US light goods biofuel truck

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This category is deprecated. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol methodologies for US light goods vehicle transport can now be found here

The category /transport/lgv/generic/ghgp/lightgoods/us/biomassfuel contains data sourced from the World Resources Institute GHG_Protocol for calculating emissions associated with light goods biofuel trucks in the US. This allows users to calculate their biofuel CO2 emissions separately from the fossil fuel CO2, N2O and CH4 emissions in the US light goods truck category.

To use this category, specify the biofuel type using the fuelType drill-down. At present the only option for biomass fuels in this category is 'ethanol'.

The distance is then set as a profile item value by the user.

The algorithm returns the kg CO2 for the distance and biofuel type specified. This CO2 value covers biomass emissions only. CH4 and N2O emissions are included in the US light goods truck category. If the user wishes to calculate complete emissions, including biomass and fossil CO2 emissions (as well as CH4 and N2O emissions), both categories should be used.

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Name: US_light_goods_biofuel_truck
Provenance: GHG Protocol worksheet
Parent Category: US light goods truck
Full path: /transport/lgv/generic/ghgp/lightgoods/us/biomassfuel
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