Renewable Energy Solutions: January 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

How To Make BioDiesel?

The following movie show you how to make BioDiesel:

The Following movie show great example of family that making money from

BioDiesel Production, Great movie that will give you isperaton!!!

The following eBook teach how to make Bio Diesel:

How To Make Your Own Bio Diesel at Home

Biodiesel Biodiesel - is a vegetable oil-based fuel that runs in diesel engines. Biodiesel can be produced from straight vegetable oil and from waste cooking oil (yes, from McDonalds, Fish, Mexican or Chinese restaurants and any other restaurant or food services that use to frying in vegetable oil) Biodiesel can be used in any diesel vehicle without any modifications required On 1895 Dr. Rudolf Diesel developed the first diesel engine to run on vegetable oil. Dr. Diesel demonstrated his engine using peanut oil as fuel. Pros - Environment friendly - Clean the internals of a diesel engine - helps improve fuel efficiency. - Produces more power from each gallon of fuel - Decreases the country's dependence on imported petroleum. - Biodiesel is a much better lubricant than petro-diesel and extends engine life - Cheaper the mineral diesel Cons - It takes energy to produce biodiesel fuel (you need to warm up the oil - Biodiesel fuel can damage rubber hoses in some engines, particularly in
Cars built before 1994. You should check with the manufacturer
Before using biodiesel to see if you need to replace any hoses or rubber
Seals. Anyway it’s a simple and low cost task to replace your
Fuel lines with Biodiesel friendly material. - Biodiesel can wax at low temperatures (the solution is to add anti waxing
Additives to the fuel, which allow its smooth operation even in very
Cold weather conditions or blends with mineral diesel).

Who should consider making Biodiesel?

From my point of view Biodiesel couldn't be global solution and I don't support growing corn, soybeans, or sunflowers for this purpose. But I do think that producing biodiesel from waste cooking oil is a great idea! You take garbage and make it usable, environment friendly and on the way can make some money. It's a classic win win situation.

For whom the Biodiesel could be ideal solution?

- Earth care peoples that have single diesel car and simply want to save money on fuel.
- For families with more than one car or self-employed with a diesel van.
- For small businesses or friends who wish to share the production and save money
- Small companies and individuals who wish to produce for sale.
- Ideal for haulage businesses and farmers

Friday, January 30, 2009

Renewable energy for your car - Biodiesel

Biodiesel

Biodiesel - is a vegetable oil-based fuel that runs in diesel engines. Biodiesel can be produced from straight vegetable oil and from waste cooking oil (yes, from McDonalds, Fish, Mexican or Chinese restaurants and any other restaurant or food services that use to frying in vegetable oil)

Biodiesel can be used in any diesel vehicle without any modifications required

On 1895 Dr. Rudolf Diesel developed the first diesel engine to run on vegetable oil. Dr. Diesel demonstrated his engine using peanut oil as fuel.

Pros

- Environment friendly

- Clean the internals of a diesel engine - helps improve fuel efficiency.

- Produces more power from each gallon of fuel

- Decreases the country's dependence on imported petroleum.

- Biodiesel is a much better lubricant than petro-diesel and extends engine life

- Cheaper the mineral diesel

Cons

- It takes energy to produce biodiesel fuel (you need to warm up the oil

- Biodiesel fuel can damage rubber hoses in some engines, particularly in cars built before 1994. You should check with the manufacturer before using biodiesel to see if you need to replace any hoses or rubber seals.
Anyway it’s a simple and low cost task to replace your fuel lines with Biodiesel friendly material.

-Biodiesel can wax at low temperatures (the solution is to add anti waxing additives to the fuel, which allow its smooth operation even in very cold weather conditions or blend with mineral diesel).

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Hybrid Car Pros and Cons - by Gary Varga

Hybrid Car Pros and Cons

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Gary_Varga]Gary Varga

With the $4-a gallon gasoline price, people are really feeling the crunch. So it's typical to look for ways to alleviate this ongoing crisis. One avenue is driving a hybrid vehicle. Carmakers are touting hybrids as the next big thing since Henry Ford introduced the model T. But behind all the hype, is it really worth to get a hybrid? Let's discuss the merits and shortcomings of this remarkable piece of technology.

Hybrid is a vehicle that has two power source; a gasoline engine and an electric motor. They are utilized separately or together, depending on the driving conditions. Hybrids utilize the advantages of both motors to achieve fuel efficiency. In city driving (which is usually stop and go) the electric motor does majority of the work. In highway driving where more power is needed the gasoline engine is the main source of propulsion. It literally combines the best of both worlds. Hybrids also don't need to be plugged in like all-electric vehicles. Regenerative braking uses the wheels kinetic energy to charge the battery. The gasoline engine does the same when it kicks in.

Here comes the drawback of a hybrid vehicle. Because of the two power sources, regenerative braking, and the battery that you need to carry, it became one of the complex vehicles ever assembled. In order for the hybrid car to function, every component must be controlled by sophisticated computers and systems. And with this degree of complexity there is greater chance that it will break down most of the time. This complexity also comes with a steep price tag. If you would compare a hybrid model with that of a non-hybrid one, a hybrid will set you back by about $5000 more.

It is no doubt that the hybrids are the most efficient gasoline car available. They are claimed to go 48 to 60 miles on a gallon of gas. Not bad we could say, but this only translates to a 20% to 35% better mileage than non hybrid models. Some of the efficient models like Honda Civic and Toyota Yaris could get 36 mpg. We could also say that the savings in fuel cost would compensate with the high introductory price. Well not really, studies shows that breaking even in fuel cost (compared to non-hybrids) usually takes around 8 years.

In terms of emission, hybrids contribute less of it. Emission rates in hybrid are cut by 25% to 35%. If protecting the environment is your concern, there are vehicles out there (electric cars) that could virtually contribute zero emissions. Also hybrids contribute to environmental degradation through their batteries ad motors. Usually the rare earth metals used in the batteries and motors are mined from the earth, also when they come to the end of their service life disposal could also be a problem.

Experts often point to hybrid as the transition vehicle to alternative fuels. Until such time when hydrogen and methane power cars go online, there is always the hybrid. As for the environment we could always go for car pooling, mass transport, bicycling, or even walking.

Just take all this consideration when eyeing a hybrid. Not all "new" and "green" is good for you.

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Renewable energy for your car - Hybrid Car

Hello friends,

On the following post I'm going to review the renewable energy solutions for cars + pros and cons for each option.

Hybrid Car -it’s a car that has two motors – a gasoline motor and an electric powered motor. The car also has a special system to capture braking energy to store it in an onboard battery.

So how it works?

See he following short movie:

Pros for hybrid car:

1 - Higher miles per gallon

2 - Generate Less Pollution

3 - Tax Incentives

Cons for hybrid car:

1- Cost

2 - Hybrid Batteries - need to be recycle and their life length (according to the manufactors) is about 8-10 years.

For more info you can read the follwing good articale that written by Gary Varga about Hybrid Car - Pros and Cons

http://alternative-fuel-cars.blogspot.com/2009/01/hybrid-car-pros-and-cons-by-gary-varga.html