Former weed may fill world's fuel tanks


	Former weed may fill world's fuel tanks

BobbyRutan

5-11-2007 12:04 PM

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biodiesel, fuel, politics, science, election, republican, democrat, environment, energy

BobbyRutan says:

The cause of the excitement is both environmental and economic. The European Union has mandated that by 2020 all cars must run on 20 percent biodiesel, which burns cleaner than fossil fuels. A 1998 study, jointly sponsored by the US Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture, concluded that biodiesel reduces net carbon-dioxide emissions by 78 percent compared with petroleum diesel.

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