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The Advantages Of Using Biodiesel Blends

Ron Petracek posted: Biodiesel blends are becoming more essential to the every day operation of farm vehicles and machinery, trucks, buses and boats both big and small. This is because there are a slew of advantages to using one of the designer fuel biodiesel fuel blends on the market. First of all more...


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Don\’t Mix Politics and Biodiesel‏

Makebiodieselathome posted: There are many political reasons why biodiesel making has captured the attention of both major fuel manufacturers and those who prefer to make their own homemade biodiesel. Many car manufacturers are seeing the wisdom of creating vehicles that can accommodate a biodiesel more...


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The Virtuous Hydrogen Water Fuel

Paul Fitzgerald posted: Today, the world is seeing an explosion in the need for fossil fuels. Some people blame this on the United States and Western Europe, as their industries and automobiles consume vast quantities of oil and gas. Well, that is only partially true. Also today, India and China ha more...


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Hybrid Shoppers Drop as Fuel Efficiency Becomes More Realistic

Anthony Fontanelle posted: As car shoppers become more realistic about the fuel efficiency capabilities of hybrid vehicles, the percentage of hybrid purchasers has declined, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Alternative Powertrain Study which was just released yesterday. J.D. Powerâ more...


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The Great Biofuel Hoax of 2008 - Energy Policy and Climate Change

Randy Bisenz posted: Biofuels. What a great name! It just sounds green. Looking around I see a proliferation of Biodiesel bumper stickers everywhere I look. In my home state of Oregon all filling stations will be required to add at least 10 % ethanol to all gasoline by next year. Environmentalists more...


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Used Vegetable Oil for Biodiesel

Munya Chinongoza posted: Over 45 million tonnes of greenhouse gases are produced every year from the burning of diesel in trucks. Of course we are trying to find new creative ways to save our environment and one way to do this is to use vegetable oil as a renewable source of fuel for transportation more...


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Vw’s Touareg Bluetdi: World’s Cleanest Diesel Engine

Benjamin Hudson posted: Volkswagen’s Touareg has one of the cleanest diesel engines in the world. Its BlueTDI engine with SCR catalytic converter reduces nitrogen dioxide (NOx) emissions by up to 90 percent. Touareg BlueTDI delivers 165kW/225 PS and meets even the strictest “Tier2 Bin more...


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Biodiesel Powered Vehicles Available in the United States

Lauren Woods posted: For the most part of the auto industry, gasoline has been used to power vehicles. Recently though, the threat of global warming and the impending shortage of fossil fuel has forced car manufacturers and other industries to look for substitutes to gasoline. Diesel is a good more...


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Biodiesel and the Kyoto Protocol

Mervyn Rees posted: Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees I thought I would talk about some aspects affecting the production of biodiesel. The Kyoto Protocol goes by a number of aliases: The Kyoto Treaty, The Kyoto Accord, or The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. more...


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