Biofuels: A Really Slow Growth?

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Biofuels is a general term for biodegradable fuels derived from organic sources as constrasted to petroleum based fuels aimed at conserving our environment for our generation and the ones to come. Only very few countries are committed to environmental preservation and protection. The rest simply play to the gallery.
Why the seemingly slow growth in the use of biofuels especially in the developing world?

Biofuels
Environmental Policy
Oil & Gas
Emmanuel Ekpenyong
78 months ago

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The slow growth in the use of biofuels in the developing world are primarily linked to cost and availability of equipment suited for biofuel consumption, biofuel product, transportation of biofuels, and energy distribution infrastructure.

Jim Reszetucha, P.E.,mMBA, CEM, LEED AP BD+C
62 months ago
Agree; and oil and gas are now abundant and cheap in the USA - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
Real answer, when facility available no body want to take care of biofuels how to be produced. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
biofuels are renewable. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
Second generation biofuels are fuels manufactured from various types of biomass.Biomass is a wide-ranging term meaning any source of organic carbon that is renewed rapidly as part of the carbon cycle.Biomass is derived from plant materials, but can also include animal materials - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
Good information. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
Awareness required for biofuels sector growth. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
Many thanks - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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The issue is that biofuel crops are being grown instead of food crops or rain forest. They may have advantages over oil-based fuels in terms of emissions but the total life cycle must be taken into account.

David Cottrell
62 months ago
Agree but fossil fuels rock - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
Actually for fiofuels production is more expensive so awareness required. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
Biofuels otherwise called as biodiesel is created in refineries that use existing oil in crops such as soybeans. These kinds of vegetable oils are then treated with alcohol to convert them to biodiesel. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
OK - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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A biofuel is a fuel that is produced through contemporary biological processes, such as agriculture and anaerobic digestion, rather than a fuel produced by geological processes such as those involved in the formation of fossil fuels, like coal and petroleum, from prehistoric biological matter.

Dr. David E. M
62 months ago
I agree. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
Biofuels generally called bio-alcohol which is ethanol created by engineers from yeast and bacteria to break down starch from corn and other plants. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
YES - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
True... - RUPAK 62 months ago
DITTO - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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Biofuels produced from plants or other include wheat, corn, soybean and sugarcane, energy companies mix them with gasoline. Unlike oil, coal or natural gas, biofuels are renewable.

Er. Jangyadutta D
62 months ago
OK - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
Thanks. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
U R welcomed - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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A bio fuel is a fuel that is produced through contemporary biological processes, such as agriculture and anaerobic digestion, rather than a fuel produced by geological processes such as those involved in the formation of fossil fuels, such as coal and petroleum, from prehistoric biological matter. If the source bio matter can regrow quickly, the resulting fuel is said to be a form of renewable energy. Bio fuels can be derived directly from plants or indirectly from agricultural, commercial, domestic, and/or industrial wastes.

Er. P.Das C
62 months ago
OK; very nice - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
Agree.. - RUPAK 62 months ago
DITTO - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
Right. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
YES - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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The most cost effective biofuels are produced from a waste stream such as a municipal wastewater treatment plant, landfill or manure from a large farm or group of farms. All these entities core mission is not fuel production but either processing of the waste collected or raising the animals for their food production.

In the developing world the large infrastructure requirements to centralize these waste streams take a long time to build. The amount of waste produced in some cases is also proportional to the wealth of the population.

Ian Marchant P.E., LEED-AP, CEM
40 months ago

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