Convert to biodiesel?

Question

Convert to biodiesel?

Answer 1

The Federal Government is going after biodiesel users (and State of California too) claiming that they are guilty of tax evasion because they don't pat all the highway taxes etc. slapped on the already obscenely kited price of petrofuels.

Answer 2

No.

Answer 3

No conversion required.  Biodiesel works directly in your diesel car.  

That's the whole point of biodiesel.  If you were going to convert your car, you'd convert it to run veggie oil directly and then no need to make biodiesel.

Works well on a small scale. We'll have to see if they figure out efficient oil crops so it can work on a large scale.  Algae is promising, and Boeing is interested in developing it, for obvious reasons.

One thing's for sure, it's a lot easier to get oil out of crops than ethanol.  Ethanol you have to distill.  Oil, just squeeze the plant :)

Answer 4

Bio diesel is a substitute it is not going to be the solution to the problem they are just making an attempt at saving the environment it is not the solution, soybeans are needed by too many other companies like livestock to make it the complete change, all the vegetables in the world would not put out for our demands it is a temporary fix because they are trying to find a solution to global warming without changing the everyday persons lives. but there will be a huge change either way

Answer 5

there is not enough for all like 25million barrels a day and growing in US alone and its costly and time consuming and requires energy to do it.......

Answer 6

George Bush's energy plan, well underway, includes waste-grease BioDiesel production as well as geothermally-generated electricity used to generate hydrogen for a carbon-free energy economy.

The Democrats have been fighting this progress every step of the way.  Have you even heard of the progress on hydrogen energy?  Even the newsies are trying to keep us in the dark about it.

Answer 7

Bio-diesel varies on the production, but if cheaply made and from waste veggie oil, it's not so good for your car.  Wouldn't recommend for newer vehicles!  (Gotta change the fuel filter a lot because it gets clogged.)

You know your diesel would run on screened veggie oil from your home cooking?  You could also dump the oil from the turkey fryer straight into your car.  Of course I don't recommend it, but it would work.

I guess to answer you properly it would be better to know your concerns with it.  Not the best for your car, and if you buy it from a gas station (SoCo sells it), it costs the same if not more than regular diesel.  Trying to save the environment? Then do it.

Answer 8

They will produce the same amount of CO2 for the same work done.