Fresh and Clean Made from Bean
BIODIESEL
What is it?
Materials Needed
Cost and Maintenance
Modifications would need to be made to regular engines to prevent damage from the impurities. Regular engines could also use bioethanol. To prevent sludge regularly change fuel filters and have the fuel tank pressure cleaned by a shop. Algae could grow in the fuel tank and fuel lines. To prevent this add algicides to the fuel tank. Keep the fuel level topped off to prevent water build-up.
Uses
- Producing Hydrogen for fuel-cell vehicles
- Cleaning up oil spills
- Generating electricity
- Heating your home
- Camping: cooking and illumination
- Cleaning up tools and grease
- Adding lubricity to diesel fuel engines
- Removing paint and adhesives
- Transportation
Disclaimer
Require large amounts of fossil fuels through the use of fertilizers and harvesting
Water pollution from runoff
Increased erosion and loss of topsoil, loss of biodiversity, changing native habitats to monoculture crops, and harmful to ecosystems from pesticides and herbicides
Biodiesel can gel in colder weather
2.8 billion acres to produce enough to convert biodiesel for all of our transportation needs, now 302 million acres
Each car would need 10 acres, 5 times more land to produce the equivalent of biofuel energy
Biodiesel can clog filters during the release of deposits that attached to tank and pipe walls from previous diesel use
- Crushing the soybeans to make soybean oil uses energy and produces pollution