Emissions and Related Effects of Using 100Pure BioDiesel

Atmosphere
*Biodiesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions from 75 to 100 percent
*Biodiesel lowers sulfate emissions (primary cause of acid rain) by 100 percent.
*Biodiesel lowers particulate matter by 40 percent
*Biodiesel lowers polluting hydrocarbons emissions by 93 percent.

Environment
*Biodiesel is as biodegradable as sugar and poses no risk to water quality.
*Biodiesel can be grown year after year, giving farmers work.
*Biodiesel is derived from renewable and recycled resources.
*Biodiesel crops recycle the atmospheric carbon created when biodiesel is burned.
*Biodiesel emissions result in a closed loop CO2 cycle.
*Biodiesel has the highest energy balance of any alternative fuel. For every one unit of fossil energy needed to produce biodiesel, 3.2 units of energy are gained.

Human Health
*Biodiesel is non-toxic (it has a toxicity that falls between that of table salt and maple syrup)
*Biodiesel particulate matter has 80 percent less cancer-causing potential than standard diesel fuel.
*Biodiesel is the only alternative fuel to have passed all Clean Air Act Health Effects testing.
*Biodiesel lowers poisonous carbon monoxide emissions by 50 percent
*Biodiesel reduces air toxins by up to 90 percent.
*Biodiesel is free of carcinogenic benzene

Biodiesel exposure produces:
NO pronounced toxicity at any exposure level
NO mortality, clinical abnormality, neurotoxins or internal pathologic response
NO adverse effect on fertility and reproductive systems and far less mutagenic activity

***Below are results adapted from a study, authored by the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program (Sponsored by Harvard University, Ford Motor Company, HGCI, and UOS), that examined the emissions of passenger vehicles using alternative and conventional fuels. Complete study can be found at http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/green_projects/afvp/rec/bus.pdf

* B100 produces significantly less CO2 than any other alternative or conventional fuel
Gasoline Engine Emissions as Compared to Diesel Engines running on pure Biodiesel (B100)
* Gasoline produces 460 percent more Poisonous Carbon Monoxide Gas than B100
* Gasoline produces 225 percent more Toxic Volatile Organic Compounds than B100
* Gasoline produces 105 percent more Green House Gasses than B100
* Gasoline produces 15 percent less Particulate Matter than B100 (Particulate matter from B100 is of a less toxic nature than that from petroleum products)
* Gasoline produces 50 percent less Smog Producing Nitrogen oxide Gasses than B100