What does Indiana Biodiesel use as a feedstock?
Indiana Biodiesel uses raw soybeans as its primary feedstock. A small amount of feedstock is comprised of waste restaurant vegetable oil. Indiana Biodiesel does not use animal-based feedstocks. • What are the advantages of biodiesel? As a fuel, biodiesel has three primary advantages over conventional petroleum diesel fuel. First, biodiesel has superior lubricity characteristics which means lower wear of engine components such as fuel injection pumps, fuel injectors, and the upper-cylinder area. Second, engines using biodiesel emit far lower emissions. Engines using 100% (B100) biodiesel emit virtually no sulfur dioxide or carbon dioxide. Carbon monoxide and soot production using 100% biodiesel is approximately half that of conventional diesel fuel. Engines using blends (such as B2) demonstrate emissions reductions as a function of the blend amount. Third, biodiesel is domestically produced. Every gallon of biodiesel purchased offsets a gallon of imported fuel, improving Indiana and the
