Monthly Archives: September 2013

According to an article in VOA News, Propel Fuels did a month long test of Algae Based Biodiesel at 4 of its 7 stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.   There were no reports of issues with the fuel and sales actually spiked 35%.   Prices were kept the same as the "standard" Biodiesel.    The oil feedstock for this special Biodiesel was sourced from San Francisco based Solazyme, which has a patented algae-oil technology.  Instead of growing algae with light in large ponds, Solazyme ferments plant sugars with high yielding algae, in the absence of light.   With this process, the microalgae's natural oil production time is accelerated to "just a few days".   Solazyme is rapidly moving out of testing phase, and into full scale production with the construction of two new plants in Illinois and Brazil.

Navy Biofuels - It's estimated that it costs $400/gallon to deliver fuel on the battlefield.  Not only is the military prone to supply shortages from foreign production, it's faced with extraordinary costs for a vital substance.  These facts should not only pull on strings of the Generals, but the government accountants as well.

There's few that have championed the need for energy independence like Navy secretary Ray Mabus.  He continues to be a further the use of biofuels, systematically testing them in the Navy's machinery while developing the infrastructure for affordable production.  Mabus says that the main source of independent or domestically sou

In case your entire family isn't yet on board with your WVO endeavors, here is a way to incorporate the whole gang(and especially the neat-freaks) into the fold.   You can transform WVO into soap!  It's a simple and sometimes profitable process being done in homes all across the country.

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