Alternative Fuels

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Alternative Fuels

The growing car industry, technological advancement and human activity have put more pressure on the demand for different forms of energy (Goodger, 2009). As a result, there has been an adverse shift from the traditional sources of energy to current sources such as Ethanol, Natural Gas, Propane, Hydrogen and Biodiesel (Poulton, 2014). In this regard, any business that ventures into the energy industry like Kaplanville must consider the environmental factors pertaining to the source of energy it will engage in besides other benefits such as cost saving, efficiency among others.Alternatives fuels come from resources rather than petroleum and among the best include:

Ethanol

Ethanol is commonly produced from corn and sugar and is widely used in vehicles after being blended with gasoline (Goodger, 2009). The fuel produces little greenhouse gas emissions than most of the conventional fuels. One of the cons of this type of fuels is due to its costly nature of production and usage.

Natural gas

It is a gas consisting majorly of methane. A major advantage of the gas is that it can safely and efficient be stored besides being a renewable form of energy (Goodger, 2009). Nevertheless, the gas is highly volatile and thus dangerous in the transport industry.

Hydrogen

This is the most important aspect of clean energy. It can be produced from hydropower or nuclear power (Hordeski, 2008). Its use is advantageous since it is a renewable source of energy, efficient, and can be used in powerful machines such as Rockets.
The above alternative fuels can drive the transport industry to different levels since some are efficient, cost effective, readily available and renewable (Poulton, 2014). The combination of such features would lead to the success of Kaplanville- a fuel processing and supply company.
To be successful in any business field, an Enterprise needs to offer a product of services that will reap the desired benefits to its users (Hordeski, 2008). In this regard, I would vote for Hydrogen as the primary source of fuel that Kaplanville should create a station for. The fuel would lead to more efficiencies in the transport sectors as different classes of vehicles can use it, is readily available, more efficient and cost effective (Hordeski, 2008).