Getting Green Off The Grid

If you’re making your own biodiesel, be careful! Common sense isn’t always so common.

JAMA — Brief Report: Hazardous Materials Release Resulting From Home Production of Biodiesel–Colorado, May 2006, April 4, 2007, 297 (13): 1428

On May 7, 2006, a hazardous materials (HazMat) release occurred in a residential area of Colorado when a homeowner who was processing a tank of homemade biodiesel fuel forgot to turn off the tank’s heating element and left for the weekend. The heating element overheated and caused a fire that burned the surrounding shed and equipment.

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