2007-03-06 10:28:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Biofuels are an excellent short to medium term solution. They are an easy transition fuel since the Diesel engine was actually designed to run on them.
The problem with Palm and other oils is the time and cost factors. the ultimate solution to biofuel is Algae.
On less than half a million acres of land, 1 quadrillion BTUs (1,000,000,000,000,000) of algae oil could be harvested per year.
If we burn biofuels such as bioDiesel etc. we are controlling our CO2 more effectively. Fossil fuels ( ie. gas and diesel from crude oil) emit CO2 as do biofuels, but biofuels consume CO2 to grow. thus we have a nice recycling of the CO2 through biofuels.
Algae is very efficient at this and it is also quite useful for breaking down many other toxins and wastes.
2007-03-07 12:11:36 · answer #1 · answered by linuxlou 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not how would Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, Exxon/Mobil, the Saudis, BP/Amoco, etc., turn a profit on Palm Oil? Your idea is dangerous to these people. Watch it or you'll end up in Guantanamo.
2007-03-06 10:34:23 · answer #2 · answered by Matthew P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we've some particularly fantastic batteries, however the oil companies administration the shares, so we won't use them for something. while oil runs out, we will noticeably a lot would desire to finally shrug off oil's effect over us and detect a sparkling potential resource (and a plastic replace, because of the fact plastic is made out of oil).
2016-12-18 07:12:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it has a high melting point/freezing point.
Solids in the fuel tank = trouble.
2007-03-06 10:32:30 · answer #4 · answered by Vegan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Biodiesel is an excellent thing!
2007-03-06 11:10:02 · answer #5 · answered by Yahoo! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not volatile, burns way too slow and is smokey.
2007-03-06 11:29:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It already is as it is converted into bio diesel.
2007-03-06 10:42:00 · answer #7 · answered by Robert A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋