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Straight
Vegetable Oil
Biofuel or
Biodiesel?
Can we pour
the straight vegetable oil into our vehicle oil tank?
Is it possible that our
vehicles run with 100% vegetable oil. How about the flash point,
viscosity and
all the technical aspects?
Read
through this article.
As I
explain in the previous article, biofuel and biodiesel should be distinguish as
twi different entities.
Biofuel can be defined as the vegetable oil either it
is from straight vegetable oil or waste vegetable oil
Meanwhile
biodiesel is a mix of biofuel and diesel.
In Europe the rate is 20% rapeseed
oil 80% diesel. In Malaysia,
current research result in Envo5 which combine a
5% palm oil and 95% diesel.
Let us see
the comparison of biodiesel, biofuel and the diesel´s price. (Malaysia)
Price of three type 0f Biofuels
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Product
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Price /
liter
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Oil palm
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1,54 RM
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Soy oil
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1,71 RM
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Rape seed
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0,85 Euro
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These are
the main Biofuels used worldwide.
In Malaysia diesel and petrol have been
subsidized by the government.
That is why the price of diesel in Malaysia is
quite cheaper than Biofuels.
But as long as the authorities start to realize
that Biofuels can contribute
something to the country growth in economy as well
as securing a healthy environment,
I am very sure that biofuels will take over
the role of diesel.
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