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  royal society release on biofuels

A 90-page .pdf (about 50 pages of screen text!)

A lot of basic information for anyone trying to come to grips with the arguments for motor fuels and biofuel substitutes, but it is solid reading.

This does not cover dissolution of water into hydrogen and oxygen by electricity and heat, and thence recombination options.

Biofuel yields in terms of volume and energy per hectare for selected ethanol and biodiesel feedstock Credit:Royal Society
Biofuel yields in terms of volume and energy per hectare for
selected ethanol and biodiesel feedstock Credit: Royal Society
This chart is for various feedstocks, showing the basic gross output; that is without energy costs for production.
A litre of ethanol provides about sixty-five percent the energy of a litre of petrol/gasoline.
A litre of biodiesel provides about eighty-five percent the energy of a litre of regular diesel.

 

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