Biodiesel

[RevdTess]

Hate Paying $3 or More for Diesel Fuel? Make Your Own!

A new company, Biofuel Basics, has developed a safe and easy way to convert
waste vegetable oil into high-performance diesel fuel - for as little as 45? a
gallon.

BODFISH, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- As the price of diesel fuel
continues to soar to record-high levels, consumers have had little recourse
but to bite the bullet and cough up the dough. Now, a California startup,
Biofuel Basics, is fighting back. The company has developed a simple new
method that allows virtually anyone to make biodiesel fuel from waste
vegetable oil in less than five minutes, and for a little as 45? per gallon.
With the average price of diesel fuel hovering over $3 a gallon, that can
translate into windfall savings for owners of vehicles with diesel engines.
What makes the new Biofuel Basics process especially appealing is that it
produces high performance diesel fuel faster, easier and more safely than
previous methods -- requiring no heating and no engine modifications. "This
is a clearly the breakthrough that consumers have been waiting for," said
Eugene Kaser, president of Biofuel Basics. "With our system, there's no need
to spend thousands of dollars to convert your vehicle to accept our fuel. By
adding just one ounce of our exclusive formula to vegetable oil, you can make
six gallons of Biofuel No. 2, the next-generation biodiesel that runs cleanly
and efficiently on any diesel engine."
Kaser points out that one 18-oz. bottle of Biofuel Additive can result in
fuel savings of $324 or more. Used vegetable oil is readily available at no
or low cost from local restaurants and other sources that are happy to dispose
of it this environmentally friendly way.
Consumers can start producing their own biodiesel fuel by purchasing the
Biofuel Basics Starter Kit online at the company's website at
http://www.biofuelbasics.com for $39.95. The kit comes with a full money-back
guarantee and includes an instruction manual and a bottle of additive, enough
to make 108 gallons of high quality biodiesel fuel. Unlike other methods, no
heating or thinning of the vegetable oil is necessary.
Biofuel Basics, a leader in the race to produce a low-cost, clean-burning
alternative diesel fuel, believes it has at last developed a practical method
that can help accelerate the adoption and use of biodiesel fuel around the
world, greatly reducing the cost of energy and helping to preserve our
environment and natural resources. For more information, visit
http://www.biofuelbasics.com

Global biofuel targets should be reduced-Oil World

HAMBURG, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Global targets to increase biofuel use need to be reduced as the vegetable oil and oilseeds markets cannot cope with the extra demand for biofuel raw materials, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said.
"A reassessment of government biofuel policies is necessary worldwide," it said. "The recent national biodiesel usage targets and capacity expansions have been far too optimistic."
Even higher biofuel blending targets and quotas will come into effect in 2008 and following years, creating a burden of additional demand the oils and fats market cannot cope with, at least in 2008 and 2009, it said.
"(Edible oil) prices have reached such high levels that governments should begin to reconsider their current biodiesel usage targets," it said. "It is our opinion that these targets need to be curbed with the aim of slowing the growth in world production of biodiesel in the medium term."
Prices of most oilseeds oils and fats including soyoil, rapeseed oil and sunflower oil have risen strongly so far in October, it said.
"The explanation is simple: World production cannot be increased quickly enough to keep pace with the unusually strong demand," it said. "Part of this demand is caused by the biofuel industries which have been boosted at an unusual pace during the last two years."

[Andy Hunt]

Looks great, but it doesn't say much on the website about how their system works.

If there is a dead simple and cheap way of making biodiesel, why isn't it widely known? What's their secret?

[RenewableCandy]

If there is a dead simple and cheap way of making biodiesel, why isn't it widely known? What's their secret?

My bet is it's taking off somewhere (in a thousand garages round the UK) but, honestly, if you were doing it would you tell anybody??

[MacG]

If there is a dead simple and cheap way of making biodiesel, why isn't it widely known? What's their secret?

My bet is it's taking off somewhere (in a thousand garages round the UK) but, honestly, if you were doing it would you tell anybody??

Nops. Would not tell anyone HOW, but would sell it CHEAP. And make a fortune doing so. Now, where can I buy it? Cheap?