ALTERNATIVE POWER FOR CARS

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ALTERNATIVE POWER FOR CARS

• BY
• RHUARAIDH MACKAY
• AND
• ALASDAIR CRAWFORD

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CONTENTS

• Introducing alternatives.
• Which car manufacturers are producing
  non- polluting fuel.
• Welcome to solar power.
• Electric cars.
• Hydrogen cars.
• Food fuel for cars.
• What will happen next.
• End.

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Introducing alternatives

• Alternative power is all about making transport
  practical, energy saving and non polluting. Lots
  of suggestions offered. These include electric
  power, solar power, hydrogen and even vegetable
  oil or coffee. Alternative fuels have been
  tested but only some are practical.
• The leading sources of power are hydrogen,
  solar and electric. Electric cars cannot travel
  far from somewhere where they can be charged up.

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CAR MANUFACTURERS USING NON-POLLUTING FUELS
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WELCOME TO SOLAR POWER

• Solar power is a practical solution for
  alternative powered transport.
• Solar cars work by using solar cells to turn the
  suns light energy into electricity to power a
  motor. This then causes no pollution to the
  earths atmosphere.
• The good thing about solar powered cars is they
  charge as they go. So it now means that they
  dont need to stop to refuel, like the other cars
  on the road and solar power is free.
• A problem for the solar powered cars is that in
  Britain there is not a lot of sunlight unlike
  Australia.
• Fact
• The NUNA2 is the world fastest solar powered car.
  It has a top speed of 105 mph.

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ELECTRIC CARS

• ELECTRIC cars are a good idea for people and for
  the environment.
• They are charged in many different ways. Some are
  charged from the mains and some are battery
  powered. But this reduces the distance it can go
  from an electric point.
• Nissan started making electric cars in the 1990s
  , but stopped due to production costs and limited
  range of stock.
• This car on the right is one of Nissans electric
  cars.

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HYDROGEN CARS

• The car on the right was made by BMW, it is a new
  design using a fuel called hydrogen.
• Hydrogen is non-polluting and it is also the most
  abundant element in the universe. All that is
  needed now is an economical way of supplying
  hydrogen as a fuel. It is a very powerful fuel.
• The problems with using hydrogen are that the
  cars are only available in America, and that in
  America only 2 petrol stations supply the
  substance.

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FOOD FUEL FOR CARS

• Some foods can also be used for car fuel. Most
  diesel engines can be run on vegetable oil.
• In America some wasted chip fat is used to power
  cars.
• In some places sugar cane is used if theres lots
  to spare.
• In Australia a sheep farmer has adapted his
  pickup truck so that it is powered by sheep
  flatulence gas.

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT

• What do you want to do next? You could choose
  between non-polluting fuels or choose the
  polluting way of transport.
• Hopefully, the cars will become cheaper and more
  efficient so everyone can use non-polluting fuel
  and make the world a cleaner place.
• The pictures on the right show a converted
  corvette fsc-1. It is fuelled by petrol,but it
  could be fuelled by hydrogen , solar power or
  electric power. This would then mean you could
  travel by air and road , which means the energy
  used would be cheaper than normal aircraft.
• Alasdair and I both think that we should start
  using hydrogen, solar and electric power. We also
  hope we have shown you how science is helping
  make transport more economical, energy saving and
  environmentally friendly.

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THE END

• BY
• RHUARAIDH MACKAY
• AND
• ALASDAIR CRAWFORD