| The use of the fuel known as biodiesel is
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| | carbon monoxide emitted from a biodiesel
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| growing in America--quite literally.
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| | engine averages 48 percent less than a
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| Biodiesel is produced by combining
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| | similar engine running of "regular"
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| organic oils, from any of a number of
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| | diesel. Therefore, converting 100,000
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| sources, with alcohol or petroleum diesel
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| | school buses would represent a
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| fuel. The organic oil is most often
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| | significant reduction in pollution.Much
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| obtained from soybeans, but many other
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| | of the raw material for biodiesel comes
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| plants have shown potential, including
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| | from Midwestern soybeans. It's not
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| canola and rapeseed.Biodiesel can even be
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| | uncommon in the Midwest to see pumps that
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| made at home. In fact, Biodiesel America
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| | sell biodiesel right alongside other
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| tells its members that they can make
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| | fossil fuels. Renewable fuel has proven
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| biodiesel for as little as 50 cents a
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| | to be a newfound way for farmers to sell
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| gallon using recycled cooking oil,
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| | their crops, which will allow more
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| assuming the oil if free. That may seem
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| | farmers to stay on the land, which is an
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| unrealistic, but there are many vehicles
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| | important side benefit to the overall
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| on the road today that use biodiesel fuel
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| | biodiesel production process.However,
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| based on free oil from restaurants. Since
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| | soybeans aren't the only crops that may
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| restaurants generally have to pay to
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| | have important uses in the creation of
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| dispose of their used grease, they're
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| | biodiesel. Scientists at the University
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| often willing to give it to a vehicle
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| | of Alaska-Fairbanks have been
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| owner who wants to take it off their
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| | experimenting with the use of canola oil
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| hands. Otherwise, they often have to pay
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| | in creating biodiesel, and have had
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| as much as $150 per 50-gallon drum to
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| | promising success. An important added
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| have used grease hauled away.Biodiesel
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| | benefit to using canola is that the plant
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| America has a lofty goal of converting
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| | will not only grow in Alaska, but the
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| 100,000 school buses to run on biodiesel
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| | added amount of daylight available during
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| by the year 2010. The purpose of their
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| | Alaska summers creates a canola that
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| project is not only to significantly
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| | contains a significantly higher oil
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| lessen America's fuel dependence on
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| | content than when its grown on the
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| foreign countries, but they also are
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| | mainland of the United States. That means
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| determined to lessen greenhouse gas
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| | Alaska could grow its own biodiesel plant
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| emission, as well. According to the
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| | components, lowering shipping costs and
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| National Biodiesel Board, the amount of
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| | increasing efficiency.
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