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Mobile Newsletter chat dots. Mobile Newsletter chat avatar. Overall, this unit has three important goals. These focus on: Matter and energy changes associated with the carbon-transforming processes. The effects of the use of fossil fuels and biofuels on the global carbon cycle and global climate change.
Preview Instructor Guide. The disadvantages of using fossil fuel include their limited supply, the release of a high amount of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in burning, the release of unfavorable gases such as sulfur dioxide.
Therefore, use of fossil fuels causes the release of greenhouse gases and thus cause global warming as well as air pollution. Biofuel: Biofuel is a fuel produced from living matter. Fossil Fuels: Fossil fuel is a naturally occurring fuel formed from geological processes. Biofuel: Biofuel is obtained from renewable sources.
Fossil Fuels: Fossil fuel is mainly obtained from non-renewable resources. Biofuel: Biofuel provides a low amount of energy per unit biomass. Fossil Fuels: Fossil fuel provides a high amount of energy per unit mass. Biofuel: Biofuel cause less pollution than fossil fuels.
Fossil Fuels: Fossil fuels play a major role in environmental pollution. Biofuel: Biofuels emit a lower percentage of unfavorable gases when burnt.
Fossil Fuels: Fossil fuels emit a high amount of unfavorable gases when burnt. Biofuel: Biofuels can be produced from safer methods.
Fossil Fuels: Fossil fuels are obtained from unsafe methods such as drilling and milling. Many researchers are attempting to find cheap methods to produce biofuel and to use them directly in vehicle engines and other industrial purposes since the existing amount of fossil fuels is not enough for a long time as the requirement for energy grows day by day.
Increases in irrigation and ethanol refining could deplete aquifers NRC Air quality could also decline in some regions if the impact of biofuels on tailpipe emissions plus the additional emissions generated at biorefineries increases net conventional air pollution NRC Economic models show that biofuel use can result in higher crop prices, though the range of estimates in the literature is wide. For example, a study found projections for the effect of biofuels on corn prices in ranging from a 5 to a 53 percent increase Zhang et al.
A National Center for Environmental Economics NCEE working paper found a 2 to 3 percent increase in long-run corn prices for each billion gallon increase in corn ethanol production on average across 19 studies Condon et al. Higher crop prices lead to higher food prices, though impacts on retail food in the US are expected to be small NRC Higher crop prices may lead to higher rates of malnutrition in developing countries Rosegrant et al. The Energy Policy Act of used a variety of economic incentives, including grants, income tax credits, subsidies and loans to promote biofuel research and development.
It established a Renewable Fuel Standard mandating the blending of 7. Of the latter goal, 21 billion gallons must come from cellulosic biofuel or advanced biofuels derived from feedstocks other than cornstarch. To limit GHG emissions, the Act states that conventional renewable fuels corn starch ethanol are required to reduce life-cycle GHG emissions relative to life-cycle emissions from fossil fuels by at least 20 percent, biodiesel and advanced biofuels must reduce GHG emissions by 50 percent, and cellulosic biofuels must reduce emissions by 60 percent.
EISA also provides cash awards, grants, subsidies, and loans for research and development, biorefineries that displace more than 80 percent of fossil fuels used to operate the refinery, and commercial applications of cellulosic biofuel.
In addition to EISA, numerous other policies have encouraged the production and use of biofuels in the US in recent decades. Tax credits currently support advanced biofuels, including cellulosic and biodiesel. Condon, N. Klemick, and A. Accessed Sept. Hertel, T. Golub, A. Jones, M. Plevin, and D. Fargione, J. Fischer, G. Hizsnyik, S. Prieler, M. Shah, and H. Biofuels and Food Security.
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