How to Use biofuel in a Sentence

biofuel

noun

• With soaring ethanol prices amid strong demand, the country’s mills are diverting more cane to make the biofuel.
  — Marvin G Perez, Bloomberg.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• But whether the economics will favor biofuels over fossil fuels is a separate question.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• That claim was always dubious, given that biofuels are carbon-intensive to produce and transport.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2018
• The trees could then be harvested for the production of energy or biofuels, with carbon capture technology used to sequester their emissions.
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2018
• He’s also championed sustainable farming practices that promote soil health and the biofuel industry.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
• The President has a commitment to the [biofuels mandate] and ranching and farming communities in this country.
  — James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2018
• Eventually, a third of biofuel for aviation will come from seeds bred by the company, Mr Fabijanski predicts.
  — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
• There’s no reason biofuels and other renewables can’t exist alongside conventional fuels.
  — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2018
• The charging units, which now can run on biofuel, provide more than 50 mpg– about 10 times the amount claimed in the post.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2021
• But widespread use of biofuels is still a long way off.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2019
• Maps like this can help speed up breeding and growth of a plant that is a promising source of biofuel.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 12 Feb. 2021
• Much of the gasoline in the United States contains one of the most common biofuels: ethanol.
  — National Geographic, 15 July 2019
• The pace with which the biofuel industry is shaping up is very slow.
  — Monika Mandal, Quartz India, 10 Aug. 2020
• The write down involves a biofuels plant in the Netherlands that was supposed to go live this year but isn’t even close to being ready.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 July 2024
• Biden is to announce the move at a biofuel company in Menlo, west of Des Moines.
  — Will Weissert, ajc, 12 Apr. 2022
• The decision comes as the price of ethanol, the most-dominant biofuel, has risen to its highest level in a decade.
  — Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
• The crop is used for food production and is being tested as a biofuel.
  — Ana Moreno, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
• The biofuels mandate is a place holder for the kind of cronyism our country can no longer afford.
  — WSJ, 25 Mar. 2018
• The measure was approved by the European Commission in 2019, which puts the bloc on track to phase out palm oil as a biofuel.
  — Niniek Karmini, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
• There was a smart metering piece to that, there was a piece relating to biofuels.
  — Holly Otterbein, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
• The sponsons will be able to store plenty of fuel, too, with tanks designed to hold the renewable biofuel of the future.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
• The current biofuel mandate has run into a blend wall at about 10% ethanol in gasoline.
  — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 4 July 2021
• The price of vegetable oil can be influenced by crude oil because it is used in the production of biofuels.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
• That's equal to or cheaper than estimates for biofuels, which were thought to be the most practical method.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 28 June 2018
• Palm oil is found in roughly half of all supermarket products, says the UN, as well as in biofuels.
  — Emma Reynolds, CNN, 26 Nov. 2019
• And Virgin Atlantic was the first to use a biofuel created from waste to power its jets on a trans-Atlantic flight last year.
  — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2019
• The slide is largely the result of a boom in the production of renewable diesel, a biofuel made from plant oils and animal fats in lieu of crude oil.
  — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 10 Apr. 2023
• Cane stalks are fed through a mill to extract the juice and separate it from the pulpy byproduct, called bagasse, which is often then used as biofuel or compost.
  — Susannah Skiver Barton, Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2022
• The way this works is that SAS passengers can buy biofuel as a travel extra when booking their flight.
  — Paul Sillers, CNN, 14 Nov. 2022
• The legumes also produce oil that can be used as a biofuel, largely for aviation, which leaves a very low carbon footprint, said Ron Edwards, chairman of Terviva’s board of directors and a long-time Florida citrus grower.
  — Freida Frisaro, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024