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As advances are made in science, and America continues become a more civilized and environmentally conscious society, we begin to focus on things in our every day life that can be improved in order to resolve current pollution problems and future resource problems. A topic that specifically pertains to both of these issues is the use of fossil fuels to power automobiles. Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable energy resource. This means “these resources are being used much faster than they can be produced and the amount of these materials is finite” (Eldon D. Enger). The use of fossil fuels is growing each year across the world at an alarming rate and most of this growth is attributed to consumption by automobiles. Between 1999 and 2001 the total world demand rose from 74.7 million barrels per day to 78 million barrels per day (Eldon D. Enger). Consumption of fossil fuels at this rate will eventually cause this resource to be depleted. This stresses the need for an alternate energy source to power automobiles, and the redesign of the combustion engine to use this new energy source. Pollution of the air from fossil fuels is a problem that society has been aware of for quite some time. The Environmental Protection Agency reports �