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Study finds biodiesel blend reduces total particle mass in emissions but may have greater adverse health effect per mass than diesel

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The most significant compositional difference between the exhaust PM from combustion of the 2 fuels was the ratio of polar to non-polar species: 46% assigned polar for B0 vs 68% polar compounds for the B20 fuel. We are unaware of previous studies reporting this type of comparison of the exhaust PM. —Fukagawa et al.

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Researchers find HEV under real-world conditions delivers significantly greater fuel economy benefits than EPA “sticker” values

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Quantitative data on actual, real-world, in-use HEV carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions and fuel consumption are essential to validate projections on transportation energy use and for accurate regulatory mobile source emission models such as EPA’s Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES). . …