As I have mentioned before some of our carbon emissions come from fuel. In fact our cars give out one fifth of the UK’s greenhouse gases. Not to mention the noxious fumes that pollute our lungs. So what can we do to reduce the impact of our cars? Clearly the biggest impact would be having less cars on the road. If this isn’t possbile then there are several ways we can ‘clean up’ our cars.
Over the last few years as climate change has come to the fore, car companies have been doing their bit to make sure their cars limit their CO2 emissions. Most car dealers now will show you how green their cars are. There is also a lower road tax band for the cars that have the lowest carbon emissions. If you are thinking of buying a new car it is worth looking into. I’ll try and add some more information on this soon….
Most of us know about electric cars and the associated problems with these. However a Dutch firm are about to release the next form of biofuel produced by farming algae. The company is called AlgaeLink and is part of Bioking. The fuel works using ‘photobioreactors.’ It is said to produce as much as 70% oil which is 25 times more oil than rape seed. Soy, palm and corn also produce oil that can be used as biofuel. Other advantages are, as the company points out ‘short production cycle of one year, algae’s ability to grow in harsh conditions and the fact it just needs water, sunlight and nutrients to get going.’
So AlgaeLink appear to be on to something…Watch this space to see how it gets on. According to the company Boeing are aleady interested but we’ll have to see where this interest leads…….
