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Tiny Reactor Boosts Biodiesel Production

A tiny chemical reactor that can convert vegetable oil directly into biodiesel could help farmers turn some of their crops into homegrown fuel to operate agricultural equipment instead of relying on costly imported oil.

"This is all about producing energy in such a way that it liberates people," said Goran Jovanovic, a chemical engineering professor at Oregon State University who developed the microreactor.

The device - about the size of a credit card - pumps vegetable oil and alcohol through tiny parallel channels, each smaller than a human hair, to convert the oil into biodiesel almost instantly....

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Now that is interesting. It sure would make things easier...and cheaper.

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to convert the oil into biodiesel almost instantly....

I wonder what this will do to plants under construction now? One thing that would make me hesitant to invest in such an operation is the chance that what I am building would be out of date before it was even completed.