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Originally Posted by Biker_GA

While bio diesel burns cleaner, the total energy cost to create it is higher.

That depends on the source of the fuel. Currently Biodiesel is selling for .50 a gallon cheaper around here than diesel (and that is for B20). B100 is going for a bit more, but runs better.

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Just 2 things:
- The possible maximum at this time of bio-gasoline is not even 0.01 percent of the needs.

The main reason for that is because the oil companies have kept it that way. In just a few years, with the proper incentives that could turn around dramatically.

Originally Posted by filburt1

Does it burn (or whatever) cleaner than gasoline, or at the least, clean enough to meet EPA regulations? Is it a powerful enough substitute for gasoline?

That's the problem with current gasoline alternatives (not counting hybrids) such as pure electrics, natural gas, or hydrogen: there is no infrastructure set up. It's a deadlock situation, because there's no incentive to set up the infrastructure because nobody owns the cars because there's no infrastructure.

Yes- it burns CLEANER than regular diesel. Bio-diesel smells like french fries when it is burning. You can DRINK bio-diesel, with no bad effects. You can toss an open flame in it and it won't burn. Currently The US govt. is giving blenders a $1 per gallon incentinve to produce Bio-Diesel (effective 1/01/2006) so expect to start seeing more of it in your future. Regular diesel cars can run on biodiesel with no conversion needed.

When Rudolf Diesel first invented the diesel engine he intended it to be run on any type of fuel, in fact it was first developed to run on coal dust, which was in abundance at that time. It was intended to help farmers and people in remote areas who didn't have access to fuel,. Add lye to any oil (such as pig renderings or peanut oil), let the chemical reaction take place, and then remove the lye and voila- diesel fuel. Diesel originally thought that the diesel engine, (readily adaptable in size and utilizing locally available fuels like vegetable oil) would enable independent craftsmen, artisans, farmers and small industry to endure the powered competition of larger industries that then virtually monopolized the predominant power source-the oversized, expensive, fuel-wasting steam engine.

Diesel fuel does not need and is not dependent on dino-fuel.

But- there is no need for me to go on talking about it when you can read all about it at the National Bio-Diesel Board.