Biodiesel is a safe, clean-burning, renewable fuel that can be used as a substitute for conventional diesel or as an additive. Derived from renewable resources such as fats and oils (canola oil, corn oil, animal fats, and used restaurant greases), biodiesel functions in diesel engines the same as diesel produced from petroleum (referred to as petrodiesel, petroleum diesel, or diesel), but it has significantly fewer emissions than petrodiesel. Biodiesel is non-toxic, biodegradable, and contains no petroleum.
Biodiesel is simple to use, is essentially free of sulfur, and can be blended at any level with petrodiesel (referred to as a biodiesel blend) to reduce the emissions of air toxins, CO2, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, odor, and black smoke from vehicles, Biodiesel also improves engine life via its lubricating and cleaning properties.
Biodiesel, a clear amber-yellow liquid, is a possible candidate to replace fossil fuels as the world's primary transport energy source. Since its first production on a commercial scale in Germany, in 1991, global biodiesel production has increased rapidly. Biodiesel is now the fastest growing alternative fuel in Europe, as it offers significant environmental benefits in improving the air and water quality.
According to the National Biodiesel Board (www.biodiesel.org), biodiesel is the only alternative fuel to have fully completed the health effects testing requirements of the 1990 Federal Clean Air Act Amendments.
Biodiesel is simple to use, is essentially free of sulfur, and can be blended at any level with petrodiesel (referred to as a biodiesel blend) to reduce the emissions of air toxins, CO2, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, odor, and black smoke from vehicles, Biodiesel also improves engine life via its lubricating and cleaning properties.
Biodiesel, a clear amber-yellow liquid, is a possible candidate to replace fossil fuels as the world's primary transport energy source. Since its first production on a commercial scale in Germany, in 1991, global biodiesel production has increased rapidly. Biodiesel is now the fastest growing alternative fuel in Europe, as it offers significant environmental benefits in improving the air and water quality.
According to the National Biodiesel Board (www.biodiesel.org), biodiesel is the only alternative fuel to have fully completed the health effects testing requirements of the 1990 Federal Clean Air Act Amendments.