Biofuels and their impact on carbon footprint |
Environmental purposes – particularly lower carbon footprint – are one of the crucial motives for introduction of alternative automotive fuels. Biofuels were strongly favoured a couple of years ago not only because they present ahighly evolutionary change and can gradually substitute conventional fossil derived fuels but they seemed also ahighly environmentally friendly solution. However, it has become increasingly evident that an aggressive introduction of biofuels at any price can bring numerous negative environmental influences. The present paper presents a comparison between environmental impacts of biofuels, conventional fossil derived fuels as well as some other ways of alternative fuels or driving modes (hydrogen and battery electrical vehicles).
Marjan Senegačnika, Drago Vuka, Nataša Petrović, Sonja Išljamović, Veljko Jeremić |