BIODIESEL

problems with biodiesel

EFFICIENCY

Producing biodiesel is a lot more energy efficient than producing petroleum diesel. It only takes 0.31 units of fossil energy to produce 1 unit of biodiesel. On the other hand, it takes 1.2 units of fossil energy to produce a unit of petroleum diesel. This means that more biodiesel can be made with less energy. For every unit of biodiesel produce, 3.2 units of energy are gained.

A common misconception is that biodiesel does not perform as well as petroleum diesel. The fact is that biodiesel can perform just as well as petroleum diesel. In off-road as well as on-road testing, biodiesel has shown similar fuel consumptions, torque and horsepower as conventional diesel fuels. Even though it seems equal to petroleum diesel, there are still some problems to biodiesel. To learn more about the problems of biodiesel, select from the links above.