Journal of Biofuels

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission is the most talked about issue especially since last decade. The rising pressure to cut emission for maintaining the ecological balance creates immediate rush for understanding the carbon emission process and development of strategies for its mitigation. Transportation sector is one of the primary sources of emission because of gigantic consumption of petroleum fuels. It is the second largest emitter of GHG which gets accumulated in the atmosphere and a reason of global warming. The rising oil import is the second shortcoming which is associated with petroleum fuels. It is the primary cause of depletion in foreign exchange reserves and trade deficit. In this study, cellulosic ethanol has been considered as a solution for these problems because of its ability to blend with gasoline. After blending, it reduces emission and if produced domestically decreases fuel import dependency substantially.