Biodiesel fans warmed by DOE study
Biodiesel advocates are cheering the release of a U.S. Department of Energy lifecycle analysis of biodiesel fuel which shows that it has “the highest energy balance of any fuel.” The study states that biodiesel’s energy ratio of 3.2-to-1 is much higher than the 0.83-to-1 ratio for petroleum diesel fuel. This shows that biodiesel “provides an immediate opportunity to conserve energy because every gallon