This fuel is sold now in gas stations in California. Why not everywhere? I would rather invest in this for our future than be dependent on the Arab world or BushCo's oil friends.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/biodiesel.html
Biodiesel - a lot like diesel fuel, but made from vegetable oil or animal fat.
Deep fat fried?
Biodiesel is not regular vegetable oil and is not safe to swallow. Biodiesel is biodegradable though, so it is much less harmful to the environment if spilled. Biodiesel is made through a process called transesterification. This process makes vegetable oil and animal fat into esterified oil, which can be used as diesel fuel, or mixed with regular diesel fuel.
Ordinary diesel engines can run on biodiesel. Practically any type of vegetable oil or animal fat can be used to make biodiesel. But the most popular types of vegetable oils are soybean and rapeseed oil. Soybeans are used to make tofu and soy sauce. Soybean and rapeseed oil have been tried as biodiese because they are less expensive than most other types of vegetable oil. Although soybean and rapeseed oil are more expensive than regular diesel fuel, most other types of vegetable oils are too expensive to even be considered for use as diesel fuel. Animal fat also is too expensive for this use, but used oil from restaurants has been tried for biodiesel.
Biodiesel has been shown to produce lower tailpipe emissions than regular diesel fuel. The best thing about biodiesel is that it is made from plants and animals, which are renewable resources.
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NOTE: "The best thing about biodiesel is that it is made from plants and animals, which are renewable resources."
QUOTE(Mesmerize @ Nov 13 2004, 05:09 PM)
NOTE: "The best thing about biodiesel is that it is made from plants and animals, which are renewable resources."
Re: Bio Fuels (ie. biodiesel, ethanol, etc.)
Which distinguishes the renewable fuel from the unsustainable non-renewables.
A very significant difference to one who thinks beyond the short range, foreseeable future.
Thanks,
LeRoy
http://www.postimees.ee/251104/esileht/majandus/150995.php
in short:
In less than 2 years, drivers can start using biodiesel made of locally grown rapeseeds, Estonian businessmen signed a contract with a German firm.
"We are buying the most renowned technology in the world, similar plant just started in Germany."
In 2010, 5,75 % of fuels sold in Estonia have to be produced based on renewable resources.
in short:
In less than 2 years, drivers can start using biodiesel made of locally grown rapeseeds, Estonian businessmen signed a contract with a German firm.
"We are buying the most renowned technology in the world, similar plant just started in Germany."
In 2010, 5,75 % of fuels sold in Estonia have to be produced based on renewable resources.
QUOTE
A privately held company run by a former candy salesman is working on turning everyday garbage into oil that can be used to heat homes and turned into fuel to power car engines.
Changing World Technologies has built a pilot plant in a Philadelphia Navy Yard warehouse that uses a process called thermal depolymerization to mimic and speed up the natural process for making oil.
The West Hempstead, New York-based company has already turned personal computers, old tires and even turkey bones and feathers into oil, Chief Executive Brian Appel said.
"We are supercharging that process and doing in minutes what the earth would naturally do over hundreds of thousands of years," Appel said.
Changing World Technologies said the advantages of making oil from garbage is that it controls waste while also reducing dependence on foreign oil and slowing global warming (news - web sites).
But not everyone is convinced.
"(The process) sounds like an interesting chemical innovation but unless you can prove who can use the oil and how, its market value is not clear," said Sarah Emerson, managing director of Energy Security Analysis Inc., an independent energy research firm.
Changing World Technologies has built a pilot plant in a Philadelphia Navy Yard warehouse that uses a process called thermal depolymerization to mimic and speed up the natural process for making oil.
The West Hempstead, New York-based company has already turned personal computers, old tires and even turkey bones and feathers into oil, Chief Executive Brian Appel said.
"We are supercharging that process and doing in minutes what the earth would naturally do over hundreds of thousands of years," Appel said.
Changing World Technologies said the advantages of making oil from garbage is that it controls waste while also reducing dependence on foreign oil and slowing global warming (news - web sites).
But not everyone is convinced.
"(The process) sounds like an interesting chemical innovation but unless you can prove who can use the oil and how, its market value is not clear," said Sarah Emerson, managing director of Energy Security Analysis Inc., an independent energy research firm.
http://www.dcetech.com/writerblock/detail....Art=185&iType=8
Changing World Techologies...... may not be totally efficient energy wise, but what you pay to have a lot of your dump turned into oil??
Of course you have to consider where the nay sayer is coming from... The total answer? NO... but a useable piece of the puzzle that solves a few problems here: jobs, trade, garbage
I'm waiting for these guys to go public.
QUOTE(TeachAmerica @ Nov 30 2004, 07:35 PM)
http://www.dcetech.com/writerblock/detail....Art=185&iType=8
Changing World Techologies...... may not be totally efficient energy wise, but what you pay to have a lot of your dump turned into oil??
Of course you have to consider where the nay sayer is coming from... The total answer? NO... but a useable piece of the puzzle that solves a few problems here: jobs, trade, garbage
I'm waiting for these guys to go public.
Changing World Techologies...... may not be totally efficient energy wise, but what you pay to have a lot of your dump turned into oil??
Of course you have to consider where the nay sayer is coming from... The total answer? NO... but a useable piece of the puzzle that solves a few problems here: jobs, trade, garbage
I'm waiting for these guys to go public.
Many usable pieces can lead to EI. LeRoy
There is an ecovillage that is working on biodiesel and even vegetable oil as fuel in three of their vehicles. Its a bit of Rube Goldberg system in that biodiesel erodes fuel lines (which have to be replaced periodically). To use vegatable oil, it has to be heated to a certain temperature and petrodeisel is needed to prime the system. Biodeisel is still more expensive to purchase than petrodeisel. They are still developing methods for producing their own biodeisel from used cooking oil from restaurants. They haven't yet developed enough production for a steady fuel source, but they keep working on it. Here's a link.
Dancing Rabbit
Instead of diesel exhaust fumes, the vehicles give off an oder like french fries. After several days with a Vegan diet, the oder made me hungry.
Dancing Rabbit
Instead of diesel exhaust fumes, the vehicles give off an oder like french fries. After several days with a Vegan diet, the oder made me hungry.
I have been watching this technology like a hungry hawk:
http://www.changingworldtech.com/
http://www.res-energy.com/facility_images/index.asp
I personally think that a lot of different feed stocks could be used to create many different unique outputs using the TCP system. I think the TCP could extract more and better oil from things like micro-algaes that are grown specifically for Bio Diesel production.
Why? Because we can "inject" elements at various stages of the process, and "catch" molecular chains at various stages of the process. This will be the primary BIO refinery of the future. We will get everything from gasses to minerals to plastic resins to bio-crude. I know it'll work; the process is so mutable we will be able to decrease and increase (eventually) the carbon chains with these plants. Every municipality needs at least one!
http://www.changingworldtech.com/
http://www.res-energy.com/facility_images/index.asp
I personally think that a lot of different feed stocks could be used to create many different unique outputs using the TCP system. I think the TCP could extract more and better oil from things like micro-algaes that are grown specifically for Bio Diesel production.
Why? Because we can "inject" elements at various stages of the process, and "catch" molecular chains at various stages of the process. This will be the primary BIO refinery of the future. We will get everything from gasses to minerals to plastic resins to bio-crude. I know it'll work; the process is so mutable we will be able to decrease and increase (eventually) the carbon chains with these plants. Every municipality needs at least one!
The American Energy Independence web site is a good source of information about biodiesel and biomass.
See:
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com/biodiesel.html
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com/hemp.html
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com/sugar.html
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com/peroxide.html
The Energy Independence and National Security web page presents a good argument for why the American taxpayer should finance the roll-out of these alternative energy technologies.
The Zero Interest Financing web page explains how the American people can finance a nationwide alternative energy infrastructure without bankrupting the nation.
I believe that if John Kerry would have totally focused on American Energy Independence instead of engaging in anti-war politics, he would be the 44th President of the USA.
Energy Independence is the shortest path to the end of Islamic Terrorism and war in the Middle East!
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com
See:
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com/biodiesel.html
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com/hemp.html
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com/sugar.html
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com/peroxide.html
The Energy Independence and National Security web page presents a good argument for why the American taxpayer should finance the roll-out of these alternative energy technologies.
The Zero Interest Financing web page explains how the American people can finance a nationwide alternative energy infrastructure without bankrupting the nation.
I believe that if John Kerry would have totally focused on American Energy Independence instead of engaging in anti-war politics, he would be the 44th President of the USA.
Energy Independence is the shortest path to the end of Islamic Terrorism and war in the Middle East!
www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com
QUOTE(Mesmerize @ Nov 13 2004, 06:07 PM)
This fuel is sold now in gas stations in California. Why not everywhere? I would rather invest in this for our future than be dependent on the Arab world or BushCo's oil friends.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/biodiesel.html
Biodiesel - a lot like diesel fuel, but made from vegetable oil or animal fat.
Deep fat fried?
Biodiesel is not regular vegetable oil and is not safe to swallow. Biodiesel is biodegradable though, so it is much less harmful to the environment if spilled. Biodiesel is made through a process called transesterification. This process makes vegetable oil and animal fat into esterified oil, which can be used as diesel fuel, or mixed with regular diesel fuel.
Ordinary diesel engines can run on biodiesel. Practically any type of vegetable oil or animal fat can be used to make biodiesel. But the most popular types of vegetable oils are soybean and rapeseed oil. Soybeans are used to make tofu and soy sauce. Soybean and rapeseed oil have been tried as biodiese because they are less expensive than most other types of vegetable oil. Although soybean and rapeseed oil are more expensive than regular diesel fuel, most other types of vegetable oils are too expensive to even be considered for use as diesel fuel. Animal fat also is too expensive for this use, but used oil from restaurants has been tried for biodiesel.
Biodiesel has been shown to produce lower tailpipe emissions than regular diesel fuel. The best thing about biodiesel is that it is made from plants and animals, which are renewable resources.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/biodiesel.html
Biodiesel - a lot like diesel fuel, but made from vegetable oil or animal fat.
Deep fat fried?
Biodiesel is not regular vegetable oil and is not safe to swallow. Biodiesel is biodegradable though, so it is much less harmful to the environment if spilled. Biodiesel is made through a process called transesterification. This process makes vegetable oil and animal fat into esterified oil, which can be used as diesel fuel, or mixed with regular diesel fuel.
Ordinary diesel engines can run on biodiesel. Practically any type of vegetable oil or animal fat can be used to make biodiesel. But the most popular types of vegetable oils are soybean and rapeseed oil. Soybeans are used to make tofu and soy sauce. Soybean and rapeseed oil have been tried as biodiese because they are less expensive than most other types of vegetable oil. Although soybean and rapeseed oil are more expensive than regular diesel fuel, most other types of vegetable oils are too expensive to even be considered for use as diesel fuel. Animal fat also is too expensive for this use, but used oil from restaurants has been tried for biodiesel.
Biodiesel has been shown to produce lower tailpipe emissions than regular diesel fuel. The best thing about biodiesel is that it is made from plants and animals, which are renewable resources.
Sat 1/15/05 Associated Press---- Dallas," Willie Nelson and three bbusiness partners recently formed a company called Willie Nelson's Biodesel Fule. The product called BioWillie is made from vegetables oils , mainly soybeanes,can be burned without modifications to deisel engines."
QUOTE(denney44 @ Jan 16 2005, 01:41 PM)
Sat 1/15/05 Associated Press---- Dallas," Willie Nelson and three bbusiness partners recently formed a company called Willie Nelson's Biodesel Fule. The product called BioWillie is made from vegetables oils , mainly soybeanes,can be burned without modifications to deisel engines."
I read this the other day. THREE CHEERS FOR WILLIE!!! He is one of the only members of the American public willing to put his money where his mouth is.
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