To: BitWielder1
The biodiesel extracted can be used to supplement regullr diesel fuels from petro sources.
The energy extracted from the explosion of the fuel in the engine cylinders is much greater than just burning the wood alone...........
9 posted on
05/01/2012 11:05:41 AM PDT by
Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
How? Aren't we releasing chemically bound energy in both cases?
A piston engine has an efficiency around 30% at best.
How much energy is lost processing a tree into a diesel supplement?
11 posted on
05/01/2012 11:14:12 AM PDT by
BitWielder1
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