When you use biofuels you are:
BIODIESEL
Depending on your car model and the year it was made, you can run your diesel vehicle on biodiesel with little or no modification to your car.
Biodiesel can be derived from a variety of sources including vegetable oil -even used restaurant vegetable fryer oil- which undergos a simple refining process. The refining process is a chemical process which removes the glycerin from the vegetable oil.
There are some essential things to learn before you shift your car from petroleum based diesel to bio-diesel.
BIODIESEL Resource Sites;
biodiesel
To find a biodiesel station near you
biofueloasis
journeytoforever
ETHANOL
Ethanol is also a fuel that is produced from renewable sources. At its most basic, ethanol is grain alcohol, that can be produced from a wide array of crops including corn, soybeans and sugar cane, just to name a few. There are two fundamentally different sources for ethanol:
Currently, the majority of ethanol sold in the United States is derived from starch ethanol but technology is moving rapidly to produce cellulosic ethanol.
Pure, 100% ethanol is not generally used as a motor fuel; instead, a percentage of ethanol is combined with unleaded gasoline.
Any amount of ethanol can be combined with gasoline, but the most common blends are:
E10 - 10% ethanol and 90% unleaded gasoline
E10 is approved for use in any make or model of vehicle sold in the U.S. Many automakers recommend its use because of its high performance, clean-burning characteristics. In 2004, about one-third of America's gasoline was blended with ethanol, most in this 10% variety.
E85 - 85% ethanol and 15% unleaded gasoline
E85 is an alternative fuel for use in flexible fuel vehicles. There are currently more than 4 million flexible fuels on America's roads today, and automakers are rolling out more each year. In conjunction with more flexible fuel vehicles, more E85 pumps are being installed across the country.
Many people don't even know that their car is a flexible fuel vehicle. To find out if your car is click here.
To see a map of Ethanol gas pumps across America click here.
For more detailed information and valuable links on Ethanol click here.
VEGETABLE OIL - by Erik Miller
Vegetable oil as fuel? FREE FUEL? Yep, it's for real. You really can run your diesel car on plain old vegetable oil, even used oil from your local restaurants. Here's the scoop: As much as I like to tell people that I'm driving for free, the truth is I'm not totally. Sure, I'm not paying for the fuel, but I do have to do some work, picking up the veggie oil from restaurants and filtering it. That's it, though. As close to free as you can get, I guess. There are also some modifications that need to be done to your car. DO NOT just pour veggie oil in your tank and drive. You will ruin your engine for sure.
The time-tested way to run Vegetable oil (VO) is to use a 2 tank fuel system. Tank 1 holds diesel or biodiesel, and you start the car up on this tank, and run about 5 minutes until the engine is hot. You then flip a switch to run on tank 2, which holds VO, for the rest of your trip. Make sure to switch back to tank 1 for the last minute, so you'll be starting up again on tank 1 when cold. Got it?
Here's what you need to run on vegetable oil:
VEGETABLE OIL Resource Sites;
journeytoforever
greasecar
frybrid
fattywagons
goldenfuelsystems
plantdrive
elsbett
Depending on your car model and the year it was made, you can run your diesel vehicle on biodiesel with little or no modification to your car.
Biodiesel can be derived from a variety of sources including vegetable oil -even used restaurant vegetable fryer oil- which undergos a simple refining process. The refining process is a chemical process which removes the glycerin from the vegetable oil.
There are some essential things to learn before you shift your car from petroleum based diesel to bio-diesel.
BIODIESEL Resource Sites;
biodiesel
To find a biodiesel station near you
biofueloasis
journeytoforever
ETHANOL
Ethanol is also a fuel that is produced from renewable sources. At its most basic, ethanol is grain alcohol, that can be produced from a wide array of crops including corn, soybeans and sugar cane, just to name a few. There are two fundamentally different sources for ethanol:
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a. Starch Ethanol- produced from the fruit and seeds of plants - for example corn ethanol is
currently produced from the kernels of corn.
b. Cellulosic Ethanol - produced from whole plants - the leaves, stems,and the stalks of plants.
Currently, the majority of ethanol sold in the United States is derived from starch ethanol but technology is moving rapidly to produce cellulosic ethanol.
Pure, 100% ethanol is not generally used as a motor fuel; instead, a percentage of ethanol is combined with unleaded gasoline.
Any amount of ethanol can be combined with gasoline, but the most common blends are:
E10 - 10% ethanol and 90% unleaded gasoline
E10 is approved for use in any make or model of vehicle sold in the U.S. Many automakers recommend its use because of its high performance, clean-burning characteristics. In 2004, about one-third of America's gasoline was blended with ethanol, most in this 10% variety.
E85 - 85% ethanol and 15% unleaded gasoline
E85 is an alternative fuel for use in flexible fuel vehicles. There are currently more than 4 million flexible fuels on America's roads today, and automakers are rolling out more each year. In conjunction with more flexible fuel vehicles, more E85 pumps are being installed across the country.
Many people don't even know that their car is a flexible fuel vehicle. To find out if your car is click here.
To see a map of Ethanol gas pumps across America click here.
For more detailed information and valuable links on Ethanol click here.
VEGETABLE OIL - by Erik Miller
Vegetable oil as fuel? FREE FUEL? Yep, it's for real. You really can run your diesel car on plain old vegetable oil, even used oil from your local restaurants. Here's the scoop: As much as I like to tell people that I'm driving for free, the truth is I'm not totally. Sure, I'm not paying for the fuel, but I do have to do some work, picking up the veggie oil from restaurants and filtering it. That's it, though. As close to free as you can get, I guess. There are also some modifications that need to be done to your car. DO NOT just pour veggie oil in your tank and drive. You will ruin your engine for sure.
The time-tested way to run Vegetable oil (VO) is to use a 2 tank fuel system. Tank 1 holds diesel or biodiesel, and you start the car up on this tank, and run about 5 minutes until the engine is hot. You then flip a switch to run on tank 2, which holds VO, for the rest of your trip. Make sure to switch back to tank 1 for the last minute, so you'll be starting up again on tank 1 when cold. Got it?
Here's what you need to run on vegetable oil:
- A diesel vehicle (car, truck, bus, boat, tractor, etc.)
- A second fuel system installed for the VO, using the engine's coolant to heat the VO. This includes at least a tank, lines, heated fuel filter, and switching mechanism.
- A source of VO. One or two restaurants should be enough for an average driver.
VEGETABLE OIL Resource Sites;
journeytoforever
greasecar
frybrid
fattywagons
goldenfuelsystems
plantdrive
elsbett
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