Going Biodiesel Is No Cheap Alternative

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The price of petroleum will always be just below the competition because its price is not driven by the cost of producing it. The cost to produce it has gone up modestly as the retail price skyrockets. If petrol's price goes to high, they simply make more, cash in, and the price drops modestly and undercuts any alternative fuels that may have sprung up while the cost was high. The system is too old and they have it figured out quite well.

Johnny of OH 8:13AM February 02, 2012

Actually going Bio-diesel is one of best ways to save on gas. I have a book that shows you how to make gas at home! get it at www.1dollar4gas.webs.com Learn how to make Bio Diesel, E85, and hydrogen cells. and the book is only a dollar so........ no excuses!

Calvin Winstien of CA 3:52PM October 08, 2011

Brazil is destroying land to grow crops, and the fertilizers they use around the world to grow the crops contain petroleum and are destroying our water sources.

Diana Collier of FL 1:59AM May 09, 2011

im new to this info but Waste Vegetable Oil is the way to go. soybeans prices up? thats right out of the human food chain. recycled WVO is an underutilized source.

joe shmoe of CO 2:20PM April 30, 2011

We are leading Manufacturer of bio diesel Plant and bio diesel processing Plant in India .

shesha of AL 7:40AM March 11, 2011

I am studying biodiesel at SFCC, and I believe that algae is the best alternative for biofuel technologies. The U.S military, all of the major oil companies in the U.S (Cheveron, BP etc.) have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in algae research for many reasons. Here are a few of them:
Micro algae can be harvested over 100 times per year, compared to only a few harvests per year for soybeans.
There are over 100,000 strains of micro algae, some of which contain up to 70% lipids (oil converted to biodiesel) compared to 20% for soybeans.
Algae thrive on bacteria, and are increasing used near dairies and wastewater treatment plants, thus sequestering carbon dioxide, producing oxygen and neutralizing pathogens. The algae can then be harvested for biofuels, assuming that the strain is a lipid producer for biodiesel, or carbohydrates for ethanol.
Soy, corn, sugar and fossil fuels are not answers to our energy problems. Driving up food prices for soybeans/corn and drilling for petroleum are poor solutions/practices.
Research algae.......

Daniel of NM 1:51AM February 21, 2011

Biofuel can be made from algae hemp corn fryer oil, thousand, nearly any plant, food or not.

Ken of NY 1:45PM February 16, 2011

how much is biodiesel today?

Shanowa of PA 11:56AM December 09, 2009

How are we going to be able to support having all this fuel. Like the only way we can really get the fuel is if we just pig out on fast food and make that U.S. even more unhealthy. So instead of making the plant go green with bio diesel all we are doing is making everyone fat and have health problems. Also who would want our plant smelling like a big cheeseburger when we could have it smelling like a flower or something better than grease.

CB of MI 12:00PM May 21, 2009