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Fuel speed ahead
Gas prices have gone up, up , and away...and although they’re settling down for now, it won’t be long before they go back up. If there’s a silver lining to triple-digit gas prices, it’s that Canadians are thinking about alternatives. Unfortunately, we still live in a car-dominated society and vehicles that run on fossil fuels aren’t likely to disappear anytime soon.
As you know, fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal, were formed under the Earth's surface from plants and tiny animals that lived millions of years ago. (Some scientists think we may have even reached the point where we are running out of cheap oil.) Burning fossil fuels pollutes the air and releases gases. And they are a limited resource. Once fossil fuels are used up, they’re gone.
There are all sorts of ideas about what kinds of fuels we can expect in the future. This newsletter is all about alternative fuels available today.