What is National Biodiesel Day?
National Biodiesel Day, March 18th, honors Rudolf Diesel's birthday and a few others that are gaining increasing attention around the world and around the world each year.
Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine and unveiled it at the World Fair in 1900. Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine and demonstrated it at the World Fair in 1900. R. Diesel was a big believer in the role plant oils could play in fueling America, and he was initially designed to run on peanut oil.
"The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today, but the use of such oils for engine fuels may become, in the course of time, as important as petroleum and coal-tar products of the present day," Diesel said in a 1912 address.
Biodiesel is a cleaner-burning, petroleum-free alternative to diesel that can be made from animal fat, vegetable oil, and recycled cooking oil. It's lowering the reliance on imported diesel, creating green jobs, and improving our environment. Biodiesel, America's first advanced Biofuel, has become a highly popular fuel, and it has become a staple.. Biodiesel has many of the following benefits: Here are a few of the benefits of biodiesel::
