North Florida Clean Fuels

Alternative Fuels Aren't New!

From our feet to horses, carriages and other modes of transport, humans have discovered that there are many ways to fuel progress.


Mesopotamia Horse drawn chariot approx 5000 BC
Mesopotamia Horse drawn chariot approx 5000 BC
First bicycle 1817 Germany
First bicycle 1817 Germany
Electric car from 1830s
Electric car from 1830s
First Card Ad 1898
First Card Ad 1898
Rudolf Diesel demonstrates peanut oil powered engine at 1900 Paris World Exhibition
Rudolf Diesel demonstrates peanut oil powered engine at 1900 Paris World Exhibition
First Ford Model T 1908
First Ford Model T 1908
Natural gas vehicle from 1930s
Natural gas vehicle from 1930s
In the 1950s Chicago Transit Authority had a 500 propane bus fleet
In the 1950s Chicago Transit Authority had a 500 propane bus fleet
Roger Billings converted a car to hydrogen for his 1966 HS science fair project
Roger Billings converted a car to hydrogen for his 1966 HS science fair project
Fiat pioneered ethanol engine series production in 1979
Fiat pioneered ethanol engine series production in 1979