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What Is Biodiesel

SoyBeans
Biodiesel is simply a fuel that can be run like diesel but is organic, or not refined from raw crude oil.

So what is diesel? I don’t want to get too technical on the subject. There are two great articles that explain how gas engines work, and how diesel engines work:

Gas Engine: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm
Diesel Engine: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/diesel.htm

To sum it up, gas engines need a source to ignite the fuel in order for the gas to do work. That is usually in the form of a spark plug. Diesel engines need no spark to work. By simply compressing the air and fuel diesel does work. The work in both is transferred to the motion of your car. [Read more →]

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