Fueling the future: Biodiesel

Biodiesel is renewable alternative fuel (non petroleum) produced form a wide rand of vegetable oil and animal fats. It is safe and biodegradable and the emissions are non toxic to humans.Biodiesel can be used in the pure form B100 or may be blended with petroleum diesel.Research conducted by petroleum producers have found out that petroleum diesel is better than biodiesel and bioiesel reduces the engine ware (at cost of creating less environmental hazards).The production of biodiesel on large scale is still under immense research and on the other hand, hundred and thousand of people who have switch their old and new vehicles on pure biodiesel that is produced at home yet there has not been no serious complaints about such ware and tear of the engine. It is facts that engine become a little less efficient. Another strong reason that people use biodiesel is that there is no need of war to fight over it.

According to the RTFO Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation 2007 introduced by Govt. of the United Kingdom, by 2010 their intention is that the renewable transport fuel should make 5% ,by volume of the total road transport fuel sales in the UK, by the time RTFO reaches 2010 it would be able to create a market of 2.5 billion liters of biofuels a year. This would reduce GHG emissions million tones of carbon a year. This would certainly produce an extra demand for vehicles that run on completely on biofulels. If you are planning to buy a new vehicle considering less green house gas emissions in to the atmosphere, these vehicles can come in handy for you and the environment.

Mercedes E320 CDI

VW New Beetle

VW Jetta and VW Jetta Wagon

VW Golf TDI

Liberty Jeep 2.8 Turbo diesel.

So, Don’t blow it,good planets are hard to find.

Renewable energy

Utilization of natural resources such as sunlight, wind, water and biomass to fulfill our energy need in such an efficient manner that it dose not damage the delicate environmental balance is called renewable energy.
Simplest possible example can be that of biogas generation, Biogas is considered to be a source of renewable energy. This is because the production of biogas depends on the supply of grass, which usually grows back each year. By comparison, the natural gas used in most of our homes is not considered a form of renewable energy. Natural gas formed from the fossilized remains of plants and animals-a process that took millions of years. These resources do not “grow back” in a time scale that is meaningful for humans.
With our ever increasing human race and its limited resources it is important for us to work in a consistent manner to create a world that fulfills its energy needs through resources that are not destined to drain out like fossil fuel.

Renewable energy technologies are sometimes criticized for being unreliable or unsightly, yet the market is growing for many forms of renewable energy. Wind power has a worldwide installed capacity of 74,223 MW and is widely used in several European countries and the USA.The manufacturing output of the photovoltaic industry reached more than 2,000 MW per year in 2006, and PV power plants are particularly popular in Germany. Solar thermal power stations operate in the USA and Spain, and the largest of these is the 354 MW SEGS power plant in the Mojave Desert. The world's largest geothermal power installation is The Geysers in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW. Brazil has one of the largest renewable energy programs in the world, involving production of ethanol fuel from sugar cane, and ethanol now provides 18 percent of the country's automotive fuel. Ethanol fuel is also widely available in the USA.
The majority of renewable energy technologies are directly or indirectly powered by the sun. The Earth-Atmosphere system is in equilibrium such that heat radiation into space is equal to incoming solar radiation, the resulting level of energy within the Earth-Atmosphere system can roughly be described as the Earth's "climate." The hydrosphere (water) absorbs a major fraction of the incoming radiation. Most radiation is absorbed at low latitudes around the equator, but this energy is dissipated around the globe in the form of winds and ocean currents. Wave motion may play a role in the process of transferring mechanical energy between the atmosphere and the ocean through wind stress.Solar energy is also responsible for the distribution of precipitation which is tapped by hydroelectric projects, and for the growth of plants used to create biofuels.
Renewable energy flows involve natural phenomena such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, as the International Energy Agency explains:
"Renewable energy is derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly. In its various forms, it derives directly from the sun, or from heat generated deep within the earth. Included in the definition is electricity and heat generated from solar, wind, ocean, hydro power, biomass, geothermal resources, and biofuels and hydrogen derived from renewable resources.Each of these sources has unique characteristics which influence how and where they are used. All in all it should be our utmost responsibility to work steadily to enhance the chances of producing the world which fulfil its energy needs through environment friendly renewable resources.