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Green up your 2 stroke with soybean based engine oils?

I am going to get this out of the way right off the bat: I do not know if soy-based 2 stroke engine oils are actually cleaner burning than synthetic 2 stroke engine oil or the racing-style castor bean 2 stroke oils that are still available today. What I will say, though, is that being soy based, they are made from a renewable resource, which can't be said about petroleum-based engine oils, whether they are for 2 strokes or the more common 4 strokes. But, something recently caught my eye on a discussion board that I frequent, which was the ... Read more →

Reducing our dependence of foreign oil with our car seats? Jeremy Korzeniewski

I plan on sharing some interesting bits of information that I got from some of the men behind the soy industry in general, the United Soybean Board, while I was at the SAE Congress in Detroit soon. ...

Chevron moving into biodiesel production Dane Muldoon

Oil giant Chevron has invested in a new 20-million gallon per year / 75.7 million litre per year soybean oil biodiesel production plant in Galveston, Texas. Plans are already underway however to ...

Cargill profit jumps 34 percent on back of biofuels surge Dane Muldoon

Cargill Inc., the largest agricultural company in the U.S. and a major player internationally, has announced a massive jump in their second-quarter profits of 34 percent on the back of gains in ...

Experts say brewing your own soydiesel may be hazardous to your health Mike Magda

Farmers with a soybean extruder to make hog feed may have an itch to squeeze a little oil to make biodiesel. But those unfamiliar with the production process risk blowing up the farm, say soydiesel ...

Green up your 2 stroke with soybean based engine oils? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I am going to get this out of the way right off the bat: I do not know if soy-based 2 stroke engine oils are actually cleaner burning than synthetic 2 stroke engine oil or the racing-style castor bean 2 stroke oils that are still available today. What I will say, though, is that being soy based, ...

Reducing our dependence of foreign oil with our car seats? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I plan on sharing some interesting bits of information that I got from some of the men behind the soy industry in general, the United Soybean Board, while I was at the SAE Congress in Detroit soon. But, one tidbit is that I was able to personally sample some automotive interior foam products made ...

Chevron moving into biodiesel production 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Oil giant Chevron has invested in a new 20-million gallon per year / 75.7 million litre per year soybean oil biodiesel production plant in Galveston, Texas. Plans are already underway however to increase production initially to 60 million gallons and then 110 million gallons over the next year. ...

Cargill profit jumps 34 percent on back of biofuels surge 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Cargill Inc., the largest agricultural company in the U.S. and a major player internationally, has announced a massive jump in their second-quarter profits of 34 percent on the back of gains in shipping, trading and processing grains and oilseeds. Net income in the three months to November 30 was ...

Experts say brewing your own soydiesel may be hazardous to your health 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Farmers with a soybean extruder to make hog feed may have an itch to squeeze a little oil to make biodiesel. But those unfamiliar with the production process risk blowing up the farm, say soydiesel experts. Soydiesel requires a chemical reaction using methanol, which is toxic and highly explosive. ...


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