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Title of the bill: Open Fuel Standard
==Bill number: S. 3303 Introduced to the Senate: 6/22/08 ==

Sponsor of the Bill: Senator Sam Brownback-(Republican)
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**Full bill: [|Click here for full bill] **

Reason for the Bill:
To Require automobile manufactures to ensure that no less than 80% of the automobiels made in the U.S by each manufacture to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85% ethanol, 85% methanol, or biodiesel.

Who is affected by the bill:
===Car manufactures: They will have to pay more to make the cars because they will have to spend more money on making the engines because the engines will have to run off of more than just gasoline. The car manufactures have to pay more so their engines can run off of biodesel fuels, ethanol, and methonal. ===

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This was not the first bill that has gone through congress that has had to do with using alternative fuels. For example, in April, 2007 the Alternative Fuel Standard act of 2007 was introduced to the Senate(number S. 1158). This bill was to amend the Clean Air Act, and to increase the use of renewable and alternative fuels. Another bill that has to do with the senate bill 3303 is the American Fuels act of 2007. This bills sponor was Barack Obama. This bill is to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purpoes. There are many diffrent bills that have to do with the Open Fuel Standard Bill.======

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In america the amounts of green house gases are rising becuase of carbon dioxed levels being relased into the air. Green house gases are the main cause in global warming. One of the major contriubters in carbon dioxied emmisons are cars. When you drive from place to place you relase carbon dioxied in the air. Almost every american has a car, just imagine how much carbon dioxied is relased in an average day. By having this bill it will reduce the carbon dioxied emmisons in the air, it will also help improve public health. Green house gases are not only bad for the enviornment, they are also bad for peoples public health. Green house gases result in lung diseases such as lung cancer, and also asthma. The amount of kids with asthma are increasing rapidly every year. Also the United states spends 1 billion dollars every day to power the countries cars and trucks, by approving this bill it will save the United Sates millions of dollars.====== http://flickr.com/photos/jonpayne/762619676/ http://flickr.com/photos/jonpayne/762619676/

Why this bill is needed:

 * It will help reduce green house gases
 * It will help improve public health
 * Reduces air pollution
 * By drilling for oil it damages the landscape, by using biodesal fuels it wont ruine the landscape
 * Gas prices are rising- by using biodesal fuel you wont have to pay for the high prices
 * Unlike gas, biodiesel fuels are renewable
 * Biodiesel fuels will not catch fire/ explode
 * Will reduce the United States dependence on foreign oil
 * Biodiesel fuels are cleaner, they do not pollute

Why this bill should not be passed:

 * Biodiesel fuels requires the use of crops
 * They are rare in U.S
 * Chemicals in biodiesel fuel are sometimes poisonous
 * Biodiesel fuel is not effective in the cold
 * Biodiesel fuels freeze in the cold
 * It will cause car manufactures to have to spend more money on the engines, so that the engines can run on fuel mixtures, so they dont have to rely on gasoline
 * Cars that run off of fuels other than gasoline will cost much more than cars that run off of regular gasoline

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Pros for using biodiesel fuels:

 * They are renewable resources
 * Made from vegetable oil or animal fats used in cooking
 * Decreases air pollution
 * Will not catch fire or explode
 * Makes it so companies can be independent in making their own fuel
 * Is an engine cleaner
 * Non Toxic
 * Easy to make

Cons for using biodiesel fuels:

 * Rare in the United States
 * Chemicals used to make biodiesel fuel is sometimes poisonous to humans
 * Not effective in the cold- the fuel freezes when it gets cold

**Ethanol** is an alcohol made from plant materials such as corn sugar cane that can be used as fuel.
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Pros for using Ethanol:

 * Can be made anywhere
 * Less of a fire hazard
 * Reduces air pollution
 * Reduces garbadge in land fills
 * Lower toxicity level
 * Made from large amounts of organic material
 * Reduces carbon emmisons by 80%


 * Produces fewer emissions
 * Fewer green house gases


 * Dangerous while burning
 * Can harm people working near it
 * Vapors are sometimes poisonous

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Schalager, Neil, and Jayne Weisblatt. __Alternative Energy__. Michigan: Thompson Corporation, 2006.