| The idea of using an all natural biodegradable fuel | | | | Biodiesel is available for purchase. It can be bought |
| source may seem a bit too science fiction or | | | | directly from the manufacture or distributor and if |
| Hollywood for the average person. Most alternative | | | | you search around, you might even find a few gas |
| fuel sources have left much to be desired, but there | | | | stations that allow you to pump it into your car. |
| is an alternative to the usual vegetable based | | | | Biodiesel pumping stations are starting to crop up at |
| alternative fuel and fossil fuels. Biodiesel is the future | | | | scattered locations throughout the country. If you |
| of alternative fuels. | | | | aren't with in the proximity of a station that sells |
| It burns much cleaner, is made from renewable | | | | biodiesel, you can even make it yourself. |
| resources, and can actually be made in your very | | | | The process for making biodiesel at home isn't much |
| own kitchen. Biodiesel contains no petroleum and as a | | | | harder than concocting a jr. high science experiment. |
| result it is environmentally friendly. It is made using | | | | The ingredients are easy to find at almost any |
| vegetable oil, alcohol, and lye, all of which are | | | | hardware store and even the equipment it basic. By |
| renewable resources, so when you power your car | | | | mixing lye together with antifreeze, sodium |
| with biodiesel, you are using a fuel that only uses | | | | methoxide is formed. When you mix sodium |
| renewable resources. | | | | methoxide with vegetable oil it transforms itself into |
| In the past, alternative fuels weren't practical, so | | | | two useful substances, glycerin and biodiesel. Glycerin |
| they never became mainstream. Vegetable oil based | | | | is used in making soap and if you ever whip up a |
| fuels of yesterday required specially modified engines | | | | batch of biodiesel, you can use the resulting glycerin |
| in order to be of any use and the average person | | | | byproduct to make your own homemade soap. |
| usually had no interest in modifying their vehicles. | | | | Imagine doing that with a fossil fuel! |
| Biodiesel can be used in place of fossil fuels in the car | | | | Biodiesel is an amazing discovery that will revolutionize |
| you drive everyday. No modifications are needed. | | | | the way we view fuel. Environmentally friendly, it is |
| That means that biodiesel can be used in every | | | | just as efficient as the fossil fuels we now burn, but |
| machine that requires fossil fuels, from generators, to | | | | much less expensive. Because you can make it |
| farm equipment to the family car. Considering that | | | | yourself using commonly found ingredients, using |
| biodiesel costs about seventy cents a gallon it is a | | | | biodiesel means that you will never be dependant on |
| realistic alternative to fossil fuels that is starting to | | | | oil companies again. |
| catch on. | | | | |