PETROLEUM-BASED fuels, as measured by sales data, were at the lowest since 2002 on the US west coast, and are on track to decline again this year, according to the US Energy Information Administration (USEIA), reports the American Journal of Transportation.
The growing use of biofuels instead of diesel is the primary cause for the decline in sales of petroleum distillates, said the USEIA. Renewable diesel has a growing share of the region's diesel fuel market because clean-fuel programmes have provided incentives for consuming it.
Renewable diesel and biodiesel are biofuels that can be used in place of petroleum distillate fuel oil. Distillate fuel oil is a refined petroleum product primarily used as diesel fuel in vehicles, the USEIA said.
Renewable diesel is chemically identical to petroleum-based diesel fuel but is made using fats, oils, or greases rather than petroleum. Renewable diesel is a drop-in replacement for petroleum distillate; it can be used in diesel engines in any concentration, said the federal agency.
Biodiesel is used the same way as renewable diesel and is made with the same feedstocks, but it's blended (in concentrations of 20 per cent or less) with petroleum distillate for vehicle use because it is chemically different from petroleum distillate.
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The growing use of biofuels instead of diesel is the primary cause for the decline in sales of petroleum distillates, said the USEIA. Renewable diesel has a growing share of the region's diesel fuel market because clean-fuel programmes have provided incentives for consuming it.
Renewable diesel and biodiesel are biofuels that can be used in place of petroleum distillate fuel oil. Distillate fuel oil is a refined petroleum product primarily used as diesel fuel in vehicles, the USEIA said.
Renewable diesel is chemically identical to petroleum-based diesel fuel but is made using fats, oils, or greases rather than petroleum. Renewable diesel is a drop-in replacement for petroleum distillate; it can be used in diesel engines in any concentration, said the federal agency.
Biodiesel is used the same way as renewable diesel and is made with the same feedstocks, but it's blended (in concentrations of 20 per cent or less) with petroleum distillate for vehicle use because it is chemically different from petroleum distillate.
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