Make your own biodiesel

More than 800 people across the state have learned to make their biodiesel from used vegetable oil at LSU AgCenter workshops in 2008 and 2009. Extension environmental educator Bill Carney has taught these workshops to farmers, owners of small businesses and individuals who want to save money and help the environment. Carney teaches participants what kind of equipment to buy and the chemistry of creating their own biodiesel. LSU supplies Carney with used vegetable oil from its student cafeterias, which he uses to make biodiesel at the LSU AgCenter’s W.A. Callegari Environmental Center. He creates 50 to 100 gallons per week to help fuel the diesel vehicles at the AgCenter and at LSU.