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It seems like this is a common topic on my posts but oh well. Biodiesel. The first diesel engine was designed to run on straight vegetable oil. Biodiesel can be used in our existing infrastructure on cars we already make! Biggest issue is getting cost down below price of petroleum diesel but if petroleum keeps going up, then it will be lower anyway. A huge amount of land goes unused each year by farmers to keep supply down on crops so prices will stay level. If we planted oil producing crops on this land we could supply a huge percentage of our current consumption. Emmisions are lower with bio and CO2 is put into a closed loop since the fuel only releases what the plant took in. Veg oil can also be produced using algae with ten times the yeild per acre. If the US got seriously behind this we could be completely independent of petroleum oil. Also, Economy of scale shows that the more we make the cheaper it will get so prices can only go down!

The facts:
Infiniately renewable
Low emmisions
Domesticaly produced
Price will go down the more we use
Existing infrastructure
Existing vehicles
Completely safe for the enviroment since spilled fuel is biodegradable
If you want to, you can switch today!
Look for a post in the General Auto forum in the next day or so.

04-10-2005, 03:40 AM	#37
GreenandCars whore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: il Posts: 157/0.11 Threads: 4 Friends Network	Re: Drilling for oil in Alaska soon. It seems like this is a common topic on my posts but oh well. Biodiesel. The first diesel engine was designed to run on straight vegetable oil. Biodiesel can be used in our existing infrastructure on cars we already make! Biggest issue is getting cost down below price of petroleum diesel but if petroleum keeps going up, then it will be lower anyway. A huge amount of land goes unused each year by farmers to keep supply down on crops so prices will stay level. If we planted oil producing crops on this land we could supply a huge percentage of our current consumption. Emmisions are lower with bio and CO2 is put into a closed loop since the fuel only releases what the plant took in. Veg oil can also be produced using algae with ten times the yeild per acre. If the US got seriously behind this we could be completely independent of petroleum oil. Also, Economy of scale shows that the more we make the cheaper it will get so prices can only go down! The facts: Infiniately renewable Low emmisions Domesticaly produced Price will go down the more we use Existing infrastructure Existing vehicles Completely safe for the enviroment since spilled fuel is biodegradable If you want to, you can switch today! Look for a post in the General Auto forum in the next day or so.

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