Definition of biodiesel
:a fuel that is similar to diesel fuel and is derived from usually vegetable sources (such as soybean oil)
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Thames Water has partnered with a renewable-fuel company to dig fatbergs out of sewers and turn them into biodiesel.
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Fast-food restaurants generally change the oil in their deep-fat fryers a couple of times a week, and few biodiesel manufacturers are able to exploit this resource because of its high free-fatty acid content.
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Brightline estimates its trains would consume nearly 2 gallons of biodiesel fuel per mile.
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Fat is easy to convert into biodiesel, for example.
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Meanwhile, researchers at the University of Connecticut report that hemp biodiesel could someday power those cars and planes.
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Last year, 1.4 billion pounds (635,000 metric tons) were turned into biodiesel — or 3.84 million pounds a day.
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Last year, the program converted 71 tons of used cooking oil from airport restaurants into biodiesel fuel.
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Last year, 1.4 billion pounds (635,000 metric tons) were turned into biodiesel -- or 3.84 million pounds a day.
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First Known Use of biodiesel
1981
BIODIESEL Defined for Kids
biodiesel
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bio·die·sel
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ˌbī-ō-ˈdē-zəl
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Definition of biodiesel for Students
:a fuel that is similar to diesel fuel and is usually derived from plants
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