Until they find a way to effectively lower the pour-point and raise the cetane levels, biodeisel will never be a viable alternative. Besides, they use food to make it! Should use switchgrass, but that’s an argument for another day.
Algae and some other new processes, trans-esterification just being one, are very, very promising for diesel production from bio-mass.................
but switchgrass is used for making cellulosic ethanol NOT biodiesel - there is a big difference.
also sorry about it being a viable alternative. It is right now - today you can buy 100% biodiesel and run it straight in most diesels in summertime. Maybe they don't have it where you live but they sure have it in the midwest. It has higher lubricity than the new low sulfur diesel. And if your worried about pout point add a gallon of gasoline to every 20 gallons of diesel, works fairly well down to 0 F.
I think you really need to read up on it first.
Lurking’
but switchgrass is used for making cellulosic ethanol NOT biodiesel - there is a big difference.
also sorry about it being a viable alternative. It is right now - today you can buy 100% biodiesel and run it straight in most diesels in summertime. Maybe they don't have it where you live but they sure have it in the midwest. It has higher lubricity than the new low sulfur diesel. And if your worried about pout point add a gallon of gasoline to every 20 gallons of diesel, works fairly well down to 0 F.
I think you really need to read up on it first.
Lurking’