Can anyone help me make a summary from the benefits of Biofuel?
Benefits of Biodiesel
Biodiesel is cleaner than petroleum diesel, results in far lower greenhouse gas emissions, is biodegradable, and offers the potential to reduce our dependence on imported oil. Indeed, given such a significant collection of advantages, it is remarkable that this fuel has received so little attention over the years — by the environmental community, by energy policy experts concerned about oil dependence on the Middle East, and by the green building community.
Reduced pollution emissions
Reduced odor
Along with the measurable reductions in pollutant emissions, burning biodiesel also reduces the offensive odor associated with diesel or heating oil combustion. Sulfur is responsible for much of the odor problems with diesel, so with no sulfur, biodiesel has a much more pleasant odor. With 100% biodiesel, the emissions have more of a cooking smell than what we associate with diesel vehicles or heating oil.
Positive energy balance
A very important question with any alternative fuel is how much energy it takes to produce and transport it
With virgin biodiesel made from soybeans, the energy balance is far better. A 1998 report sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and USDA with technical contributions from the life-cycle assessment (LCA) firm Ecobalance, Inc., ”An Overview of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel Life Cycles,” examined cradle-to-grave impacts of these two fuels for powering urban buses. This study found that for every unit of fossil-fuel energy consumed in biodiesel production, 3.2 units of biodiesel are produced. On a percentage basis, the net energy gain with biodiesel is 220%. Petroleum fuels have a negative energy balance (a net energy loss) because it takes energy to extract, process, and transport that fuel.
Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
Biodegradability and solid waste
Biodiesel is fully biodegradable, so spills are much less of a problem than with petroleum diesel. A 1993 Austrian study found that 98% of biodiesel biodegrades in three weeks. This benefit has made biodiesel a particularly attractive fuel in significant natural areas (it is being used in several national parks and in marine applications).
The DOE/USDA life-cycle study compared hazardous and nonhazardous waste generation of petroleum diesel and biodiesel over their respective life cycles. B100 biodiesel results in 96% less hazardous waste than petroleum diesel — 0.018 vs. 0.41 g/bhp-hr (0.024 vs. 0.55 g/kWh). Seventy percent of the hazardous waste from the biodiesel life cycle comes from soybean agriculture, but this is due primarily to petroleum diesel and gasoline used in farming operations. Biodiesel does cause more nonhazardous waste than petroleum diesel, however — most of which results from the soybean crushing stage of the life cycle.
Increased engine or burner life
Biodiesel has better lubricating properties than petroleum diesel. As a result, it may increase engine life and reduce wear and tear on burners in oil-fired boilers and furnaces. Good data on these benefits is not likely to be available for several years, however, because of the very long operating life of even conventional diesel engines and oil burners.
Reduced foreign oil dependence
While not strictly an environmental benefit, the use of domestically produced biofuel can reduce U.S. reliance on imported oil. The Bush Administration has shown considerable interest in biofuels in an effort to attain greater energy self-sufficiency, though most research funding and financial incentives to date have been for corn-derived ethanol — a biofuel with a rather poor energy balance.
*The summary should be from the statements above. Also,please include why it’s BETTER than FOSSIL FUEL. Thanks. 
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Well for one, i can grow bio fuels in my backyard and so can anyone.
The whole concept of the Model T Ford was that it could run on ethanol which farmers could produce themselves so they could run their vehicles in a self sustaining way. But back then petrol was like a nickel a gallon or something so no one bothered with creating their own fuel.
Then they’re a much cleaner and more powerful fuel.
C2H5OH + O2 -> 2CO2 + H2O
Unlike fossil fuels, the CO2 comes from plans and plants in turn absorb it back from the air into themselves in a closed cycle.
Then another advantage is that we’ve already got the technology to run biofuels. The internal combustion engine has been mass produced for more than a century now and is still the cheapest power source money can buy. So we don’t need to go into developing new technologies like battery packs and fuel cells to make this work.
Thirdly, there are many resources biofuels can be tapped from.
Most prominent is human and animal waste (poo) which can be collected to produce methane.
Garbage dump sites have tones of trapped methane in them.
Special algae can be grown which produce biofuels.
Tons of methane under permafrost found in siberia and such.
And there are many more places from where methane and other biofuels can be tapped from without stealing people off their food.
Finally this may not be a benefit to most but we have become conditioned to love the internal combustion engine. The raw power, sound, excitement and drama of a good V8 or V12.
Bio fuel will save the internal combustion engine and we can continue feeling the thrills of driving fast powerful and loud cars!
Impossible task as biofuels have no benefits.
You forgot to mention that BioD or WVO (I prefer WVO) is cheaper than fossil fuel when recycled from restaurants. When WVO is used in concert with Diesel, you can increase the mpdg from 20 to over 100 in a typical VW TDI or Mercedes engine.
One thing to note, your claim that BioD is better for an engine is debatable. I tend to my WVO vehicle carefully so not to cause any longterm damage to my automobile engine. That is because even though BioD and WVO may have better lubricating capabilities, it can cause polymerization in the tank, fuel lines, injectors or even in the engine oil. Also these alternative fuels can deteriorate rubber components if not preemptively addressed. Users of BioD and WVO need to carefully filter and dewater their recycled oil, so not cause longterm damage to the engine.
Lastly, you should state that the use of BioD and WVO will save energy by converting existing cars, and not creating new ones.
just a couple links that should add fuel to your research
http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5409
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/3324533/Biofuels-can-have-real-ecological-benefits.html
http://www.greenergy.com/perspectives/carbon.pdf
http://www.pnas.org/content/103/30/11206.full.pdf+html
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Biofuels are made in America, burn cleaner and are renewable. Regular petroleum based fuels are none of those things. And when you buy them your money stays here instead of going to saudi arabia.