Fossil fuels have become the most
important part of our lives and they play a very important role in our daily
life. Because of increasing population and very high demands of fossil fuels,
there will be shortage of these energy resources and there is a fear of
depletion of these natural resources. The life is very much dependent of
petrol, diesel and other fossil fuels which are being used in our daily
activities and the shortage of fossil fuels is making them expensive at each
and every minute, so there is a need for economical fuel. The biofuel are the
solution for world’s fuel problems. The biofuel are the renewable and the
carbon free source of fuel which is good for environment also. The first
generations by fuels produced from plants were questionable due to their
conflicts with food crops and productivity of oil. The microalgae is capable of
producing 10 - 100 times higher oil content than the crops producing oil. The
growing and harvesting of microalgae is easier and extraction of oil from
biomass is also an economical process and hence seems to be very promising
future of biofuel or economical fuels.
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