and go 120 miles on one charge. The next electric car is perdicteed to go 71 mph and go 300 miles on one charge. The cost per mile of electric cars is 2 cents a mile. For a gas car the cost would be 5 cents a mile. In 1998 more than 5 major car manufacturers are going to produce electric cars (New York Times pb5t). Another to gas is the use of methanol and ethanol gas. They burn cleaner and they receive higher octane ratings (New York Times pb5t). These gases are made from corn and other grains making them cheap. The alternative to nuclear power plants is the use of fast breeder nuclear power plant. Fast breeder power plants make there own fuel. The plant makes normal uranium 238 to plutonium 239 (Atoms for Peace “movie”). The uranium left over from regular power plants is uranium 238. After the uranium is turned to plutonium it is supposed to back into uranium 238 and then start the cycle. Before this new power plant was tested President Bill Clinton cut funding. 50 years of research ended (Atoms for Peace “movie”). Since the oil embargo in 1973 people have been looking for energy alternatives. Back then they looked to replace oil. Now we look for energy alternatives to stop pollution. The sources we use now pollute. The most polluting source of energy is oil and coal. The next reason we look for energy alternatives is because we are worried about our planets resources will run out one day (ChemCom 155). In a little over 60 years the oil will practically gone. The gas powered car can be replaced with the electric car. Instead of burning oil and using nuclear power plants we can use fast breeder power plants. The next thing that can be changed is the mining of coal. It can be replaced by solar or wind power. Right now we can’t change all these things at once. We can’t change because the energy alternatives will not provide enough energy to meet our demands. One example is ...
