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Old August 18th 04, 06:25 PM
G.R. Patterson III
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Janne Blomqvist wrote:

I guess you mean biodiesel, which is produced from vegetable oils such
as soy, rapeseed or from animal fats. Ethanol is produced from corn,
but I've never heard about "corn oil".


Corn oil falls into the vegetable oils category and could be used in biodiesel
production. It's common in American supermarkets and apparently can also be found in
Britain (since Paul is there).

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Old August 19th 04, 12:18 PM
Paul Sengupta
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Janne Blomqvist wrote:

I guess you mean biodiesel, which is produced from vegetable oils such
as soy, rapeseed or from animal fats. Ethanol is produced from corn,
but I've never heard about "corn oil".


Corn oil falls into the vegetable oils category and could be used in

biodiesel
production. It's common in American supermarkets and apparently can also

be found in
Britain (since Paul is there).


Yup, along with others such as the rapeseed oil and sunflower oil,
we use it to cook our chips (Fries for the Americans on here).

When "diluted" with some methanol it can be run quite successfully
in diesel cars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2310095.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3104763.stm
http://www.vegoilmotoring.com/

A story on bioethanol from plant waste he
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1975663.stm

Paul



 




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