Inside Biodiesel: Transportation

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http://www.riverwired.com Ever wonder what it would take to turn your car into a green machine? With biodiesel, turns out it's not as hard as you might think. We're in Asheville, NC with the folks from Blue Ridge Biofuels, who explain how to make a "seamless" transition to fueling up with biodiesel including where to fill up and how much it will cost. We also find out what farmers and truckers think about the infrastructure of biofuel. And for all you DIY fans out there, we even catch a glimpse at how to fill up with plain, old, unprocessed vegetable oil. Meet the people who are driving biodiesel forward

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: May 3, 2007 at 8:04 am
Author: RiverWired

Length: 0:04:59
Rating: 4.82
Views: 5,991

Tags: biodiesel cars autos diesel energy

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Churchie0909 (Thursday 26th of June 2008 04:40:21 AM)
I have a question about Bio Fuel. does it have a shelf live. Also does the W.V.Oil have a shelf life pry-er 2 mixing it 2 make Bio fuel. Thank You
ritschinagoers (Monday 14th of April 2008 05:39:43 PM)
what about the biopetrol??
bizni00 (Sunday 16th of March 2008 09:28:05 AM)
does biodiesel affect the cars mileage in any way?
mk3stargazer (Sunday 16th of March 2008 01:10:45 PM)
some people say it affects the mileage by 1 or 2% but i find i get the same mileage and more power
stonerj0e (Monday 19th of November 2007 03:06:23 PM)
Awesome! Drive your way to SUPER expensive prices at the grocery store! YAY! hehehehehehehehehehe!
justluckey (Friday 4th of January 2008 11:35:35 AM)
Stoner, do some homework. Most biodiesel sources don't compete with food crops. You may be thinking of ethanol and corn. Also, did you know that the gov't pays farmers to NOT grow crops on ther farms depending their crop and demand? This is a great case for harvesting biodiesel resources. Lastly, algae as source is pretty promising...yielding 20-30 times the output compared to tradional sources.
fasttalker83 (Sunday 9th of March 2008 08:29:42 PM)
I think you need to do some homework Im not trying to be a smartass but most bio at the pump is all made out of SOYBEANs and they pay farmers gov. subsidies for not making enough bushels to the acre of a crop and algae is hurts a diesel it comes from bio it forms a wax in the tank that cloggs filters injection pumps lines injectors and I bet that guy at the end has spent twice as much on filters in one year than the last year he ran #2 diesel im a part time diesel tech I dare to prove me wrong
justluckey (Monday 10th of March 2008 05:21:17 AM)
The filtering & 'washing' (wet or dry) is key for having a cleaner biodiesel. If you don't do a good job of filtering it down to ~5 microns and/or your washing technique doesn't remove the majority of methoxide, then, yes, you are prone to more gelling/clogging. But that happens with any source (algae, soybean, yellow grease, etc). I'm no diesel tech, but I do speak from 1st hand experience with making biodiesel for my 2 vehicles (VW TDI & Dodge Ram) w/o any gelling issues.
BoltActions (Friday 26th of October 2007 04:47:19 PM)
vegetable oil is not "biodiesel".
LannaLion (Saturday 26th of May 2007 11:28:43 AM)
nice