[QUOTE=Biodiesel300TD;2091459]Do
you know where all our oil comes from?
Yeah, it looks like
half of the top-5 oil importers are in
North America! Middle eastern oil accounts for
less than 1/4 of our imported oil.
That means 1/4 of our oil comes from NA and about 1/8 comes from the Middle East and Africa.
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This is because of people driving. We've built a country around being able to drive to where you need. We can't change that, but what we can change is what is comming out of the tail pipes of our cars.
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So don't tell me we can't obtain better milage. Better milages means less fuel burned, which means less emissions.
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So......American oil is somehow cleaner than foreign oil and will magically make our cars get 50MPG?
That makes no sense whatsoever and just makes the "reduce our dependency on foreign oil" argument look even more
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Originally Posted by MBNRA
but a 20% mix of biodiesel will do wonders and it doesn't require the cost associated with California standards!
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Nope. Current production methods are expensive and inefficient. Until a process of making algae-based biodiesel is perfected, biodiesel won't be the magic bullet you think it would be. Cummins is currently the only manufacturer allowing more than B10 in their engines. The majority disallow anything higher than B5.