3 questions for Eric Bowen, Tellurian Biodiesel

SFGate.com - San Francisco Chronicle
David R. Baker
Sunday, February 8, 2009

Title: President and CEO
Company: Tellurian Biodiesel, San Francisco

Q: Most of the attention on biofuels lately has focused on ethanol, specifically cellulosic ethanol made from grass or crop stubble or wood chips. What advantages does biodiesel, which can run in ordinary diesel engines, have over that?

A: The reason there's so much ink written on ethanol is if you look at the ethanol business, specifically the corn ethanol industry, it's 10 times larger than the biodiesel industry. Generally speaking, we're a newer, younger industry.

We're moving away from soybean biodiesel, which is analogous to corn ethanol, and moving into waste biodiesel, which is analogous to cellulosic. We're taking things like grease and turning it into fuel. I would argue that biodiesel today, especially waste biodiesel, is a great fuel for the environment, and it deserves more ink.

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