10th August is observed as World Bio-Fuel Day in a bid to create awareness about non fossil fuels.
Significance of Day:
On this day in 1893, Sir Rudalph Diesel for the 1st time successfully ran mechanical engine with Peanut Oil.His research experiment had predicted that vegetable oil is going to replace the fossil fuels in the next century to fuel different mechanical engines.
The World Biofuel Day is observed every year on 10th August. Observations in India On this occasion 4 retail outlets of bio fuel blended diesel were launched by the Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
About Bio-fuels:
- They are renewable, bio degradable, sustainable and environment friendly fuel. It can be seen as alternative to conventional fossil-fuels.
- Bio fuels trend in India Presently ethanol blended petrol programme is being promoted India. In this case ethanol is blended in petrol with permissible limit ranging from 5 to 10% depending on the availability of ethanol.
- Bio Diesel is used in various modes to transportation in India such as Railways, shipping and State Road Transport Corporations.
World Bio-Fuel Day
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