International Experience with Clean Fuels

Creative efforts around the world are underway to develop alternatives to oil-based transport fuels. Through these efforts many nations hope to gain energy independence, improve local air quality, and minimise global climate impacts. A review of current transport fuel strategies around the world reveals that only a few have a good chance to compete with the low cost and enormous supplies of gasoline and diesel. Government policies and technical challenges have the greatest influence on the success of alternative fuels as they compete for shares in the growing transport fuels market.