| Environment consciousness has been
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| | efficient process in converting biomass
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| growing steadily all over the world and
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| | into renewable fuels. Their chosen
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| different industries are taking steps to
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| | biomass is black liquor which is a
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| decrease their dependency on the
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| | residual product from the pulp industry.
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| fast-depleting fossil fuel reserves.
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| | The common practice to recover the
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| Steps are also taken to decrease the
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| | chemicals from this waste is to burn it
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| harmful emissions especially those from
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| | up on soda furnaces. However, a
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| cars.
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| | disadvantage of this is that the
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| Automotive companies are also developing
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| | recovered chemicals have a low efficiency
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| ways to further clean the emissions
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| | rating.
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| produced by their cars and not only to
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| | But Chemrec has developed a technology
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| comply with government standards but to
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| | that instead gasifies the black liquor
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| also help protect the environment.
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| | from which comes out different
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| Different alternative sources of energy
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| | by-products including synthesis gas which
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| or fuel is being studied. Volvo is one
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| | has a higher efficiency rating. From
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| of these companies which have taken steps
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| | this, alternative fuels can be extracted
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| to help in saving the environment from
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| | with already developed techniques to get
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| destruction. Their FlexiFuel system that
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| | vehicle fuels such as bio-diesel,
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| is already used in three of their car
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| | hydrogen gas, synthetic diesel and DME
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| models and such a system allows a vehicle
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| | which are all cleaner burning fuels
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| to use bio ethanol for fuel. This is
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| | compared to pure gasoline or diesel.
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| indeed showing their dedication not only
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| | The investment of Volvo on the Swedish
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| in producing safe cars but clean cars as
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| | company does not mean though that the
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| well.
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| | company has a plan to become a fuel
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| Volvo's studies on renewable and cleaner
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| | supplier, but they are working on ways to
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| fuels do not start and end with their
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| | utilize the technology in the development
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| development and subsequent employment of
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| | of newer and cleaner engines. This move
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| their FlexiFuel system. The company
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| | on the part of the Volvo group shows its
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| announced that they are investing in
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| | dedication to not only protect its
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| Chemrec AB. This Swedish company has
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| | consumers via their safe cars but also
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| developed a technology in producing
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| | help to protect the environment through
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| synthesis gas which is an important
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| | the development of cleaner and renewable
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| component in the production of various
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| | vehicle fuels. While this development
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| types of alternative fuels. The
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| | cannot wipe away the world's dependency
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| technology that Chemrec has developed is
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| | on fossil fuels like a Volvo wiper blade
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| the first step in extracting alternative
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| | can efficiently wipe raindrops from a
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| fuels from biomass. This renewable
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| | windshield, but this is certainly a step
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| source of energy if further developed
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| | forward in the right direction.
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| will help not only the company but the
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| | Whether this technology will be employed
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| whole industry to lower its dependency on
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| | in the near future to replace the pure
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| fossil fuels. The study in this field
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| | gasoline fuel employed by cars still
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| has been underway for more than fifteen
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| | remains to be seen. But with the
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| years and this breakthrough brings the
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| | dedication of Volvo to help in the
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| company closer to producing alternative
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| | development of new processes for the
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| fuels that will have less damaging
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| | production of alternative fuels and
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| effects on the environment compared to
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| | companies such as Chemrec, a cleaner
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| currently employed fossil fuel based
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| | future is quite possible. A future that
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| products.
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| | would see us not totally dependent on
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| With the development of the technology to
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| | fossil fuels for our energy demand, while
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| extract synthesis gases from biomass,
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| | this may seem far off, the automotive
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| Chemrec has shown that there is an
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| | industry is making a good step forward.
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