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Biomass gasification has not been mentioned here. It is an old way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, and has an unfortunate history due to very poor quality techniques used for producing charcoal. New techniques can burn the gas, formed by heating the wood, very efficiently giving us a useful energy source that can generate electricity.
- What energy technologies could be used in the future?
- Along with straight vegetable oil and biodiesel, some energy technologies that could play an important part in the future include: Plants use sunlight and photosynthesis to take carbon dioxide (CO 2) out of the Earth's atmosphere to make vegetable oil. The same CO 2 is then put back after it is burned in an engine.
- Is vegetable oil a good source of energy?
- It is abundantly available, and helps in recycling of waste products. The conversion kits which allow vegetable oil to run the engine are easily available. Vegetable oil is a cleaner source of energy as it produces pollution in lesser amounts as compared to petrol and diesel.
- Can vegetable oil be used in power plants?
- So the transition to vegetable oil can happen gradually. Other methods, like nuclear power, fusion power, wind power and solar power, may provide cheaper electricity, so vegetable oil may only be used in peaking power plants and small power plants, as diesel is limited to today. There is at least one 5 MW power plant that runs on biodiesel.
- Why is vegetable oil a good alternative to fossil fuels?
- Vegetable oil addresses both the source of primary energy and of energy storage. The cost and weight to store a given amount of energy as vegetable oil is low compared to many of the potential replacements for fossil fuels.
- Does vegetable oil increase CO2?
- The same CO 2 is then put back after it is burned in an engine. Thus vegetable oil does not increase the CO 2 in the atmosphere, and does not directly contribute to the problem of greenhouse gas. It is really a way of catching and storing solar energy; it is a renewable energy.
- What are the advantages of using vegetable oil as a fuel?
- One of the biggest advantages of using vegetable oil as a fuel is that unlike petrol, it is a renewable source of energy. It is abundantly available, and helps in recycling of waste products. The conversion kits which allow vegetable oil to run the engine are easily available.