The most conventional motor vehicle fuels in the United States are gasoline and diesel. While today's cars are much cleaner than cars were years ago, the rise in the number of cars on the road and their frequency of use has resulted in a continued increase of vehicle-related air pollution. The use of alternative fuels can be a big step toward enhancing air quality in New Hampshire and reducing emissions which contribute to smog.
Alternative fuels have benefits that go beyond their improvement of air quality.
New fuels in the marketplace would give consumers new choices and could help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. Each alternative fuel has its own characteristics and offers certain advantages and disadvantages. They all share the benefit of reducing emissions of air pollutants and diversifying America's transportation fuel supply. Alternative fuel vehicles are here today and widespread use in the future is feasible. The federal government is required to purchase alternative fuel vehicles beginning in 1995, followed by the state government and utility companies in 1997.