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Ludmilka [50]
2 years ago
14

In your own words, how does the cost of making biofuel from microalgae compare to the cost of making fossil fuels?

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1 answer:
tekilochka [14]2 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Biofuels like fuel from microalgae are very costly as compared to fossil fuels.

Explanation:

The cost of biofuels is too high as compared to that of fossil fuel. For instance,

the cost of 1 gallon of algal fuel is $32.81 per gallon while cost of diesel is $2.9 -3.2 per gallon.

However, biofuels are very environment friendly as compared to that of fossil fuels.

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