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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 (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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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 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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