Home-brewed biodiesel may be ready to move from your neighbor's garage to prime time. No longer is the practice limited to a few mechanically inclined hippies with old converted electric water heaters ...

Diesel and diesel hybrids are gradually becoming a part of the car industry’s green future, even if a few manufacturers (ahem, Toyota) are being stubborn. In the short term, the fuel for these ...

Although it has been promoted mostly as a fuel for diesel-powered vehicles, biodiesel is perfectly suited as an additive or replacement fuel in a standard oil-fired furnace or boiler. When used as a ...

Over 5 million U.S. households use heating oil as a main source of heat and biodiesel advocates see more opportunities to become an increasing part of that mix with different formulations of bioheat ...

INDIANA, Pa. – Call it home-brewing for diesel. Kits and equipment are available to help farmers get into the do-it-yourself mode — making their own fuel for tractors and other diesel-powered farm ...

With some modifications, diesel engines can burn straight vegetable oil. Home-brewed biofuels can run a tractor, pickup truck, or car. Learn how to make biofuel at home, including how much land you’ll ...

Biodiesel, the vegetable-oil alternative to diesel that sparked a small, grass-roots movement, is exploding onto the commercial marketplace and rapidly gaining widespread acceptance. But not as an ...

Whenever she can, Heather Helfrich fills her Mercedes 240D with a specially blended diesel fuel designed to reduce emissions of toxic gases. So when she and her husband, Wilhelm, installed a new ...

In case you're in the market for a home biodiesel kit or just happen to have tons of waste oil on hand, meet the BioBot 20. Watching the video (see below) about turning your home waste oil into fuel ...

Etruk has devised a method to produce biodiesel within the comfort of your own home, using their Home Biodiesel Processing Plant. The unit utilises biological sources such as vegetable oil to produce ...