Ethanol Vs Gasoline

The United States uses over 18 billion barrels of oil every day. This means in turn that a country with just 4.5% of the world's population, is using about 20% of the world's oil. The United States only produces 8 million barrels of oil per day, which is the foundation of the nation's great dependence on foreign oil. One of the largest uses of oil is for gasoline in cars, which can be completely gotten rid of as a whole, There are currently multiple alternatives to fuel cars as opposed to gasoline. There are the alcohol fuels, these include ethanol and methanol, there is compressed natural gas, and there is electricity. These alternatives can all be more beneficial than gasoline. All cars in that are manufactured and sold in America should have the capability of using some form of fuel alternative to gasoline, and all service stations in the …show more content…
Big oil companies are the main opposition to alternative fuel sources taking over in the United States. They are a large reason that alternative fuels are not used, as they have plotted against alternative fuels in order to keep their monopoly. An example of this was when the electric trolley transportation system was bought out by a group of oil companies, then replaced by buses powered by gasoline. When the development of cars was beginning, Henry Ford created engines that could run on gasoline, alcohol fuel, or a mixture of both. He knew that alcohol could be produced on any farm, and from a variety of materials, so it would be easy to use as fuel. John Rockefeller saw this as a threat to his oil monopoly, and used the power he had in congress to help pass prohibition, an act that would ban all forms of alcohol, including using it for fuel. Oil companies were also responsible for the notion that ethanol creation was harming our nation's food source. An oil conglomerate hired the lobbying firm Glover Park Group to create