Thread: What the DR Can/Should Do Regarding Global Climate Change
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Old 12-03-2007, 03:36 PM
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As far as my understanding goes about greenhouse gases, the purported culprit of gw is carbon dioxide. Which is released during combustion of petroleum/alcohol fuesl. Therefore, using ethanol or natural gas will have no effect, as they release carbon dioxide. They are good substitutes, which is great for two main reasons - less dependence on the Middle East and their troubled politics and cleaner air - but they will not reduce greenhouse gases.

Greenhouse gas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Natural gas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ethanol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes, they will. The process can be made largely carbon neutral.

Hydrogen may well become another great alternative.

fun trivia: the Untied Statesproduces more fuel ethanol than Brazil. It's actually the largest producer in the world.

The United States Ethanol Market 2007



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