PPO
Pure Plant Oil is produced by crushing and filtering oil-based crops such as rapeseed, palm or nuts to be used in diesel engines. In fact, the inventor Rudolf Diesel used peanut oil for his first engine over 100 years ago. It is currently used all over continental Europe, but still rare in the UK.
When it is responsibly sourced and efficiently manufactured, the environmental impact from ‘well to wheel’ is lower than other forms of biodiesel and especially fossil-based diesel. Tailpipe emissions are similar but less damaging to health and smell more pleasant.
Submitted by MikeWhelan on 1 July, 2006 - 17:22
Mike spent much of his early youth in Africa - often helping his father make cars & motorcycles go quickly round a track - and dreamed of one day becoming a car designer. Now living in London, he prefers the speed of the bicycle through the city streets. He has a degree in Ecological Design from Goldsmiths University and has implemented environmental management strategies for the likes of the National Consumer Council. Mike believes that together we can design, encourage and support a better way of getting from A to Z.
