Biofuel and Biodiesel: what’s the difference?

We hear the terms Biofuel and Biodiesel a lot these days but what is the difference between the two?

Biofuel is any fuel from an unmodified pure vegetable oil. This type of fuel is not widely used for transport as it can corrode parts of modern day engines, that’s why iIt is usually mixed with mineral based fuels to improve combustion and stop corrosion of engine components.

Biodiesel is an unmodified pure vegetable oil that is then mixed with mineral based Diesel, lye or caustic soda. This process of creating biodiesel, called transesterification, is not entirely sound for the environment as it involves using chemicals that, in our opinion, are unnecessary for creating a fuel to generate energy.

Here at Living Fuels we produce a patented biofuel called LF100, which is a naturally refined waste cooking oil without any mineral or chemical supplements which are added to biodiesel to make it burn better. That’s why the energy we generate from our biofuel is a carbon neutral fuel, which makes LF100 much more environmentally friendly in comparison to other biofuels on the market today.