Brian asked: I’m turning 16 and getting my permit next month and want to drive using biodiesel, veritable oil, or something similar. I’m driving a 1983 GMC S-15 Pickup with a regular non diesel engine. Is their any way for me to make this take biodiesel?
shahed asked: Would appreciate knowing of engine manufacturers making engines to run on Biodiesel & /or Plant oil
We presently have ten thousand tons of Rubber seed oil. available per year.How many hours can a one MW HFO plant run on it?
JJ asked: I understand the alterations that have to be made with vegetable oil fuels, but what is it about older engines that they ‘run better on biodiesel’? is it heating, design, lower restrictions?
ToXiC BoY 1221 asked: Vehicles in Brazil use ethanol for fuel. Why can’t/doesn’t the US move to all ethanol-based fuels? What is E85, and what advantages and disadvantages does it have? How is biodiesel produced and is it an effective fuel? What are some of the disadvantages of using biodiesel?
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Biodiesel is a fuel that is made from soy beans, or waste vegetable oil (cooking oil ).
anna asked: I am looking to start a biodiesel collective in my community and I need a small amount of start up money
Brandon M asked: Can I simply buy vegetable oil to make biodiesel? Is it possible to pump WVO and filter it to make biodiesel? Would it simply be cheaper to to buy it from a producer and what would be current average price for that right now?
The confusion comes from the idea that the term biodiesel fuel also covers ‘blends’ with diesel . Pure vegetable oil is pure biodiesel and that is rarely used in any diesel car, truck or engine. The main problem with putting pure …
Banker asked: Currently production capacity is 580MM gallons; an additional 1,400MM gallons are expected to be produced within the next 18 months, bringing the total supply around 2 billion gallons annually. Demand is very heavy due to government tax incentives and regulations, however at some point the market price of biodiesel has to decrease [...]
FPL champions the use of renewable fuels, so both trucks have been running on B20 biodiesel (80 percent ultra-low sulfur diesel , 20 percent biodiesel). The utility runs its own quality checks on the fuel to make sure it exceeds ASTM …