Thread: Biofuel from used tyres. Our fuel problem answer?

That is simple to do. It is just not economical. If you want oil independence then extract the oil from your oil shale.

I'm not sure that this can be called bio-diesel as it is actually as much as 60% synthetic rubber from crude oil not 100% natural rubber from a tree. Better than nothing I suppose and old tyres are a big problem.

Bridgestone gave a talk at work not long ago about tyres as they are a big problem at work he was saying that a normal car tyre has about 8liters of oil in it so to get 2 litres from a car tyre is a start I suppose don't know if I would use it in my car but would be ok for heavy industrial use.

Well, Scania have come on board, and a V8 will be run for the next 12 months on the bio fuel, as a test bed. They say they can potentially produce between 10 to 20 million gallons per year when in full production, and the process they use makes a product exactly like commercial diesel .I say give it a go. If nothing else, it could be useful in a time of War.

We don't have a fuel problem, We have an emissions problem .

Diesel from waste plastic / old tyres even clean Biodiesel all have the same emissions & particulate issues .

True, and in the years to come, hopefully that problem will be solved. But until then, the trucks must be kept running. And, God forbid, if we were to find ourselves at war, and our trade routes blockaded by submarines , seeing as how we have at the moment only 18days of diesel reserves, I think it a good idea to have a viable alternative. Also I think no one will be worried about emissions in that situation.

I'd run it in all my vehicles and not even think about pretending to be concerned about it.

I wonder if the Gladstone refinery realises there will be 40c/litre tax to pay? Which is why I believe Freedom Fuels packed up their bio-diesel plant and moved it to Indonesia IIRC.