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BioFuel and E85 Ethanol: Renewable Energy Sources to Replace Oil

By Scott Kessman, published Nov 13, 2006
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For the moment, gas prices have decreased to a more stable level, but unrest in the Mideast and tropical storms that threaten oil production could send the cost of fuel skyrocketing once again. Americans have felt the sharp bite of high gas prices and companies have responded by pushing for the assimilation of alternative fuels. Using renewable energy sources such as biofuels, rather than natural resources, which may soon be vastly depleted in time, is not only economical for both the consumer and the country, but is also environmentally safer.

With a growing concern for both the environment and the economy, biofuels have become a major topic of consideration, whereas in the past they were for the most part disregarded by much of the American public.

Essentially, biofuels are a fuel source derived from living organisms or their byproducts, such as corn, manure, soybeans, and vegetable oil. While different companies have made attempts at utilizing different types of biofuel for motor vehicles, others, like Consumers Energy Group, have focused on a biofuel for heating equipment, to ease the high burden of heating costs.

Derived from a combination of soybean and vegetable oils, and heating oil, the resulting product is environmentally friendly, non-hazardous, non-toxic, and cleaner and more efficient than other natural fuels. BioFuel from Consumers Energy Group also helps to reduce greenhouse gases and burns cleaner, helping to preserve not only the environment but also your heating equipment.

Tested by prestigious institutions such as the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Lab and the Brookhaven National Laboratory, BioFuel is also 100% compatible with existing heating equipment, making the switch from regular heating fuel to BioFuel quite easy.

Since BioFuel is also considerably less costly than natural heating fuel, it is quickly gaining in popularity as an alternative to natural fuels. It can be ordered directly from the website and will be delivered to your door.

BioFuel and E85 Ethanol: Renewable Energy Sources to Replace Oil

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Credit: John Peke

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Takeaways
  • Biofuels are a fuel source derived from living organisms or their byproducts
  • BioFuel from Consumers Energy Group also helps to reduce greenhouse gases and burns cleaner.
  • GM has created a biofuel called E85 ethanol, a combination of ethanol and gasoline.
Did You Know?
BioFuel, from Consumers Energy Group, and E85 Ethanol are both made and produced in America, and so also serve to help the economy as well as support agriculture.
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Below are quotes from various sources.....Coal to Oil is the answer. " The National Biodiesel Board is pushing to meet 5 percent of the nation's demand by 2010. Most of our liquid fuel that is consumed in the U.S. is gasoline at 140 billion gallons per year." The only alternative energy that can replace oil is coal. "The US has the world's largest coal deposits, with 268 billion tons of recoverable reserves. HSBC says that at a standard conversion rate of two barrels of synthetic fuels from one ton of coal, those reserves are equivalent to the 20 times the nation's current crude oil reserves." "It would also be environmentally friendly, as the technology converts dirty coal into "ultra-clean" synthetic diesel and jet fuel that can be used in current engines without adaptation. And "the fuels are easily transportable and marketable, as they are compatible with existing petro-fuel distribution infrastructure" (unlike ethanol-blended petrol, bio-diesel and more radical alternati

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