Sunday, May 21, 2006

More Biodiesel Facts

100% Biodiesel is less toxic than table salt and about as biodegradable as sugar. Biodiesel biodegrades approximately 3-4 times faster than petroleum based diesel fuel.

Biodiesel also has these emission characteristics:
  • 100% reduction of net carbon dioxide
    100% reduction of sulphur dioxide
  • 40-60% reduction of soot emissions
  • 10-50% reduction of carbon monoxide
  • a reduction of all polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and specifically the reduction of the following carcinogenic PAHs:
  • phenanthren by 97%
  • benxofloroanthen by 56%
  • benz-a-pyrene by 71%
  • aldehydes and aromatic compounds by 13%
  • 5-10% reduction of nitrous oxide depending on age and tuning of vehicle.

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