Many European countries have been making the shift to electric vehicles and Germany has just stated that they plan to ban the sale of vehicles using gasoline and diesel as fuel by 2030.

很多欧洲国家正在转向使用电动汽车，德国刚刚宣布，计划到 2030 年时禁止出售以汽油和柴油作为燃料的车辆。

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However, since methanol-fueled vehicles could be designed to be much more efficient than "gasoline clone" vehicles fueled with methanol, they would need comparatively less fuel.

然而，由于以甲醇为燃料的车辆在设计上可以比以甲醇为燃料的“汽油克隆”车辆效率高得多，因此它们所需的燃料相对较少。

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A car can be driven as far on a gallon of the new plant-based fuel as a car can be driven on a gallon of gasoline, but a gallon of the plant-based fuel both costs less and results in less pollution.

汽车使用一加仑这种新植物燃料或一加仑汽油可以开得一样远；但是一加仑植物燃料不但花费少，并且造成的污染更少。

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"We do not,in any way, intend to come to market with fuel that is more expensive than gasoline,".

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Once the site is developed, Paul Woods says the fuel it produces will be competitive with gasoline produced from petroleum at nearby refineries.

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This bio-fuel is an alternative to gasoline and is less harmful to the Earth.

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Gasification of coal offers the potential to turn dirty burning hydrocarbons into cleaner burning liquid fuels, such as synthetic natural gas, jet fuel and gasoline, as well as hydrogen for fuel cell use, a developing field.

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None of these factors bode well for consumers' confidence as they struggle with common living expenses, such as higher home-heating fuel and gasoline costs.

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Ethanol is increasingly being used as an alternative fuel for gasoline.

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