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For the pastthirtyyears,oil priceshave neverbeen cientlyas normadl ieselfuela, nddo nothaveto be ad-

solelythe resultof normalmarkotmochanismsbut jusledin anyway. Fuathermorteh,e environmentally

insteaddependenton a myriad oi delermining friendlyadvantagesof biodiesefluel over dieselfuel

factors.Countiesin the MiddleEast,the mainexpor- aptlysuggeswt hymanycountriesin Europearecrea-

tersoi orl,controlledtheirenergyresourceasndmani- ting tax inconiivesfor biodieseluel usage. France

pulatedoil prices by increasingoil prices,limiting mixesbiodieseiluol withher dieselfuel suooliesal 5

oil supplyand limitingoil productiono, itentimesas percentw, hile some stalesin the UnitedStaies are

politicalleverageto servetheirpoliticailnterests. beginningto use this and similarmixluroslor school

Thailandherselfhas very small enorgyre- buses.Currenlly,lheraere85 {actoriesin 21 countries

serves.Considerintghatcurrentlevelsof dailyonergy aroundthe world thal producebiodieselfuel. The

consumptionwill persistif not increaset,hat roughly PetroleumAuthorityoi Thailanddistributesbiodiesel

90%ol domesticoil consumptioinn Thailanddepends tuelat onlyI pumpsin Bangkok-

on foreignoil,andthatThailand'sownenergyreserves But besidesbiodieseiluel,thereare certainly

accommodatoenly2oloof entiredomeslicenergycon- other avenuesfor Thailandto explorefor allernate

sumplion,we shoulddo mor€ lo actvely seek out energysourcesF.oron€,thelocallygrown"blacksoap"

alternalesourcosof energyto lessenourdependence lrees,largelyignoredin ihe past,providean energy

on dangerouslyunprediclableand highlyvolatileoil sourcethat is easilygrownand can be usedup until

prices-.. v6rycold,unusuatlemperaturefsor lhailand. There

Biodieseils the tem used tor raw fuel pro- are manymoreattractiveoptionsout there,all requi

duced by the transesterificatioonl vegetableoils, ring lurtherexploralionL.et's hopo.weappreciate

animaltatsandseaweedoils.Theproducht ascharac, our experiencewith the oil crisesof lhe pasl, lest

teristicsmost similarto dieselfuel and can be the curent volatilesitualionin the MiddleEast re-

used as its subsiituteor mixodin with dieselas a mindsus againof lhe needto activelyseekout aller-

supplement.Dieselcars use biodiesefluel as effi- natesourcesof enorgy-

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