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Discussions - USA - Biodiesel benefits challenged
USA -Fleet Owner (subscription), by Terrence Nguyen -Aug 11 2005: -- The Ontario Trucking Assn. (OTA) is questioning the sustainability of biodiesel as an appropriate renewable fuel, citing a recent report that concludes that biodiesel yields less energy than that required to produce the fuel... According to a study published in March conducted by Dr. David Pimentel, professor of ecology and agriculture at Cornell University, biodiesel production using soybeans required 27% more fossil energy than the biodiesel fuel produced, and sunflower-based biodiesel required a staggering 118% more... Indeed, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has noted that biodiesel has an energy content that is 11% lower than petroleum-based diesel...
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