Biofuels information
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- Created on: 18-05-20 09:20
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- Biofuels
- What are biofuels? And how are they different from fossil fuels
- A fuel thats made from recently living organisms
- Plant or algae are normally used because they can lock up the suns energy
- Animal waste can be used but its often done on a smaller scale
- Fossil fuels are made from recently living organism
- A fuel thats made from recently living organisms
- Pros
- Cheap to make
- Easy to transport
- It can be mixed with fossil fuels
- This means that we dont have make new cars to use as fuel in transport
- A renewable source of energy
- Can be a great substitute for fossil fuels
- Cons
- Need somewhere to grow all the plants
- This could lead to cutting down forests
- The harvesting, processing and transporting requires energy
- Need somewhere to grow all the plants
- Examples of biofuels
- Bioethanol
- It’s used as a petrol substitute for road transport
- Made mainly during the sugar fermentation process but can be created chemically
- By using this type of bio energy there will be less greenhouse gas emissions
- Biodiesel
- Biodiesel can be used as an alternative to conventional or ‘fossil’ diesel
- It can be produced straight from vegetable, animal or cooking oil
- This fuel is carbon neutral
- Biomethane
- Biomethane is a natural gas released by anaerobic respiration of organic matter
- It’s used for energy
- Production eliminated the release of a lot of other harmful gases into the atmosphere
- Bioethanol
- What are biofuels? And how are they different from fossil fuels
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