| What is Bio-diesel? | | | | the most rigorously tested alternative fuels |
| | | | on the market. |
| Well, Bio-diesel is the future. Because it is | | | | |
| so clean burning and easy to use, bio-diesel | | | | The CO2 released into the atmosphere when |
| is the fastest growing and most cost | | | | bio-diesel is burned is recycled by growing |
| efficient fuel being created today. | | | | plants, which are later processed into fuel. |
| | | | Tests and demonstrations, have shown that |
| Bio-diesel is a form of Bio-fuel made by | | | | bio-diesel is no different from petroleum |
| ripping apart the fat molecule to release | | | | diesel in terms of engine performance and |
| three free fatty acid esters, and a sugar | | | | wear. |
| called glycerol. Bio-diesel is produced from | | | | |
| the fatty acid molecules found in numerous | | | | Bio-diesel is being used across the U.S. in |
| feedstock oils such as plant, animal, and | | | | fleets of snowplows, garbage trucks, mail |
| recycled cooking oils. The fundamental | | | | trucks, and military vehicles. In Hawaii all |
| chemical reaction process that produces | | | | bio-diesel is made from used cooking oil |
| bio-diesel is relatively simple and has the | | | | collected from restaurants, making it a 100% |
| potential to be adopted worldwide. | | | | recycled fuel, and keeping it out of |
| | | | landfills. Bio-diesel is also extensively |
| Bio-diesel is described as mono-alkyl esters | | | | used in Europe, especially Germany and |
| of long-chain fatty acids derived from | | | | France. |
| vegetable oils or animal fats, conforming to | | | | |
| ASTM D6751 specifications for use in diesel | | | | Diesel vehicles are generally the most long |
| engines. Bio-diesel is a processed fuel | | | | lasting reliable vehicles on the road, with |
| derived from biological sources that can be | | | | most engines lasting over 400,000 miles. The |
| used in diesel vehicles with little or no | | | | best part of running Bio Diesel is that no |
| modification. It is a renewable fuel that can | | | | wars need to be fought over it, it's entirely |
| be used instead of diesel fuel, that is made | | | | domestic, supports farming, it's totally |
| from petroleum. | | | | renewable, often recycled, and it cuts almost |
| | | | all aspects of a diesel vehicle's emissions |
| Bio-diesel is most often blended with | | | | by more than 50 to 75%. |
| petroleum diesel in ratios of 2 percent (B2), | | | | |
| 5 percent (B5), or 20 percent (B20). A | | | | In a quest to help keep our air, rivers, |
| naturally grown, alternative fuel source it | | | | streams, lakes and oceans cleaner, not to |
| is a clean burning alternative fuel, produced | | | | mention help stop Global Warming, we are |
| from domestically grown, renewable resources. | | | | attempting to free ourselves from dependency |
| Bio-diesel is simple to use, biodegradable, | | | | on fossil fuels, and trying to make our |
| non-toxic, and basically free of sulfur | | | | planet a better place to live. |
| compounds and aromatics. | | | | |
| | | | Now you know what bio-diesel is, and why so |
| Bio-diesel is the only alternative fuel for | | | | many are making the switch to a cheaper less |
| motor vehicles to have fully completed the | | | | polluting and more efficient way to power our |
| health effects testing requirements of the | | | | future. |
| 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. And is one of | | | | |