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Originally posted by Wasuchi
Biodiesel would be a good step toward a cleaner environment but how much is it possible to produce? Same with SVO? It's not like we have a big excess of grains right now to produce a lot of oil with. Just a guess, but my guess is that the government doesn't pay much attention to biodiesel because at best it could only be a drop in the bucket of all the Diesel used. I'm not saying it's not a great idea to produce and use it because it is, just pointing out that there will never be enough of it available for everyone.
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If we would just put effort into production and stop playing with soy, we could provide a substantial qty of our diesel needs (or ALL of it.)
Soy yields around 60gals/acre. Oil seed crops average 100-120 gals/acre. Oil palms yield 600 gals/acre (can't be grown just everywhere.) But...., Algae, YES, algae can allegedly average from 14,000 to 20,000 gals/acre! Now THAT would be an effective alternative source.