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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 805801" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I have no proof, but I believe this to be absolutely true.</p><p> </p><p>Biodiesel has been widely used in Europe for years. But the current emission regulations for diesel vehicles in the United States are oh-so conveniently set up to make biodiesel usage difficult if not impossible...which pretty much gives the oil companies a monopoly on production of the fuel that we use.</p><p> </p><p>If biodiesel-compatible vehicles were widely available in the United States, almost anybody could start up a small business producing biodiesel from a variety of sources. You can make it from soybean oil or canola or rapeseed oil. You can make it from hemp oil (which is far more efficient in terms of water for irrigation and diversion of arable land from food production). You can make it from algae. You can make it from rendered animal fats and waste byproducts of slaughterhouses. You can make it from used grease or cooking oil. You can make it from just about any sort of biomass that would otherwise go to waste. Widepread use and availability of such alternate energy sources would not sit well with the large oil companies who currently control our fuel supply.</p><p> </p><p>Diesel fuel can also be distilled from coal. The Germans did this on a wide scale during WW2 when they no longer had access to crude oil supplied from Romania. While coal-sourced diesel is not true "biodiesel", it is a resource that we have vast quantities of and it would be one more step in helping to wean us off of imported oil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 805801, member: 14668"] I have no proof, but I believe this to be absolutely true. Biodiesel has been widely used in Europe for years. But the current emission regulations for diesel vehicles in the United States are oh-so conveniently set up to make biodiesel usage difficult if not impossible...which pretty much gives the oil companies a monopoly on production of the fuel that we use. If biodiesel-compatible vehicles were widely available in the United States, almost anybody could start up a small business producing biodiesel from a variety of sources. You can make it from soybean oil or canola or rapeseed oil. You can make it from hemp oil (which is far more efficient in terms of water for irrigation and diversion of arable land from food production). You can make it from algae. You can make it from rendered animal fats and waste byproducts of slaughterhouses. You can make it from used grease or cooking oil. You can make it from just about any sort of biomass that would otherwise go to waste. Widepread use and availability of such alternate energy sources would not sit well with the large oil companies who currently control our fuel supply. Diesel fuel can also be distilled from coal. The Germans did this on a wide scale during WW2 when they no longer had access to crude oil supplied from Romania. While coal-sourced diesel is not true "biodiesel", it is a resource that we have vast quantities of and it would be one more step in helping to wean us off of imported oil. [/QUOTE]
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