Alternative Fuel World

Rising fuel costs have americans pinching their wallets shut when they can, and curbing their spending to other area’s of the economy

Biodiesel has many uses and can be used in B100 form, or blended with diesel at any concentration in most modern diesel engines. Biodiesel has different solvent properties then petrodiesel and will degrade natural rubber gaskets and hoses in vehicles. Most vehicles made before 1992 will be most susceptible to these down falls of biodiesel. Biodiesel has also been known to break down in fuel lines, and clog fuel filters with particles. It is recommended that if you change your biodiesel concentration its advised you make a fuel filter switch as well.

The distribution of biodiesel is rapidly spreading along with its use. Fueling stations are making the B20 to B100 mixes readily available to consumers mostly across Europe, but growing rapidly in the USA and Canada as well. Surprisingly biodiesel is generally more costly to purchase, but you should save money in other area’s such as MPG and maintenance.

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Methane Hydrate or sometimes also referred to as methane ice and methane calthrate, is a solid form of water that contains a large amount of methane within itself. Methane Hydrate was originally thought to be only available at the far reaches of our solar system where tempertures are low, and water ice is common, recently significant amounts of the methane ice have been uncovered in under the sediments on ocean floors.

The methane gas from these ice deposits is similar to the methane produced when garbage decomposes. Capturing the gas, and filtering it thru a pipeline to production facilites is a difficult task due to the extreme depths of the gas, and the pressure at the bottom of the ocean floors.

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia is willing to produce more oil if customers need it, the kingdom’s oil minister said Sunday without citing any specific output increase.

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has been under intense pressure from the U.S. and other oil consumers to increase its crude output to help slow the soaring price of oil.

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Quick Video of a homebuilder showing the radiant heat construction of his home
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Oil shale is a fine grained sedimentary rock that contains large amounts of kerogen. With todays technology we can extract hydrocarbons from this kerogen. This process is known as pyrolysis that converts kerogen in oil shale to synthetic crude oil.

The hydrocarbons extracted from the oil shale kerogens is not real efficient for fuel use. Leaving many scientists to believe this non-conventional oil won’t be replacing any other fuels any time soon.

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