Biofuels: A solution but no universal answer

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If there was a way for ships to drastically cut carbon emissions, comply with CII, EEXI, Fuel EU Maritime and have the opportunity to benefit from the EU ETS pooling mechanisms, without any significant alterations to engines or onboard systems, would the maritime world not be beating a path to the inventor’s door?

Biofuels meet those demands, so why are they not in universal use? There are several good reasons, but first we need to consider what is a biofuel. And here we are considering only true liquid fuels, rather than bio-LNG (artificially produced liquefied methane) or bio-methanol.

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