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Turn your food into fuel

 

Biodiesel is a renewable, clean-burning diesel replacement that is reducing U.S. dependence on foreign petroleum, creating jobs and improving the environment. Made from a diverse mix of feedstocks including recycled cooking oil, soybean oil, and animal fats, it is the first and only EPA-designated Advanced Biofuel in commercial-scale production across the country and the first to reach 1 billion gallons of annual production. Roughly speaking, 100 pounds of oil or fat are reacted with 10 pounds of a short-chain alcohol (usually methanol) in the presence of a catalyst (usually sodium hydroxide [NaOH] or rarely, potassium hydroxide [KOH]) to form 100 pounds of biodiesel and 10 pounds of glycerin There are many positive attributes to biodiesel including its non toxic and biodegradable characteristics. It is also one of the only fuel products that do not emit sulfur into the earth’s atmosphere. Every gallon of soy used replaces a gallon of fossil fuel.