Sungate Energy Solutions is always interested in the work being done regarding alternative energy. In the world’s quest to find another type of fuel, many believed the answer was in agricultural grown fuels. Corn and sugar became the poster children of a friendly alternative to fossil fuels.
The United Nations commissioned a study and had mixed verdicts regarding the outcome as to which biofuel was the best choice over fossil fuels. The report complemented some crop based fuel and gave negative reviews to others. The United Nations’ gave sugar cane a more positive review. The crops of sugar cane grown for fuel and used in Brazil were given the best scores for biofuel. Corn grown and used in the United States, however, was shown to have too much greenhouse emissions and the level of emissions was based on how the corn was planted and processed. The effects on consumers and tax payers were also seen as a negative. The fertilizer used to grow biofuels emits the greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide which is counter- productive to the goals of biofuel as an alternative to fossil fuels.
Another biofuel that was studied is biodiesel palm oil which is grown on destroyed tropical forests. Not only did the forests disappear but the results were that the crops grown to make palm oil released CO2 in the growing process which was even worse than the CO2 released into the atmosphere from fossil fuels.
Sungate Energy Solutions has been working with solar energy as a renewable form of power with no carbon footprints left behind. It even allows the tax payers to benefit by making a switch as well as allowing consumers the chance to take advantage of other incentives to save money as well. Eventually, the original investment for individual home owners is paid back with the residual effect of actually making money on the use of the sun’s energy to allow them to get off the grid. Happily, the conclusion to the switch to solar energy is that a healthier world is the results of the use of solar power.
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