Utilizing Bio-fuel Beyond Experimental Use

grumpyman writes "A C$14 million factory near Montreal started producing biodiesel fuel two weeks ago from the bones, innards and other parts of farm animals. At full capacity plant will produce 35 million liters (9.2 million U.S. gallons) of biodiesel a year, the greenhouse gas equivalent of removing 16,000 light trucks or 22,000 cars from the roads."

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Re:Automotive fuel

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Tractors and other farm machinery can run on biodiesel themselves, and fertilisers don't need to be petroleum based. Yes, one needs to be aware of those things in order to ensure that the whole process is indeed carbon neutral, but it's not hard to do, it may add a little to the cost.

The real question is, when you factor in all the costs associated with hydrogen - new infrastructure, new vehicles, renewable energy sources to manufacture the hydrogen (without which it is pointless), is there any way hydrogen can be cheaper than biodiesel?