PETROLEUM
engines such as natural gas vehicles, neat ethanol vehicles, flexible-fuel vehicles,
biodiesel-powered vehicles, and hydrogen vehicles.
vehicles with advanced propulsion systems that reduce or substitute petroleum use
such as battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles,
and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
Alternatives to using oil in industry
Biological feedstocks do exist for industrial uses such as Bioplastic production.
Alternatives to burning petroleum for electricity
Main articles: Alternative energy, Nuclear power, and Renewable energy
In oil producing countries with little refinery capacity, oil is sometimes burned to produce
electricity. Renewable energy technologies such as solar power, wind power, micro
hydro, biomass and biofuels are used, but the primary alternatives remain large scale
hydroelectricity, nuclear and coal-fired generation.
Future of petroleum production
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