>From: "steve spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Energy - WebConX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Biodiesel Offers Immediate Opportunity for Energy Conservation >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 06:30:47 -0400 > >**This is a mailing from the Renewable Energy Online Newsletter** >Biodiesel Offers Immediate Opportunity for Energy Conservation > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > >Story Filed: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 3:15 PM EST > >JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug 8, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Biodiesel >provides an immediate opportunity to conserve energy because every gallon of >biodiesel fuel used in place of ordinary petroleum-based diesel fuel has the >potential of extending non-renewable fossil energy reserves by four times, >according to Joe Jobe, Executive Director of the National Biodiesel Board. > >Jobe cited a U.S. Department of Energy lifecycle analysis, which finds that >biodiesel, has the highest energy balance of any fuel, of 3.2-to-1. This is >compared to 0.83-to-1 for petroleum diesel fuel. > >"For every unit of energy used to produce biodiesel, 3.2 units of energy are >gained. This is the highest energy balance of any fuel and four times higher >than conventional diesel fuel," Jobe explains. > >Biodiesel, which is an alternative fuel made from natural, renewable sources >such as soybean oil, was the focus of a half-day outreach session conducted >by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service >(ARS) at its facility in Beltsville, Maryland. > >At the event, a variety of biodiesel uses were demonstrated based on the ARS >use at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. The >center not only uses biodiesel in their vehicles, but as heating fuel in >some buildings as well as to power various kinds of equipment such as >generators and mowers. Also on hand were representatives of the U.S. >Department of Defense and a New Jersey school district who have used the >product successfully. > >In conjunction with the event, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman, >announced that she had signed a directive that ordered all USDA fuel tanks >to be filled with biodiesel nationwide, where feasible. In making the >announcement, Secretary Veneman said, "Agriculture can help us solve our >energy problems through the production of domestic liquid fuels, such as >ethanol and biodiesel. Renewable energy is good for independence, good for >farmers, and good for the environment." > >Jobe and other participants in the outreach session emphasized that >biodiesel not only reduces CO2 emissions but is also recognized as reducing >health hazards from diesel exhaust. In the question and answer session, Jobe >and his NBB colleague Alan Weber pointed out that biodiesel has premium >diesel characteristics including high lubricity and high cetane, which leads >to reduced maintenance cost and increased engine life. > >Biodiesel performs comparably to diesel, and has similar BTU content. It is >the safest of all fuels to use, handle and store. More than 100 major fleets >use biodiesel, including public utilities, government agencies, school >districts and other transit authorities. The fuel has been proven successful >in more than 40 million road miles and countless off-road, marine, boiler >and generator applications. > >Biodiesel is listed with the Department of Energy as an alternative fuel and >is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as both a fuel >and fuel additive. It is the only alternative fuel to have passed the >rigorous Health Effects testing requirements of the Clean Air Act. The >results, submitted to the EPA in 2000, show biodiesel is non-toxic, >biodegradable and free of sulfur. It reduces carbon monoxide, unburned >hydrocarbons and particulate matter emissions. > >Readers can learn more about the August 7 ARS, USDA, Outreach Session and >biodiesel by visiting http://www.biodiesel.org . The National Biodiesel >Board is funded in part by the United Soybean Board and state soybean board >check- off programs > >The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing a satellite uplink with news >from the Agricultural Research Service biodiesel outreach session. The feed >is available Thursday, August 9, from 4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET at this >satellite address: TELSTAR 4 (C-Band) Transponder 23-C, Vertical, downlink >frequency 4160 MHZ, 89 degrees west, Audio 6.2/6.8 Trouble number: >703-642-8585 > >Steve Spence >Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: >http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm > > >Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com >Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm >X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >(212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax >We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, >we borrow it from our children. >-- > > >--- >To change your subscription to the Renewable Energy Online Newsletter, visit: > >http://mail.webconx.com:8181/guest/RemoteListSummary/wcxenergy_text >---------------------- >http://www.webconx.com >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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