Are Biofuels a new thing?

Although the use of cooking oils as a source of energy and fuel is still not as wide as it should be, the idea behind using vegetable oils for fuel has been around for over a hundred years. In 1900 at the World Fair (currently known as Expo) Rudolf Diesel showed an engine that was designed to run on mineral oil, but was demonstrated running on peanut oil.

In an 1912 presentation to the British School of Mechanical Engineers, Diesel commented:

"The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today but such oils may become, in the course of time, as important as petroleum and the coal-tar products of the present time."

Research into the use of vegetable oils as an alternative fuel have constantly been spurred on by shortages of mineral based oils over the years and have enjoyed large amounts of research funding during the peak of interest in the 1980s.

Living Fuels have developed our own biofuel called LF100. It is a pure vegetable oil fuel - without added chemicals - to be used specifically for production of energy. We believe that creating energy using waste cooking oil that is refined into LF100 has a positive effect on our environment as it contributes to producing carbon neutral, renewable energy.

Source: Wikipedia