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What is biodiesel?

Feb 26th 2009 11:57AM - 5 Comments

What is biodiesel? In short, biodiesel is a fuel that's suitable for use in diesel engines that is not based on petroleum. Biodiesel is often made from plant sources. It's also possible to mix biodiesel with petroleum-based diesel fuel in any ratio. ...

Biodiesel myths and facts, simplified

Oct 9th 2009 5:31PM - 21 Comments

It's not an easy time to be a biofuel promoter. Plug-ins are getting all of the automaker and government support, and lingering questions about biofuel's impact on the environment and food prices can have people shying away. When it comes to ...

Planet Biodiesel offers biodiesel tours in Cambodia

Feb 28th 2008 3:38PM - 0 Comments

One of these days we'll have at least one post from every country in the world here on AutoblogGreen. After all, cars are a worldwide thing and it is called "global" warming, isn't it? Today, we feature our first post about Cambodia, where a charity ...

Biodiesel Feedstock Development Agreement for algae biodiesel in Seattle

Jun 8th 2007 8:10PM - 2 Comments

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Algae_based_biodiesel_coming_to_Seattle'; It has been announced that Solazyme and Imperium Renewables have entered into an agreement to combine their talents to produce biodiesel. The cooperation involves a ...

Biodiesel performance freeze

Dec 15th 2006 1:44PM - 1 Comment

The School Division of Gloucester County, Virginia has temporarily suspended the use of biodiesel fuel in their bus fleet after clogged fuel filters started causing the buses to stall during recent cold weather. Temperatures in the 20s (below zero ...

Brazil embarks on biodiesel

Sep 25th 2006 11:13PM - 2 Comments

In an effort to complement its world-leading ethanol production, Brazil is looking to embrace biodiesel and meet a goal of producing 855 million liters per year by 2011. To do so, Petroleum Brasil (more commonly known as Petrobras), the state-owned ...

Muppets go biodiesel

Oct 24th 2008 9:31AM - 0 Comments

Photo by My Hobo Soul. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. When you've got to move the Muppets across Hollywood, who do you call? A moving company that uses biodiesel, apparently. NorthStar Moving sent out a notice today that declares ...

Chevron buys in to biodiesel

May 12th 2006 10:35AM - 0 Comments

Chevron announced Thursday it bought a 22 percent stake in a privately held Texas company that is building a biodiesel plant. The plant will be capable of delivering 100 million gallons of biodiesel a year when the facility is completed later this ...

Biodiesel: War required?

Dec 21st 2008 8:03PM - 2 Comments

One of the most common slogans in support of biodiesel is: "Biodiesel - No War Required." While that may be true in the sense that the US won't need to ship 140,000 troops to the Middle East to secure the supply of the stuff, there is still plent of ...

Toyota developing new biodiesel

May 17th 2006 4:19PM - 3 Comments

While there's been much in the media about General Motors efforts to promote E85, very little has been heard about Toyota's own research into biofuel. The second largest automaker, along with Nippon Oil, has reportedly developed biodiesel from palm ...

ABG POLL: Biodiesel Feedstock

Jan 17th 2007 8:42AM - 6 Comments

It seems like every second day someone has come up with a cool new feedstock for biodiesel. But what do you think is going to win out in the future? Vote now. What will the majority of biodiesel be made from by 2010? ...

Biodiesel Blues? Well, Not Really

Jun 19th 2007 6:33PM - 10 Comments

Biodiesel Blues? Well, Not Really. Biodiesel fuel, unlike ULSD (ultra low sulfur (petro-)diesel), is a renewable fuel made from vegetable oil. US production has grown significantly in the past 5 years. Production is now up to 250 million gallons a ...

Flickr biodiesel photos

Apr 23rd 2006 6:06PM - 2 Comments

Now and again here at AutoblogGreen, especially on weekends when people have a little bit of time to investigate a site on their own, we’ll take a peek at recent Flickr photos that have a green car technology theme to them. We’ll pick out ...

People using biodiesel

Apr 23rd 2006 3:27PM - 2 Comments

I really like this story about two twenty-somethings who run their Mercedes Benzes on biodiesel from the Napa Valley Register. The article itself describes for the local community something that is happening across the country in a thousand small ...

Around the world on biodiesel

Aug 3rd 2006 12:37PM - 2 Comments

The pages of AutoblogGreen generally focus on land based transportation, but we thought we should make you aware of an attempt to break the record for circumnavigating the globe in the Earthrace. Earthrace, a 78-foot boat, looks like a seagoing ...

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