Engine and Vehicle Manufacturers' Position and Support

Currently, most major engine manufacturers and automakers understand and sanction the use of biodiesel in their vehicles.  Due to the tremendous growth of biodiesel, the National Biodiesel Board has put together an important chart that provides an automaker's or engine manufacturer's current position and support for biodiesel blends. This informative chart also includes direct links to their websites, studies or additional information. It's very good reading and reference that is regularly updated.

The NBB chart is available here.

Biodiesel Economic Benefits

• Biodiesel’s domestic and largely rural production will contribute to the growth and vitality of the nation’s economy, and will be especially beneficial for rural economies and communities. An analysis of a proposal for 5-billion-gallon-per-year biodiesel production by 2012 (1.8 times 2003 ethanol production) found that cumulatively through 2012, biodiesel could:

• save a total of 1.6 billion barrels of oil
• cut the trade deficit by $34 billion
• generate $5 billion of new investment and 214,000 new jobs
• boost farm income by $39 billion
• save $11 billion of farm subsidies

• Because it uses sustainable, domestically produced resources, biodiesel use increases our national energy security by reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil
• Biodiesel’s status as a domestically produced and sustainable product helps to ensure that availability will remain reliable and stable.

Biodiesel Practical Benefits

• Biodiesel offers excellent lubricity, which reduces wear and tear on diesel engines and can actually increase the life of engine components. In addition, biodiesel is a mild solvent that will help clean an engine’s fuel system
• The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) technical report on biodiesel emissions data shows that a B20 blend can reduce emissions of total unburned hydrocarbons by 20 percent when compared with petroleum diesel. The report also verifies a 12 percent reduction of both carbon monoxide and particulate matter with B20
• As long as the biodiesel used for blending meet ASTM D6751 standards, biodiesel blends can be safely used in any compression-ignition engine that is designed to be operated on diesel fuel. This includes diesel-powered cars, trucks, tractors, boats, and electrical generators
• B100 Biodiesel exhaust is non-toxic, with an aroma that is likened to french fries. 

Biodiesel Environmental Benefits

• Plants yielding the oil from which biodiesel is made take in carbon dioxide and convert it into hydrocarbons, meaning the carbon dioxide released in biodiesel exhaust is effectively taken back in by the plants it was derived from, forming a natural energy cycle
• Using biofuels as a vehicle for better farm, range, and forest practices can also help to achieve other goals such as reduced soil erosion and improved water quality
• Since biodiesel contains essentially no sulfur, trace metals, or aromatics, it has the capacity to improve urban air quality, and can reduce CO2 emissions by 78% over petroleum diesel
• Biodiesel exhaust releases far fewer greenhouse gas emissions than the use of petro-diesel:

• Unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter emissions are greatly reduced,
• sulfur dioxide, know to cause acid rain, is virtually eliminated

• The high energy of biodiesel’s ester-based feedstock, the low-energy requirements of its production process, and the subsequent intake of carbon dioxide by oil-producing plants, results in a net energy gain, sometimes as much as 3:1
• Biodiesel is biodegradable … it biodegrades in water as fast as sugar and is less toxic than table salt.

 

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