Free Biodiesel Fuel Seminar Set for Aug. 12 at RCC

ASHEBORO (August 1, 2008)

With gasoline prices so high, everyone is looking for a way to save money. How about producing your own biodiesel fuel with a relatively small investment and using it to run your car or to sell?

Randolph Community College's Small Business Center is offering a free seminar, titled "Biodiesel 101 – What Is It and How Do You Make It?," from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12 at RCC's Asheboro Campus.

Biodiesel is a clean-burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources, like used cooking oil. Biodiesel contains no petroleum but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a biodiesel blend. It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications. Biodiesel is simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulfur and aromatics. It is being produced on a larger scale at Piedmont Biofuels in Chatham County, and there are already a handful of public pumps throughout the nation.

On Aug. 12, biodiesel expert Andrew McMahan, biofuels coordinator for Central Carolina Community College, in conjunction with the North Carolina Community College BioBusiness Center, will teach the seminar at Randolph Community College.

There is no charge for this seminar, but seating is limited. Call Sharon Warren to register at 336-633-0275.