Biodiesel Algae Represents a Steady Fuel Source

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September 8, 2008 on 12:26 pm | In General |

Just in time for owners of diesel powered cars, SUVs and trucks begin searching for ways to make their own biodiesel at home, a new fuel source is being harnessed. On the individual level, the food versus fuel debate that has kept many governments from fully endorsing biodiesel alternatives isn’t the number one issue. At home, how to put together working biodiesel kits isn’t the problem either. There are plenty of resources for that. No, at home, the problem is approaching the restaurant owners who hold the key supply chain key in the right way to secure a steady waste vegetable oil fuel source

Second on the list of concerns is how to budget the time needed to produce a steady supply of fuel. Making biodiesel is a lengthy process of cleaning and refining that can require days spent filtering, then waiting before filtering, cleaning and testing again. Trying to rush the process, or failing to test the quality of your output could be very dangerous. At the least, it could harm your engine and performance.

Hope for those looking for answers to both these concerns is at hand. A new source for a cleaner, faster, more stable home fuel source has been there all along. It is biodiesel algae, the very pond scum that many people have been trying to keep out of their home aquariums and farm ponds for years.

Algae is the fastest growing organism on earth. It also happens to be half lipid fat; just the right kind of fat needed to make biodiesel. Watch this brief video to find out why at home biodiesel producers using algae are so much further along than large commercial producers.