{"title":"Are Biofuel Technologies a Revolution for Environmental Sustainability in the United States?","authors":"Selin Karlilar Pata, Ugur Korkut Pata","doi":"10.1002/gj.5057","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p>Many countries accelerate climate change by using fossil fuels like coal, gas, and petroleum to power their energy production systems and boost economic growth, which in turn releases large amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG). Recently, biofuels (BIO) have gained significant global attention for their potential to decarbonize the economy and reduce dependence on petroleum by replacing fossil fuels. This study examines the effect of biofuel consumption and innovation in non-fossil fuels on the load capacity factor (LCF) in the United States spanning from 1981 to 2020. The empirical outcomes verify the validity of the load capacity curve (LCC) theory. In addition, biofuel consumption has a favourable impact on LCF. The findings further demonstrate that innovation in non-fossil fuel technologies has no significant impact on the LCF. Based on these outcomes, the US government should increase the share of BIO as an energy component in the energy mix to replace fossil fuels. As a result, BIO have significant potential for the United States to meet its low-carbon goal by efficiently reducing GHG.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":12784,"journal":{"name":"Geological Journal","volume":"59 12","pages":"3151-3160"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Geological Journal","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.5057","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Many countries accelerate climate change by using fossil fuels like coal, gas, and petroleum to power their energy production systems and boost economic growth, which in turn releases large amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG). Recently, biofuels (BIO) have gained significant global attention for their potential to decarbonize the economy and reduce dependence on petroleum by replacing fossil fuels. This study examines the effect of biofuel consumption and innovation in non-fossil fuels on the load capacity factor (LCF) in the United States spanning from 1981 to 2020. The empirical outcomes verify the validity of the load capacity curve (LCC) theory. In addition, biofuel consumption has a favourable impact on LCF. The findings further demonstrate that innovation in non-fossil fuel technologies has no significant impact on the LCF. Based on these outcomes, the US government should increase the share of BIO as an energy component in the energy mix to replace fossil fuels. As a result, BIO have significant potential for the United States to meet its low-carbon goal by efficiently reducing GHG.
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In recent years there has been a growth of specialist journals within geological sciences. Nevertheless, there is an important role for a journal of an interdisciplinary kind. Traditionally, GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL has been such a journal and continues in its aim of promoting interest in all branches of the Geological Sciences, through publication of original research papers and review articles. The journal publishes Special Issues with a common theme or regional coverage e.g. Chinese Dinosaurs; Tectonics of the Eastern Mediterranean, Triassic basins of the Central and North Atlantic Borderlands). These are extensively cited.
The Journal has a particular interest in publishing papers on regional case studies from any global locality which have conclusions of general interest. Such papers may emphasize aspects across the full spectrum of geological sciences.
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