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did the same transition when switched to Lemmy. Very wise decision to take.

unpopular opinion but true: they took advantage of a legal loophole and they cashed on it. Legal counseling really pay up dividends.

i dont know what you are implying with this, but the whole idea still involves methanol and diesel that are hydrocarbons, and thus still require tankers and refineries to carry oil around and refine it. is it a worthwhile idea ? idk. is it better than lithium mining ? maybe (at least oil is way abundant than lithium). by how much would this reduce carbon emissions ? 90% ? still up for debate.

How to Make Biofuel at Home: From Crop to Car

Using biodiesel requires modifications to the vegetable oil itself; using straight vegetable oil requires modifications to the diesel engine.

The engine starts on diesel fuel, but switches to run on vegetable oil after heat produced by the engine warms the vegetable oil to about 160 degrees Fahrenheit.

Before shutting off the vehicle, diesel fuel is cycled through the fuel lines to purge the system of vegetable oil.

A single-tank system preheats the vegetable oil using electric heat and uses modified injectors and glow plugs that are optimally suited to ignite and combust vegetable oil.

Thanks in part to a grant from the National Center for Appropriate Technology, an organization that promotes technologies that conserve energy and resources, we have retrofitted a Kubota tractor with an Elsbett single-tank fuel system to run on straight vegetable oil produced in eastern Montana.

If we confirm that a single-tank system is a viable option for running a tractor on straight vegetable oil, we plan to grow an oilseed crop and produce our own fuel.

The PEAS farm also houses a biodiesel processor to convert used cooking oil to biodiesel for the Garden City Harvest tractor.

Basically, biodiesel is produced by a chemical reaction involving vegetable oil, methanol, and potassium hydroxide or another catalyst.

We took 20 gallons of used fryer oil, strained out the food particles, and pumped the oil through a series of braided hoses and copper valves into a recycled water heater.

As the oil cycled through the processor, we took a sample and tested it to determine the amount of potassium hydroxide we would need to add to the used oil.

From 20 gallons of used fryer oil, we produced 16 gallons of biodiesel.

Utilizing salvaged materials, the biodiesel processor at the PEAS farm was put together for about $150. Local restaurants give away used vegetable oil, and methanol can be purchased for $4 per gallon.

The legal issues concerning use of veggie oil as a fuel and home production of biodiesel are complicated and vary from state to state.

Laws concerning straight vegetable oil are changing, but it’s still technically not approved for use as fuel by the EPA. And your state may require you to register to collect waste vegetable oil.

The use of straight vegetable oil has demonstrated promise as a fuel alternative for our Kubota tractor.

tbh there is nothing profitable about building solar farms, since its a ‘socialist’ measure and can only be achieved by a goverment. Utility companies like to intervene only when there is profit to be made, mainly by distributing power. Personally i dont think solar is fit above agriculture land but rather on a remote 0 purpose land. For the french case earlier, it would amount to 277000km², which is still miniscule and some fertile land could be sacrificed for such endeavour. And yea, corporates always like gov handouts: like to take everything and prefer to give back the least possible

for a country like France, you would need only 5% of its surface to cover its energy needs (this is at 200w/m²). say the sustainable panels would be half efficient, you would still need only 10%.

also passive carbon sequestration is needed, aka forestation: actively trying to sequestrate carbon is stupid. depopulation is also needed, and GDP’s is to be lowered too

that website is still alive ? how nice

also we need to achieve net positive: pv panel factories need to be fully powered by solar, else a panel would always carry some carbon footprint

the sun is unlimited, at least in your lifetime. also is the cold of the void

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haha

there is a whole com called thepoliceproblem for this…i can’t bheeethe! (while resisting arrest)

sardine blockchain

i wouldn’t trust anyone with that tree-like haircut…

the whole middle east really

nah man, not that kind of posts. the last we need is stupid coms like c/aita

Exactly. also inputs from experts who chime in on the subject are really useful, like a semiconductor engineer suddenly replying in a comment section. There’s not much of it here thou. Yea there is sorta this lag time between Reddit and Lemmy in whichever get wind of the news first, i even, used to be a reddit reposter just to somewhat help seed this place

tbh its true: apart from my french instance where i like to hang out, most of Lemmy is just memes, Linux related posts, or self hosting posts. No meaningful content for ur average person really. In fact i scroll throu ‘All’ in new and reach yesterday’s posts in just few minutes, given the amount of ‘not so meaningful content’ i am filtering …