The government of Canada (click here) announced actions Feb. 16 aiming to reduce the use of diesel fuel in rural and remote communities, saying this will decrease Canada's carbon footprint, support climate change adaptation, and contribute to healthier communities. Canada's minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, announced a call for proposals for the Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program, which will provide approximately $220 million in funding for initiatives to reduce reliance on diesel fuel in rural and remote communities, most of which are Indigenous....
...The government said the new announcement is part of its larger vision for Canada's clean energy future, which will provide $21.9 billion over 11 years to support green infrastructure, drive clean growth, and combat climate change. These are investments in renewable power, smart electricity grids, alternative fuel charging stations, and more-energy-efficient homes.
"We are pleased to work together with the provinces and territories on these initiatives to promote cleaner, more reliable energy supply in rural and remote communities, reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada's north and create new opportunities for social and economic development in these communities. Our government's green infrastructure funding will also help to ensure that Canada is a global leader in the transition to a greener economy," Carr said....
Don't say it doesn't exist. Maybe the trailers should be cleaner, huh?
The formation of soot in diesel engine combustion is discussed. (click here) Different mechanisms of formation of soot corresponding to the different phases of diesel engine combustion, viz. soot formation in the fuel rich zones of the inhomogeneous premixed combustion, soot formation from the fuel injected into the flames, soot formation from the fuel injected into the burnt gases and, finally, soot oxidation, are identified. Some phenomena of soot formation in diesel engines are investigated experimentally by means of rapid sampling techniques and other experiments under diesel engine combustion conditions. From these experiments the need of further experiments for the investigation of single processes for soot formation under diesel engine combustion are concluded. Possible boundary conditions for the experiments are identified....
Is the USA doing it's part?
Emissions (click here) from the 13 million diesel engines in the U.S. are associated with respiratory illness, cancer, heart attacks and premature death. Here, for the first time, Clean Air Task Force presents an interactive web site with national, state, metropolitan area and local (county) estimates of the health impacts of diesel particulate matter.
