Biodiesel is a crop derived fuel most often used as a supplicant to petroleum-based diesel. It is easy and inexpensive to produce, can be produced through re-processing by-products such as cooking oil and can also be produced from sustainable crops such as soy, tallow, palm, coconut and canola oil. It is far cleaner burning than petroleum-based diesel and the presence of even 10% biofuel keeps engines cleaner, raises fuel efficiency and raises the octane of the diesel.
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Biodiesel is typically traded in three ways:
1. Truck
2. Rail
3. Vessel
Most transactions are executed at the seller's plant
The markets for biodiesel are:
1. West Coast
2. Midwest
3. Gulf Coast
4. East Coast
Some of the more common feedstocks used to make biodiesel are:
Canola
Cotton Seed
Palm Oil
Soy Bean Oil