Ngokutsho kweengxelo, uphando olukhokelwa ngabasebenzi beArgonne National Laboratory yeSebe lezaMandla laseUnited States lubonisa ukuba kwiminyaka engama-30 ezayo, ukuba kusetyenziswe imixube ephucukileyo yamafutha kunye noyilo lwenjini entsha, ukukhutshwa kwegesi yegreenhouse, izinto ezingcolisa umoya nokusetyenziswa kwamanzi kunokuncipha.

Olu pho nonongo lujolise kwimpembelelo enokubakho yokuxuba umxube we-fuel e-United States, kubandakanywa nokwandisa umlinganiselo we-biofuels kunye neenjini zokuyila ezisebenzisa olu hlobo lwamafutha adibeneyo. Abaphandi bathi xa kuthelekiswa neenjini ezisebenzisa amafutha esintu, ukwenza oko kunokonyusa ukusebenza kakuhle kwe-injini nge-10%. Umphandi ophambili uJennifer Dunn wathi: “I-biomass inamandla okusetyenziswa ukuvelisa amafutha axutyiweyo nokuphucula uqoqosho lwamafutha. Oku kunokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwerhasi yegreenhouse yamafutha efosili ngeendlela ezimbini: ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwepetroli xa iyonke, nokwanda xa kuthelekiswa nepetroli eqhelekileyo. . Isabelo esisezantsi se-fuel kunye ne-carbon footprint kuba zenziwe nge-biomass enokuhlaziywa."

Kuphononongo lwangoku, abaphandi basebenzise imifuziselo yekhompyuter ukuhlalutya iimpembelelo zoqoqosho kunye nokusingqongileyo zemixube emithathu eyahlukeneyo ye-biofuel esetyenziswa ngokubanzi. Iqela lophando libandakanya abaphandi abavela eArgonne, iLebhu yeSizwe yaMandla aVuselwayo kwiSebe lezaMandla lase-US, kunye neLexidyne, inkampani yokuhlalutya idatha eColorado.

Iziphumo zibonisa ukuba ukusuka kwi-2025 ukuya kwi-2050, ukukhutshwa kwe-greenhouse gas emissions yecandelo lothutho lokukhanya kuya kuba yi-4-7% ngaphantsi kunesiqhelo. Ukuqala ngo-2050, ukukhutshwa kwegesi ye-greenhouse kuya kuncitshiswa nge-7-9%. Phakathi kwe-2025 kunye ne-2050, ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi kuya kuncitshiswa nge-3-4%, kwaye ukukhutshwa kwe-PM2.5 yeengqungquthela ezinobungozi kuya kuncitshiswa nge-3%. UDunn uthe: “Uhlolisiso lubonisa ukuba xa kusetyenziswa ii-injini eziyilwe kunye nala mafutha, kungaphucuka ukonga kwepetroli kuze kube nomtsalane ngakumbi kubanikazi beemoto.” Ngenxa yokuba abanako ukunciphisa kuphela ukukhutshwa kwegesi ye-greenhouse, ukunciphisa ukungcola komoya kunye nokusetyenziswa kwamanzi, kodwa kunye nokunciphisa inkcitho kwiimpompo zeoli.

Uhlalutyo lufumanise ukuba, ngokwezinga lokukhula kunye nobubanzi, ukukhokela izithuthi zase-US ukuba zamkele uyilo lwe-injini oluphucuke ngakumbi kunye nokusebenzisa inzuzo yamafutha axutywe ngebhayoloji kunokunyusa ama-278,000 ukuya kwi-1.7 yezigidi zemisebenzi minyaka le. UDunn uthe olu tshintsho luza kuthatha ixesha, "ngoko kufuneka siqhubeke siphuhlisa obu buchwepheshe kwaye sibazise kwiinketho zeemoto zabathengi."