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A 4 page research paper that examines the issues surrounding the use of biodiesel alternative fuels. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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fuel he used was peanut oil and "vegetable oils were the main source for fuel for diesel engines during the first two decades of their use" (Manahan 597). As
this suggests, consumer fears that biodiesel fuel will harm their engines or not run as efficiently as petroleum based fuels are unfounded. However, a more pertinent objection is that it
will be impossible to produce sufficient biodiesel fuel to make a impact on global energy needs. Biofuel production, which includes "ethanol, biomass, methane and biodiesel," will probably prove to be
"relatively insignificant given current energy consumption and growth trends" when considering a global scale (Kemp 58). The following examination looks at the issues surrounding the use of biodiesel alternative fuels.
Biodiesel is a "renewable, clean-burning fuel," which is produced from domestic crops (Pahl 65). Produced primarily from vegetable oil and alcohol, it can be used in any modern diesel
engine and it not only could replace a large portion of the world petroleum-based energy consumption, but it pollutes far less than petroleum-based products (Pahl 65). It is already being
used extensively in Europe, particularly in Germany where there is a tax structure designed to support its use. In Germany, 1800 filling stations offer biodiesel at a price that is
quite competitive with petroleum-based fuel (Pahl 65). However, as yet, biodiesel is not competitively priced with the petroleum-based product, but rather costs "70 cents per gallon more than regular
diesel fuel" (Lavelle 32). This means that when businesses use biodiesel and their competitors use petroleum diesel, it afford the competition a distinct edge. When Grant Goodman, a Phoenix,
Arizona concrete producer, switched his fleet of 130 diesel-powered cement mixers to biodiesel, it cost him "a few hundred grand" (Lavelle 32). Considering these figures, it simply is not a
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