Slash Fuel Costs: Make Your Own Biodiesel � Transport News Network

Slash Fuel Costs: Make Your Own Biodiesel � Transport News Network: "Bioprocessor units that produce diesel fuel from vegetable oil have been introduced by MB Industrial, a UK company based in Cheltenham. They are available from small scale processors able to produce 45 000 litres per year through to computer controlled systems capable of delivering 5 - 15 million litres per year.Produced from new or used vegetable oil, the clean-burning biodiesel can be made for a cost of only about 50p per litre including duty, a huge saving on forecourt prices.'Diesel engines do not need any modification to use the fuel,' said Matthew Barnes, who heads MB Industrial. 'In fact, they run better on it and produce less pollution.'Whilst some fleet operators will want to use a 10 per cent mixture of biodiesel and conventional mineral diesel, most diesel engines will happily run on 100 per cent biodiesel. In fact, many drivers using fuel from biodiesel processors don't set foot in a service station from one month to the next!Biodiesel also helps to decrease maintenance costs and reduce engine "