Biofuel

Biofuel is any gas or liquid fuel that derives either from recently living organisms or their metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows. It is a renewable energy, unlike nuclearfossil sources (petroleum, coal and nuclear energy).

There are three main classes:

• Bioalcohols: ethanol and methanol, when they are not produced from produced petroleum:
  • Significant amount of ethanol produced from sugar beets is being used as automotive fuel in Brazil and from maize, (or corn) is being used as a gasoline additive (oxygenator) in the United States.
  • Currently, methanol is produced from natural gas. It is possible, but not economically viable at anywhere near current price levels, to produce methanol from biomass (biomethanol).

• Lipid biofuels:
  • SVO used in modified diesel engines.
  • Biodiesel: you can use a 100 % biodiesel in your current diesel car. Biodiesel is obtained from animal fats and vegetable oil (vegoils), using transesterification.

• Gas
  • Methane - Methane produced by the nature decay of garbage at garbage dumps is collected and used in place of fossil methane. Methane from manure decay is sometimes collected for use as fuel.

See also: Environmental economics.

External links

• http://www.journeytoforever.org
• Babington Vegetable Oil Burner