when corn is used for ethanol, all the value is not lost in the process, a by product is left over that can be fed to livestock. so really corn used for ethanol is not taken out of the corn supply. if people would do a little research,they would find out most negative reports about [...]
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This is what I know: Ethanol and Bio-diesel (bio-fuels) are both generaly made from corn but most plant matter can be used. Also both pollute similairly to non bio-fuels. The main differences deal with production and the powerplant.
Ethanol is currently requires more energy to produce than it releases in combustion. It also is less efficent [...]
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Write the general equation for the production of biodeisel from a fat or oil?
Find out the typical amount of carbon atoms present in the hydrocarbons molecules in diesel.
Suggest why biodiesel is more readily blended with diesel than is ethanol.
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In his 2007 State of the Union Address, President bush called for a several-fold expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard,
a government program that mandates the use of "renewable" biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. Last year, the program required US fuel makers to use four billion gallons of renewables. The new plan would increase that [...]
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OK, I’m making biodiesel for a school project but i have a problem…
Where can i find methanol? How can i make Methanol? Can i use Ethanol instead of methanol? What different things i need to do if i use ethanol in the production of biodiesel?
Thanks you!
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There are two key problems.
Firstly the change in use of arable land to biodiesel agriculture is creating an unholy competition between food for people, and "food" for cars, which has resulted in huge hikes in the price of food crops such as wheat, causing increasing starvation and poverty globally.
Secondly even if ALL global land use [...]
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See linktv.org (November 1, 2007) President Bush promised to expand American biofuel production, but the result has been worse than nothing. Corn is a poor source for energy, but growing it and other staples as fuel has caused food prices worldwide to explode – even as the scarcity of flex-fuel vehicles means no significant increase [...]
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To find biodiesel retail stores near you, see the map at: biodiesel.org ALGAE is the richest producing source of biodiesel on the planet – the world could produce all the fuel it needs by growing algae, and converting it into fuel. Algae could be grown on giant barges, floating on the ocean. Elephant grass is [...]
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i would be interested in exploring my options. i have a 1990 dodge dakota pickup that i would like to convert to another fuel source as a project. what would be the easiest/cheapest means to do this? i would consider biodiesel, or ethanol or maybe even some stuff i haven’t heard of [...]
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using alternative/renewable fuel sources?
I asked this question a few years ago when I first experimented with biodiesel and there are conversion kits for diesel engines but what about regular engines. It seems like it should be do-able since most gasoline contains a certain percentage of ethanol (as one example)
Has anyone considered this?
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