"Climate change is now at the forefront of the news as extreme weather is only the leading edge of climate catastrophe that is now inevitable. We can't stop it, but we can delay and mitigate the worst of it."
A Solution to Combat Climate Change & Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Climate change is occurring due to our use of petroleum and other fossil energy resulting in releases of greenhouse gases that trap the sun’s radiant energy that otherwise reflects off the earth into space. Contrary to knowingly false propaganda spread by the petroleum industry these gases released by that form of energy have now accumulated in the atmosphere at such rates that the earth’s atmospheric NetZero Diesel temperature has risen to levels higher than any time in human history. These high levels of greenhouse gas are increasing due to our negligence and ignorance, destroying the future of the biosphere and the future of civilization.
According to the EPA, carbon dioxide makes up 81% of greenhouse gases. It comes from the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil. The EPA found 34% of carbon dioxide emissions come from transportation, including highway and passenger vehicles, air travel, marine transportation, and rail. We need to find ways to eliminate or reduce these carbon emissions in the most immediate and cost-effective ways possible. Our solution is an immediate drop-in alternative to petroleum in the single largest source of industrial CO2 emissions. Globally, virtually all the work of modern society is done by diesel engines in one way or another.
The fundamental problem is that petroleum in diesel engines is not totally combusted leaving emissions of gases and particulates anytime the engine is running. Petroleum diesel emits 22 pounds of carbon dioxide per gallon burned in engines. We use trillions of gallons of petroleum diesel per year For example the average truck’s annual carbon footprint is 201,834 kilograms or 223 tons of carbon dioxide per truck. Of these emissions, government does not measure and does not regulate emissions under 2.5 microns in particle size. Forty percent of the emissions however are in the sub 2.5 micron range. Much of the emissions are in the pm1 to pm.1 range. These gases and particles involve massive emissions of CO2 the leading cause of atmospheric warming and climate change. Academic Articles in the professional literature identify these emissions to be the largest single cause of greenhouse gases and severe illness and death, particularly for those that live close to freeways and particularly for children. Childhood asthma, diabetes, and cancer explode within a mile of a freeway and generally in contained air mass areas.
Solar energy can be converted for use by solar panels or chlorophyll in vegetation. Solar panels are more efficient but are also more expensive in ultimate carbon footprint than vegetation. We convert the sun’s energy into vegetable oil and turn that into fuel in a fully renewable, and sustainable process. The problem with evaluations of current technologies is the failure to evaluate the entire life cycle of the technology including the carbon cost of mining, materials production, transportation, storage and grid transport over metal wires and support structures and the ultimate failure that no recycling is available.
As it is, the best alternative, other than ours, is solar. Very little solar is in place as a percentage of energy sources. Electric vehicles are carbon expensive in that they are powered by the grid which is 60 to 90% fossil fuel-based. Drivers of EVs think that they are saving the planet when in fact they are making things worse considering the entire carbon footprint of the technology. Another problem is the shortage of energy. We simply do not have the infrastructure to electrically charge 140 million vehicles much less heavy-duty diesel engines. It is unlikely that we will have that level of supply for fifteen years or so.
Current problems with hydrogen, natural gas, and other alternative energy as fuel disqualifies them for now. Fusion is a fantastic technology but it's in its infancy and not expected to be in commercial scale for a similar amount of time. Current events demonstrate that there is no time left to wait for other technologies to mature. Immediate action is essential. One must ask what kind of a planet will we leave our children?A critical feature of an alternative fuel is that it has to be easy to adopt using current equipment and distribution infrastructure. NetZero diesel is the only “drop-in” fuel that needs no changes or even adjustments in existing diesel equipment or infrastructure. It can replace trillions of gallons of petroleum diesel and eliminate 95% of pollutants and billions of tons of greenhouse gases per day. The production plants can be built for local use for civil and military applications anywhere in the world. NetZero Diesel (R) use reduces carbon dioxide emissions by more than 95% compared to petroleum diesel. Converting petroleum diesel use to NetZero Diesel could result in a huge reduction in greenhouse gasses and pollution instantly.
Our Strategic Advantages
Our strategic advantages include relatively smaller 1-2 million gallon per month plants that can be located where the feedstock is cultivated and fuels used eliminating or greatly reducing the carbon cost of transportation. We also can expand or reduce capacity in a matter of days with modular equipment that can be easily moved to serve demand in various locations among a number of plants.
We have put together a proven technology called ultrasonic fatty acid methyl ester transesterification. This method used sophisticated equipment that does not involve heat, carbon-based machinery and doesn't emit pollutants or produce waste. The plants are relatively small at about 3,000 to 10,000 square feet. The typical plant or facility processes 1 or 2 million gallons of feedstock into fuel per month. This can be expanded to ten million gallons per month at port or intermodal locations.
We are taking this starting point into the circular bioeconomy with Fuel for Heavy Duty Trucking, Rail, Maritime, and other transportation to totally replace petroleum diesel that emits 22 pounds of CO2 per gallon used. Further, we are working on developing our own networks of green transportation by truck, rail, or ship. We are developing sustainable power generation to support solar and wind and replace carbon-emitting power plants with new diesel-electric generators running on NetZero diesel fuel. Recent important evolution in this technology includes feedstock breakthroughs using invasive species like Sargassum, Neem and other waste including Coffee pulp. Resulting in reduction in Methane releases from Landfills and Huge reduction in feedstocks which represent 80% of production costs.