Think “alternative fuel” and what comes to mind – natural gas, or maybe propane? Volvo Trucks North America believes it has one better: dimethyl ether, or DME, which it thinks is the real fuel of the future. Volvo, with the help of a small chemical company, financial investors and officials in the state of California, intends to get it to market as a motor fuel by 2015.
Once you start, the questions don't stop. Every answer begets another query. Sooner or later even some of the experts will pause, scratch their heads, and might even say something like, "Beats me.
From hybrids to electric vehicles, it is important to have the right fuel to drive down fuel costs.
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In 1979, we imported 8.4 mb/day, almost half our total consumption. In 1979, 17-percent of our imported oil came from just one country, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia holds between one-quarter and one-third of the world's total proven reserves.
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