Biofuels- their role in reducing the consumption of petroleum

By Ipsa kukreti. Biofuels- their role in reducing the consumption of petroleum.

Biofuel - Any fuel whose energy is obtained through a chemistry process that converts carbon dioxide into a hydrocarbon molecule (a source of energy) that would be found in a living organism..

Biofuels are nothing new. In fact, they've been around as long as cars have. Henry Ford originally designed the Model T to run on ethanol. And people have been running diesel engines on vegetable oil much longer than they have been running diesel engines on petroleum-based diesel fuel..

Biofuels are produced from biomass or bio waste, which can be replenished year after year through sustainable farming practices biofuel are renewable..

Any biofuel made from a feedstock that can also be consumed as a human food is considered a first-generation biofuel..

Algae were considered second generation biofuels. However, when it became apparent that algae are capable of much higher yields with lower resource inputs than other feedstock, many suggested that they be moved to their own category.

Biofuels are the best way of reducing the emission of the greenhouse gases..

plants use carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas of concern, to grow and produce food. So, plants can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and thus decrease global warming. Biofuels, when grown from plants, can thus offset their CO2 admissions because they take up the gas during growth that is produced when the fuel is burned. The idea is that if there is a one-to-one relationship, then the gas produced is the same as the gas taken in and there is no bad impact on global warming..

One of the major problems to arise from burning fossil fuels, especially coal, is acid rain that comes from the high Sulphur content of these fuels. Biofuels can be produced in ways that eliminate Sulphur and thus can eliminate this component of acid rain..

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