alternative fuel

noun

1. a vehicular fuel that is not entirely derived from petroleum, as natural gas, hydrogen, or an alcohol mixture.

   the environmental benefits of alternative fuels.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alternative fuel¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

In addition to drivers losing access to carpool lanes, the change could slow the progress the state has made in getting more people into alternative fuel vehicles and reducing pollution.

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In 2015, the National Fire Protection Assn. began publishing emergency field guides for alternative fuel vehicles as part of its safety training program.

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Chemists have developed a novel way to capture and convert carbon dioxide into methane, suggesting that future gas emissions could be converted into an alternative fuel using electricity from renewable sources.

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Ministers have decided not to support the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel for heating homes, though they say it will have an important role in and around industrial sites.

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"But the ketogenic diet can provide ketones as an alternative fuel to glucose for a brain with energy dysfunction."

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