California accounts for nearly all renewable diesel consumption in the United States, but most of it isn’t made in the state. California’s consumption of renewable diesel was more than eight times the amount produced there in 2021. Instead, most of California’s renewable diesel was produced in other states or was imported, mostly from … [continued]
We don’t need to make 25 times as much biofuel, we need to make perhaps four or five times as much as we do today. And we have to stop wasting it on ground transportation.
By Miguel R.L. (aka Lambda), ETH Zürich engineer Time is fast running out to keep global surface temperatures below the 1.5°C limit we have set for ourselves. In fact, we are now headed for a catastrophic 2.7°C surface temperature rise by century’s end. Much has been written about decarbonizing ground … [continued]
Volkswagen and GoodFuels are teaming up to lower the emissions from cargo ships by using sustainable biodiesel fuel.
Transport & Environment (T&E) has release a report that shows that EU drivers burn more palm oil in their diesel fuel in a year than is put in all of the Oreo cookies in the world each year.
Earlier this week, Volvo took another step towards reducing city bus emissions by upgrading its S-Charge buses with more electric only speed and range.
Hapag-Lloyd is testing a new marine fuel that combines low sulfur bunker oil with biodiesel to reduce carbon emissions.
The burning of any fuel will produce CO2, but also possibly pollution in the form of particulates, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, and carbon monoxide, although the extent of these depends on the nature of the particular fuel and the efficiency with which the fuel is burnt.
San Francisco will begin testing electric buses beginning in 2019 to see if they can withstand the rigorous conditions and heavy usage that are typical in the city. It plans to buy only electric buses by 2025 and to replace all its diesel and hybrid buses by 2035.
Kitui Industries, started experimenting with biodiesel in 2008, when oil prices were peaking. This alternative fuel produced from vegetable oil is obtained from crushing cotton seed, and can replace conventional diesel.
