Biofuels Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Myths versus Facts FACT: Biofuels burn cleaner than gasoline, resulting in fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and are fully biodegradable, unlike some fuel additives • Cellulosic ethanol has the potential to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 86% • Ethanol readily biodegrades without harm to the environment, and is a safe, high-performance
Biofuels explained Biofuels and the environment - U. S. Energy . . . Burning biofuels results in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2), a greenhouse gas However, according to international convention, CO 2 emissions from biofuel combustion are excluded from national greenhouse gas emissions inventories because growing the biomass feedstocks used for biofuel production may offset the CO 2 produced when biofuels are
Biofuels and Greenhouse Gas Reductions – Farm Energy Biotech companies and others have claimed that crop yield improvements will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making farmland more productive, meeting the world’s food and fuel needs with fewer acres, and reducing pressure to convert forests to farmland In an ideal world this might all be true
Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new . . . The country’s primary biofuels policy, the Renewable Fuel Standard, requires that biofuels provide a greenhouse gas reduction over fossil fuels: The law says that ethanol from new plants must
Biofuels and the Environment - US EPA Replacing fossil fuels with biofuels has the potential to reduce some undesirable environmental impacts of fossil fuel production and use, including conventional and greenhouse gas (GHG) pollutant emissions, exhaustible resource depletion, and dependence on unstable foreign suppliers Demand for biofuels could also increase farm income
Biofuel Production and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Potential - NREL This study uses two sustainable biomass supply scenarios to demonstrate the potential of biofuels to replace petroleum-based fuels and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in hard-to-electrify transportation sectors by 2050 1 Base case scenario – 858 million tons of sustainable biomass supply
Biofuel - MIT Climate Portal Biofuels can be used as replacements for petroleum-based fuels like gasoline and diesel As we search for fuels that won’t contribute to the greenhouse effect and climate change, biofuels are a promising option because the carbon dioxide (CO 2) they emit is recycled through the atmosphere