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merkerguitars · 05-26-2004, 06:00 PM

Ok here are the raw facts about biodiesel and vegetable oil and the nature...i've been studying this for quite awhile.

Ok first of all the diesel engine was first made to run on peanut oil. The reason why plant oil was not further used is the petro companies where just starting to get into refining oil for gasoline and everything in the sun...so making petro diesel was kind of a natural thing.

Yes running your car/truck or whatever on straight vegetable oil isn't just dump it in the tank and go. The problem is it's thick as hell. So you need to filter the shit outta it and heat it up so it thins up....just like Shakran said.

Biodiesel is not perfect.....here are the following problems so far that they have found out with it.
First problem it gels up in cold weather...but with some more development people will easily find a way to make anti gelling compound just for biodiesel.

Reduction in gas mileage....it's about 10% but in a VW Jetta TDI that gets about 45mpg it only drops it down to about 41.5 mpg which still isn't bad.

Heres why biodiesel will prevail.....and hopefully soon i'm in the effort actually.

We throw away tons of vegetable oil that can be refined, plus we can make it from all types of oil, canola, soybean, hemp you name it......that in turn can all be made in the country...not from venezula, not from and arab country....but right here in the good ol' USA.......

How much does it cost you might ask? about 70cent a gallon...hell if you mark it up and tax the shit outta it...it will be still very effective pricing...

Is biodiesel harmful to an engine and what is needed to convert your vehicle to run on it? If there is no rubber components in the fuel system........no worries.....it actually helps engines last longer due to it's better lubricity.

Actually alot of pumps in Europe I have heard blends biodiesel with normal diesel to save fuel costs.

Why aren't we doing more of it........well not really big oil......it's more of an opec issue...if you think about it opec is mostly countries that aren't rich as us or europe.....most of the opec countries rely on oil to make a nice living....we dont' buy from them....they don't thrive.....they don't thrive they get pissed off.

Right now i'm working on using butterfat to make biodiesel (it's a type of fat so I am going to try to use it to make biodiesel) if I can get that to work....my dad's company can produce over 1000 gallons of biodiesel a week at full blown production. Which would save a ton on fuel costs.

05-26-2004, 06:00 PM	#18 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Ok here are the raw facts about biodiesel and vegetable oil and the nature...i've been studying this for quite awhile. Ok first of all the diesel engine was first made to run on peanut oil. The reason why plant oil was not further used is the petro companies where just starting to get into refining oil for gasoline and everything in the sun...so making petro diesel was kind of a natural thing. Yes running your car/truck or whatever on straight vegetable oil isn't just dump it in the tank and go. The problem is it's thick as hell. So you need to filter the shit outta it and heat it up so it thins up....just like Shakran said. Biodiesel is not perfect.....here are the following problems so far that they have found out with it. First problem it gels up in cold weather...but with some more development people will easily find a way to make anti gelling compound just for biodiesel. Reduction in gas mileage....it's about 10% but in a VW Jetta TDI that gets about 45mpg it only drops it down to about 41.5 mpg which still isn't bad. Heres why biodiesel will prevail.....and hopefully soon i'm in the effort actually. We throw away tons of vegetable oil that can be refined, plus we can make it from all types of oil, canola, soybean, hemp you name it......that in turn can all be made in the country...not from venezula, not from and arab country....but right here in the good ol' USA....... How much does it cost you might ask? about 70cent a gallon...hell if you mark it up and tax the shit outta it...it will be still very effective pricing... Is biodiesel harmful to an engine and what is needed to convert your vehicle to run on it? If there is no rubber components in the fuel system........no worries.....it actually helps engines last longer due to it's better lubricity. Actually alot of pumps in Europe I have heard blends biodiesel with normal diesel to save fuel costs. Why aren't we doing more of it........well not really big oil......it's more of an opec issue...if you think about it opec is mostly countries that aren't rich as us or europe.....most of the opec countries rely on oil to make a nice living....we dont' buy from them....they don't thrive.....they don't thrive they get pissed off. Right now i'm working on using butterfat to make biodiesel (it's a type of fat so I am going to try to use it to make biodiesel) if I can get that to work....my dad's company can produce over 1000 gallons of biodiesel a week at full blown production. Which would save a ton on fuel costs. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985 Last edited by merkerguitars; 05-26-2004 at 06:06 PM..