Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy
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- Synopsis
- The potential of biodiesel to replace petroleum-based diesel (petrodiesel) fuel is not new. Farmers and alternative fuels advocates have been experimenting with and using vegetable oils to operate tractors, trucks, generators and all sorts of other engines for decades. In Europe, Pahl reports, biodiesel has been manufactured on an industrial scale since 1992 and with strong government support from the European Union it has replaced 2 percent of the petrodiesel use in member countries. The goal there is to increase that percentage to 5.75 by 2010 in order to reduce dependence on foreign oil and to cut back on greenhouse emissions.
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 291 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781931498654
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 12/06/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Greg Pahl
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Technology
- Submitted By:
- jnuttallphd
- Proofread By:
- Kenny Peyatt
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.