Your Tips (9)

• 06/15/2009

  According to a recent study published by Texas A&M School of Agriculture “The underlying force driving change in the agricultural industry is the price of oil, and that corn prices have little to do with food costs.

• 06/15/2009

  Some biodiesel sold in the US is made from palm and soy oils imported from Malyasia, Indonesia, South and Central America. Many reports have connected these plantations to the clear cutting of some of the world’s densest rainforest. While some biodiesel sold in the U.S. is made from recycled oils, non-food crop based oils, and non-competitive sustainably produced crop based feedstocks.

• 06/15/2009

  The Grocery Manufacturers of America, the Washington, D.C. trade association representing many of the largest food companies in the world, is spending millions of dollars on a public relations campaign to blame biofuels for rising food prices.

• 06/15/2009

  Using a local sustainable model, biodiesel production can create local jobs and local energy security.  While minimizing environmental impact, and maximizing community benefit.

• 06/15/2009

  Biodiesel can be made from a variety of sources including waste products like yellow and brown grease, animal fats like tallow and poultry fats, and many non-food crops like cotton seed, jatropha, sunflower and hemp.

• 06/15/2009

  When biodiesel is created and used with a community-based model 90 cents of every dollar stays in the community.

• 06/15/2009

  The use of biodiesel in a conventional diesel engine results in substantial reduction of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter compared to emissions from diesel fuel. In addition, the exhaust emissions of sulfur oxides and sulfates (major components of acid rain) from biodiesel are essentially eliminated compared to diesel.

• 06/15/2009

  According to the US Secretary of Agriculture, Ed Schaffer “biofuels production are responsible for 2 to 3 percent of the increase in global food prices, while biofuels have reduced consumption of crude oil by a million barrels a day.”

• 06/15/2009

  Biodiesel can be operated in any diesel engine with little or no modification to the engine or the fuel system. Biodiesel has a solvent effect that may release deposits accumulated on tank walls and pipes from previous diesel fuel storage. The release of deposits may clog filters initially and precautions should be taken. Ensure that only fuel meeting the biodiesel specification is used.