Biodiesel believe it or not has been around for over hundred years it was in fact invented in 1900 by Rudolph Diesel. Shortly before his sudden and mysterious death Rudolph Diesel created the very first type of biodiesel using peanut oil. Although he is generally credited with the gas derivative diesel his biodiesel legacy lives on. Homemade biodiesel is a very real process which is being followed by farmers and motorists alike desperate to cut down on their running costs and at the same time cut down on pollution, whilst using natural resources to turn into fuel.

Homemade biodiesel requires a lot of research into equipment and ingredients before you start. This research should be carried out fully before any attempt at homemade biodiesel is started. You must find out how to make it properly from the start, biodiesel that is made incorrectly can seriously damage any vehicle that it is used in. A little care and thorough planning at the research stage will avoid a lot of potentially expensive problems later on.

Once you have completed your research thoroughly and you are sure of your method and resourced all the equipment that you will need and you have your biodiesel recipe. You should be ready to produce your own low cost low emission fuel on tap without too many problems. Or so you would think, but unfortunately it is not quite that simple. Enter the tax man, yep the dreaded tax man cometh local and state governments have become involved in the home biodiesel industry claiming that homeowners and farmers start paying taxes on the fuel they use just like you had bought it from the gas station.

Understandably this is creating a lot of animosity particularly amongst farmers who believe they have a right to reuse farm waste in any manner they should so wish. Ether it is to power farm vehicles on their farmland or power vehicles on highways. They have grown the products that create the waste in the first place and face a possible tax penalty for creating a low cost environmentally friendly fuel source. The majority of farmers only have the resources to produce enough biodiesel for their own needs let alone sell any for profit so any tax penalty would appear to be very harsh treatment for most farmers.

If this tax penalty is realized by the farmers, the homemade biodiesel producer would eventually come under the scrutiny of the IRS. Although the making of homemade biodiesel has its numerous advantages there are some disadvantages some which are bubbling under the surface and are yet to be resolved. Hopefully these issues will be resolved and more people and farmers will turn to creating their own lower cost low emission biodiesel fuel without the hassles of bureaucracy. This will be a small step in helping America rid itself of its dependancy on fossil fuels and the baggage that goes with it.