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Not all electric trucks will fall behind their internal combustion counterparts because of long charge times. Some will deliver impressive gains so long as they don’t stray beyond their range and require a trip to the charger during the work day. However, where they are losing, according to the California Air Resources Board, is in the more critical race to lower emissions.
Data released recently by CARB indicate that low carbon fuels, like renewable diesel and biodiesel, are actually rendering the best reductions in transportation-related sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
While federal and state policies continue to lavish praise and plenty of funds on all-electric technologies, biodiesel and renewable diesel are out-performing ethanol along with electrified cars, trucks and buses by a 3:1 margin according to the Diesel Technology Forum.
Willie Vogt
FROM BEAN TO FUEL: Biodiesel has long been an opportunity for soybean oil, but another biobased diesel uses soy and other fats renewable diesel. It s expanding the low-carbon fuel opportunities for this oilseed. What started as biodiesel now includes renewable diesel. What s the difference?
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There s rising interest in the role of renewable fuels to help reduce greenhouse gases. By capturing solar power, a plant that’s turned into fuel for a conventional engine has a measurable impact on a machine’s carbon footprint.
Renewable fuels include ethanol and biobased diesel the latter comes in two types, biodiesel and renewable diesel.
In California, newly-released data from the California Air Resources Board shows that low carbon transportation fuels powering internal combustion engines deliver the state’s biggest reduction in transportation-related sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel are the biggest carbon cutting technologies from the transportation sector, edging out ethanol and beating the benefits of electrified cars, trucks and buses by 3:1, according to the Diesel Technology Forum. The California Air Resources Board estimates that biobased diesel fuel has grown from about 16 million gallons in 2011 to nearly 1 billion gallons in 2020.
May 11, 2021
The Achates 10.6-liter two-stroke, opposed-piston engine shown in a Peterbilt 579 which Walmart will roll out for a demo that s set to begin in July in Southern California. Though the engine is taller than a conventional four-stroke, Achates is confident that it will prove to be a good fit for other Class 8 OEMs.
Achates Power
At a time when heavy-duty internal combustion is frequently castigated in the shadow of zero-emission all-electric and fuel cell powertrains, a leading non-profit clean transportation group is lavishing praise on an oil burner that has shown the ability to meet the nation’s toughest emissions standards six years ahead of schedule.
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RELIABLE POWER: It turns out switching big rigs to biobased diesel can move the needle to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rather than a move to electrification. The same is true for off-road vehicles like tractors. Those biobased products rely on farm-raised oils like soybean and canola. Trucks and tractors rely on the fuel, but biobased alternatives can cut greenhouse gas emissions and offer new market opportunities for farmers.
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A lot of U.S. commerce rides on diesel fuel. It s a fact that s sometimes overlooked in the climate conversation. And the challenge is that replacing that diesel-power with alternatives isn t as easy as it may be for smaller vehicles.