TEHRAN July 2 (Shana)--A senior Iranian petroleum researcher has said that Iran should consider alternatives to fossil fuels.
��Biofuels are set to replace fossil fuels in the coming three decades,� Amir-Nasser Ahmadi, member of the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, said.



He said the focus in Iran is on fossil fuels due to the richness of the country in oil.
He also said that fossil fuels leave harmful impacts on the environment.

A biofuel is a fuel that contains energy from geologically recent carbon fixation. These fuels are produced from living organisms. Examples of this carbon fixation occur in plants and microalgae.

These fuels are made by a biomass conversion (biomass refers to recently living organisms, most often referring to plants or plant-derived materials). This biomass can be converted to convenient energy containing substances in three different ways: thermal conversion, chemical conversion, and biochemical conversion. This biomass conversion can result in fuel in solid, liquid, or gas form.
This new biomass can be used for biofuels. Biofuels have increased in popularity because of rising oil prices and the need for energy security.
By SHANA

 

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