Biofuel Production Initiative at Claflin University

摘要

Fossil fuel is a non-renewable resource that causes environmental hazards such as global warming and the release of toxic gases. Most importantly, while oil production reached its peak in 2005, the demand for oil worldwide will double in the next two decades due to the high demands of newly expanding economies such as China and India (with a total of 2.5 billion consumers). It is, therefore, essential to look for and develop alternative renewable sources of fuel. Bio-fuels and biomass are renewable resources that are environmentally friendly, will reduce global warming and can help our nation become less energy dependent. Moreover, production of alternative bio-fuels will utilize abundant stocks of cellulosic biomass present in low-value agricultural commodities, leftover straw, solid garbage waste, waste paper, wood chips and processing wastes, further reducing waste disposal and contributing to the more efficient use of such by-products.