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Originally Posted by Doktor Bert
Part of the problem is the amount of oil required. It takes 7.5 pounds of oil to make one gallon of biodiesel.
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This stat is a little misleading. A gallon of VO weighs about 7.5 pounds. It takes one gallon of clean VO to make 1 gallon of biodiesel. Using used VO may take a little more that a gallon to make a gallon of BD due to water and other stuff in the oil.
According to the US Energy Information Administration, it takes 4.2 gallons of crude oil to make 1 gallon of diesel. Or 10 gallons of diesel from a barrel(42 gallons) of crude oil.