Super hurricanes, protracted drought and other weird weather conditions occur regularly which our ancestors haven\’t experienced in their lifetime. We all know that this extreme climate change is a result of global warming. Global warming adversely affects the biodiversity of all living things, melts the polar caps and increases the water content of our oceans and streams. So, we see islands disappearing from the face of the earth and the extinction of flora and fauna. The culprit is the burning of fossil fuels that release greenhouse gases. These gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – snugly encase the earth trapping heat within. We\’ve heard it a long time ago but hadn\’t taken action.
According to Greenhouse Gas Online, in the US and much of the developed world, 30 percent of carbon dioxide emissions are due to transportation. One third of these emissions are from diesel engines – buses, delivery trucks and semi-trailer trucks.
The beginnings of the rapid accumulation of man-made greenhouse gas is traced in the early 20th century when the trucking industry begun as the more efficient way of transporting agricultural products instead of by rail. Diesel fuels sent out obnoxious fumes of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. This has gone unabated for the past 100 years accumulating greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. As we feel it today, the consequence had been a warmer world adversely affecting every type of living thing in the planet.
When Rudolf Diesel first invented the prototype diesel engine, he experimented with vegetable oils to fuel his invention. But when trucks were finally invented, the fuel was derived from a refined form of gasoline aptly named diesel. In the 1920\’s and 30\’s, bio-diesels had already been used in several countries and gradually became an alternative source of fuel.
Using bio-diesels in trucks has an immense impact on the environment and is easy on the pocket. Bio-diesels commonly use vegetable oil such as soy or rapeseed oil and sometimes animal oil. Oil from restaurants used to fry your French fries and other foods can be recycled to manufacture bio-diesels. When used on your diesel engine, it increases the lubricity of your fuel and doesn\’t give off soot and greenhouse gas. It isn\’t only renewable but biodegradable too.
And this is the most important of all, utilizing bio-diesels decreases carbon dioxide emission from trucks, the filth that we hate. Wang and Lyons conducted a study done in 2000 in West Virginia University comparing the emissions of trucks on bio-diesel and trucks on pure petroleum diesel. The results reveal that the bio-diesel fueled trucks have lower particulate matter, lower carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions than the trucks that were fueled with petrol.
One gallon of gasoline utilized by a diesel engine releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide. Now, if a trucking company uses 12,000 gallons a year of petrol diesel that would amount to 240,000 pounds of heat-trapping carbon dioxide released in the earth\’s atmosphere. Supposing all trucking companies world wide decide to use bio-diesels, we\’ll expect a much lesser carbon dioxide emission and then slows the process of global warming. Isn\’t that something?
On the highways, trucks on petrol have that nasty habit of spewing repugnant noxious fumes. These fumes contain carcinogenic chemicals that increase lung cancer risk. They spew out sulfur that causes acid rain formation. Here\’s more, their noise irritate the ears. Using bio-diesel on trucks gives off a much cleaner smell and moves silently along the highways. A relief for everyone\’s nose and ears.
Some skeptics claim that bio-diesel doesn\’t deliver in terms of mileage. But studies reveal that trucking companies utilizing bio-diesel doesn\’t make them less efficient. There had been no significant increase or decrease in fuel mileage and they deliver food, furniture or people smoothly. Additionally, the natural cleaning property of bio-diesel adds lubricity to the fuel and protects the engines. This gives you minimal costs to maintain.
Several trucking companies are taking the lead to use bio-diesels exclusively. Convinced that bio-diesels are the way to a healthier environment, Serenity Movers\’ fleet of trucks had been operating efficiently on bio-diesels. Their trucks work safely covering 55,000 miles a year delivering furniture.
Just think if all trucking companies run on bio-diesel, we\’ll be able to avert the continuous process of global warming and prevent catastrophic weird weather conditions. Undoubtedly, we\’ll be able to save the melting of the polar caps where some exotic species of plants and animals thrive and save them from extinction. We\’ll be free from the dictates of oil rich countries and pay our farmers their due. We\’ll save our money while we enjoy and nurture a productive and sustainable earth that we can endow to future generations.
If we want this kind of renewable and healthier world, let\’s take action. Let\’s choose trucking services running exclusively on bio-diesels.
Author Lillian Marie Lauran writes for NYC\’s GREEN moving company Serenity Movers. Pick an insured NY moving company that supports the environment. Looking for NY movers? Choose Serenity Movers New York.
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