Since oil prices have gone through the roof, biodiesel has the potential of becoming a cheaper fuel as well as being a more stable source than petroleum diesel. Biodiesel is produced from these feedstocks through a process called transesterification, by reacting the oil with an alcohol and a catalyst.
Since biodiesel can readily be used in current diesel engines without having to modify them, it has the potential to supplement the use of petroleum-based fuels as a primary energy source to fill up the need of the world's transportation sector. Both the developing and developed nations will be terribly harmed if solution is not found immediately. There are many political reasons why biodiesel making has captured people's attention.
Oil prices never really came down even after the crisis was long over. Bio-diesel and petroleum diesel mix extremely well and are commercially available in variety of combinations. Fleet vehicles and the public transportation sector stand to benefit from biodiesel in terms of cost and efficiency.
One of the best ways to learn how to make biodiesel fuel is to learn from someone who is already doing it and is familiar with the process and equipment. Biodiesel works in any diesel engine with few or no modifications to the engine.
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