Biodiesel Expansion
Bio diesel manufacturing is quickly increasing nowadays. Bio diesel output has grown from 2 million gallons to 150 million gallons in the past 5 years in US. In the USA, bio diesel is mostly manufactured from soy bean oil. The soy bean feed production is restricted and chickens and hogs are feeding with soy bean. So the use of soy bean for fuel is limited and only the surplus can be used in bio diesel manufacturing. Yet there are number of vegetable oils that you are able to use to produce bio diesel. In India Jatropha curcas is used to make bio diesel. For this purpose many of unused lands are used for raising jatropha.
This is an aggressive plant and it will grow even in draught conditions. You can use the oil seeds for bio diesel production and the remaining parts like leaf, bark etc can be used for other industrial and pharmaceutical purposes. Therefore bio diesel expansion is rapid in developing countries like India.There are some other reasons for the bio diesel expansion worldwide. The first reason is that it is cost effective. When you compare with ordinary diesel the cost per gallon is comparatively cheap and we need not rely upon other countries for imported diesel. Since bio diesel is domestically produced from vegetable oils and wastes from agricultural products it is cheap. Yet you can effectively employ them in all diesel vehicles without any modifications. Another good reason is that they are environmentally friendly. Diesel produces harmful pollution which could lead to cancer and other lung diseases. Diesel is the main reason for global warming. But bio diesel never produces harmful emissions and it can help in minimizing global warming. These two are the major reasons for extensive bio diesel expansion. Mostly bio diesel is currently manufactured from soy oil in US and rape seed oil in Europe. Yet there are a lot more possibilities. You can also use cotton seed oil, mustard oil, palm oil, corn oil etc. So you can also use any oil which is in abundant supply in your locality. Bio diesel consumption will step-up bio diesel expansion. Gasoline distributors will add more separate pumps for bio diesel only when it is sold in millions of gallons. People must become aware of bio diesel. You can add bio diesel to any of your existing diesel vehicles at fraction of ordinary diesel costs. Bio diesel production may build up 100 times more by 2050. The call for for oil seeds that are essential for bio diesel production can be met by growing more oil seed plants like palm tree oil, sun flower oil etc rather than soy oil. You can also use non edible oil like neem oil which is plentiful in Asian countries.
This will help to grow bio diesel production.In fact bio diesel production is growing daily. There are a large number of plants engaged in bio diesel output in US. There are yet 50 plants to be constructed for bio diesel manufacture. You must remember that there are some obstacles to bio diesel expansion. Oil seed farmers may soon increase the price of their products. But bio diesel production will surely most benefit the rural economy. Instead of spending on foreign oils we can spend in oil seeds in domestic market. The reactor tank can be either plastic or steel.
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