About Biodiesel

Biofuel is much cleaner than fossil-fuel diesel (AKA dinodiesel).  It can be used in any diesel engine with no need for modifications - in fact diesel engines run better and last longer with biofuel.  Making biodiesel is easy and can be made from a common waste product - used cooking oil as well as many other fresh oils such as vegetable oil, palm oil etc. Click for more information on how to make biodiesel.  Why bother?  Well there are many reasons, click here for more information regarding "peak oil".

Biodiesel Production

• Biodiesel can be produced from any fat or vegetable oil, including waste cooking oil.
• Making Biodiesel can be done easily and cheaply with the AnzacFuelTech biodiesel reactors.
• Making Biodiesel at home could save you up to 50% of your fuel bill.
• Biofuel can be used in any diesel engine - with no modifications to the engine.
• Biofuel can be mixed with ordinary diesel fuel in any proportion -- even a small amount of biodiesel means cleaner emissions and better engine lubrication: 1% biodiesel will increase lubricity by 65% .  Better lubrication means less engine wear.  Another benefit.
• Fuel economy is the same as conventional diesel fuel.
• Biofuel is a much better lubricant than conventional diesel fuel and extends engine life - a German truck won an entry in the Guinness Book of Records by travelling more than 1.25 million km (780,000 miles) on biodiesel with its original engine.
• Biodiesel has a high cetane rating, which improves engine performance: 20% biodiesel added to conventional diesel fuel improves the cetane rating 3 points, making it a Premium fuel.
• The flash point of biofuel in its pure form is more than >266 ºF versus approximately 125ºF for regular diesel.   This makes biodiesel much safer than diesel.

Biofuel and the Environment

• Biodiesel fuel burns up to 75% cleaner than diesel fuel made from fossil fuels.
• Bio diesel substantially reduces unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and particulate matter in exhaust fumes.  Sulphur dioxide emissions are 100% eliminated (bio diesel contains no sulphur).
• This alternative fuel is plant-based and adds absolutely no CO2 to the atmosphere. 
• Biofuel exhaust is not offensive and doesn't cause eye irritation.  Vehicles do not spew out vile black fumes/particulates.  In fact if you make your fuel from used cooking oil it may even smell of chips.
• Biodiesel is environmentally friendly: it is renewable, "more biodegradable than sugar and less toxic than table salt" (US National Biodiesel Board).
• Biodiesel was the first renewable fuel to successfully complete the EPA-required Health Effects Testing under the Clean Air Act. Mutagenicity studies show that biofuel dramatically reduces potential risks of cancer and birth defects.
• Biodiesel helps preserve natural resources. For every unit of energy needed to produce biodiesel, 3.24 units of energy are gained - nearly four times more than diesel.

"If we don't change our course, we'll end up where we're headed." — Chinese proverb.

Help the world change course - become a "bioneer" and make biodiesel now.