Biodiesel Case Study

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Alternative fuel usage today is an emerging concern. One alternative fuel that is being used more and more in everyday life is biodiesel. Biodiesel is an emerging fuel that isn’t as well known or well refined as petroleum products being used every day such as gasoline and regular diesel. Murray State University should pursue and fund their own research and development of biodiesel. Due to the lack of knowledge, lack of experience, and lack of producers, there is a large possibility for a research and development program to kick off a great enterprise in the alternative fuels business. Fossil fuels will not be around much longer, so we need to start investing in alternative fuels that are also renewable. Biodiesel is a great product to invest time and money into due to its renewable characteristic. Biodiesel can be made from corn …show more content…

Some of the pros are the great economic benefits by using recycled cooking oils from restaurants, the use in the home for heating, and the third world benefits where the use of petroleum based fuels are limited due to the lack of technology and money to get the petroleum products to these third world countries. Due to the lack of technology and money, biodiesel could flourish because of the great abundance of corn, soybeans, and animals in these parts of the world. Another benefit of biodiesel is how non-toxic it is compared to regular diesel fuel. Due to its compound of all-natural products it takes very little clean up compared to diesel when there is a spill. When regular diesel is spilled in the United state the EPA is called and so is the Hazmat team. It is a massive mess that effects the ecosystem around it and takes years to clean and recover from the mess as appose to biodiesel. Biodiesel doesn’t take near as long to clean

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