BioDiesel Facts

I often run across interesting tidbits of information, most goes to the “round” file.  Some, like the ones below, are hard to categorize.  So I just offer them here.  Maybe they’ll inspire some thought.

 Some facts about BioDiesel to make you think:

• Biodiesel, which works in any diesel engine, is a clean-burning fuel derived from any fat or vegetable oil. About 90 percent of U.S. biodiesel is made from soybean oil. It takes about 7 pounds of soybean oil to make one gallon of diesel.
• Biodiesel production capacity in Europe, mainly in Germany and France, has risen sharply as countries try to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and cut the bloc’s dependence on fuel imports. The EU in 2004 set a target that fuels should contain 5.75 percent of biofuels in 2010.  
• The United States is the second largest biofuel producer after Brazil.  Hundreds of major truck fleets use biodiesel including all branches of the U.S. military, NASA, several state departments of transportation and public utility fleets.
• The Philippines promotes use of coconut oil for biodiesel.