Bio Fuels – Are They Any Good?
As the term suggests, bio-fuels are fuels that are formed when biological matter decomposes.
The bio-fuels are mostly derived from plants. Bio-fuels exist in all the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.
Difference between bio-fuels and fossil fuels
Bio-fuels are different from fossil fuels in the following ways:
- Fossil fuels take a million years to build whereas bio-fuels can be made extremely fast, in a matter of days.
- Fossil fuels generate huge amounts of pollution. Bio-fuels are comparatively safer.
- Bio-fuels are renewable sources of energy unlike fossil fuels.