Business View Australia

Business View Australia - April 2015 37

mented certain steps which have a positive effect

on the demand for biodiesel. One of such govern-

mental regulations specify that in the tendering

process weightage will be given for the sustainable

business practices of bidders. It is expected that

the government will impose many more regulations

that promote green practices.

While global warming and climate change is a

slow process which takes place over the years and

decades, the pollution caused by vehicle emis-

sions is very visible and its effects are immediate.

Cars and trucks that run on petrol and diesel emit

noxious fumes and the particulate matter that re-

mains suspended in the air has ill effects on the

health of thousands of city residents. While Austra-

lian cities have relatively lower levels of particulate

matter suspended in the air, it is expected that ris-

ing vehicle emissions will influence public opinion

and result in a call for cleaner fuels like biodiesel.

ARfuels anticipates that there will be a shift in de-

mand away from fossil fuels and towards biodiesel

which has a number of advantages over petrol and

diesel:

•It is clean and renewable. While fossil fuels

were millions of years in the making, biodiesel

can be manufactured using readily available

feedstock, much of which is a waste-product

and does not have any other utility.

•It does not cause pollution or global warm-

ing. Existing car engines can use biodiesel with

little or no modification.

•The use of biodiesel results in longer engine

can be stored more safely than petrol and

diesel as it has a higher flashpoint.