4 Environmental Implications of Biodiesel (Life-Cycle Assessment)

Introduction Biodiesel is generally considered to be environmentally friendly. At first glance, it is CO2-neutral and biodegradable, preserves fossil fuels, and does not cause significant sulfur-containing emissions upon combustion. In some areas, such a characterization may well be valid, e.g., in the case of direct combustion, which yields exactly the amount of CO2 that was removed from the atmosphere when cultivating the energy-yielding plants.