Mugdha Deshpande Sustainable Technology
Biofuel was the next great answer to the unquenchable thirst for fuel. And then people saw the rapidly burgeoning rates of deforestation and created a global food crisis the world is still dealing with. Biofuels seemed like the magic ticket, but the number is up. Though biofuel production is still growing and politicians are still hopeful that these agricultural sources of energy can get us off fossil fuels, the management and production thus far has been a free-for-all with unintended consequences and tragic collateral damage. Biofuels may even create more carbon emissions. In biofuel, the most significant residues and by-products are glycerol, biodiesel washing wastewaters, methanol and solid residues. Reuse of the same land, increased soil carbon sequestration and reduction of fertiliser are all ways of improving biofuel production and reducing GHGs. We could use DAC to create a product that is renewable and sustainable, without using the same production as Biofuel.
