Comments on: Westport, Volvo HPDI joint venture provides compelling way to eliminate emissions https://www.trucknews.com/sustainability/westport-volvo-hpdi-joint-venture-provides-compelling-way-to-eliminate-emissions/1003186933/ Trucking news from the editors of Today's Trucking Thu, 11 Jul 2024 20:58:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Stephen Lund https://www.trucknews.com/sustainability/westport-volvo-hpdi-joint-venture-provides-compelling-way-to-eliminate-emissions/1003186933/#comment-496229 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 20:58:49 +0000 https://www.trucknews.com/?p=1003186933#comment-496229 performed well, according to Lars Stenqvist, Volvo Group’s chief technology officer, and continue to be produced for the European market today.

“LNG is important,” he said. “It is still a fossil fuel, but it can and will play an important role as a transitional fuel. If you choose LNG as a fuel compared to diesel, you will immediately reduce your CO2 emissions by 20% and 20% is a huge step for us in society. We need those kinds of steps.”

I have copied a few lines in your article which stated that LNG is a fossil fuel. That is correct when talking about natural gas obtained from drilling. However, Renewable Natural Gas is a different entity. It is produced from organic waste and is NOT a fossil fuel. In fact, it is the only Carbon Negative fuel that is available. All RNG produced is actually captured methane from organic waste that would otherwise be released to the atmosphere from agricultural waste, food waste, landfill gas, and sewage waste. RNG is most of the natural gas used for transportation as opposed to fossil natural gas.

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