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World Biofuels
Symposium
November 13-15, 2005
Beijing, China
2nd Annual Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit
December 13-15, 2005
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by:
Candadian Renewable Fuels
Association
National Biodiesel
Conference & Expo 2006
February 5-8, 2006
San Diego, California
Organizer:
National Biodiesel Board
11th Annual
National Ethanol Conference: "Policy & Marketing"
February 20-22, 2006
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Sponsored by:
Renewable Fuels Association
22nd
Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo
June 20-23, 2006
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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March 2, 2001Inventor Finds Use for Soybean Oil  Harold Benich shows off his 100-miles-per-gallon soybean oil burning diesel engined Harley-Davidson motorcycle in front of his garage in Albion, Pa.
It may sound greasy, but then again, it will take him 200 miles on his modified Harley-Davidson Fat Boy.
From mail-order parts and an old diesel engine, Benich has assembled what is believed to be the nation's first motorcycle that runs entirely on soybean oil, according to the National Biodiesel Board in Jefferson City, Mo.
Benich's bike already gets 100 miles per gallon, roars like a jackhammer and smells like a fresh batch of McDonald's fries.
He fashioned his bike over two years for $15,000 from Harley parts and an engine that was rescued from a construction site.
``You ride a regular Fat Boy, you're just like everybody else. You ride this, and people stop you in the street,'' he said.
Wis. Students Creating Biodiesel
Three Wisconsin high school students are helping clean up the environment with a project that might make drivers feel a sudden craving for fast food.
They are converting restaurant grease left over from cooking french fries and other fried foods into biodiesel - a cleaner-burning fuel mixture that can be used in regular diesel engines.
Michael Lindsley, 16, Leah Erickson, 17, and Brittanie Curtis, 17, mix restaurant grease with ethanol to produce the mixture, which a florist has been using to run his trucks for about two weeks. The florist mixes the biodiesel with regular diesel.
``Those kids are definitely on the right track,'' said Jenna Higgins, communications director for the National Biodiesel Board, a nonprofit industry group based in Jefferson City, Mo. ``This country needs to be looking at alternative fuel sources.''
The students get a cleaned vegetable oil mixture from Anamax Corp., a rendering company that processes grease from about 15,000 Midwest restaurants, Kraft said. They use motors to churn the mixture in an 80-gallon tub for about 45 minutes.
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