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| Originally Posted by Horndog I agree the prices of petrol etc are getting excessive, but one thing to consider on the bio-fuels issue, they are not as green as first thought.
Much of the crops grown for the fuel are grown in deforested areas in poorer countries of the world, large areas of the primeforests of Borneo-Malysia and large parts of South America are being heavilly cut down to ease the coincience of the western world. as well as habitat removal for wildlife, these forests absorb a lot of CO2 and the disturbance of the soils releases more traped CO2 and methane.
And there is the food price issue as mentioned by BJ. If farmers are growing bio-fuel there not growing food. |
100% Bo Diesel has lower emisions than LPG
Diesel = 2.63 KG CO2/Litre
Petrol = 2.30 KG CO2/Litre
LPG = 1.49 KG CO2/Litre
Natural gas = 2.65 KG CO2/KG
100% Biodiesel (B100) = 1.07 KG CO2/Litre
Bio diesel can be made from recycled vegtable oil that is presently being dumped.
You can make up to 2500ltrs of bio diesel per year tax free for about 65p a ltr using virgin oil so a saving 53p/ltr and £1325 in the process. If you use S?H oil you need to wash and filter it but the costper ltr goes down to about 30p. So a saving of £2200 a year.
The kit to make bio diesel is about £900
ATB
Mark