Much cheaper Biodiesel
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I'd sure like to see it work. That would be the best thing that could happen to our economy, take the riches that are flowing to the middle east and put them in the hands of America's Farmers. There are a lot of good reasons to get this biodiesel into the main stream.
Give it a few years and some activist group will be protesting the product for some obscure reason that we haven't even thought of yet, but it sure sounds like the right way to go.
Give it a few years and some activist group will be protesting the product for some obscure reason that we haven't even thought of yet, but it sure sounds like the right way to go.
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There is way more to biodiesel production and distribution than is being discussed here. This is just one slant on the WHOLE picture. Like bio-diesel, ethanol has it's pro's and cons.
They (processes) are all interesting reading, but, reading and practical application are 2 different animals altogether.
They (processes) are all interesting reading, but, reading and practical application are 2 different animals altogether.
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Minnesota is the first state to require all diesel being sold be B5, 5% biodiesel. All the Jeep Liberty diesel (Benz engines) are factory filled with B5.
This requirement would make it easier for the distributors to provide biodiesel blends. They won't need to install separate tanks.
An article in the recent Star magazine was about use of biodiesel. It was written by a guy who has been using it in 4 vehicles for quite a number of years in California. He says use of B5-B20 blends is all positive except for watching your fuel filters when making the change, because the biodiesel cleans out the crud.
Saw another article in the newspaper where the Japanese are doing research on biodiesel and finding some catalysts that make it cheaper. Suspect if we ever go to a lot of bio fuel production that they'll determine how to crack it into gasoline to put into the gasoline hybrids.
In between, we may see some dino diesel made from isomerization of natural gas into diesel and lubricating oil. This is a process being investigated to make the shipping of natural gas cheaper. (End use wouldn't be natural gas, of course, would just make it cheaper to ship to make it into other stuff.) Products would be synthetic diesel and lubricating oil at a lower cost than the current synthetic oil being made from plastics feedstock.
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This requirement would make it easier for the distributors to provide biodiesel blends. They won't need to install separate tanks.
An article in the recent Star magazine was about use of biodiesel. It was written by a guy who has been using it in 4 vehicles for quite a number of years in California. He says use of B5-B20 blends is all positive except for watching your fuel filters when making the change, because the biodiesel cleans out the crud.
Saw another article in the newspaper where the Japanese are doing research on biodiesel and finding some catalysts that make it cheaper. Suspect if we ever go to a lot of bio fuel production that they'll determine how to crack it into gasoline to put into the gasoline hybrids.
In between, we may see some dino diesel made from isomerization of natural gas into diesel and lubricating oil. This is a process being investigated to make the shipping of natural gas cheaper. (End use wouldn't be natural gas, of course, would just make it cheaper to ship to make it into other stuff.) Products would be synthetic diesel and lubricating oil at a lower cost than the current synthetic oil being made from plastics feedstock.
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Nope, Minnesota does NOT require 5%, they require 2% and 1% of that is IMPORTED BIODIESEL because 50% of all U.S. biodiesel is currently imported from overseas.
