Fuel prices have now hit $4.00 a gallon in most places in the U.S. and show no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Its painfully obvious that the oil producing countries of this world, the big oil companies and even the U.S. government (as well as other world governments) are not in a big hurry to help alleviate the problems faced by the everyday working person when it comes to their fuel needs, just to live. This is a problem that will most likely need to be handled by ingenuity and a thinking ‘out of the box’ (man i hate that overused term).
Electric cars sound really promising, however for the most part they aren’t mainstream, and if rising fuel prices are a big issue for you, a brand new electric car that can run up to $100,000 probably isnt in your immediate future.
You could buy a motorcycle or commuter bike to save, and you’ll get to enjoy the elements, bugs in your teeth and the lack of visibility that most motorcycles get. Sounds like fun right?
Another alternative (if you have a diesel auto) is to convert your car to biodiesel.
What is Biodiesel?
Biodiesel is fuel that is renewable and made from domestic resources, such as soy or vegetable oil. Biodiesel has no petroleum, is biodegradeable and can easily be used in compression-ignition engines such as diesel engines with no modifications. You can use it straight or you can mix it with diesel.
While biodiesel is made from vegetable oil, it is not a matter of just pouring vegetable oil in your tank, it still needs to be produced to industry standards to provide optimum performance. This process is called transesterification and this is when the glycerides are seperated from the fat and vegetable oil.
The official industry definition for biodiesel is as follows: Biodiesel is defined as mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats which conform to ASTM D6751 specifications for use in diesel engines. Biodiesel refers to the pure fuel before blending with diesel fuel. Biodiesel blends are denoted as, “BXX” with “XX” representing the percentage of biodiesel contained in the blend (ie: B20 is 20% biodiesel, 80% petroleum diesel).
You can create this fuel on your own, the process is not much harder than your average kitchen recipie, and the oil itself can either be bought new, from many different sources for relatively cheap, you can also find
that restraunts are a pretty reliable source for the oil, though obviously there is a bit of cleaning that needs to be done before the oil is processed for use.
You can buy biodiesel in may places across the country, or you can buy a machine that will process this for you for about $3000. However, this process is really simple enough to be done, with no worry of any kind of violent explosion. SPH is offering a book that will help you with this process that is normally priced at $27, however you can save $10 and get this book that outlines the process for Only $17 by following this link
Help fix your fuel problems on your own today!!
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