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Originally posted by Bill@Feb 17th 2004 @ 2:59 AM
isn't biodiesel a "dirty" (environmentally) fuel?
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Biodiesel can be quite clean. It can be run on most standard diesel engines with some minor retrofitting.
Biodiesel is most often made from waste oil from fat fryers, which is great recycling. It creates fewer emissions than the filthy diesel used in the United States, including eliminating sulfur.
Biodiesel.org has lots of info - get started here
http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/biodiesel_basics/
The diesel engine was orginally designed to run on peanut oil.
The two major drawbacks to biodeisel is that it gets gummy at low temperatures, which means that those in northern climes must switch to regular diesel during the winter or blends and the other is that there is not enough waste cooking fat to satisfy our current diesel demands, let alone switching from gasoline.