Today's Trucking: The Online Business Resource for Canada's Trucking Industry

Today's Trucking: The Online Business Resource for Canada's Trucking Industry: "VANCOUVER -- A new study by University of Minnesota researchers says soybean-based fuel blends are a vastly better choice than biofuel produced from corn.
The study is described as the most detailed examination to date of the energy costs associated with production of biofuels such as biodiesel, which is basically a non-toxic, animal or plant oil-based fuel that can be burned in any standard, unmodified diesel engine in pure form (B100) or in a blend with petroleum diesel.
The controversial study, which could have an impact on both soybean and corn producers, concludes that soybean biodiesel nets 93 percent more energy than what's required to produce it, while corn-based ethanol nets just 23 percent more energy, CanWest News reports.

Another study finds biodiesel has a net energy production gain
-- but benefits not enough to base alternate industry around
Additionally, Soybean biodiesel is also said to have lower environmental impacts -- emitting 99 percent less nitrogen, 93 percent less phosphorus, and 87 percent less pesticide into drinking water supplies during crop production. "