Make BioDiesel At Home – Save Money at the Pump
BioDiesel can be made as cheap as $0.90 per gallon in the comfort of your own garage. This processed fuel comes from vegetable oils and animal fats. It’s usually mixed with market diesel and 5%-40% biodiesel, with some cars running at 100%.
Etruk, a UK based company, produces several sizes that allow you to home brew a high quality biodiesel for your own cars. It’s simple, they say, you put virgin feed stock or used cooking oil in, you get excellent quality, cost-effective fuel that produces 60% less CO2.
Be careful not to go blabbing about how much money your rolling in to everyone. If your state finds out that your creating your own fuel they may try to hit you with back taxes. The idea is that if your not paying taxes at the pump and using public roads that they still want their cut.
Sizes come in 10.5 gallons – $1,825, 21 gallons – $3,050 and 53 gallons – $3,660. Like most renewable energy sources, an investment needs to be made until you start cashing in on the savings. Yet oh how sweet it will be when you can finally stick it to the gas man.
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Stephan Smith said
am July 30 2007 @ 6:32 am
0.90 cents a gallon!
WHAT!
That is awesome prices!
BioDiesel all the way!
But the cost to get one of those puppies is a big investment.
But I guess it will pay off in the long run.
Jerad Kaliher said
am July 30 2007 @ 6:40 am
@Stephan, prices are really offset by how much you can use in your tank. If you have a diesel car, most are rated to allow for a 20% mix, meaning your still relying on 80% from the pump.
Great marketing information over at your site: TheStephanSmith.com.
Stephan Smith said
am July 30 2007 @ 6:50 am
Yea, but most cars don’t take diesel.
The own vehicles that I know that take diesel are trucks.
Hopefully, there will be a Bio Gas or something similar.
Oh, and I also was watching the Discovery channel and saw that cars could be taking Hydrogen in the future.
That looks promising.
What do you think?
P.S. – Thanks about the site.
Jerad Kaliher said
am July 30 2007 @ 7:17 am
@Stephan, Oh yeah, big things happening with Hydrogen cars these days. It’s only a matter of time.
Connie T. said
am October 9 2007 @ 5:29 am
I just met a friend last night who has 2 friends that use biodiesel. And they get old oil from McDonalds-type places for free (that would be In-n-Out for you). I don’t know if they use that particular contraption, but they each had to tweak their engines and god-knows-what-else in their cars to use the biodiesel. Would that be necessary with this particular processor?
Jerad Kaliher said
am October 9 2007 @ 7:57 am
@Connie T., yeah you would need to rig your vehicle to use biofuel. Although some trucks and cars come standard with the ability to use it. If it is a straight diesel engine sometimes you can get away with not tweaking it at all.