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As electricity became more widely available in the early 1900s, and as gasoline became readily available as a fuel for automobiles, electric motors and gasoline engines began to replace Stirling engines. 

A gasoline engine does work by moving an automobile along the highway. 

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This limitation, imposed by a scientific law called the second law of thermodynamics, can be difficult to understand. It involves a concept known as entropy, which can be thought of as a measure of disorder. Entropy must increase in natural processes in other words, processes naturally go from order to disorder (as observed by anyone who has bought a shiny new bicycle or automobile and watched it fade, corrode, break down, and finally fall apart—usually just after the warranty expires). The second law of thermodynamics requires a heat engine to vent some heat into the environment, thereby raising entropy. This loss is unavoidable, and a heat engine will not operate without it. No one will ever buy a car powered by a gasoline engine that does not exhaust, and lose, some of its heat. 

Automobiles contribute significantly to air pollution, especially in urban areas. Typical concentrations in the exhaust gases of a gasoline engine are given in Fig. 2.12. 

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