We may be facing one of the moments of greatest contradiction in the recent history of mobility. While trying to limit the use of fuel -moved vehicles, current alternatives are not economical, efficient, durable or both. We are not simply talking about electrical options, but about all alternatives.
And it is that implementing a new option in which the fuel is aside, does not seem viable in the short term, as well as the other alternatives generate doubts and problems that face that so far they had not had to be faced.
But what would happen if they could continue to use fuels, but these were sustainable, they were actually biofuels and also not depending on plantations but would reuse waste?
Well, behind those premises is the British company Coryton that, with its biofuel substantin, seeks to make a hole solving not only CO2 emission problems, but other problems that, as we said, imply the adoption of new fuels.
To give an example, unlike e-fuels, which extract CO2 from the atmosphere and mix it with hydrogen by electrolysis, in this case “simply” the waste is created and the fuel is created in what has been called as a second generation biofuel.
How is second generation biofuel created?
The biofuels have been among us for some time, but the problem they had is that they required plantations that could deprive the cultivation of plants destined for human consumption. But these new second generation fuels rule out that idea, becoming even more sustainable when using the waste generated by the human being itself.
We talk about biological waste or organic matter in wastewater treatment plants, which end up being treated with an enzyme that decomposes complex carbohydrates into more simple ones and that, when fermenting, ethanol.
In this case, speaking more specifically of Coryton’s biofuels, they can be used in any combustion engine directly replacing the fossil origin fuel without any need for modification. Moreover, it is already used even in the World Cup and ensure that there is no performance difference.
Another advantage that would be interesting is that the already enabled structure would not have to be modified and the suppliers would simply provide the new biofuel. It is estimated that in case this type of biofuels, greenhouse gas emissions would be used by 83% compared to fossil fuels.
Even so, this type of biofuel has a great point against it and is that they remain more expensive than petroleum gasoline and, therefore, are not economically competitive, which hinders its large -scale implementation (which would allow lower costs), and prevents prices from falling.
