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Biodiesel is made from vegetable oil or animal fat (triglycerides) reacted with methanol or ethanol and a catalyst (lye), yielding biodiesel (fatty acid methyl or ethyl esters) and glycerin as a by-product.

It can be used in any diesel engine without modifications — diesel engines run better and last longer with biodiesel. And it can easily be made from a common waste product: used cooking oil.

Biodiesel is a much cleaner fuel than conventional fossil-fuel petroleum diesel ("dinodiesel").

• Biodiesel burns up to 75% cleaner than petroleum diesel fuel.
• Biodiesel reduces unburned hydrocarbons (93% less), carbon monoxide (50% less) and particulate matter (30% less) in exhaust fumes, as well as cancer-causing PAH (80% less) and nitrited PAH compounds (90% less). (US Environmental Protection Agency)
• Sulphur dioxide emissions are eliminated (biodiesel contains no sulphur).
• Biodiesel is plant-based and using it adds no extra CO2 greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.
• The ozone-forming (smog) potential of biodiesel emissions is nearly 50% less than petro-diesel emissions.
• Nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions may increase or decrease with biodiesel but can be reduced to well below petro-diesel fuel levels.
• Biodiesel exhaust is not offensive and doesn't cause eye irritation (it smells like French fries!).
• Biodiesel is environmentally friendly: it is renewable, and "more biodegradable than sugar and less toxic than table salt" (US National Biodiesel Board, based on US Environmental Protection Agency studies).
• Biodiesel is a much better lubricant than petro-diesel and extends engine life - even a small amount of biodiesel means cleaner emissions and better engine lubrication: 1% biodiesel added to petro-diesel will increase lubricity by 65%.
• Biodiesel can be mixed with petro-diesel in any proportion, with no need for a mixing additive.
• Biodiesel has a higher cetane number than petroleum diesel because of its oxygen content. The higher the cetane number, the more efficient the fuel -- the engine starts more easily, runs better and burns cleaner.
• With slight variations depending on the vehicle, performance and fuel economy with biodiesel is the same as with petro-diesel.
• Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine without modification.