Biodiesel+(Frank+Pines)

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The picked two videos, they are sequels to eachother, they are both documentarys of BioDiesel. They both talk about the benefits of BioDiesel, and how it would be good if we used it more often.

The signifcance of this picture is that it the BiDiesel cycle.

What is BioDiesel? 1. BioDiesel refers to vegetable oil, we call it diesel fuel. Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids, vegetable oil, animal fat with an alcohol. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Biodiesel**

What problems is BioDiesel it trying to address? 2. Advantages: It is not harmful to the enviorment in any way. With some cars, you do not have to undergo engine modifications so that you can replace diesel with biodiesel. Biodiesel is way cheaper than regular diesel. A the most important amongst the advantages of biodiesel, this new fuel can reduce the typical waste product’s harmful environmental effects. [] When is it useful?

3. When you are trying to save money it is very useful, also it is good for the enviorment.

How does the topic relate to one or more of the nutrient cycles discussed in class? 4. It relates most to the carbon cycle.

[] What are the possible consequences to the enviorment? 5. Ethanol yields 25% more energy than the energy invested in its production, whereas biodiesel yields 93% more. Compared with ethanol, biodiesel releases just 1.0%, 8.3%, and 13% of the agricultural nitrogen, phosphorus, and pesticide pollutants, respectively, per net energy gain.

Is is viable solution to protect the biosphere? 6.i think it is viable to the enviorment because it has to do with recycling and that is a great thing for the enviorment, as you can see in my earlier questions it has alot of advantages to out enviorment.

Hybrid Cars (Fuel Cells) (Jeff Angie)

Tony Shawcross, T (March 30, 2008). Fueling Change - A Biodiesel Documentary - Part 1 of 2. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from www.youtube.com Web site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnw8bJyEQ1Y

WikiPedia, (17 October 2009). BioDiesel. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from www.wikipedia.com Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel