I don't know about all that snake oil and biodiesel statements. My truck had this black oily substance in the fuel tanks when I bought it. Thought it was algae or some growth. Tried every additive I could find to get rid of it and nothing worked. Then one time in Missouri I decided to get some biodiesel at a station off I70. The supplier was there filling tanks. I talked to him a few minutes and asked what they used in the making of their fuel, blah blah blah. I put 100 gallons in topping the tanks off. The next time I needed fuel, I looked in the tanks and ALL that nasty black stuff was gone!! Tanks looked brand new inside. My Davco was pretty much clogged as the fuel was to the top of the filter. Changed the filter, filled the tanks and that was that. 2 years now and no more black stuff in my tanks. I also run power service in the silver bottle every time I fuel the truck. It makes the truck idle smoother and it's not as noisy. Call it snake oil, I call it the bomb.
Biodiesel got blamed for lots of filter issues when it first hit the market. It wasn't the bio plugging them up, it was all the accumulated trash that the bio was cleaning out of the tanks and lines!I don't know about all that snake oil and biodiesel statements. My truck had this black oily substance in the fuel tanks when I bought it. Thought it was algae or some growth. Tried every additive I could find to get rid of it and nothing worked. Then one time in Missouri I decided to get some biodiesel at a station off I70. The supplier was there filling tanks. I talked to him a few minutes and asked what they used in the making of their fuel, blah blah blah. I put 100 gallons in topping the tanks off. The next time I needed fuel, I looked in the tanks and ALL that nasty black stuff was gone!! Tanks looked brand new inside. My Davco was pretty much clogged as the fuel was to the top of the filter. Changed the filter, filled the tanks and that was that. 2 years now and no more black stuff in my tanks. I also run power service in the silver bottle every time I fuel the truck. It makes the truck idle smoother and it's not as noisy. Call it snake oil, I call it the bomb.
biodiesel is made through the titration of soap (glycerin) and alcohol. The residue soap that is in the fuel cleans the fuel system. The residue alcohol in the system absorbs water.
It's been 6 years since I read my books up on running Biodiesel. As well as the class I took on energy and the environment. The intention was to run waste veggie oil etc. Build a solar house, heat pump etc. "live green".....I don't know where that came from, but that's not really true. Titration is a measurement process, and glycerin is a by-product of the bio production.
Alcohol is used in the transesterification process to convert the oil into biodiesel. And the biodiesel itself, unlike diesel, can mix with small amounts of water, so it doesn't need any residual alcohol to hold water.
No, the biggest con is "global warming" which they renamed to "climate change" when it became obvious to laymen that it wasn't actually happening.The one things I DO remember from it all is that it's a shell game for all the alternative energies with biodiesel and ethanol being the biggest con on the American public in some time.
No, the biggest con is "global warming" which they renamed to "climate change" when it became obvious to laymen that it wasn't actually happening.
Biofuels are just a bastard offspring of that larger con.
These guys might be trying to sell something, but whatever. This article is spot-on. This "algae" is NOT living material that can "grow."
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Yep, cracking short chain hydrocarbons obviously yields longer chains. Don't you know nothing, @Duck ?
You pulling a reefer? You'd be surprised how inefficient they become as they age. Moisture instrusion in the walls...makes them gain weight, too. Something to remember for down the road decision making.
It's been 6 years since I read my books up on running Biodiesel. As well as the class I took on energy and the environment. The intention was to run waste veggie oil etc. Build a solar house, heat pump etc. "live green".....
The one things I DO remember from it all is that it's a shell game for all the alternative energies with biodiesel and ethanol being the biggest con on the American public in some time.