System and method for determining and brokering fuel emission offsets
First Claim
1. A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for implementing a system for determining emissions offset credits associated with the consumption of environmentally cleaner non-petroleum fuels in an environmentally cleaner vehicle designed to obtain all of its automotive power through consumption of a petroleum fuel and which has been retrofitted to obtain at least a portion of its automotive power through consumption of at least one of the environmentally cleaner non-petroleum fuels, the computer program comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining an identifier to associate a refueling action with a user of the environmentally cleaner vehicle or with the environmentally cleaner vehicle; and
accessing a database containing data entries to record creation of emissions offset credits for the user of the environmentally cleaner vehicle or for the environmentally cleaner vehicle based on the identifier, the emissions offset credits being calculated by comparing an amount of petroleum based fuel used to provide automotive power to the environmentally cleaner vehicle after being retrofitted to obtain at least a portion of the automotive power through consumption of the at least one of the environmentally cleaner non-petroleum fuels with an estimated amount of petroleum based fuel that would have been required to provide equivalent automotive power to the environmentally cleaner vehicle in its original designed condition.
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Abstract
A brokering system and method for providing an incentive to end users of petroleum fueled vehicles to make use of retrofit kits for existing IC engines which permit the use of hydrogen blended with fossil fuels without technically invading or modifying the engine or its intended purpose or application. End users of retrofitted vehicles are provided with discounted fuel costs at authorized refueling stations. The end user'"'"'s savings include: a) a reduction in refueling charges since the vehicl'"'"'s reliance on fossil fuel (which is displaced by hydrogen in the engine), and b) by the purchase of methanol which can be set at a lower cost per calorific equivalent than a barrel of oil while also earning emission offsets to be exchanged by the owner of the retrofitted engine for cash. These emission offsets can then be sold to end users/creators of carbon credits.
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28 Claims
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1. A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for implementing a system for determining emissions offset credits associated with the consumption of environmentally cleaner non-petroleum fuels in an environmentally cleaner vehicle designed to obtain all of its automotive power through consumption of a petroleum fuel and which has been retrofitted to obtain at least a portion of its automotive power through consumption of at least one of the environmentally cleaner non-petroleum fuels, the computer program comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining an identifier to associate a refueling action with a user of the environmentally cleaner vehicle or with the environmentally cleaner vehicle; and accessing a database containing data entries to record creation of emissions offset credits for the user of the environmentally cleaner vehicle or for the environmentally cleaner vehicle based on the identifier, the emissions offset credits being calculated by comparing an amount of petroleum based fuel used to provide automotive power to the environmentally cleaner vehicle after being retrofitted to obtain at least a portion of the automotive power through consumption of the at least one of the environmentally cleaner non-petroleum fuels with an estimated amount of petroleum based fuel that would have been required to provide equivalent automotive power to the environmentally cleaner vehicle in its original designed condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer implemented method of determining emissions offset credits associated with the consumption of environmentally cleaner non-petroleum fuels, the method comprising the steps of:
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during a re-fueling action, receiving by a first computer maintained database, an identifier number associated with a validation card, the validation card being associated with a user of an environmentally cleaner vehicle; accessing, by the computer, a list of users in the first computer maintained database, the first computer maintained database containing a data entry correlating the identification number associated with the validation card and the user of the environmentally cleaner vehicle; and correlating, by the computer in the first computer maintained database, entries recording events associated with creation of emissions offset credits with the data entry for the user, the emissions offset credits being credited to the user of the vehicle and related to automotive driving operation of the environmentally cleaner vehicle; wherein the computer is configured to calculate the emissions offset credits by comparing an amount of petroleum based fuel used to provide automotive power to the environmentally cleaner vehicle after being retrofitted to obtain at least a portion of the automotive power through consumption of the at least one of the environmentally cleaner non-petroleum fuels with an estimated amount of petroleum based fuel that would have been required to provide equivalent automotive power to the environmentally cleaner vehicle in its original designed condition. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for determining emissions offset credits associated with the automotive driving operation of an environmentally cleaner vehicle, comprising:
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an engine sensor configured to capture automotive driving operation utilization information of an environmentally cleaner vehicle; and database entries storing events associated with the automotive driving operation utilization information captured by said engine sensor, said events enabling emissions offset credits associated with the automotive driving operation of said environmentally cleaner vehicle to be determined; wherein the emissions offset credits are calculated by comparing an amount of petroleum based fuel used to provide automotive power to the environmentally cleaner vehicle after being retrofitted to obtain at least a portion of the automotive power through consumption of the at least one of the environmentally cleaner non-petroleum fuels with an estimated amount of petroleum based fuel that would have been required to provide equivalent automotive power to the environmentally cleaner vehicle in its original designed condition. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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