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Biodiesel From Soybeans

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel that can be produced from completely renewable American resources. Biodiesel is not only renewable it is also less polluting than regular petroleum diesel. In fact if there would ever be a biodiesel spill it would degrade about the same as sugar. It is the only alternative diesel fuel that as completed an emissions and health test from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It has had successful documentation on 30 million road miles.
Biodiesel is made through transesterification of methanol and soybean oil, it can also be made from ethanol and any sort of vegetable oil. It can even be made from used vegetable oil from McDonalds. The only thing that’s needed to make biodiesel besides methanol and oil is heat and a catalyst such as hydroxide or lye. The products will be biodiesel and glycerin. The glycerin can be used to heat your house or sold to the pharmaceutical or cosmetic industries. Also the energy balance of biodiesel is superb. For...

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