Re: NIR Helps Turn Vegetable Oil into High-Quality Biofuel

Ken Isbell (ken.isbell@ns.sympatico.ca)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:16:04 -0300

Argall Family wrote:
>
> Where canola oil is added to diesel fuel in Europe [at 30%], some vehicle
> manufacturers approve, others advise that their existing fuel systems will
> be corroded by vegetable oils, and parts would need replacing to use the new
> fuel..
>
> Interesting that vehicle manufacturers warn vehicle users of the tendency of
> vegetable oils to rancidify, but general medical opinion is that they are a
> good thing in humans. Rancidification occurs at room temperature, more so at
> body temperature, where they inhibit respiration and promote lipid
> peroxidation. Perhaps when there is a bigger market for such oils in
> machines, there will be less marketing of them to people.
>
> Dennis

Gee Dennis,

I thought use of vegetative oils in IC engines was a good thing.
Am I missing something? As well, it is only fair to the guy who hand
bred the rapeseed (no bio-engineering here, just stoop labour), to
differentiate between rapeseed oil which is industrial stuff, and canola
oil, which was specifically bred to be wholesome for us homer saps. In
the provinces in Canada where canola its grown, it is illegal to grow
rape seed for fear of cross-pollination and contamination. It's unfair
and malicious to lump the two together, and I'm not sure what the agenda
is here. Care to explain it?

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