Stories of biodiesel filling stations and companies converting to all biodiesel fueled truck fleets continue to make the news but it won’t be long before this will be about as newsworthy as crowded parking lots at a shopping mall. The occurence of these events is fast becoming so commonplace we’ll soon see the coverage shift [...]
Biodiesel
Minnesota’s mandated biodiesel law is on temporary hold while biodiesel producers get to the bottom of repeated fuel filter clogging reported by the state’s truckers. Minnesota requires biodiesel be blended into all diesel fuel sold in the state so the clogging is a serious issue. Tests show a higher glycerin content in some biodiesel causing [...]
Lake Erie Biofuels plans to begin construction of a 30 million gallon per year biofuel plant in the spring of 2006. It will be located on the grounds of the former International Paper site near the shores of Lake Erie. The plant will produce methyl soyate, a soybean based additive, which can also be used [...]
We mentioned the now growing complaint about biodiesel production harming the rainforests a couple of weeks ago. It seems everyone is picking up on this issue and the “greens” now say we’re dumping our problems on third world countries. Is there anything short of rolling back civilization to the dark ages that will satisfy the [...]
Almost as an underscore to my earlier post about there being no need for incentives to move toward the production and use of biofuels, Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Airways, said he is planning to move his entire air fleet to biofuels as soon as possible. The rising price and unstable supplies of conventional petroleum [...]