[decimon]

...U.S. companies produced about 450 million gallons of biodiesel in 2007, and about 60 new plants with a production capacity of 1.2 billion gallons are slated to open by 2010.

That would be about 1.6 billion barrels of biodiesel yearly. Sound like a fair amount.

[xmission]

What were they quietly doing with this stuff, and why wasn’t the media all over it?

[theymakemesick]

...U.S. companies produced about 450 million gallons of biodiesel in 2007, and about 60 new plants with a production capacity of 1.2 billion gallons are slated to open by 2010.

That would be about 1.6 billion barrels of biodiesel yearly. Sound like a fair amount.

Nope, just over 38 million barrels or about two days worth of our daily crude consumption. Cover the other 363 days and I'll be a believer. The 450 million gallons produced in 2007 would be 1.5 gallons for each man, woman and child in the USA per year.