To produce biodiesel on your own you mix sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide and methanol or ethanol with the vegetable oil in a process that is to complex to describe here.
This is a complex chemical reaction and should not be done without proper instruction.
I have long thought that biodynamic farms are perfect for biodiesel in as far as the farm organism goes because you can reduce the pollution from your tractors by growing your own oil crops on spare acres and at the very least mixing biodeisel with diesel directly in your fuel tank. Although this would very obviously be an off season project.
Peace
Eric
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 04:53 AM, gideon cowen wrote:
According to a motoring programme on TV here, one can use used vegetable
oil, strained of course, to run diesel cars without any alterations to the
engine. You just need to add 3 % non kerosene based white spirit
(turpentine), and let it sit for one week before using it. McDonalds and Co.
should have some spare, I am not sure what they do with it ?
has anyone else heard, or done this ??
Gideon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Myren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 1:24 PM
Subject: Biodiesel
The best book I know of on this subject is from The Fryer To The Fuel
Tank by Joshua Tickle. The most efficient producer of oil that could be
used as biodiesel is actually Algae. It takes the Suns energy directly
and converts it to oil (in the process eating carbon dioxide) and it
could easily supply the worlds energy needs. As many other things
could...
The main reason it has not expanded in North America as quickly as
Europe is that it is not enjoying the same corporate welfare the big
oil and gas corporations get.
If you want more information on growing crops for its production or any
thing to do with it just google it there is loads of information out
there.
peace
Eric
