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Diesel engines are by far the easiest to adapt for biofuels – even regular car diesels can run on vegetable oil (with some preparations).

So as long as we don't know what to replace internal combustion engines with, they're the safest bet, since they don't need fossil fuels.




Global warming is worsened with Biofuels (by 7%)[0] and local cancerigen pollution is only reduced (by 6.6%), not eliminated.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/20/corn-bio...


You realize that your quoted article – referring to one of the many possible kinds of biofuel – actually refutes you…?




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