal travel. While more details can make the project more interesting, there are already benefits of increased use of hybrid and electric cars, and the creation of 550 new jobs. Peoria, Illinois, on the other hand, requires $ 2. 5 million to convert its system of mass transport to run on natural gas or hydrogen. The decrease in emissions to provide a great advantage, while the fragility of fuel cells and high costs of using hydrogen are seen as detractors. The Energy Department is working on ways to reduce the cost of fuel cells, and this project could be an effective way to test how well the project could work as part of a long-term alternative. If the hydrogen is obtained through the use of biomass rather than fossil fuels, the project could have significant local environmental impact, and able to respond much public speculation about hydrogen powered vehicles. Natural gas vehicles are currently only well suited for this type of local use, such as storage and distribution has not been made available for the supply of gas to vehicles, and this project could serve as a litmus test to determine the performance of a natural gas engines in the fleet of vehicles. These two projects are only a few transport projects proposed by different cities. No project is without flaws, and the objectives of these projects can be considered experimental, but maybe these projects can help both the government and citizens to see the need and benefits of renewable energy for transportation and then push the automotive industry to create vehicles that can run independently of fossil fuels. These two projects whose fate could revolutionize, or at least a strong impact on the future of American transportation.

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