{"id":635,"date":"2008-07-07T18:29:08","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T18:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/biodiesel-pros-and-cons\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:54:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:54:20","slug":"biodiesel-pros-and-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/biodiesel-pros-and-cons\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiesel Pros and Cons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right off\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/biofuel.jpg\" alt=\"biodiesel pros and cons\">Does the code B100 mean anything to you? Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel bad if not, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re only just beginning to realize the potential of this new wave of alternative energy.  B100 is the pure form of Biodiesel; an emerging fuel manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases. It is safe, biodegradable, and produces less air pollutants than petroleum-based diesel.<\/p>\n<p>What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more is the fact that it can be blended with petroleum diesel with use of a very simple identification system:  B2 means 2% biodiesel, B5 means 5%, and so on up to B20. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>B2 and B5 can be used safely in most current diesel engines with no modification. However, most vehicle manufacturers do not recommend using blends greater than 5% and using higher blends will unfortunately void some engine warranties. <\/p>\n<p>So while the future potential of a B100 burning diesel exists, current engine configurations cannot fully capitalize on this renewable resource.  About the biggest disadvantage at present comes in the form of lower fuel economy and power (10% lower for B100, 2% for B20), higher expense due to the complexity of the manufacturing process, nitrogen oxide emissions, and problems with use in extreme cold.<\/p>\n<p>However, before writing the fuel off due to such disadvantages, remember that it can be domestically produced (hence severing much of our nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dependency on foreign oil), can be used in most existing diesel engines (especially newer ones), produces less air pollutants (other than nitrogen oxides) and greenhouse gases, is biodegradable, non-toxic and safer to handle than petroleum. <\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li>No Related Posts Found! Go find some...<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does the code B100 mean anything to you? Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel bad if not, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re only just beginning to realize the potential of this new wave of alternative energy. B100 is the pure form of Biodiesel; an emerging fuel manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases. It is safe, biodegradable, and produces less [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,34,35,12,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-energy","category-biofuel","category-carbon-emissions","category-fuels","category-transportation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9828,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/9828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}