Filed under: Biodiesel General Discussion | Tags: alternative fuel, biodiesel, blue sun, EPA, global warming, low carbon fuel standard
The lesson for fuel users can be seen in a likely parallel. The economics of electricity from coal are going to change. In order to meet regulations, coal plants will need to add hardware and processes to clean up their emissions. In a plausible, but near the margin scenario, coal could become so expensive that other technologies become superior from a financial perspective. Coal would be too dirty to use.
To conclude the analogy, replace “coal” with “petrodiesel”. The solution for dirty, soon-to-be more expensive petroleum diesel fuels are Blue Sun’s fuels, including their alternative-diesel fuel, FUSION™.
California’s Air Resources Board and their Low Carbon Fuels Standard bring this hypothetical analogy solidly into reality. Dirty fuel’s cost will increase, leaving those who don’t promptly make a change in the dust, at a competitive disadvantage, and in highly competitive areas, quickly out of business.
Are questions starting to surface in your mind, like, will this really happen? (Yes). How soon? (As early as 2011 in California). When will it hit my state or be a national policy? (2012 is a realistic estimate). How can I change? Now that is the right question.
By beginning to make the change now, rather than after regulation is in force, public and private fleets can minimize the cost of compliance and maximize their advantage over competitors. By being further along the learning curve and by taking advantage of media attention by changing fuels now, fleets can put that critical gap between themselves and the competition.
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