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Alternative and Renewable Energy Summit
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Biodiesel In 1912, Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the diesel engine, predicted that vegetable oils for engine fuels would someday rival petroleum products. Today, vegetable oils like soy and canola are being used to produce biodiesel America's fastest growing alternative fuel. Biodiesel is an organically derived diesel replacement that can be used in any diesel engine without modification. In the last decade, biodiesel has matured from a small niche fuel to one that now offsets more than 400 million gallons of fossil fuel each year. Biodiesel offers a variety of economic, operational, and environmental advantages. In particular, biodiesel is often recognized as one of the best ways to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to the dangerous effects of global warming. |
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