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THE NEW FUELS WITH MAGNECULAR STRUCTURE 13<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r widespread misrepresentation existing in alternative <strong>fuels</strong> is <strong>the</strong> belief<br />

that “<strong>the</strong> combustion of natural gas (or methane) is cleaner than that of gasoline,”<br />

<strong>with</strong> particular reference to a presumed reduction of carcinogenic and green house<br />

emissions. This misrepresentation is based on <strong>the</strong> visual evidence that <strong>the</strong> flame of<br />

natural gas is indeed cleaner than that of gasoline or o<strong>the</strong>r liquid <strong>fuels</strong>. However,<br />

natural gas is gaseous while gasoline is liquid, <strong>with</strong> an increase of density in <strong>the</strong><br />

transition from <strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>mer to <strong>the</strong> latter of about 1, 500 units. Consequently, when<br />

<strong>the</strong> pollutants in <strong>the</strong> flame of natural gas are prorated to <strong>the</strong> density of gasoline,<br />

<strong>the</strong> much more polluting character of natural gas emerges.<br />

In any case, recent measurements reviewed later on in this book have disproved<br />

<strong>the</strong> above belief because, under identical per<strong>for</strong>mances, natural gas is much more<br />

polluting than gasoline (see Figure 4).<br />

Fur<strong>the</strong>r widespread misrepresentations exist <strong>for</strong> ethanol, biogases, and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

conventional <strong>fuels</strong>, that is, <strong>fuels</strong> possessing <strong>the</strong> conventional molecular <strong>structure</strong>,<br />

because generally presented as cleaner than gasoline. In effect, ethanol combustion<br />

exhaust is <strong>the</strong> most carcinogenic among all <strong>fuels</strong>, <strong>the</strong> pollution caused by<br />

biogases is truly alarming, and <strong>the</strong> same occur <strong>for</strong> all remaining available conventional<br />

<strong>fuels</strong>.<br />

In addition, ethanol. biogases and o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>fuels</strong> of agricultural origin leave large<br />

carbon deposits on spark plugs, piiston rings and otehr component, by decreasing<br />

considerably <strong>the</strong> life of <strong>the</strong> engines.<br />

Hence, <strong>the</strong> mere inspection of <strong>the</strong> tailpipe exhaust is today a view of <strong>the</strong><br />

past millennium, if not motivated by equivocal commercial, political or academic<br />

interests. The sole approach environmentally acceptable today is <strong>the</strong> study of <strong>the</strong><br />

global environmental profile pertaining to <strong>fuels</strong>, that including <strong>the</strong> environmental<br />

pollution caused by <strong>the</strong> production, storage, transportation, and combustion.<br />

In closing, equivocal commercial, political and academic interests should be<br />

made aware that, following <strong>the</strong> success of <strong>the</strong> lawsuits against <strong>the</strong> tobacco industry,<br />

environmental groups in Berlin, Washington, Tokyo and o<strong>the</strong>r cities are<br />

apparently preparing lawsuits <strong>for</strong> trillion dollars punitive compensation against<br />

any large scale producer or user of polluting fuel. There<strong>for</strong>e, it appears that <strong>the</strong><br />

best way to confront supporters of hydrogen, ethanol, bio<strong>fuels</strong> and o<strong>the</strong>r highly<br />

polluting <strong>fuels</strong> is that via a judicial process. After all, we should never <strong>for</strong>get<br />

that <strong>the</strong> future of mankind is at stake on <strong>the</strong>se issues.

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