 With
the exception of China,
U.S. transportation emits more greenhouse gases each year than
all the combined countries in the world.
Highway vehicle
fuel consumption
equate to tail pipe
emissions that account for more than one half of U.S. green house gas
pollution. This makes the internal combustion engine the primary target
in efforts to address global thermal climate change.
It took 100 years to get to the where we are
today, henceforth it will take as long to reverse and clean up the mess
at the current rate of change.
Despite progress with advanced vehicles like hybrid-combustion
electrics, the overall fuel economy of new vehicles was actually
lower in 2007 than it was 20 years earlier. Advances in technology have
increased the nation's Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standard (CAFE)
this has in turn increased the mandate for low-carbon fuels in the
nations Renewable Fuel Standard passed by Congress in 2007, a move that
pointed the motor vehicle industry in the right direction. New electric
engine technologies combined with a low-carbon
fuel combustion engine have shown the potential to reduce ground transportation
fuel consumption primarily in an effort to saving consumers money, but
that’s not far or fast enough. Change needs to be done as quickly as
possible as indicated by the global climatic changes we are currently
experiencing. History has shown that education and legislative
intervention are needed to bring better and more
product options to market.
The
Foundation advocates the use of Non Polluting
Sustainable
Energy EHE
Technologies and Low Polluting Plug In Vehicles to reduce our
nation's dependence on Ethanol and Petroleum
Base Fuels.
Advanced electric engine technologies vs. the hydrogen combustion
engine? The
foundation is not an advocate
of and does not support
the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel solution for the antiquated
and obsolete internal combustion engine. The use of hydrogen fuel or
fuel cell technology is not the solution to fix the environmental mess.
Major problems exist using this type of fuel technology.
The biggest problem with hydrogen is that the internal combustion
engine continues to combust energy and uses our most precious resources
to sustain life, thereby having a negative impact on the environment.
Overall, hydrogen is
unappealing. Many issues exist at the local county state and federal
levels when it comes to storing and dispensing hydrogen. Add-on,
replacement and building of a new mass support hydrogen
infrastructures "refueling stations" is very expensive and will take many
years to complete. If Ever!
Promoting
out-of-the-box non polluting
technologies that reduce
the need for additional refueling infrastructure.
The Foundations core
curriculum
explores the viability of theory, concept, potential licensing and
commercialization of various innovative ideas including, a mix of
technologies that increase the electric vehicles
energy efficiency and potentially reduce the need for existing, new or
additional refueling support infrastructures. Time to market would be
reduced considerably if we look at available technologies just setting
on the shelf. Much of this transparent technology has been invented and
awaits to be modified and assembled into something that it was not
originally designed for. Innovative ideas, physics, applied engineering
and available technologies offer several solutions to many of the
impending problems we face. Ground vehicle manufacturers need to change
there ways of thought when it comes to the physics of sustainable energy
and if any required refueling infrastructure. |
