Study suggests stinkweed could make cleaner biojet fuel ANI | Updated: Aug 03, 2021 13:05 IST
Ohio [US], August 3 (ANI): The findings of a new study show that a common farm weed could make a greener jet fuel with fewer production-related environmental impacts than other biofuels.
The study was published recently online in the journal Applied Energy .
Growing the weed, pennycress, often called stinkweed, as a crop requires less fertilizer and fewer pesticides than other plants that can be used to make renewable jet fuel, according to the study.
Pennycress also requires fewer farm operations, such as soil tilling, than other potential biofuel crops, reducing the associated environmental costs. Those costs include carbon dioxide emissions that cause the climate to change, as well as other emissions that pollute the air.
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Stinkweed could make a cleaner bio-jet fuel, study finds
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