Saturday, September 5, 2009

Green Gasoline from Trees

Energy crisis, its consequences and possible alternatives are widely discussed and debated issues in present time world. There is no second belief that stock of fossil fuel is limited and one day it will be finished. Use of fossil fuel is causing environmental problems. But there are many opinions on alternatives to the traditional fuels being used. One option scientists are working on is the use of bio-diesel. Fuel is produced using biological materials mainly plants and used in vehicles. Bio-diesels are being produced by corn, sugarcane and other plant materials. There are lots of controversies on the production and use of these plants for fuel. Researchers are still going on to make this cheap, readily available and utilization of 'new' plants like algae. I n the video presented below shows the production of green gasoline. They say green, because they are using trees to produce gasoline. Trees contain cellulose which is produced by plants from sunlight and carbon di-oxide. Cellulose from tree logs made into powder is treated with catalysts which convert cellulose into gasoline and this gasoline can be used into regular machines without any modifications of the machines. However, the video doesn't speak about the commercial, economic and other parts of the green gasoline.

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