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Most People Will Never Know About Biodiesel
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What kind of difference can the use biodiesel make when it comes to
changing the world for the better? Perhaps the biggest impact of the
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Not sure many bikers would care to put biodiesel in their tanks.
I've been running my camper on it for 3 years now tho, but my main incentive
to use it is price, it's between 5 and 25 cents a litre cheaper than dino
diesel at the pumps in germany, and i go out of my way to find a biodiesel
pump when i'm in germany.. or near to germany.
I also havent filled the camper up with fuel in england for the past 3
years, as when both tanks are full i can make it from Krefeld (germany) to
Grantham (england) and back again on the 150 litres i carry, of course that
means very little driving about once back home, but it's cheaper for me to
go abroad when i want to go campin (the price of 2 nights campsite fee's in
england are more than the ferry ticket, and once over there it's free to
camp almost anywhere)
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use of biodiesel fuel instead of just plain diesel is on the human
health and the environment.
One of the biggest differences that biodiesel make is with regards to
smog. Using biodiesel actually reduces smog. Both unburned hydrocarbons
and nitrogen oxides in diesel fuel account for most of the particulates
in air pollution. When you use biodiesel product or homemade biodiesel
there is a substantial reduction of unburned hydrocarbons and if you
are using a blend that is right for your machine. Tests that have been
conducted according to EPA regulations have shown that the hydrocarbon
exhaust emissions that biodiesel are half that of that measured for
diesel fuel.
Can biodiesel make more energy? Unlike the burning of fossil fuels, the
burning biodiesel fuels actually gives back more energy to the
environment that it takes. Lifecycle studies of biodiesel production
show that for every unit of fossil energy it takes to manufacture ...
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