| When you make a decision to use a biodiesel blend in | | | | When you add a biodiesel blend to your engine you |
| your vehicles and machinery that run on gasoline or | | | | are reducing your carbon footprint. In fact you are |
| regular diesel fuels such as Diesel No. 1 or 2, you are | | | | giving back more energy to the environment. |
| being proactive about the environment. You are being | | | | Lifecycle studies about the use of biodiesel show |
| even more proactive if you use a cleaning agent such | | | | that for every unit of fossil energy it takes to |
| as Fuelboost to your blend. | | | | manufacture fossil fuel, 3.2 units of energy are |
| First of all using biodiesel blends help reduce the | | | | gained. This kind of lifecycle study would take into |
| unburned hydrocarbons that are often the result of | | | | account the planting and harvesting of the soy or |
| using straight diesel. Smog is created form unburned | | | | canola as well as its transportation, production and |
| hydrocarbons. This creates the brown gas you see | | | | distribution to the end user. |
| called NOX. If you also add a fuel booster (like Fuel | | | | The overall he overall lifecycle production of |
| Boost) that is designed to decarbonizes engines you | | | | wastewater from biodiesel is 79.0% lower than |
| will drastically cut the amount of unburned particle | | | | overall production of wastewater from diesel. To put |
| matter that you discharge into the atmosphere. | | | | it another way, petroleum diesel generates roughly |
| Aside from the particulates and NOX, the use of | | | | five times as much wastewater flow than biodiesel. |
| biodiesel can help cut emissions of sulfur oxides by as | | | | This means that you will be polluting the ground and |
| much as 8%. The overall emissions of methane can | | | | oceans less if you use biodiesel. To keep these diesel |
| be cut almost 3% all just by using biodiesel blends. | | | | machines running smoothly and reliably so that you |
| These might seem like small amounts but it matters | | | | don't have to rely on the "wrong " kinds of polluting |
| a lot in terms of the big picture or even if you just | | | | fuels in various weather conditions you should also |
| happen to be operating a fleet of large vehicles such | | | | use Fuel Boost. |
| as trucks or cruise ships. When it comes to making | | | | Scientific research confirms that biodiesel exhaust is |
| an initial gesture towards halting global warming, using | | | | less harmful to humans then petroleum-based fuel |
| an additive like Fuel Boost is definitely a start | | | | because it contains NO aromatic compounds like |
| towards optimizing those fuels so that you get the | | | | sculpture. The purer the biodiesel the less likely it is to |
| most of them both in terms of performance and | | | | create the cancer causing compounds polycyclic |
| haulage. | | | | aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and nitrated PAH |
| If you are running a large operation that involves the | | | | compounds. PAH and nPAH compounds cause cancer. |
| operation of a lot of farm machinery you are | | | | The best way to keep your vegetable based fuels |
| reducing your carbon footprint by cutting your fuel | | | | running clean is to use something like Fuel Boost |
| with biodiesel and even more by adding a designer | | | | which helps reduce sulfur emissions. |
| fuel boost blend. | | | | |