"Dr. Chu said a “revolution” in science and technology would be required if the world is to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and curb the emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases linked to global warming. Solar technology, he said, will have to get five times better than it is today, and scientists will need to find new types of plants that require little energy to grow and that can be converted to clean and cheap alternatives to fossil fuels."
- New York Times

Gulf Alternative Energy and the Environment

Ethanol has been touted as the renewable fuel to help lessen our immediate dependence on OPEC oil imports. Ethanol is claiming its niche in a transportation fuel industry marked by rapid growth.

Ethanol is replacing MTBE as a fuel oxygenate. Added to gasoline, oxygenates increase the amount of oxygen in the gasoline blend and improves the air quality characteristics of its emissions. MTBE has been linked with major water contamination issues and is considered a carcinogen. Ethanol or ethyl alcohol is a clean MTBE-alternative. Typically, ethanol is blended to gasoline at 5.7% to 10% by volume in the US. This blend is called E10 and its demand has soared as a growing number of state bans on the additive MTBE are coupled with petroleum companies' voluntarily phase-out of MTBE blended fuel. E10 fuel is safe to use in traditional vehicles and is covered by auto-manufacturer warranty.
Ethanol also has potential for fuel cell technologies. Fuel cells have received intense international focus because they are twice as efficient as traditional internal combustion engines and burn cleanly. Ultimately fuel cells are powered by hydrogen, but hydrogen is an impracticable transportation fuel for the near term due to its explosive nature and the lack of adequate infrastructure. However, ethanol has proven a feasible alternative to hydrogen in fuel cells. It is likely that ethanol will be chosen over methanol, another hydrogen-supplement, because its production and delivery already exists and is rapidly developing.
Gulf Alternative Energy primarily sources ethanol from sugary crops, such as sugarcane. Many recent studies have noted the high net-energy output generated from sugary crops such as sugarcane and sugar beets over other production methods. These high energy yields reduce the unnecessary use of fossil fuels in cultivating and fertilizing ethanol-producing crops, yielding a high net ratio of energy output to the energy required for production.
Additionally, new ethanol-producing technologies are in the works, chiefly in the production of cellulostic ethanol. Gulf Alternative Energy is actively monitoring these developments and encourages its suppliers to employ the most efficient methods of producing ethanol.

ENVIRONMENT

Gulf Alternative Energy and the Environment: President George W. Bush addresses the Limerick Generating Station in Limerick, Pa., Wednesday, May 24, 2006 , urging the the advancement of nuclear energy as part of a diversified U.S. energy policy that will make America less dependent on foreign sources of oil and more dependent on renewable sources of energy. (White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt)

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