Can alternative energy effectively replace fossil fuels and role of biofuels in reducing reliance on fossil fuels?
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Rk Naresh
Alternative energy sources, including renewables like solar, wind, and hydro, can effectively replace fossil fuels for many applications, particularly in electricity generation and transportation. However, complete replacement may require a combination of multiple alternative sources and improvements in energy storage technologies.
The role of biofuels in reducing reliance on fossil fuels involves:
Yes, alternative energy has the potential to effectively replace fossil fuels and play a crucial role in reducing dependence on them. Allow me some relevant facts based on research conducted by Nathan Lash, Tapio Melgin, Agata Mucha-Geppert, and Ole Rolser and the US Energy Information Administration on the subject:
1. Biofuels: Biofuels, such as bioethanol, are a form of alternative energy. They can be used as direct fuels in conventional internal combustion engines. Although biofuel costs may be higher in the long term, using 100% renewable diesel, such as bioethanol, can achieve comparable greenhouse gas reductions over the entire life cycle, similar to using electric vehicles. Demand for biofuels is expected to triple over the next 20 years, and they will play an important role in hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as aviation and heavy trucking.
2. Role of Biofuels: Even in a world with rapid adoption of electric vehicles, meeting transportation greenhouse gas reduction targets could require a significant contribution from biofuels. While electric vehicles in the passenger vehicle segment are booming, heavy commercial transportation such as trucks and buses will be electrified only in the long term. In aviation, sustainable aviation fuels blended with kerosene in conventional engines may be the only viable option to limit greenhouse gas emissions due to limitations in aircraft design.
3. Future Outlook: The projected increase in the penetration of electric vehicles in the transport market could reduce the demand for vehicles with internal combustion engines and, therefore, for biofuels in road transport. However, new advanced inputs will likely be needed to meet the growing biofuel demand after 2035.
In short, biofuels and other forms of alternative energy can play a crucial role in the transition to a more sustainable economy that is less dependent on fossil fuels.
Despite what has been said above, each country must prepare its energy matrix, considering each of the country's sources of energy, in such a way that it is the most economical matrix possible to satisfy the country's energy needs.
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