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Recent Trends in Alternative Energy Sources

With the growing concern over global warming as well as outrageous fuel prices, people world wide are searching for safe, cheap energy alternatives to fossil fuel. We are now seeing an array of trends in alternative energy sources. One of these trends is alternative energy vehicles. Toyota and Honda have both released hybrid vehicles that run on a mixture of gasoline and ethanol, a bio-fuel distilled mainly from corn. Almost all ethanol produced in the U.S. is used to make a mixture of 90% gasoline and 10% ethanol, E10. Any gasoline powered vehicle can run on E10. Another option is bio-diesel, which is made from vegetable oils, such as used restaurant grease. Major companies such as Fed Ex and UPS are also considering a long term conversion to alternative energy transportation vehicles.