• Calavera@lemmy.zip
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    There is a ICE fuel that does not produce co2, at least considering the whole fuel cycle, it’s called biofuel and it’s already used by half a century in some places like Brazil

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel

      In general, biofuels emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions when burned in an engine and are generally considered carbon-neutral fuels as the carbon emitted has been captured from the atmosphere by the crops used in production.

      That does not mean they do not produce CO2 when burned, sorry.


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      The very next sentence in that wikipedia article:

      However, life-cycle assessments of biofuels have shown large emissions associated with the potential land-use change required to produce additional biofuel feedstocks. The outcomes of lifecycle assessments (LCAs) for biofuels are highly situational and dependent on many factors including the type of feedstock, production routes, data variations, and methodological choices.

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        As you said. This CO2 is “harmless”. For the atmosphere it does not add any more co2 than it existed, since you are releasing the one was captured by the crop.

        So it does not create more greenhouse gas emissions.

        That’s what you meant on your first post. You don’t care about local emissions, but global overall emissions of CO2, sorry.

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        No, but in contrast to fossil fuel, burning them does not add to the amount of co2 in the atmosphere