Ngokwemibiko, ucwaningo oluholwa izisebenzi zoMnyango Wezamandla e-Argonne National Laboratory yoMnyango Wezamandla wase-United States lubonisa ukuthi eminyakeni engu-30 ezayo, uma izingxube ezithuthukisiwe zikaphethiloli nemiklamo emisha yezinjini zingancishiswa, ukukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa, izinto ezingcolisa umoya nokusetshenziswa kwamanzi kungancipha.

Lolu cwaningo lugxile kumthelela ongaba khona wokushintshanisa ingxube kaphethiloli e-United States, okuhlanganisa nokwandisa ingxenye yama-biofuels nokuklama izinjini ezisebenzisa lolu hlobo lukaphethiloli ohlanganisiwe. Abacwaningi bathe uma kuqhathaniswa nezinjini ezisebenzisa uphethiloli wesintu, ukwenza kanjalo kungakhuphula ukusebenza kahle kwenjini ngo-10%. Umcwaningi oholayo uJennifer Dunn uthe: “I-biomass inamandla okuthi isetshenziselwe ukukhiqiza amafutha ahlanganisiwe futhi kuthuthukiswe ukonga uphethiloli. Lokhu kunganciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa kuphethiloli ngezindlela ezimbili: ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli iyonke, futhi kwande uma kuqhathaniswa nophethiloli ovamile. . Isabelo sikaphethiloli esiphansi esinophawu lwekhabhoni ngoba enziwe nge-biomass evuselelekayo."

Ocwaningweni lwamanje, abacwaningi basebenzise amamodeli ekhompiyutha ukuze bahlaziye imithelela yezomnotho neyemvelo yezingxube ezintathu ze-biofuel ezisetshenziswa kabanzi. Ithimba labacwaningi lalihlanganisa abacwaningi abavela e-Argonne, i-National Renewable Energy Laboratory yoMnyango Wezamandla wase-US, kanye ne-Lexidyne, inkampani yokuhlaziya idatha e-Colorado.

Imiphumela ibonisa ukuthi kusukela ngo-2025 kuya ku-2050, ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa okuhlanganisiwe komkhakha wezokuthutha ukukhanya kuzoba ngaphansi kuka-4-7% kunokuvamile. Kusukela ngo-2050, ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa kuzokwehla ngo-7-9%. Phakathi kuka-2025 no-2050, ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi kuzoncishiswa ngo-3-4%, futhi ukukhishwa kwe-PM2.5 kwezinhlayiya eziyingozi kuzoncishiswa ngo-3%. UDunn uthe: “Ucwaningo luveza ukuthi uma kusetshenziswa izinjini eziklanywe ngokuhambisana nalawa mafutha kungathuthukiswa ukonga kukaphethiloli futhi kuhehe abanikazi bezimoto.” Ngoba abakwazi kuphela ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa, ukunciphisa ukungcola komoya nokusetshenziswa kwamanzi, kodwa futhi Yehlisa izindleko kumaphampu kawoyela.

Ukuhlaziya kutholwe ukuthi, ngokwezinga lokukhula kanye nobubanzi, ukuqondisa imikhumbi yase-US ukuthi yamukele amadizayini enjini athuthuke kakhulu nokusebenzisa izinzuzo zamafutha axutshwe ne-bio kungakhuphula imisebenzi engu-278,000 kuya ku-1.7 million njalo ngonyaka. UDunn uthe lolu shintsho luzothatha isikhathi, "ngakho-ke kumele siqhubeke nokuthuthukisa lobu buchwepheshe futhi sibuveze ezimotweni zabathengi."