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What is Rapeseed Oil?

Rapeseed oil is oil that is extracted from the seeds of the rapeseed plant and is one of the primary vegetable oils used in production of B100 Biodiesel.  It should be noted that rapeseed oil, in its pure form, is toxic and can be lethal if ingested due to its containing erucic oil. 

Canola oil, which is very safe for human consumption, was developed from the rapeseed plant.  "Invented" in Canada, the "can" in canola, refers to Canada, the country of origin. 

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What is Rapeseed?

The rapeseed plant is in the rapeseed family of plants - the technical Latin name for rapeseed is Brassica napus Linnaeus. 

The Brassicacea family of plants includes mustard and cabbage. The rapeseed plant is normally harvested for its seeds, which have a high oil content and provide a good source of protein for livestock.  Rapeseed is grown throughout the world, including China, Canada, the U.S. and India. 

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Rapeseed oil is toxic to humans because it contains a high amount of erucic acid. 

Large amounts of erucic acid was found to produce fatty deposits in the heart muscles of test animals, and it may also have the same effect on humans. 

Canada's canola oil from the canola plant has very low amounts of erucic acid and canola oil is harmless to humans. 

Before it was a safe oil for food, rapeseed oil was used as a lubricating oil, for lamp oil.  Rapeseed oil was also used in plastics manufacturing and soap making. 

The "edible" form of rapeseed oil can now be found as a common cooking oil in foods. 

It was in 1979 when the Western Canadian Oilseed Crushers Association first started calling the "edible" rapeseed oil "canola oil" in order to distinguish it from the pure form of rapeseed oil. 

Now, rapeseed oil is a preferred vegetable oil for the production of B100 Biodiesel fuel in Europe. 

When rapeseed oil is extracted from the rapeseed, the remaining organic material or byproduct is used to make a high-protein animal feed for cattle, hogs and poultry. 

Health

Rapeseed oil and canola oil is a great source of healthy fats.  When unsaturated fats like those from plant sources are used as an alternative to animal fats, this helps your heart health as rapeseed oil and canola oil contains omega-3 fatty acid and omega-6 fatty acid, which are essential for good health. Rapeseed oil also contains high amounts of alpha-linolenic acid. 

Market

Demand for rapeseed oil is growing because of the increased demand for it as a preferred feedstock in the production of B100 Biodiesel.

What is Crude Rapeseed Oil?

Crude Rapeseed Oil is the name of the oil after it is first extracted from the seeds of the rapeseed plant.

Crude Rapeseed Oil is one of the primary vegetable oils used in production of B100 Biodiesel. It should be noted that rapeseed oil, in its pure form, is toxic and can be lethal if ingested due to its containing erucic oil.

Canola oil, which is very safe for human consumption, was developed from the rapeseed plant. "Invented" in Canada, the "can" in canola, refers to Canada, the country of origin.

What is Refined Rapeseed Oil?

Refined Rapeseed Oil is the product after Crude Rapeseed Oil has been "refined," removing the contaminants and impurities, and been through the RBD process or has been Refined, Bleached and Deodorized.  

Refined Rapeseed Oil is used in everyday cooking as a cooking oil and frying oil of choice, as well as in; beauty, cosmetics (soaps and shampoos), foods/food processing, healthcare, nutraceuticals, industrial oils and the pharmaceutical industry.

What is Rapeseed Biodiesel?

Rapeseed, and the rapeseed plant, with several varieties that are used to make mustard and others to make canola oil, is the preferred biodiesel feedstock in Europe. 

Depending on the variety, rapeseed oil contains about 40 to 50 percent of its weight in rapeseed is oil, as compared with only 20 percent for soybeans. It can be planted and harvested with the same equipment used for small grains. In addition, rapeseed oil offers certain advantages in the production of biodiesel.

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What is Cottonseed Oil?

Cottonseed oil is the oil that is produced from cottonseed.  

Cottonseed oil was the vegetable oil of choice until the mid 1940's.

Annual production of cottonseed oil is now more than 1 billion pound/year.  

Cottonseed oil is 3rd in annual production of all vegetable oils produced in the U.S. - coming in behind soybean oil and corn oil.

Cottonseed oil represents almost 7% of the total domestic vegetable oil supply in the U.S. 

Cottonseed oil has numerous applications in cooking and the food industry, cottonseed oil is used in:

• As a salad dressing or oil in making salad dressings

• Mayonnaise, sauces, and marinades. 

• As a vegetable oil, it is used for deep- frying in both restaurants and homes. 

Cottonseed oil is one of the most versatile vegetable oils - and does not require hydrogenation, which is used by restaurants and the food processing industry for healthy, "trans-free" food. 

According to American Heart Association, unsaturated vegetable oils like cottonseed oil are “heart healthy” when used in moderation.

Cottonseed oil has a 2:1 ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fatty acids. Its fatty acid profile generally consists of:

• Approximately 70% unsaturated fatty acids

• 18% monounsaturated (oleic acid)

• 52% polyunsaturated (linoleic, an essential fatty acid)

• Approximately 26% saturated fatty acids (primarily palmitic and some stearic).

Cottonseed oil is a good source of the essential fatty acids. 

Cottonseed oil has high levels of tocopherols (Vitamin E) which is a natural antioxidant.

Cottonseed oil is cholesterol free.

Cottonseed oil more recently is being used as a feedstock in the production of B100 Biodiesel. 

American grown cotton and Biodiesel produced from cottonseed oil reduces America's dependence on foreign oil and also reduces global carbon emissions and greenhouse gas emissions.

What is Jatropha Oil?

Jatropha oil is a vegetable oil that is extracted from jatropha seeds of the jatropha curcas plant. Jatropha oil is one of the most discussed vegetable oils that could be used as a feedstock for producing B100 Biodiesel.

After jatropha seeds have been harvested from the jatropha curcas plant, they are crushed so that the jatropha oil can then be processed and refined before being used as a feedstock for B100 Biodiesel production. 

As the primary (and oftentimes, only) useable product from growing jatropha is the jatropha oil, a significant determination in the economic analysis that a jatropha farmer must make - when analyzing which oilseed crop(s) to grow - is how much jatropha oil can be produced from an acre of land?  Jatropha seeds contain about 40% vegetable oil - recent studies indicate that growing jatropha may yield four times more vegetable oil per acre as opposed to growing soybeans for its vegetable oil with estimate of jatropha oil production of about 200 gallons/acre.

What is Jojoba Oil?

Jojoba oil is the oil that is produced from the jojoba nut, which grows on the jojoba plant or shrub. 

Jojoba oil has many uses, including as application as a fungicide, a moisturizer, a booster of human sebum, and as a primary ingredient in a number of products in the cosmetics and healthcare industry.

The Jojoba plant is native to the deserts of the Southwestern United States. It can grow up to 6 feet in height.  The jojoba fruit contains a hard dark brown seed or nut which is what the jojoba oil is produced from. Jojoba oil is gaining in popularity for use as a feedstock in producing B100 Biodiesel as well.

Most vegetable oils are triglycerides, and act fairly similarly to one another. Jojoba oil, however, is a very long straight-chain wax ester, making it more like whale oil or human sebum.

What is Refined Canola Oil?

Before (refined) canola oil is bought by consumers at grocery stores, it is in it's "crude canola oil" state which has a number of impurities that must be removed before being edible.

As with all crude vegetable oil, crude palm oil has non-glyceride components including trace metals, kernel shell pieces and oxidation products. The refining and purification process of crude palm oil removes these impurities after which time it is referred to as "refined canola oil" and ready for sale.

What is Refined Coconut Oil?

Refined Coconut Oil is the product after Crude Coconut Oil has been "refined," removing the contaminants and impurities, and been through the RBD process or has been Refined, Bleached and Deodorized.

Refined Coconut Oil is used in everyday cooking as cooking oil, beauty and cosmetics (soaps and shampoos), foods/food processing, healthcare and nutraceuticals, industrial oils and pharmaceutical industry.

What is Refined Olive Oil?

Refined Olive Oil is the product after Crude Olive Oil has been "refined," removing the contaminants and impurities, and been through the RBD process or has been Refined, Bleached and Deodorized.

Refined Olive Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil, is used in everyday cooking as cooking oil, beauty and cosmetics (soaps and shampoos), foods/food processing, healthcare and nutraceuticals, industrial oils and pharmaceutical industry.

What is Refined Palm Oil?

Before (refined) palm oil is bought by consumers at grocery stores, it is in it's "crude palm oil" (CPO) state which has a number of impurities that must be removed before being edible.

As with all crude vegetable oil, crude palm oil has non-glyceride components including trace metals, kernel shell pieces and oxidation products. The refining and purification process of crude palm oil removes these impurities after which time it is referred to as "refined palm oil" and ready for sale.

What is Refined Rapeseed Oil?

Before (refined) rapeseed oil is bought by consumers at grocery stores, it is in it's "crude rapeseed oil" state which has a number of impurities that must be removed before being edible.

As with all crude vegetable oil, crude rapeseed oil has non-glyceride components including trace metals, kernel shell pieces and oxidation products. The refining and purification process of crude palm oil removes these impurities after which time it is referred to as "refined rapeseed oil" and ready for sale.

What is Safflower Oil?

Safflower oil is a colorless oil that is produced by expressing the oil from the seeds of the safflower plant.  Safflower oil is polyunsaturated and therefore beneficial in lessening the threat of human arteriosclerosis. In fact, safflower oil contains more polyunsaturates than any other vegetable oil and is one of the most preferred vegetable oils for cooking. As a crop, the safflower is an annual crop, growing to less than one meter in height, and it can be mechanically harvested. As a preferred cooking oil, safflower oil has a high smoke point - which makes it ideal for frying foods like chicken, fish and french fries.  Safflower oil is also a favorite for use in salad dressings because it doesn't turn solid when refrigerated.

What is Soybean Oil?

Soybean Oil is the vegetable oil that is produced from crushing and processing soybeans. Companies like ours acquire "Crude Vegetable Oil" as a feedstock used in the "transesterification" or "biodiesel" process, which produces B100 Biodiesel, as a "green" alternative to "dirty diesel." 

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How we make and distribute electricity is changing! 

The electric power generation, transmission and distribution system (the electric "grid") is changing and evolving from the electric grid of the 19th and 20th centuries, which was inefficient, highly-polluting, very expensive and “dumb.”  

The "old" way of generating and distributing energy resembles this slide:

According to Monty Goodell, Founder and Chairman of the Renewable Energy Institute, "our increased dependence and reliance on foreign energy supplies represents a Clear and Present Danger to our national security, our economy, and the lives and livelihood of every American. Energy - including the energy we use from imported fossil fuels, is the very "lifeblood" of the American economy as it is for every industrialized country.  An economy dies without it's lifeblood of energy. This Clear and Present Danger we face is far more serious than the problems related to greenhouse gas emissions.  And while greenhouse gas emissions are very serious issue, in the long-term, pales in comparison to America's vital national security interests and America's economic stability in the short term.  For this reason alone, America needs to transition away from its addiction to foreign energy supplies. And America's abundant renewable energy resources such as the energy we receive from the sun, and renewable energy technologies such as concentrated solar power (CSP) plants - can supply 100% of America's power requirements with a concentrating solar power plant measuring 75 miles by 75 miles, located in the Southwest U.S.  By generating America's power from concentrating solar power plants, America resolves its' short-term Clear and Present Danger as it relates to importing its energy from foreign countries, and the long-term problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions."

Continuing, Mr. Goodell states that "too many Americans have forgotten what happened to us in 1973, when the Arabs and OPEC brought the United States economy to a screeching halt during the OPEC Oil Embargo.  This happened because they (mainly the country of Saudi Arabia) disagreed with our foreign policy and is the reason why they "turned off the tap" of our need for their oil supplies. When Saudi Arabia and OPEC stopped the vital flow of oil to our country in 1973, they caused an "oil shock" that severely and negatively impacted our economy. 

Mr. Goodell's question for us to ponder is, "do these countries who sell us 60% of our daily energy requirements, like us and our foreign policy, or might they leverage our addiction to their fossil fuels, and turn off the tap to make us adjust or revise our foreign policy??  Like any addict, America's foreign policy may be held hostage to its addiction, and in this case, our addiction to foreign oil, may over-ride our national interests."

Have American's forgotten the gas shortages and long lines at 
their gas stations to get gas during the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973? 

"Apparently so."  Mr. Goodell states that "in 1973, America was 'addicted' and 'over the barrel' of foreign oil to the amount of 40%.  Forty percent of our energy 'needs' in 1973 came from countries - many of which didn't like us then, and I'm afraid, many of them still don't.  The difference between 1973 and today - is that today we receive 50% MORE foreign oil now than we did in 1973.  And now we know about the problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions that we didn't know then.  America needs to change course, and change course now, in terms of its' energy supplies and how we keep America's economy strong, without the threat of being held hostage to a middle-east tyrant or regime, that could once again, turn on us, and turn off our supply of foreign oil." 

Remember ????

" Sadly," Monty Goodell continues, " most Americans have forgotten the long lines of people waiting in their cars - lined up and waiting for gasoline at their nearby gas station, with lines that were many blocks long.  And, after waiting 4-5 hours, many even waiting overnight in many places, to finally take their turn to fill up their car with gasoline, only to find that the gas station had run out of gas." 

"Let me Repeat.... That was 1973 when we imported 40% of our daily energy requirements in the form of crude oil from overseas, and from foreign countries - and many of these from countries that don't like us.

Today, over 35 years later, America has yet to learn the lesson.  We cannot continue our reliance on energy from foreign countries that supply us with 60% of the crude oil that our refineries use as a feedstock for producing gasoline and diesel fuel for our cars and trucks comes from overseas. 

America is "over the barrel" and it's not our barrel, but the barrels of oil that we are addicted by and owned by other countries.  Why have we not learned the lessons we needed to learn in 1973 when we were cut-off from the vital energy supplies we need? 

Countries like China, are growing rapidly, and have an insatiable need for crude oil. China, with their booming economy, is increasingly growing in its clout and control over international supplies of crude oil - whether they do this through their ability to buy as much oil as they need on a daily basis, or whether they simply but American drilling rigs, technology, and explore and produce oil and gas from their own fields. China, is buying large amounts of oil for their country, and causing upward pricing on declining supplies. What happens if Russia, with all of their oil and natural gas, along with China and Venezuela, with or without the help of OPEC, decided to NOT sell oil to us????

To be sure, greenhouse gas emissions are a problem, and to some, greenhouse gas emissions are also a Clear and Present Danger, but not to the extent that it presents an imminent Clear and Present Danger. 

America's reliance for 60% of our energy "needs" coming from foreign suppliers is un-acceptable.

The "driver" to get America to begin reducing and eliminating fossil fuel use should be our nation's national security and the welfare and safety of its citizens. And this can all begin with developing and investing in our own renewable energy resources and renewable energy technologies, let's start by putting solar on every rooftop that has a clear and unobstructed view of the Southern sky. See www.RooftopPV.com  or  www.DistributedPV.com  for more information.  Let's create incentives begin with adopting a national "Feed In Tariff" as Germany did in 1990. 

America, we simply do NOT have the luxury of time on our hands.  We need to end our dependence and reliance on foreign fossil fuels, especially from countries that don't like us! We need to rapidly begin expanding renewable energy resources and renewable energy technologies from our vast and abundant renewable energy resources, such as; solar, solar energy systems, solar cogeneration, solar trigeneration, "solar on every roof," waste to energy, waste to fuel, biomass gasification, B100 Biodiesel, Biomethane, Synthesis Gas, geothermal, E100 Ethanol (from sugar cane and NOT from corn), and wind, where it makes economic sense."   

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