I don’t mean just cars, but anything.
What currently exists that runs on biofuel?
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- Ener-G sets up New Romanian headquartersEner-G has opened a new corporate headquarters in Bucharest to meet the needs of the fast-growing markets of Central and Eastern Europe, according to a statement issued by the company. […]
- Waste Management to build Ohio landfill gas plantWaste Management has announced it will build a landfill gas-to-energy plant in eastern Ohio. […]
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any internal combustion engine can run on biofuels. gas engines can run on alcohol with a few mods, and diesel engines can run on biodiesel or SVO with a few mods.
Biodiesel is diesel. As opposed to ethanol which is somewhat gasoline-like, and not a good gasoline nor a good biofuel. Fortunately, just about every industrial engine is diesel-like:
- highway trucks
- construction equipment
- all locomotives (that aren’t electric)
- farm machinery
- all larger boats and ships (that aren’t nuclear)
- all commercial and military aircraft, and all jets including turboprops
- backup generators for buildings
- oil well pump engines, lol!
- all oil-fired boilers (including a few historic steam locomotives)
The beauty thing is, many industrial engines are designed for the cheapest fuel, “bunker oil.” Simple vegetable oil is a direct substitute! No need for a biodiesel conversion.
Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyager Train runs on b20 diesel.
Many planes run on mixtures of biofuels as well. Ethanol, and even diesel. Research is now being done for liquid methane as fuel for jets.
actually, planes do not run on biodiesel, they have not been approved as of yet for commercial use. The military has been testing biodiesel as well as synfuels diesel. Virgin airlines tried it on a plane with no passengers.