No Brainer of the Day: Making biodiesel at home is dangerous
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a></p><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090524_Homemade_fuel_br ings_fire_warning.html">< img vspace="4" hspace="4" border=" " align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/05/2128816884_9ae8d094fc.jpg " /></a>While fuel prices are nothing like they were last summer (but <a href="http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/2009/05/23/9544691-sun.html">they are climbing</a>), there are still plenty of reasons to want to make your own biodiesel. Homebrew biodieselers are, on the whole, a careful bunch and there are <a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/11/08/teaching-biodiesel-girl-mark-is-here-to-help/">plenty of classes available</a> to make sure your mixing of vegetable fat, lye and methanol goes smoothly. <br /><br />Not everyone does it right every time, though, and <em><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090524_Homemade_fuel_br ings_fire_warning.html">T he </a><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090524_Homemade_fuel_br ings_fire_warning.html">A ssociated Press</a> </em>has found a few incidents of biodiesel makers setting garages and backyards on fire in at least five states (Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Oregon). These fires have not caused any deaths - yet - but at least one home was destroyed - and rebuilding must cost way more, environmentally and financially, than was saved by going bio.<br /> <br />There are few laws against making biodiesel at home, but more might be coming. In Phoenix, Arizona, for example, you need to be on a property that is at least one acre so you're not endangering a lot of neighbors. Just a reminder to be careful out there.<br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090524_Homemade_fuel_br ings_fire_warning.html">T he Associated Press</a><em><strong> |</strong></em> Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritual_marketplace/2128816884/">Eddi 07</a> (CC 2.0)]<small /><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/29/no-brainer-of-the-day-making-biodiesel-at-home-is-dangerous/">No Brainer of the Day: Making biodiesel at home is dangerous </a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 29 May 2009 07:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090524_Homemade_fuel_br ings_fire_warning.html>Re ad</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/29/no-brainer-of-the-day-making-biodiesel-at-home-is-dangerous/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1555612/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/29/no-brainer-of-the-day-making-biodiesel-at-home-is-dangerous/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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