Ever wonder what it would take to turn your car into a green machine? With biodiesel, turns out it’s not as hard as you might think. This video, from the people at riverwired.com in Asheville, NC centers around the folks from Blue Ridge Biofuels, who explain how to make a “seamless” transition to fueling up with biodiesel including where to fill up and how much it will cost. They also cover what farmers and truckers think about the infrastructure of biofuel. And for all you DIY fans out there, three’s even a glimpse at how to fill up with plain, old, unprocessed vegetable oil. Meet the people who are driving biodiesel forward.
Duration : 0:4:59
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Tags: Asheville Nc, autos, Biodiesel, Biofuel, Biofuels, Blue Ridge, Cars, Diesel, Duration, energy, Farmers, Glimpse, Infrastructure, Seamless Transition, Truckers, Vegetable Oil
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I have a question …
I have a question about Bio Fuel. does it have a shelf live. Also does the W.V.Oil have a shelf life pry-er 2 mixing it 2 make Bio fuel. Thank You
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
what about the …
what about the biopetrol??
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
some people say it …
some people say it affects the mileage by 1 or 2% but i find i get the same mileage and more power
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
does biodiesel …
does biodiesel affect the cars mileage in any way?
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
The filtering & ‘ …
The filtering & ‘washing’ (wet or dry) is key for having a cleaner biodiesel. If you don’t do a good job of filtering it down to ~5 microns and/or your washing technique doesn’t remove the majority of methoxide, then, yes, you are prone to more gelling/clogging. But that happens with any source (algae, soybean, yellow grease, etc). I’m no diesel tech, but I do speak from 1st hand experience with making biodiesel for my 2 vehicles (VW TDI & Dodge Ram) w/o any gelling issues.
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Stoner, do some …
Stoner, do some homework. Most biodiesel sources don’t compete with food crops. You may be thinking of ethanol and corn.
Also, did you know that the gov’t pays farmers to NOT grow crops on ther farms depending their crop and demand? This is a great case for harvesting biodiesel resources. Lastly, algae as source is pretty promising…yielding 20-30 times the output compared to tradional sources.
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I think you need to …
I think you need to do some homework Im not trying to be a smartass but most bio at the pump is all made out of SOYBEANs and they pay farmers gov. subsidies for not making enough bushels to the acre of a crop and algae is hurts a diesel it comes from bio it forms a wax in the tank that cloggs filters injection pumps lines injectors and I bet that guy at the end has spent twice as much on filters in one year than the last year he ran #2 diesel im a part time diesel tech I dare to prove me wrong
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Awesome! Drive your …
Awesome! Drive your way to SUPER expensive
prices at the grocery store! YAY! hehehehehehehehehehe!
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
vegetable oil is …
vegetable oil is not “biodiesel”.
August 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
nice
nice
December 4th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Diesel fuel is a much heavier, low volatility fuel (it is actually classified as a light oil and is sometimes referred to as fuel oil) that does not readily ignite from a spark. It is the intense heat from high compression that allows the fuel to burn.