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Multi-Drum Biodiesel Dispensing System

This Best Practices Manual is a pdf download. It was developed by the folks at Dickenson College with collaboration from Penn State University, and authorities from the Pennsylvainia state government. It is targeted at homebrewers in the state of Pennsylvainia, but the information applies to all homebrewers and is definately worth downloading and reading.

In many ways, biodiesel is the perfect fuel for buses and trucks. It produces fewer polluting emissions, supplies of it can be renewed indefinitely, and because feedstock materials can be grown domestically, use of it can help bolster the U.S. economy while lessening this country’s dependence on foreign petroleum products.

Biodiesel Provides a High Energy Return and Displaces Imported Petroleum

Life-cycle analyses show that biodiesel contains 2.5 to 3.5 units of energy for every unit of fossil energy input in its production, and because very little petroleum is used in its production, its use displaces petroleum at nearly a 1-to-1 ratio on a life-cycle basis. This value includes energy used in diesel farm equipment and transportation equipment (trucks, locomotives); fossil fuels used to produce fertilizers, pesticides, steam, and electricity; and methanol used in the manufacturing process. Because biodiesel is an energy-efficient fuel, it can extend petroleum supplies.