Alternate FuelsJunkyard

By Cody Lauer, Cheyenne Test, & Josh Greek

Gas Powered

• The average fuel economy for:Trucks- 20-24 mpgCars- 22.4 mpgSUV’s- 18 mpg

• The people that get the SUV’s do not care about the mpg they want people to notice the size of their vehicle.

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Gas Powered Contiuned

• The most popular full sized truck is the Ford F-Series, gets an average of 10 city- 21 highway

• The most popular SUV is the Cadillac SRX, 18 city – 25 highway

• The most popular car is the Honda Accord, everyone is choosing it because it gets 21 town - 31 highway

• The most fuel efficient car is the Toyota Prius, 51 city – 48 highway

Bio-Diesel• You have to redo your whole

engine for it to be able to take bio-diesel.

• Bio-Diesel can be made from either corn stalks and corn husks or woodchips and tree trimmings.

• You can get about 23-28 mpg using bio-diesel but you have to change your air filter every few weeks.

• Bio-diesel take about two days to for it to be completely done and ready to use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_Diesel

Propane

• You can get propane kits for your cars.

• You lose about 10% of your mpg.

• You pay $2.00-$2.50 a gallon for propane compared to $3.79 for gas.

• It easy to install in your car and the dealers have not said what they are going to do about the warranty. http://en.wikipedia.org/

wiki/Propane

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_Diesel• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline• http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?

section=fuel&story=mpgClass&subject=fuelList