• silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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    You can, but that will only substitute for a fairly small fraction of US transport needs

    To put this in context, california has a similar biofuels content requirement, which uses about 40% of soybean oil in the US, while displacing a few percent of the state’s diesel use

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      Added a /s.

      Honestly it’s wasteful to grow crops for fuel because of all the water needed to grow it.