Rare Consulting recently compared the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with different forms of fuels for passenger vehicles. A number of fuel types and their emissions were compared over the full life cycle, which includes the extraction of raw product (such as oil or gas), refining,...
Over the last few weeks more reports and studies have been released which suggest that biofuels aren’t as bio-positive as some promoters advertise – that is, they have a significant environmental impact.
A recently released OECD report warns nations to be more cautious with their national...
The benefits of using biofuels (biodiesel and ethanol) over conventional petrol and diesel have come under question recently. Our previous blogs on the question of the environmental benefits of biofuels and whether ethanol can be used in the current Australian fleet provided some information on...
You may have noticed American President George W. Bush in the news lately, discussing how corn-derived ethanol is going to save America from its need for foreign oil. Recently, George W has been seen with the CEOs of General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler stating that by 2012, 50% of the...
As you may have noticed, there has been a lot of political talk and media focus lately on the topic of global warming and climate change. With transport contributing 14% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, governments and businesses are looking for cleaner, ‘greener’ alternative fuels to...