UNH researchers turn sunflower oil into biodiesel

[jpak]

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=UNH+researchers+turn+sunflower+oil+into+biodiesel&articleId=35264477-8267-4224-ab25-436b05a99467

MADBURY – Gasoline could be obsolete for farmers who may soon be able to convert their own crops into an alternative fuel that would power their equipment and even heat their homes.

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Researchers have also built a small mobile biodiesel manufacturing station on a trailer. The hope is one day a similar station may be able to go to various farms and help turn their crops into the alternative fuel.

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They are expecting to yield 130 gallons of biodiesel per acre of sunflowers.

Estimates have farmers using approximately 10 percent of the biodiesel they create to power their farm equipment.

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[TlalocW]

1. Exxon just announced

That they've patented sunflowers and will be releasing biodiesel made from the plant to the market as TurboSun Max 3.0. All sunflower harvests are hereby ordered to cease and desist immediately so as not to interfere with Exxon's new patented product.

TlalocW

[Chemical Bill]

3. .

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Chemical Bill]

2. UNH is also where they are using algae.

There is another researcher at UNH using algae to make biodiesel. Sunflowers are good, better than soy per acre, but algae promises to be the best source for biodiesel. I'm thrilled to see the U.S. working to end our dependance on foreign wars for oil.

Bill