Post by account_disabled on Feb 22, 2024 2:24:56 GMT -5
With most cars and service stations only able to cope with a fuel blend of 10 per cent ethanol, known as the “blend wall”, demand restrictions clearly exist; the hope that demand will rise for higher percentage ethanol blends has not yet materialised.
“Flex-fuel” vehicles, which can operate on 85 per cent ethanol, are also yet to be taken up by the mass market, and technological advancement in electric vehicles will only add further pressure to the industry’s long term competitiveness.
In the EU, discussions are currently under way to limit the production of first generation biofuels, like ethanol, to half of Europe’s renewable fuel target, as a result of concerns over their long term environmental sustainability.
Underdeveloped second generation fuels
With ethanol under pressure, many hope that in the longer term, developments in second generation biofuels, synthesised from non-food sources, will provide a more viable alternative. Although cost advances are being Bulgaria WhatsApp Number achieved in these ‘cellulosic’ biofuels, productive capacity is still very small in comparison to ethanol. Whether these crops can be commercialized without requiring similarly high levels of water and changes in land use is open to much debate.
Whether the biofuels industry can dust off this recent blow also remains unknown. Idle plants and unused barrels could clearly be short term side effects of changes in the economic cycle, but could also be a sign of longer term decline:
“Is that going to be temporary or permanent? It’s hard to say,” said Eric Lee, Citibank commodities expert.
However, with producers hoping to produce an extra three-tenths of a gallon of ethanol per bushel of corn, technological development could yet save an industry merely bruised from a particularly tough year.
Robert Potts is owner of RPM Fuels, providers of tanks and pumps to the fuel industry. RPM Fuels supply oil tanks as well as specific equipment for biofuels and bio diesel.
All this greater interaction with the consumer and the exchange of data between smart objects with our mobile will undoubtedly lead the marketing industry to an unprecedented Big Data boost with a much deeper and more accurate collection of information about its consumers.
It is evident, however, that we are still in the process of change and progressive adaptation and that marketing will have to evolve and adapt to 5G .
Both advertisers and professionals will have to start exploring new interactive advertising formats and media purchasing will also have to look for more powerful technologies for managing large amounts of data, much more specific strategies and formats that allow a more complete interaction with the user.
“Flex-fuel” vehicles, which can operate on 85 per cent ethanol, are also yet to be taken up by the mass market, and technological advancement in electric vehicles will only add further pressure to the industry’s long term competitiveness.
In the EU, discussions are currently under way to limit the production of first generation biofuels, like ethanol, to half of Europe’s renewable fuel target, as a result of concerns over their long term environmental sustainability.
Underdeveloped second generation fuels
With ethanol under pressure, many hope that in the longer term, developments in second generation biofuels, synthesised from non-food sources, will provide a more viable alternative. Although cost advances are being Bulgaria WhatsApp Number achieved in these ‘cellulosic’ biofuels, productive capacity is still very small in comparison to ethanol. Whether these crops can be commercialized without requiring similarly high levels of water and changes in land use is open to much debate.
Whether the biofuels industry can dust off this recent blow also remains unknown. Idle plants and unused barrels could clearly be short term side effects of changes in the economic cycle, but could also be a sign of longer term decline:
“Is that going to be temporary or permanent? It’s hard to say,” said Eric Lee, Citibank commodities expert.
However, with producers hoping to produce an extra three-tenths of a gallon of ethanol per bushel of corn, technological development could yet save an industry merely bruised from a particularly tough year.
Robert Potts is owner of RPM Fuels, providers of tanks and pumps to the fuel industry. RPM Fuels supply oil tanks as well as specific equipment for biofuels and bio diesel.
All this greater interaction with the consumer and the exchange of data between smart objects with our mobile will undoubtedly lead the marketing industry to an unprecedented Big Data boost with a much deeper and more accurate collection of information about its consumers.
It is evident, however, that we are still in the process of change and progressive adaptation and that marketing will have to evolve and adapt to 5G .
Both advertisers and professionals will have to start exploring new interactive advertising formats and media purchasing will also have to look for more powerful technologies for managing large amounts of data, much more specific strategies and formats that allow a more complete interaction with the user.