Thursday, 09 February 2012 04:03

Some alternative vehicle fuels such as liquid coal can cause more harmful greenhouse gas emissions than petrol or diesel, scientists warn. "Liquid coal, for example, can produce 80% more global warming pollution than [petrol]," says the US non-profit environmental group, the Union of Concerned Scientists. Some people have billed liquid coal, the name for petrol or diesel derived from coal, as a potential replacement to the oil on which countries rely heavily to fuel vehicles.

Likewise another alternative fuel, petrol from tar sands, is estimated to have 14% more global warming potential compared with standard petrol, says the union in its latest report Biofuels: an important part of a low-carbon diet. Duis molestie diam in ante aliquet hendrerit. Fusce non leo ipsum, sit amet dictum orci. Curabitur eu turpis magna; ut sollicitudin enim. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Vestibulum nisi est; placerat fringilla sollicitudin eget, cursus eget dui! Proin et orci et erat dapibus euismod id et purus.