DOE Biodiesel Mandated B-20 Blend to

Create USA Prosperity

Dr. Steven Chu, distinguished scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for
Physics (1997), was appointed by President Obama as the 12th Secretary of
Energy and sworn into office on January 21, 2009. He is charged with helping
implement President Obama’s ambitious agenda to invest in alternative and
renewable energy, end our addiction to foreign oil, address the global
climate crisis and create millions of new jobs, a very huge task indeed.

In 2004, the United States consumed 20.7 million barrels of petroleum

products per day (about 7.5 billion barrels per year). A barrel contains 42
gallons, so total petroleum consumption in 2004 was about 318 billion
gallons. Roughly 60% (~190 billion gallons) of petroleum consumed was
imported, with about 13% (~40 billion gallons) coming from Persian Gulf
countries. The United States primarily imports crude oil but also imports
petroleum products including finished motor gasoline, aviation fuel, and fuel
oil. The United States imported about 15 billion gallons of finished motor
gasoline and gasoline-blending components in 2004. (Source: Annual Energy
Outlook 2006 from the Energy Information Administration).

Biofuels are liquid, solid, or gaseous fuels derived from renewable biological
sources. The biomass can be burned directly for thermal energy or converted
to other high-value energy sources including ethanol, biodiesel, methanol,
hydrogen, or methane. Currently, ethanol from corn grain and biodiesel are
the only biofuels produced in the United States on an industrial scale.
Current biodiesel in the United States are made from used cooking oil, yellow
grease, waste vegetable oil and animal fats.
Most of the 4 billion gallons of ethanol produced in 2005 came from 13% of
the U.S. corn crops thus igniting the food vs. fuel debate. This was an
increase from the 3.4 billion gallons produced in 2004. Ethanol is widely used
as a fuel additive. The oxygen contained in ethanol improves gasoline
combustibility. E10 & E85 blends are available from gas stations all over the
United State this fuel is widely available in corn-producing states. E85 can be
used as a substitute for gasoline in vehicles that have been modified to use
this biofuel.
Biodiesel is a biologically derived diesel fuel substitute created by chemically
reacting vegetable oils or animal fats with alcohol. Most biodiesel in the
United States comes from soybean oil or restaurant greases. Biodiesel is
readily used by vehicles with diesel engines. In 2005, about 75 million
gallons of biodiesel were produced, tripling the 25 million gallons produced in
2004.
Creating a minimum blend requirement for the United States biodiesel
biofuels industry will help accomplish the goals of alternative and renewable
energy expansion, put a halt on our addiction to foreign oil, reduce the
effects of the global climate crisis and create millions of new jobs.
Alternative energy research does not stop with Algae or Jatropha, other
plants such as the cassava and the Honge tree from India are alternatives for
renewable green fuel feedstock sources. The research in these areas will help
end our addiction to foreign oil, reduce harmful emissions by introducing
green renewable fuel alternatives. Jobs will be created for agricultural
research, farmers and renewable fuel industries from fuels home grown in
the USA.

70CentsaGallon Inc. a Florida Biofuels technology company has started a

petition for submittal to the new Secretary of Energy. They hope this petition
will help secure America’s future prosperity for our future generations
through a biofuel mandate. They only ask for your support of the petition for
a minimum blend for bio-diesel in the USA. The petition is being hosted
online at GoPetition.com and you can reach this particular petition at this link
http://gopetition.com/online/29302.html

Biofuel will play a very important part in meeting the worlds growing energy need. Biofuel has a
place in not only our past, but in our future as well.
Vic G. has been a long proponent of bio-fuels from algae and produces bio-fuel for his own
vehicles. He is currently helping others discover algae based fuels as a solution to high fuel
prices. He can be contacted at info@algae-book.com: http://70CentsaGallon.com
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