Here’s an interesting tidbit that I read about producing diesel fuel. I thought I would share it. I found this in my local newspaper. A Minnesota biofuels company, the SarTec Corp., has produced a clean diesel fuel from algae harvested from a pond next door to its facility.  Clayton McNeff, who is a chemist and industrialist, said the company has “perfected a 3-year old continuous flow process and produces about 1000 gallons of diesel fuel weekly” for $1.25 to $1.75 per gallon.  The fuel is being produced from various feedstocks from restaurant and ethanol-plant waste oils to non-edible crops and “plain old pond scum.”  This is great news for our renewable fuel thoughts.  We need more solutions such as pond scum to try to get new sources of fuel.  Geez, I wish I could have had some pond scum and made it into biodiesel fuel. I could be rich now! 

 

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