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Top ten reasons 4 biodiesel |
Biodiesel
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- Reduces emissions - lower emissions lower asthma and cancer rates.
- Reduces Global Warming - 1 gallon of biodiesel is 50% less than
diesel.
- Is domestic - made from oil grown in the US reduces the use of
foreign oil.
- Is renewable - made from vegetable oil which can be grown year
after year.
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Creates jobs - jobs are created here in the US rather than overseas.
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Is good for farmers - farmers have more choices to grow a variety
of crops.
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Is made from waste oil- waste restaurants oil become Biodiesel for
buses.
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Makes you feel good - No war required, waste = fuel.
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Is here today - 250 million gallons of Biodiesel was sold in the US
in 2006.
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Is over 100 years old - Dr. Diesel made the engine to run on peanut
oil initially.
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Where did biodiesel come from? |
The reason for this campaign and the entire Biodiesel industry existing is because of one man, Dr. Rudolph Diesel. Dr. Diesel made the engine to run on 100% peanut oil back in the 1800’s to give farmers the chance to grow their own fuel for their tractors. After he passed away mysteriously, the developing petroleum industry utilized the diesel engine to run petroleum based fuel now know as diesel. The uncovering of Dr. Diesel’s story, along with the need to find alternatives to the decreasing supply of foreign oil, led Europe the USA and the rest of the world into developing the Biodiesel industry.
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 Biodiesel
is an alternative fuel; produced from domestic, renewable resources
like natural oils, waste restaurant grease, algae and other oil
sources. It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with
little or no modifications, is biodegradable, nontoxic, and
essentially free of sulfur and aromatics.
Biodiesel
blends refer to a fuel that is composed of part pure biodiesel and
part petroleum diesel. For example, B100 is pure biodiesel and B20 is
a blend of 20% biodiesel and 80% diesel fuel.
Biodiesel
and biodiesel blends can be used in all compression-ignition engines
that were designed to be operated on diesel fuel, especially diesel
school buses.
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Biodiesel
is made by blending and heating vegetable oil with methanol and lye,
which act as catalysts to break down the long hydrocarbon chain. The
catalyst separates the glycerin (heavier part of oil) and leaves
behind methyl ester, which is commonly referred to as Biodiesel.
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Are the emissions better than diesel? |
YES.
Pollution from transportation is one of the most significant factors
in negatively affecting our health, especially in urban areas.
Typically trucks, school buses and other vehicles that log millions
of miles in and around our communities use diesel fuel. Other than
adding filters, or reducing idling time, Biodiesel is the only
alternative fuel that can blend with diesel fuel and offer a
reduction of these harmful emissions we breathe. Biodiesel is
also the first and only alternative fuel to have a complete
evaluation of emission results and potential health effects submitted
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Air
Act.
While
most of us may not be experts in science or have even heard of the
terms we are introducing below, these emissions show up in our bodies
as headaches, asthma, cancer, overall immune deficiencies, and a host
of many other diseases our bodies endure.
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How can Biodiesel reduce Global Warming? |
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Global warming is the increase in the average
temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent
decades and its projected continuation. Green House Gases are good
for this planet and are what has allowed the temperature to remain in
a safe balance for planetary life to take place. If these gases
weren't there we would be like other planets, Mars too hot or Pluto
too cold.
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What kind of oil is best for school buses? |
 There
are many types of vegetable oils that grow in the US like sunflower,
soy, and canola. However all these oils currently go to feed humans
and animals so the oil of choice the biofuels4schools campaign
promotes is the waste oil that comes from restaurants.
Not that we
encourage eating more fried food but the amount of waste oil produced
from restaurants could easily fuel our nations school buses. So where
is the waste oil going, you might ask?
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