CALDO BIO DIESEL

*** A renewable diesel fuel that you can use NOW!

*** ‘Drop In Fuel’ No adjustment to existing equipment, vehicles or tanks

*** Helps improve fuel efficiency by up to 5%

*** Lower exhaust emissions

*** Reduces engine wear

*** 95:5 blend accepted by all major OEM’s

*** Meets EN590 and EN14214

WHAT IS BIO DIESEL?
Bio Diesel is a motor fuel, which is made from renewable resources such as new or used vegetable oils and animal fats.

Used vegetable oils are favourable because they are enable second use of the oil after its primary use in commercial food manufacturing, restaurants and other catering facilities. In these situations the full benefits of bio diesel are realised as it transforms a residual product into a diesel fuel. The majority of used cooking oil has previously been disposed of through recycling back into the human food chain as additives in animal feed, a practice soon to be banned throughout Europe. Normal waste disposal methods are not an option either as used cooking oil is now prohibited from landfill sites.

Manufacturing bio diesel is relatively straight forward, it takes a triglyceride fatty acid and in the presence of a catalyst, removes the glyverine, replacing it with methanol (transesterfication) to produce a fatty acid methyl ester referred to as FAME or Bio Diesel.

HOW WILL BIO DIESEL BE USED?
It can be used as a direct replacement for mineral diesel used in any modern vehicle today. Bio diesel can be used in its pure form or as a fuel extender in various blends with mineral diesel. This mixed blend is most favourable to car manufacturers and technicians as it provides the fuel with extra qualities that enhance lubrication and oxygenation thereby boosting fuel economy in the process.

The most favourable blend is 95:5 mixture although other blends such as 80:20 and 70:30 mixtures can also be used. In these ratios it can be used in any diesel engine without modification thereby providing a 'drop in' fuel solution utilising existing storage and handling equipment. When used as a pure product minor modifications may be required.

Of the three million tonnes of bio diesel produced world wide almost two thirds of this is made in Western Europe. Up until now there has been no commercial production of bio diesel in the UK. However the 20 pence tax deduction introduced in the 2002 Budget has changed this. In Australia, Germany and Sweden 400,000 vehicles are running on pure bio diesel. In France 10 million cars are running on a blend of 98% fossil diesel and 2% bio diesel.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES?
In the last decade there has been a determined political effort to identify and develop suitable fuels for society's future needs. Whilst there have been a number of novel schemes, bio diesel is the most promising option as it used existing technology and can be used immediately in modern engines.

The benefits of bio diesel fall into three categories environmental, energy and social. Bio diesel is non toxic, biodegradable and has a high flash point making it much safer for handling and storage and also uniquely suitable for use in areas that are environmentally sensitive.

Bio diesel is produced from natural products therefore it emits lower levels of CO2 and S0x than fossil diesel. The raw material is readily available as sustainable and renewable vegetable oil crops that can be grown throughout the EU.

Vehicles running on blends of bio diesel show benefits in almost all key emission groups whilst replacing the lubricity characteristics removed by using low sulphur fossil fuels thereby improving performance and engine life.

With the development of diesel engines improving all the time, performance levels now either meet or exceed petrol engines. Diesel engines are taking a larger share of the car market. Sales of diesel cars are up by 50% per annum in Europe. There is, therefore, a need for more diesel.

Bio diesel will benefit farmers by creating a new market for commercial crops and the fuel will also extend the UK's finite resources and reduce our dependency on potentially volatile Middle Eastern oil producers.

WHY DOES IT REQUIRE A LOWER TAX RATE?
The technology to produce Bio Diesel has been around for many years and the inventor of the diesel engine, Rudolf Diesel, originally ran his engine on vegetable oil. Since that time the price of this type of oil has become expensive when compared to mineral oil. It costs significantly more to produce a litre of bio diesel than fossil diesel. It, therefore, requires a reduction in tax to level the playing field. A flexible tax regime will encourage the growth of bio diesel, which ultimately will result in lower costs to clean up our atmosphere.

In the UK the bio diesel industry is still in its infancy and whilst the technology already exists to make the fuel, its production depends on Government maintaining and improving the current tax concessions for it to compete in the fuel market.

In the next few years the UK will change from being a net exporter of oil to being a net importer of oil. As one of Europe's largest consumers of fuel, the UK needs to work towards a situation, which will extend its fossil fuel reserves.

THE BENEFITS OF USING BIO DIESEL?
Bio diesel is the only 'drop in fuel' replacement for existing fuel types. The considerable reductions in carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and particulate emissions offer a dramatic improvement in urban air quality. In a mineral blend, bio diesel does not require any modifications to be made to the vehicle and actually improves fuel efficiency. The raw materials for bio diesel are sustainable and renewable and benefit the environment by using up residual oils whilst growing new crops effectively absorbs CO2 gases created whilst burning the fuel. By adding bio diesel to mineral oil supplies we will be able to extend the existing fossil fuel reserves. Bio diesel requires 60% less energy to produce than ULSD.

TRANSPORT & DISTRIBUTION
Bio diesel can be stored, distributed and sold in exactly the same way in which diesel is already sold throughout the UK. It will not require any special fuel pumps on garage forecourts. In addition consumers with modern diesel cars will not need to have their vehicles modified in any way.