I first heard of Biodesel several years ago while watching Mike Rowe on "Dirty Jobs." This is a really good clip that I highly recommend. It is split into 2 parts.
Here is the process explained by steps.
Biodesel is an alternative fuel source but I don't see it ever becoming as powerful (in terms of popularity) as oil. This is unfortunate as it gets the job done.
My idyllic fuel source would be waste/trash/garbage. If you have seen Back to the Future, think to the end of the first movie when the Doc Brown shows up from the years 2015 with his DeLorean which was retrofitted to turn Marty's trash into fuel for his nuclear powered car. In reality, the best scenario possible for the future of American fuels is to allow for a multitude of options. In my mind, biodesel would be on equal footing with ethanol, methane, hydrogen, oil, natural gas, and electric. (Of course, the creation of some of these fuel types, particularly that of electric, requires changes to the US's energy production system which are also unsustainable.)
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