There have been some earthshaking developments in the world of automobile fuels, heretofore dominated by fossil fuels. America and Europe are being swept up in biofuel, with its current epicenter of Brazil. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s remarks about converting 10% of Japan’s gasoline usage to domestically produced biofuel have caused violent tremors in Japan. And electricity and hydrogen are both back on the scene. All these alternate fuel sources have the potential to transform the future of the automobile.

There is clear evidence of the effect that biofuel will have in decreasing CO2, which is the key advantage of using biofuel, and that is an analysis of CO2 emissions done by US General Motors. CO2 emissions by vehicles powered by woodderived biofuel are dramatically reduced compared to vehicles that use fossil fuels such as gasoline.

Control of CO2 emissions can also be achieved by sustainable energy sources other than biofuel. Electricity generated by hydro-power or solar energy as well as the hydrogen thus produced are also low in CO2 emissions. Further, use of electricity or hydrogen obviates the need for an engine, and so would revolutionize the automobile as we know it. But according to Masanori Ueda of Nissan Motor, “We don’t know yet which alternative fuel will become the mainstream.” When the automobile was first being developed in the late 19th century, steam and electricity were candidates for fuel source as well as fossil fuels. Today, there is once again the start of competition among different fuel sources, which may signify a rebirth for the automobile. Are cars driving off into a future that is markedly different from today’s incarnation?

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The Bird Stopper Chain Type 30 is a revolutionary bird-deterrence system
developed to prevent bird droppings, which mar the appearance of buildings and can spread the bird flu. It is based on the concept that birds use a biologically based sensitivity to sense the Earth’s magnetic fields as a guide when they fly.

The first system to use magnetism as a deterrent, the Bird Stopper Chain Type 30 is harmless to birds, using the tendency of birds to instinctively avoid places with magnetic fields stronger than their own bioelectromagnetism.

Bird Stopper is effective against pigeons, crows, ducks, seagulls, and other bird species with a strong biological sensitivity to magnetism.

Notable successes of the bird-deterrence system: Osaka Dome, Kyoto Station’s Shinkansen station building, Nagai Stadium, school buildings, city halls, Bangkok’s Grand Palace, Italian residences, and many more.

For more information on Bird Stopper Co., Ltd. please refer to the Bird Stopper website..