Our Goal is to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 1 Million Tonnes

 

Human beings

...and the natural world are on a collision course. If not checked, many of our current practices put at serious risk the future that we wish for human society, the plant and animal kingdoms. The reduction of Carbon Emissions is urgent and essential, if we are to avoid the collision we are currently on with Global Warming

Global Warming

We are all aware that Global Warming is the increase in temperature of the Earth's surface, which is dramatically rising year on year. Scientists have amassed considerable evidence that human activities are largely responsible for the build up of greenhouse gases, which cause Global Warming. These gases are primarily a mixture of nitrous oxide, methane and most importantly Carbon Dioxide, commonly known as CO₂.

If Global Warming is not checked now the predicted consequences are grave. Just one of these inevitable consequences will be the rise in sea levels, displacing millions of people on a global basis. Our world will never be the same again. Ice caps will melt and horrendous storms will prevail.However, it is not yet too late to halt the devastating effects of global warming. Each and every one of us can help to stop this potential man made disaster.We can achieve this by reducing, what is called our Carbon Footprint.

What is our Carbon Footprint?

Quite simply every time we drive to work, make a cup of coffee, turn on our computer, we are creating carbon emissions. It is estimated that each one of us is responsible for creating approximately 11 tons of CO₂ every year. We have a number of tips to show you how to reduce your carbon footprint – CO₂ REDUCTIONS - but let's see what downwithcarbon.org is doing to reduce CO₂ emissions by the production of biodiesel in Egypt.

Biodiesel

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel produced from organic material and its use reduces the net amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. A study by the US Department of Energy found that biodiesel production and use, in comparison to petroleum diesel, produces 78.5% less CO₂ emissions, based upon Life Cycle Assessments. There are also a number of extra Health Benefits derived from the use of biodiesel.

downwithcarbon.org Investing in Biodiesel

downwithcarbon.org is investing in a project in Egypt, which is producing biodiesel from used cooking oil. The benefits of utilising this waste product over virgin oil are twofold. Firstly, there is no requirement for the planting of additional crops to produce the vegetable oil, which preserves the current ecological balance.

Secondly, additional CO₂ reductions are caused due to the fact that no greenhouse gas emissions are considered during fertilizer manufacture, cultivation, harvesting and oil recovery.

Therefore, based upon Life Cycle Assessment, biodiesel derived from used cooking oil increases the fuel comparison percentage from 78.5% to over 90% less CO₂ emissions than fossil based diesel.

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