Biodiesel Resource

by Josh St. Peters - Brownfield Network

August 10, 2005 -- In a move that is expected to increase fuel sales, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a modified guidance document for the biodiesel federal excise tax credit. Industry experts say it clarifies unanswered questions and will allow the incentive to be used to the fullest extent possible.

August 1, 2005 -- Ethanol and biodiesel, with their strong farm-belt political sway, were among the big renewable energy winners in the recently-passed federal energy bill. The energy bill contains a Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) that calls for a minimum of 7.5 billion gallons of ethanol and biodiesel to be used across the nation by 2012.

The Senate passed the energy bill last week by a margin of 74 to 26, while the House passed the legislation by a vote of 275 to 176. President Bush is expected to sign the measures into law within the next few weeks.

June 16, 2005 -- The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) applauded the United States Senate Committee on Finance today for including an extension of the federal biodiesel tax incentive through 2010 in the Energy Policy Tax Incentives Act of 2005. Unless Congress passes an extension, the current biodiesel tax incentive, which took effect on January 1, 2005, will expire on December 31, 2006.

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BERKELEY, Calif. (UPI) -- Once a month, Tim Ridolfi pulls his 2003 Volkswagen Golf TDI into the Biofuel Oasis, a cutting-edge fuel station located in a warehouse district on the outskirts of Berkeley.

Grassroots Biodiesel Conference -- Two-Day Event
Pittsboro, NC, Jan 28-29 - 2005

The Biofuels Educational Program at Central Carolina Community College in conjunction with Piedmont Biofuels Cooperative hosted the conference.

Topics included:

• Biodiesel education
• Biodiesel consumers' issues
• Support for local biofuels endeavors

Attendees included:

By Anthony D. Gatt - Malta Media

March 6, 2005 -- With pollution and the demand for fuels ever increasing, an alternative has to be found as soon as possible. In a conference held this weekend, organized by fuel-company Edible Oil Refining Company Ltd, it was made public that an experimental collection of used cooking oils will take place, with such materials being used for producing biodiesel. Biodiesel could be a potential product that helps to alleviate the current problem. Biodiesel could help fuel our future.

By Joseph Baneth Allen - American Profile

October 6, 2001 -- Whenever Harold Benich wants to get away from his hometown of Albion, Pa., (pop. 1,607) for a road trip on his custom-built Harley Davidson Fat Boy motorcycle, he bypasses the neighborhood gas station.

No, he isn’t searching for the best bargain on gasoline. The fuel Benich buys can’t be found at any typical gas station because Benich’s motorcycle runs on soybean oil.

By Larry Gallagher, Special to SF Gate - Wednesday, February 9, 2005

You will know him by his smell, that cloying, almost-familiar odor of french fries gone wrong, a smell that can pique and puncture your appetite in the same instant. He'll be wearing the same outfit -- black leather jacket, T-shirt, blue jeans -- but he'll be driving a different car every time you see him, a different turbocharged Mercedes Benz diesel from the early Reagan years.

MTV2 "$2Bill" Tour Goes Green
Posted September 12, 2006

The MTV2 $2Bill Tour hits the road again next month with a 30-city tour. The tour starts October 17 and ends November 25 with dates in major markets across the country.

Here's a cool thing about the tour - all the vehicles on the road for $2Bill will be using bio-diesel fuel.

The New York Times published an article in September 2006 called "Biofuels Come Of Age As Demand Rises". Here is a summary of its content:

Barack Obama spoke in August 2006 at an event celebrating plans for a new biodiesel plant in Cairo, Ill. His presence was welcomed as a sign of support for a growing industry. Senator Obama joined a renewable energy group in announcing the building of a large refinery and its securing the largest equity investment in biofuels to date.