Making Biodiesel Fuel
It seems like an environmentally friendly gift from
above - making your own biodiesel fuel. With recent fuel
price hikes, and the growing awareness that we need to
do something about the amount of fossil fuels being
used, it seems like a great idea to replace them with
biodiesel. But while it's becoming more common to see
promotions for making your own biodiesel fuel, there are
a few things you need to think about before you go
ahead.
Firstly, what is biodiesel fuel? Basically, it's fuel
made from either animal fats, vegetable oils, or a
combination of both. The most common choice is usually
straight vegetable oil, often referred to as SVO. While
making your own biodiesel at home sounds like a great
idea, the reality is that very few households use enough
vegetable oil or animal fat to supply a big enough
quantity of raw product. It's almost impossible for you
to use enough raw product at home to keep up with your
motor vehicle fuel needs.
That's why some companies have decided to search for
bigger quantities of raw product. As a result, they're
working with bakeries, restaurants and other businesses
that use deep fryers, collecting their used oil and
recycling it. Once the oils are blended they can be made
into biodiesel fuel. It's still the same process you
would use if you wanted to make biodiesel fuel at home,
but because these companies have access to a much larger
amount of raw product, they can produce biodiesel on a
scale that makes it more viable.
Of course, it's not as simple as just taking the
vegetable oil, waving a magic wand over it and you have
biodiesel. It needs to be mixed and stored, and that can
be a logistical nightmare once you have a larger amount
of raw product. Plus, to make biodiesel from waste
vegetable oil, you have to de-water it, filter it and
then de-acidify it.
Still, if you're only interested in producing small
quantities of biodiesel, it certainly can be done at
home. Most households use around 600 gallons of gas a
year. Prices vary, but you could expect to pay at least
$1700. If you could produce the equivalent amount of
biodiesel, you would pay about one quarter of that. Plus
you'd know you were helping the environment.
Starting with clean raw products, rather than using
waste oils, makes it easier, because there's no need to
store or "clean" the raw product. Even though the clean
raw product costs more, you can still save a substantial
amount over buying gas. Plus you're doing the
environment a favor, which is always good. So if you're
interested in making your own biodiesel fuel, give it a
go. Your pocketbook and the environment will thank you.
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Our Best Web Links For Biodeisel
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1. Ferry Fest Events
... Information about the sleek, ultramodern new ferry terminals will showcase their environmentally sensitive design features, including a review of the solar, wind power and biodeisel systems that help ...
http://www.siwaterfrontfestival.org/events.html |
2. Global Guerrillas: THE GUERRILLA OIL CARTEL
... Posted by: dan | Monday, January 23, 2006 at 06:01 AM When people realize that ' biodeisel ' means you can make people into fuel what do you think is going to happen ? Posted by: Cardenio | Monday ...
http://globalguerrillas.t .../the_guerrilla_o.html |
3. Julie Hamos- 18th District IL State Represenative
... With new clean air standards that will require lower air pollution from large diesel trucks and buses, biodeisel ñ using Illinois soybeans ñ will become even more important,î said Hamos. The Illinois ...
http://www.juliehamos.com/news10-07-03.asp |
4. The Blog | Laurie David: An Open Letter to Bill Ford | The Huffington Post
... By: nethicus on November 28, 2005 at 11:03am Flag: [abusive] [best of] Biodeisel - There's a down side to it as well...Deforestation. So while trying to be more eco-friendly, there may be a down side ...
http://www.huffingtonpost ...-bill-fo_b_11312.html |
5. Chris Blood: Lies, Damn Lies, and Who Believes Them?
... 30-Jan-2006 3 So says Dana: oh yeah and Go Biodeisel! 30-Jan-2006 4 So says Dana: actually if you get free time leave a comment (chris) and then delete my stuff (and/or yours) I'm testing a little ...
http://www.longhello.com/blog/index.php?EntryID=27 |
6. TongMaster's weblog -
... around. Read about some new green technology, about converting algae into biodeisel from power plant CO2 exhaust. The whole thing sounds bloody brilliant, I just hope the technology is successfully ...
http://tongmaster.arseclown.tv/blog/ |
7. Scrooble.com for : Biodiesel
... biodiesel 1 infinita renovables 1 bodiesel 1 biodiesil 1 biodiesel boidiesel bidoiesel bioidesel biodeisel biodiseel biodieesl biodiesle iodiesel bodiesel bidiesel bioiesel biodesel biodisel biodieel ...
http://www.scrooble.com/typogen/biodiesel.htm |
8. aAqua - List of threads
... Biodeisel Respected Sir/Madam, We are the group of young people willing to set up a Bio-deisel manufacting ... swapniltorne 1 52 Jan 6, 5:04 PM by baramati 0 stivia marketting ...
http://aaqua.persistent.c .../listthreads?forum=44 |
9. National Biodiesel Board - www.biodiesel.org - www.nbb.org
Your browser does not support floating frames (IFRAME), click here to view the data without frames ...
http://www.nbb.org/ |
10. Soy Diesel Fuel | All Soy Products
... Illinois provides a partial exemption to state sales taxes for biodeisel blends ranging from 1% to 10%, and a full exemption to any blends with a percentage higher than 10%. This exemption lasts ...
http://www.all-soy-produc ...ntages-soy-diesel.php |
11. Maintenance Forum - j-body.org - the jbody organization
... There's a gas station in town that has soy biodeisel and E5 gas and i've ran E5 a few times. Re: E85 Gas Quote Reply nasty04cav Saturday, March 25, 2006 9:32 AM Quote: No, not cars....all they list ...
http://www.j-body.org/for ...=11&i=105403&t=105241 |
12. SDC - Senator Adam Kline legislative blog
... If it passes, it would set a ìrenewable fuel standardî requiring that a certain percentage of motor fuel be obtained from the bio-fuels ethanol or biodeisel. Five other states have similar standards ...
http://www.sdc.wa.gov/klineblog.htm |
13. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY BLOG - Solar-Energy-Wind-Power.com: Alternative Fuel: Eth...
Notify Blogger about objectionable content. What does this mean? MMS Friends BlogThis! ALTERNATIVE ...
http://alt-e.blogspot.com ...uel-ethanol-fuel.html |
14. The Mother F*#^@ What’s In Charge (MFWIC)
... As an aside, even though I dont know much about it, Im pretty sure that I support the biodeisel concept. Im sure there will be more throughout the day - but Ill stop the catalog here. Please ...
http://themfwic.com/2005/07/ |
15. Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
... Reports Iowa Cash Grain Prices CBOT Market Development Data Base Searches Directories Ethanol & Biodeisel Farmers' Markets Good Neighbor Award Iowa Mazes Apples Pumpkins Strawberries Map Publications ...
http://www.agriculture.st ...ctoriesDataSearch.htm |
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