KU Biodiesel Initiative

KU Biodiesel Website

The KU Biodiesel Initiative is a grassroots, student-run operation to produce biodiesel from used cooking oil generated on campus. It is our goal to meet the requirements of all KU's buses, landscaping and maintenance equipment, and power generators on campus with this renewable fuel.

With the Alternative Energy Society student group, we work to promote knowledge of sustainability and alternative fuel sources such as biodiesel to the student body and community

Questions:

Is there any way to make this product available to the public? So that the public can also use alternative fuel sources?

Is it more costly to use biodiesel rather than regular fuel? Is it more time consuming?

Observations:

Biodiesel improves air quality; it's renewable and it's creating green-collar jobs in our communities. The NBB is committed to keeping biodiesel on the cutting-edge of sustainability.

Biodiesel uses only the oil in the soybean and leaves the protein for livestock and human consumption.

The comprehensive body of biodiesel data serves to demonstrate the significant benefits of biodiesel to the environment and to public health. This will lead to increased consumer confidence and increased use of biodiesel. Since the majority of biodiesel is made from soybean oil, a promising new market is materializing for soybeans.

Ideas:

Clean. Homegrown. Renewable.