From the National Biodiesel Board

WASHINGTON, D.C.– President Bush yesterday at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) called biodiesel the most promising renewable fuel for helping to meet renewable fuels standards. Today, the WIREC conference wraps up its four-day sessions that began Monday, March 3. Here are a few of the ways biodiesel was highlighted.

“The legislation requires fuel producers to supply at least 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel in the year 2022,” said Pres. Bush. “In other words, these just aren’t goals, these are mandatory requirements. I’m confident the United States can meet those goals, and I know we must, for the sake of economic security, national security, and for the sake of being good stewards of the environment. Biodiesel is the most promising of these fuels. Biodiesel refineries can produce fuel from soybeans, and vegetable oils, and recycled cooking grease, from waste materials. All you out there with waste, you may be in business before you know it as this new technology kicks in. Most Americans — or, more Americans — are beginning to realize the benefits of biodiesel every year.