Biofuel consumption and global climate change: Solutions and challenges

Usmani, Rahil Akhtar

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“…The bioeconomy offers numerous opportunities for carbon removal and management by incorporating biological carbon fixation into a wide range of different end bioeconomy products, with biofuels, bioplastics, biochar, and wood products offering near-term carbon removal potentials (Dees et al, 2023). Almost all intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) mitigation scenarios that are consistent with the 1.5-2°C target and that constrain end-of-century atmospheric CO 2 to 450 parts per million rely on a large-scale contribution from biofuels (Daioglou et al, 2017;Sebos, 2022;Usmani, 2023). According to Bang et al (2009), industrial biotechnology, biofuels, and bioenergy could cut greenhouse gas emissions worldwide by 1.0-2.5 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent annually by 2030.…”

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How do individual-level factors influence the adoption of low-carbon technology? Proposing and validating the bioeconomy technology acceptance model in the context of Africa

Oguntuase,

Adu,

Obayori

2023

Front. Sustain.

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The bioeconomy seeks to efficiently transform biomaterials into value-added products to achieve circularity. A circular bioeconomy is a circular carbon economy based on bio-based resources. There is a dearth of information in the literature about how psychological factors affect public acceptance of the bioeconomy, especially in Africa, where the adoption of bioeconomy is scant. Addressing this gap, this study characterized bioeconomy as a low-carbon bio-based technological innovation to combat climate change and developed the Bioeconomy Technology Acceptance Model (BTAM) to explain the effects of individual-level factors on public acceptance of bioeconomy and investigated it in a survey (N = 465) using questionnaires that were carried out in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2022. The respondents were chosen by proportional stratified random sampling, and descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data obtained. The strong influence of perceived usefulness from bioeconomy and intention to accept bioeconomy in BTAM suggests that the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is suitable for predicting public acceptance of bioeconomy. Considering the strong influence of belief about climate change on the perceived usefulness of bioeconomy and intention to accept it in this study, it is imperative to promote climate change education among Africans to accelerate acceptance of bioeconomy on the continent. The identified psychological factors provide a reference for scholars, policymakers, and manufacturers to effectively develop individual-oriented intervention strategies and promotion schemes to enhance acceptance of bioeconomy in Africa in particular and other climes where there is not yet widespread acceptance of circular bioeconomy.

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How do individual-level factors influence the adoption of low-carbon technology? Proposing and validating the bioeconomy technology acceptance model in the context of Africa

Oguntuase,

Adu,

Obayori

2023

Front. Sustain.

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“…This issue is particularly acute in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where unsustainable energy practices persist amidst rising fuel costs and dwindling fossil fuel reserves. Furthermore, increasing concerns about global warming (Usmani, 2023) worsen these challenges, increasing issues of affordability, energy security (Jha & Schmidt, 2021), and environmental sustainability in the region. In the middle of these challenges, biodiesel emerges as a promising solution (Deshpande et al, 2017) to meet the energy requirements of SSA.…”

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Sustainable biofuel production in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Exploring transesterification process, nonedible feedstocks, and policy implications

Kichonge,

Kivevele

2024

WIREs Energy & Environment

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The world is currently dealing with an energy crisis, primarily due to heavy reliance on finite fossil fuels and the associated rise in energy demand. In response to this crisis, replacing heavy reliance on finite fossil fuels with biodiesel has gained attention as an alternative solution. Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) biodiesel studies have traditionally focused on improving transesterification but overlook socio‐economic, policy, and institutional impacts on production sustainability. To address this gap, this study comprehensively reviews the sustainability of transesterification‐based biodiesel production from nonedible feedstocks in SSA. The study's incorporation of socio‐economic factors, policy considerations, sustainability concerns, and institutional frameworks reveals the complex prospects and challenges facing biodiesel production in SSA. The findings reveal that sustainability challenges in SSA stem from a lack of an integrated approach, resulting in conflicting local and global policies. The study determines that neglecting socio‐economic factors, policy considerations, sustainability concerns, and institutional frameworks weakens regional biodiesel production sustainability. Evidence from the study emphasizes the role of an integrated approach in promoting biofuel production, establishing markets, and improving the livelihoods of the region's population. Furthermore, the review shows that transesterification can yield biodiesel with comparable physical properties to conventional diesel, making it a wide region's favored option.This article is categorized under: Human and Social Dimensions > Energy and Climate Justice Sustainable Energy > Bioenergy Sustainable Development > Goals

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“…(Bauer et al, 2018;Kuckertz, 2020;Rodino et al, 2020). Operationally, bioeconomy employs renewable biological resources in innovative bio-technological processes to sustainably provide marketable biobased goods (and services) across all economic sectors, including food, healthcare, and energy sectors, to reduce our dependence on fossil resources to combat climate change, develop economies, create new jobs and bring great opportunities to meeting the SDGs and the Paris Agreement (Asada & Stern, 2018;Stern et al, 2018;Fritsche et.al., 2020;Calicioglu & Bogdanski, 2021;Usmani, 2023).…”

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“…The underlying complex and multidimensional mechanisms shaping users' acceptance of new innovation like biobased products include individual-level factors such as knowledge (Radics et al, 2016;Mukhtarov et al, 2017;Zander et al, 2022), environmental attitude (van Dael et al, 2017;Scherer et al, 2018;Klein et al, 2019), and ______________________________________________________________________________ 2 perceived usefulness (Ma et al, 2017;Sharifzadeh et al, 2017;Liu et al, 2018) and individual socio-demographic factors (Ifegbesan & Rampedi, 2018;Chen et al, 2020;Kwon & Ahn, 2020). Furthermore, meeting the SDGs and achieving long-term decarbonization target under the current carbon neutrality vision rely on a large-scale production and adoption of biobased products (Ronzon & Sanjuán, 2020;Calicioglu & Bogdanski, 2021;Sebos, 2022;Usmani, 2023), and any large-scale investment in bioeconomy by the industry requires knowing that consumers are willing to purchase biobased products and learning how best to market them.…”

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Predicting Acceptance of Biobased Products Based on Subjective Knowledge, Environmental Attitude, Perceived Usefulness and Socio-Demographic Characteristics

Oguntuase,

Adu,

Obayori

2023

GLCE

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This study examines the influence of consumers’ subjective knowledge; environmental attitude perceived usefulness and socio-demographics on their intentions to accept biobased products as an alternative to fossil based products. The study employs a five-point Likert scale questionnaire-based survey (N=465) conducted in Lagos, Nigeria in the year 2022. Both descriptive statistics and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) are employed in fulfilling the study objectives. Acceptance of biobased products is influenced by individual-level psychological and socio-demographic factors. The strong positive relationship between perceived usefulness and intention to accept biobased products is in agreement with technological innovation acceptance studies. The findings are interpreted relative to industry and societal implications including the need to make individual oriented strategies the centerpiece of bioeconomy policies and promotional campaigns in order to enhance acceptance of biobased products.

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Biofuel consumption and global climate change: Solutions and challenges

Cited by 4 publications

References 28 publications

How do individual-level factors influence the adoption of low-carbon technology? Proposing and validating the bioeconomy technology acceptance model in the context of Africa

How do individual-level factors influence the adoption of low-carbon technology? Proposing and validating the bioeconomy technology acceptance model in the context of Africa

Sustainable biofuel production in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Exploring transesterification process, nonedible feedstocks, and policy implications

Predicting Acceptance of Biobased Products Based on Subjective Knowledge, Environmental Attitude, Perceived Usefulness and Socio-Demographic Characteristics

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