Better soybeans and soy production methods are making biodiesel far more energy efficient. That's what one biodiesel trade group is saying after the University of Idaho and the U.S. Agriculture Department published a report examining the efficiency of biodiesel production . For every energy unit in fossil fuel it takes to produce biodiesel, more than four units are contained in the fuel, the National Biodiesel Board said this week , citing the report. The board is promoting the biodiesel energy improvements study in hopes of influencing the Environmental Protection Agency as it prepares rules to implement the expanded federal renewable fuels standard. The carbon impact of each fuel
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Biodiesel Energy Efficiency Has Risen With Improved Soy Varieties, Group Says
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