He won’t listen. It is annoying watching him mime. Sad he doesn’t listen to people and thinks they can’t understand him. He thinks if new people start watching they won’t be frightened off but I think they will watch it and leave for the reason he is faking it. I just do not know why he just does not show himself if he keeps the different voice.
He has a community post that explains that he can't do the voice overs due to workload and fatigue. This also implies that it is his own voice in the original videos.
yea the cheese factor with the voice overs is nutz. Its like some c-list history channel documentary. This information is on wiki if we wanted it all plain bread, We come here for you.
@@ThunderChunky101 you are correct.He used to use his real voice. Before because it's easier to do it in a controlled environment like that, then relying on someone or something else
@@ThunderChunky101 - Not necessarily, it's entirely possible that he never figured out how to synch his audio and video properly when using a mic and camera setup that were completely different inputs. E.G. A dedicated Mic, and a separate dedicated camera. Point is, we do not know for certain, so we can only guess. Thus, since we can only guess, we really can't try to claim that guess is a fact, unless he either confirms it, or doesn't.
I've been doing research on biodiesel made with ethanol for a few years now. We recycle the glycerol byproduct back into the reaction as a glyceroxide catalyst. We react the waste cooking oil directly from the fryers on campus with 200 proof ethanol (not denatured). Ethyl esters are slightly better in energy density than methyl esters. I've been able to distill biodiesel made from soybean oil into 2 different fractions. One fraction is enriched with saturated esters and one that is purely ethyl oleate. Ethyl oleate melting point is -32C and can be used as a fuel in colder climates
@tripplefives1402 It isnt within my research to design or modify diesel engines, and using WVO as fuel doesn't produce any glycerol for my catalyst formulation, which can be applied to other chemistries. Much of what we do minimizes waste and improves the safety, sustainability, and efficiency of producing biodiesel/glycerol from triglycerides
As a method of using up used cooking oil, biodiesel makes good sense, but if you're going to raise rapeseed, or some other agricultural product, just to make biodiesel, it doesn't seem to be economically viable. Thanks very much for sharing your study with us, Great work!!
A few points to note. Biofuels are because they can be created and most of them can extend to crude based fuels we have making them last longer. That's the main factor in this as many vehicles do tend to sit around while running or they are doing highway driving so its more of an idle running so fuel consumption is not much of a problem vs needing work load. Ethanol added to gasoline can help improve carbon buildup in an engine as this has been tested out before. There is some corrosion but nothing like Methanol but compared to the carbon build up of pure gasoline without any added Ethanol, is fairly dramatic so it can help preserve the engines running especially for people that don't get the vehicle up in RPM to burn out the carbon deposits. Most of the corrosion from the Ethanol is because it just sits with it when they did the tests vs normal operation so the corrosion in that regard is almost negligible. The real problem is water absorbing into the fuel where corrosion can happen but that's only because of water getting into the system in the first place and there are ways to mitigate or remove it from being a problem. Again main factor is preserving the crude based fuel we already have making it last longer. Atleast until other sources become a lot better to join it as electric is still a ways away. As far as farms, some farms were saved because they could grow fuel based corn than food as it does not need the same standards as food corn or even animal grain. Not really a decrease in food production as a Farmer grows what they can make money off of to keep the farm going, sometimes they cycle what they grow and fuel corn is a good switch up for the ground for later crops. and most the US does not need to do any deforesting as most of it is Plains territory and already without most trees. Biodiesel on the other hand is not meant to use pure fresh oil which is where you started off with. The used oil does smell quite different than any fresh oil. Far more pleasing to smell and as far as stability we have many that use it and not much of problems come from it but they could be mixing it with diesel or because its used cooking oil, it may not foam (not sure on that of if its something done during the process or creation). Here in the US the oil all comes from places that have deep fryers like fast food places so its all a waste oil and depending on how its done, the people that collect the oil sometimes get paid to take it away, they take it for free (so the owners don't have to pay for disposal) or sometimes they pay the owners for the oil but that's probably as a guarantee that they keep it to vegetable based oils and keep out other fats. Either way Biodiesel tends to be quite cheap because of this and it can be made at a house for use if needed as its not as hazardous as ethanol production. Both have the negatives in some cases but they also have their uses, For most thing they are well off but there are times with some old carbureted mowers where they are a pain because they keep getting water in the system and gunking things up. Mostly a pain because they can sit around for several months during the cold months because they are not needed.
Addition: farmers thought... Production varies snnuslky, bad years, good years. On a global scale. In good years prices then drop to a sliver of nothing, you cannot life from. Isn't that ridiculous? You get a great harvest, but therfore you need to invest more, than you get out? So, Biofuels are a great opportunity, to use such an overflow, to allow farmers living from their work. And, you need to have enough production to squeeze out enough for the whole world in a terrible bad year out of obvious reason. So there is quite an amount of surplus energy available. Indeed, deforestation just for Biofuels should be avoided, as well as ridiculous price boosts of edibles, when in competition with energy. But nonetheless, quite an amount of Biofuels can be added to the fuel mix. And, with machines optimized, fuels (be it diesel or gas, containing some 10, 20 % or more of biofuels) combust cleaner, less waste gas treating needed, less air pollution. While CO2 is the long lasting climate thing, other combustion engine byproducts are toxic, life threatening. Anything reducing those, helps. And, biofuels do that...
About ethanol engines: the fuel can use more compression ratio and more spark advance to improve power output and fuel economy. My car (a Ford Fiesta 1,6l with flex fuel management) has a 12,5:1 compression ratio and knocking sensor, the difference in fuel consumption regarded with gasoline is about 30% more in volume. The power output is 104cv in gasoline and 109 in ethanol
I respect the scientific method showed but at the end you show lack of research. I've worked in the private biodiesel industry for a few years and here (21:00) you are completely wrong. The raw material used for production is called UCO aka "used cooking oil", which is VERY profitable. Methanol can be reused in the process and the glycerin is sold as a byproduct.
Yeah I miss his voice, but I understand English is not his native language. it is difficult to verify that all the information stated is correct and is pronounced correctly is so troublesome for a non-native speaker. The voice actor does a good job, this is just the early days where he's finding how to present the information in an engaging way. I, for one will keep watching because the content is awesome.
It's not more difficult, and even if so, why not just get better. You have a soft opinion, that doesn't lend to making forward progress. Conquer your obstacles, don't turn from them.
I visited that stationery steam engine as a kid on a school trip and got mesmerised watching it whilst the rest of the group walked off leaving me there alone, I didn't realise until an hour later when I needed a pee and had to walk around in a panic trying to find the school trip group
Brazil seems to be doing just fine. Of course, the engines on their cars are designed to run with ethanol. IIRC they even have flexible engines that can be used with pure ethanol, pure gasoline, and any kind of mixture of both.
Oh my god can y'all shut up about his voice? It's fine, and he said doing the dub the way he did before was exhausting. Why do you want him to have to put more time and effort into his videos to get the same level of quality at the end? Let him put that effort into the actual video content. Or, even better, just give the man a break. Dude's still churning out great videos and it's not as hard for him now. Good for him.
Regarding replacing gasoline with ethanol, I think taking advantage of its capability to handle higher compression ratios is imperative to getting as much out of it as possible. Also I believe that optimal performance comes in a 4:1 gasoline-to-ethanol mixture. Beyond that, you get diminishing returns on knock resistance while significantly dropping the energy density. Regarding biodiesel, now there is also HVO biodiesel in addition to FAME biodiesel. Basically it turns the plant oils into hydrocarbons directly rather than to esters. It also has propane as a biproduct
Everyone complaining about the voice, please do an exercise for me: write a 5 minute presentation in any subject you want, then phonetically write out and speak it in a language you don’t speak and don’t understand. Yeah, his original voice is a defining aspect of why a lot of us started liking the channel, but let’s accept it was too much work to keep going forward and enjoy what is presented.
The more i learn about our power grid, the more i realize that modern nuclear energy options are our best option. Small form reactors, LFTRs, Thorium Reactors, molten salt reactors. Utilizing our advanced technology, Improved engineering & material science. Utilizing our greater understanding of safety & well made designs. We have so much more advanced computer technology & robotics that can be used. It feels like even tho tons of advancement has occurred with engineering designs, safety measures, etc. It still doesn't matter to most people. It's like most people are ingrained with a natural negative response when talking about nuclear energy. It's a bummer because i truly believe that our best option for our future is to start utilizing Modern advanced nuclear energy options in our electrical grid. It's just proving to be challenging to get politicians to get on board. It will really allow places to be much more energy independent. Less reliant on fossil fuels. They'll have efficient, stable electrical grids and the rest of the grid could experiment with alternative power sources, power desalination plants, etc. We need to heal from the trauma of our past. See & learn that those things only happened solely from Us not understanding what we were doing when it came to nuclear energy at the time. We didn't have advanced enough technology, material science, engineering, safety measures, understanding of how to go about everything, etc. This source of energy will greatly help the world improve towards the future and lowering emissions. More than anything else could, while also providing a very stable electrical grid system. Currently we have alternative energy options but the majority of our grid is powered off of fossil fuels and emission producing sources of energy. We will be so much better going forward commiting to modern advanced nuclear energy options.
I was used to the old voice. Because it is kind of engaging the way you explain your videos speaking with your accent. But whatever was the reason you decided to change the voice of your videos. I want to thank you for your channel and bring knowledge to everyone trough all this years.
Could you please cite your scources in the discription, or tleast show them on screan? The big point for Biofueles is, that it isn't releasing new CO2 into the atmosphere, wich the competing fueles (fossile) do. You used some motors, wich are probably not meant for that. Since they are so percice nowadays they cant run of of anything you throw at it anymore The tech is at the start so give it time Here in Germany, most of the time you have the choice to choos biodiesel to fuel your tank. this is more expencive, but it helps the planet I think its a good replacement for fossile fueles, becaus we just can't just keep on burning fossile fueles. If we switch, we can keep many parts from the fossile fuele infrastruktue and use them for Biofueles.
I drive a diesel car and at the gas stations where I live the pumps all say that they have UP TO 40% biodiesel mixed in with the regular diesel. So I have no idea how much that actually is. But I know we have "summer diesel" and "winter diesel" and I always assumed the percentage was higher in the summer than in the winter.
Another serious issue with ethanol in gasoline is that it makes gasoline for road vehicles ("mogas") unusable for reciprocating piston engines in aircraft. While most of those use aviation gasoline ("avgas"), some people get modifications to be able to use mogas. Unfortunately, alcohol absorbs water, which can freeze at altitude and block fuel flow. Now pilots have to carry testing kits to see if mogas they want to use will be safe for fueling their aircraft.
The contrast between your kind & positive attitude and your sincere accent created the perfect aesthetic. I love science but I'm no scientist. Fearing I may never hear it again I'm off to the past to re-live perfection. I'll hear you there.
Everyone I've ever known to use biodiesel made their own using waste oil from restaurants. The restaurants were happy to not pay to get dispose of it (or even get paid) and the people were happy to have a cheap/free fuel stock. Also regular diesel will gel as well when it gets cold without additives.
here in the USA I had a 1960's Diesel Jetta. The car had a lot of problems since it had over 300K miles, but I did find that running a few tanks of biodiesel in the summer would help clean out the injectors due to it having some ethanol in it.
I miss your own voice, but I do want to say that your USA narrator is much improved for having worked on these videos. This narration was much more natural than previous videos. Maybe it's time for Toisoi3, with your own lovely voice for those of us who like it so much.
Very interesting and informative - I had no idea how bio-fuels were produced. To complete the story, biofuels from genetically modified bacteria would have been a useful addition.
The 10-15% differences in energy density, and efficiency have some significance to the Carnot cycle... but that's at the end of its days as fuel cells don't throw away most of the energy as waste heat.
Video speaks of biodiesel. As it relates to ethanol in gasoline in USA: the ethanol is a by-product of grain fermentation. The primary product is (subsidized) high-protein cattle feed for the feedlot industry. It is sort of a win-win except cattle could be fed the grains and cars run better on gasoline w/o the alcohol.
The problem with ethanol that it easily absorbs moisture from the air. Moisture renders ethanol useless. So once ethanol fuel is in the car, it must be used immediately. Biodiesel uses methanol and is stable. Problem it turns to sludge when below freezing.
It wasn't his own voice in the older videos, people. He just got a new translater who is a native English speaker. The last one wasn't a native speaker so you thought it was his own voice.
Have you watched his original videos. I mean, the same videos but in Russian. I did and I see that his mouth moves to the voice. The voice in the Russian videos is, I would say without any kind of spectroscopy of his voice, that it is the same voice that is used in the earlier videos from the channel. Also, I would think it is very difficult to have a different person whose speech patterns are different and the rate at which they speak to speak in sync with the mouth movements. Why can't people just enjoy the video for the content and stop focusing on ridiculous things like the voice over. Perhaps you don't know his Lab was destroyed in a fire and had pretty much lost everything. He may not have the time anymore to overdub the videos in English so he gets someone else to do it.
Ethanol works really well as an Indian field because it can reduce intake temperatures thus reducing the potentiality for detonation this allows for you to have higher compression and more fuel inside the cylinder for things blow up
I love your channel and am grateful for all the vids you make. Will always support you. If you're able, it would be nice to hear your natural voice again.
@@MRblazedBEANS Of course it's a voice over, you don't really expect him to the video again in English. Perhaps listen to his other Channel done in Russian and hear for yourself that it's always been his voice
Switching to public transport only really works for societies, economies and geographically suitable places. Some places, public transport is also more expensive and less convenient than driving a car long distance, Australia is a good example of this, at least in my state it is.
I've made biodiesel nearly the same way you did, methanol + NaOH then mixed to lineseed oil but without heating and with the right balance, I just shaked it and it separates by itself with a clear biodiesel smelling like haselnut and working fine... no heating, no stiring, no washing required for me😂 you don't need to convert 100% to get the right viscosity for a direct common rail so you don't need to put the methanol in exess... I've used it with a clio renault 1.5dci
Very hard to stay engaged with this voice over, please return your voice, there's nothing wrong with it. If you feel it's not 'good enough', consider it as another form of exercise to improve, we will all be your cheerleaders ;)
This video has reminded me of my basic training in thermodynamics, coupled with the simple fact that oxygen has already robbed much of these fatty-esters' combustibility and volatility. It almost seems obvious in retrospect, so thank you for demonstrating this so obviously. But (cough cough wheeze) that nasty tailpipe is common to all internal combustion engines, so best to be (cough cough wheeze) done with those.
Great video! Left me a bit curious about your view of solutions to the issue. Your voice is fine and people here don't care about your accent, they are in for the science. I would leave the American style gimmick.
*ethanol, also it's used in combustion engines, notably in Brazil, which was pioneer on this issue as they have a historical massive sugarcane production.
@@LuisAldamiz Brazil does have a bunch of pure ethanol fuel (E-100) and capable internal combinations engine cars. This person was mentioning “Direct Methanol Fuel Cells” though which are a near-off the shelf technology one could make a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle / Hybrid Electric Vehicle with that wouldn’t have all the problems of Hydrogen Fuel.
After wet washing can it be done by using an aerator overnight to evaporate the moisture content? In a tropical climate, can it be just left for a couple for days for evaporating the water out?
Your diesel fuel consumption test leaves a lot to be desired. A better way is to use it in a generator to produce work, that way you can set the power output as constant and then measure consumption rather than just idling, since idling doesn't really prove or disprove any points other than just being able to run. Good video otherwise (I still miss your normal voice)
I feel like wood gas engines should have been mentioned. While not traditional bio fuel, it is a tried and true system of converting wood to fuel that is comparable to petroleum engines. I've even read a few sources which allege that had the geologic process for petroleum creation never happened we still would have had a vehicle revolution, just with wood gas generators instead of petroleum.
Great video, as always. But please know climate change is scam. CO2 is plant food, mother earth loves high CO2 levels. And you are also correct that we should use public transport and live much more efficiently. The pollution created from burning fuels is also horrible, but the carbon is not pollution. And yes I prefer your voice like most others.
Is not a "SCAM". Is just not sustainable. But that's easily solved by making synthetic fuel from C02 and mix it with biodiesel. Achicing B20. That's better to most engines than B100 (that require more maintenance and modifications). Still, diesel engines with biodiesel are the best for preparedness, because you can store the fuel up to 5 years, and you can make more fuel from used oil. This is not feasable with gasoline engines.
I have a friend that makes his own biodiesel for his truck.... Always smells like french fries (he gets used oil from restaurants and it gets filtered, etc)
What I don't understand is that why we need to use the main corn or sugarcane instead of the remaining stuff which is cellulose and then use cellulase to make glucose and then make ethanol? Why use food when we can use waste? Maybe it's not cost efficient or slow, but it's something
So audience, ur accustomed to the other voice. His content is as great as it was before delivering facts & data to my big ears & thats what I'm here for. I think i can easily deal with the slight change for all that. Not a problem, right?. Good day to all his fans here 🙂
I have the answare for co² on atmosfere, just buy charcoal em make powder and put on soil. If those ambientalists want make real diference do that, here on Brasil you can buy bilions of tons of charcoal cheap, from eucaliptus trees from reforestation, it is already in use for steel production. But much more can be made for carbon locking, just start buying. Every 5 years can be cut for more charcoal, 1000 t per hectare
If green advocates know how dirty & unethical the production of batteries, biofuels & solar panels is, they would have focused instead on advancing hydrogen handling & storage😒
You need less oxigen to run on methanol fuel, stoichiometry on methanol is 6.57:1, in ethanol 9:1, in comparison of gas wich is like 12.5:1; on engines get more fuel on engine is easy adjusting injection/fuel jets, but get more air is another tale. Thats because you feel more power, because you're indeed producing more power
I used soybean-based biodiesel for several years in a VW Beetle turbodiesel. Now I've made the switch to full electric cars and motorbikes and won't go back.
Love your videos. You should come check out Chicago's public transportation and then I'd like to know if you still hold the opinion that we should all switch to using these systems. Hint: Crime. There is a lot of it.
One thing no one ever mentions about alcohol for fuel, if you increase the compression ratio from 8:1 to 14 :1, alcohol will provide better mileage, because you are getting more power from the alcohol. However, it does not like all of the kluge pollution control systems added over the decades to reduce pollution, however, burning pure alcohol will not produce the many forms of pollution the systems are designed to control, and are not needed, but the government does not recognize such science. BTW, please use your real voice, it is your signature for your videos!
I both agree and disagree. While yes biofuels have less energy per unit, the carbon the is emitted from burning them was captured within a very recent time, where as the carbon in fossil fuels was captured over the course of the last 360 million years. I’d rather support your idea of less personal vehicles and more mass transit, but fuel the mass transit with biofuels.
Second generation ethanol plants (producing sideways with regular ones) can produce now 50% more ethanol with the same weight of sugarcane. They are far more complex and expensive than regular plants, but producing galf more with your waste (celulose from bagasse) is quite impressive! We in Brazil had quite a revolution late 70" with "Proalcool" program, and now we are in the brink of another with those new 2gen plants. I live in a small town (25k habs.) and it will be the third 2gen plant in operation im the world later this year, and you don't see half billion dollar of investment every other day 🤑 😂 Very nice video, greetings from sugarcane land, country side of São Paulo state, Brazil.
@@TheLeonmafioso weather and soil plays a bigger roll. Also, Brazil has many decades of genetic engineering sugar cane by Embrapa. Other factors are the low efficiency of ethanol produced by corn, wheat or beets or other.
Punlic transportation isnt going to work well in the US outside of large cities. Many people commute into work since its much cheaper to live an hour away. Plus, the size of the uS compared to European countries, you cant compare the usage of public transit
“we need to use public transit and limit the use of private vehicles”. this video brought to you by your friendly neighbourhood WEF agent. remember. eat the bugs and you will own nothing.
I don't understand why people say they prefer the old voice. I'm not a native English speaker and it was so draining to focus to understand what you were saying through your thick accent for a whole 20 minutes video. I'll keep watching if your own voice comes back, but to me this is a clear improvement.
Only real renewable source of fuel, which is carbon neutral is biomass. But only of done right. For example, if you plant the trees in the city street, trim it as needed and use it to power electric plant or communal heating. Not to grow crops in the field.
Stop complaining about him not using his own voice to dub the video. Maybe he does not have the time to narrate his videos in english and prefers to hire somebody to do the work for him. Either way, if you want to hear his voice, you are free to visit his russian speaking channel and enable subtitles.
The title has me suspicious/upset, I’m hoping it’s clickbait and not an oversimplification of biofuels/bio-petrochemicals greenhouse gas emissions/overall impacts.
You didn't know biofuels are a scam that pollute even more than fossil fuels? They cost more, drive up the cost of food, are not carbon neutral AND you have to burn 2x as much. It's always far easier to scam someone than it us to convince them they've been scammed. You've been had, kiddos.
Of course even biofuel have their disadvantages, but an action must be taken. Biodiesel can be produced by an acid protocol, I made a video on my channel: th-cam.com/video/rPFYEYExEF4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zb0sV2e2ssHOybU4 Anyway, it is better to do not touhc the food supplies to make biofuels but make them from food waste or other residues. Biodiesel for example, it is better done from waste cooking oil. Biodiesel can be cheaper if proper detaxation are done, usually it is used to blend with common diesel.
Biochar from wood waste has all the energy density of coal, and serves a total of six dozen commercial uses profitably and cleanly. VOCs, the other produce of pyrolysis, include syngas and black liquor, also profitable properly processed. Wood generates a third as much GHG when burned per GWh as coal, and is renewable. Burning it keeps it from turning to methane when it decays.
We need your voice back pleaae
He won’t listen. It is annoying watching him mime. Sad he doesn’t listen to people and thinks they can’t understand him.
He thinks if new people start watching they won’t be frightened off but I think they will watch it and leave for the reason he is faking it.
I just do not know why he just does not show himself if he keeps the different voice.
It wasn't him in the first place.
real, makes me wanna not watch anymore. it makes it like a generic yt video with ai voice over. sad. you lost the human element man.
@@Vile_Entity_3545 he's not miming. He's speaking russian, and then it gets redubbed in english.
TH-cam probably started blocking him because the restrictions on russia. It's stupid.
Great video. But with your voice it was (at least for me) much better.
PLEASE dude
I actually adore Thoisoi's English accent! Bring back the Ruski scientist
Absolutely
He is not ruski, he is from Baltic country
It wasn't his voice.
Please use your own voice. Everyone loves it. Please stop with USA voice.
No more updoots
It's never been his own voice it's always been a voice over, he speaks only Russian. He just got American sounding voice actor now.
He has a community post that explains that he can't do the voice overs due to workload and fatigue. This also implies that it is his own voice in the original videos.
yea the cheese factor with the voice overs is nutz. Its like some c-list history channel documentary. This information is on wiki if we wanted it all plain bread, We come here for you.
We do love it, sure, but I understand not wanting to bother with another VO when you can just use AI. So much faster.
No offense to the guy doing the voice over, but your real voice is far better and more sincere.
It was always a dub.
@@ThunderChunky101 you are correct.He used to use his real voice. Before because it's easier to do it in a controlled environment like that, then relying on someone or something else
@@borttorbbq2556 No, it wasn't his real voice previously.
Have a look at the videos.
They were also dubbed.
idk i find this one easier to understand, or i could even be happy with subtitles.
@@ThunderChunky101 - Not necessarily, it's entirely possible that he never figured out how to synch his audio and video properly when using a mic and camera setup that were completely different inputs. E.G. A dedicated Mic, and a separate dedicated camera. Point is, we do not know for certain, so we can only guess. Thus, since we can only guess, we really can't try to claim that guess is a fact, unless he either confirms it, or doesn't.
I miss your voice dude
I've been doing research on biodiesel made with ethanol for a few years now. We recycle the glycerol byproduct back into the reaction as a glyceroxide catalyst. We react the waste cooking oil directly from the fryers on campus with 200 proof ethanol (not denatured). Ethyl esters are slightly better in energy density than methyl esters. I've been able to distill biodiesel made from soybean oil into 2 different fractions. One fraction is enriched with saturated esters and one that is purely ethyl oleate. Ethyl oleate melting point is -32C and can be used as a fuel in colder climates
Interesting! Is this documented in a Paper, or some sort of Project Log anywhere yet? If not i would love to hear more about this project!
To dry the moisture it's simpler and faster just to heat it, and must cost a lot less than demonstrated in this video.
@tripplefives1402 It isnt within my research to design or modify diesel engines, and using WVO as fuel doesn't produce any glycerol for my catalyst formulation, which can be applied to other chemistries. Much of what we do minimizes waste and improves the safety, sustainability, and efficiency of producing biodiesel/glycerol from triglycerides
@@ThunderChunky101u cant remove as much water with just heating it.
@@mruseless6913 Less than 150ppm is fine, and in the video you can literally see that it's still very wet final product.
As a method of using up used cooking oil, biodiesel makes good sense, but if you're going to raise rapeseed, or some other agricultural product, just to make biodiesel, it doesn't seem to be economically viable. Thanks very much for sharing your study with us, Great work!!
Mixing alcohol into gasoline was very stupid, but I'm pretty sure it was a back-handed way of government subsidizing of farmers
Your voice>>
A few points to note. Biofuels are because they can be created and most of them can extend to crude based fuels we have making them last longer. That's the main factor in this as many vehicles do tend to sit around while running or they are doing highway driving so its more of an idle running so fuel consumption is not much of a problem vs needing work load.
Ethanol added to gasoline can help improve carbon buildup in an engine as this has been tested out before. There is some corrosion but nothing like Methanol but compared to the carbon build up of pure gasoline without any added Ethanol, is fairly dramatic so it can help preserve the engines running especially for people that don't get the vehicle up in RPM to burn out the carbon deposits. Most of the corrosion from the Ethanol is because it just sits with it when they did the tests vs normal operation so the corrosion in that regard is almost negligible. The real problem is water absorbing into the fuel where corrosion can happen but that's only because of water getting into the system in the first place and there are ways to mitigate or remove it from being a problem. Again main factor is preserving the crude based fuel we already have making it last longer. Atleast until other sources become a lot better to join it as electric is still a ways away. As far as farms, some farms were saved because they could grow fuel based corn than food as it does not need the same standards as food corn or even animal grain. Not really a decrease in food production as a Farmer grows what they can make money off of to keep the farm going, sometimes they cycle what they grow and fuel corn is a good switch up for the ground for later crops. and most the US does not need to do any deforesting as most of it is Plains territory and already without most trees.
Biodiesel on the other hand is not meant to use pure fresh oil which is where you started off with. The used oil does smell quite different than any fresh oil. Far more pleasing to smell and as far as stability we have many that use it and not much of problems come from it but they could be mixing it with diesel or because its used cooking oil, it may not foam (not sure on that of if its something done during the process or creation). Here in the US the oil all comes from places that have deep fryers like fast food places so its all a waste oil and depending on how its done, the people that collect the oil sometimes get paid to take it away, they take it for free (so the owners don't have to pay for disposal) or sometimes they pay the owners for the oil but that's probably as a guarantee that they keep it to vegetable based oils and keep out other fats. Either way Biodiesel tends to be quite cheap because of this and it can be made at a house for use if needed as its not as hazardous as ethanol production.
Both have the negatives in some cases but they also have their uses, For most thing they are well off but there are times with some old carbureted mowers where they are a pain because they keep getting water in the system and gunking things up. Mostly a pain because they can sit around for several months during the cold months because they are not needed.
Addition: farmers thought... Production varies snnuslky, bad years, good years. On a global scale. In good years prices then drop to a sliver of nothing, you cannot life from. Isn't that ridiculous? You get a great harvest, but therfore you need to invest more, than you get out? So, Biofuels are a great opportunity, to use such an overflow, to allow farmers living from their work. And, you need to have enough production to squeeze out enough for the whole world in a terrible bad year out of obvious reason. So there is quite an amount of surplus energy available. Indeed, deforestation just for Biofuels should be avoided, as well as ridiculous price boosts of edibles, when in competition with energy. But nonetheless, quite an amount of Biofuels can be added to the fuel mix. And, with machines optimized, fuels (be it diesel or gas, containing some 10, 20 % or more of biofuels) combust cleaner, less waste gas treating needed, less air pollution. While CO2 is the long lasting climate thing, other combustion engine byproducts are toxic, life threatening. Anything reducing those, helps. And, biofuels do that...
You do know we’ve been through this before Thoisoi. No more voice over from other people. We love your voice
About ethanol engines: the fuel can use more compression ratio and more spark advance to improve power output and fuel economy. My car (a Ford Fiesta 1,6l with flex fuel management) has a 12,5:1 compression ratio and knocking sensor, the difference in fuel consumption regarded with gasoline is about 30% more in volume. The power output is 104cv in gasoline and 109 in ethanol
I respect the scientific method showed but at the end you show lack of research. I've worked in the private biodiesel industry for a few years and here (21:00) you are completely wrong. The raw material used for production is called UCO aka "used cooking oil", which is VERY profitable. Methanol can be reused in the process and the glycerin is sold as a byproduct.
Yeah I miss his voice, but I understand English is not his native language. it is difficult to verify that all the information stated is correct and is pronounced correctly is so troublesome for a non-native speaker.
The voice actor does a good job, this is just the early days where he's finding how to present the information in an engaging way.
I, for one will keep watching because the content is awesome.
How is it any more difficult if he still has to have it translated to english either way
It's not more difficult, and even if so, why not just get better. You have a soft opinion, that doesn't lend to making forward progress. Conquer your obstacles, don't turn from them.
Charcoal is black too, but it has a slight brown hue because of having completely different chemical and physical properties from coal rocks
Quality science content. Cheers
Thoisoi2, stepping it up a notch. Nicely done!
I visited that stationery steam engine as a kid on a school trip and got mesmerised watching it whilst the rest of the group walked off leaving me there alone, I didn't realise until an hour later when I needed a pee and had to walk around in a panic trying to find the school trip group
Brazil seems to be doing just fine. Of course, the engines on their cars are designed to run with ethanol. IIRC they even have flexible engines that can be used with pure ethanol, pure gasoline, and any kind of mixture of both.
Public transportation is not sanitary, we should have learned that during the last pandemic.
Oh my god can y'all shut up about his voice? It's fine, and he said doing the dub the way he did before was exhausting. Why do you want him to have to put more time and effort into his videos to get the same level of quality at the end? Let him put that effort into the actual video content. Or, even better, just give the man a break. Dude's still churning out great videos and it's not as hard for him now. Good for him.
Regarding replacing gasoline with ethanol, I think taking advantage of its capability to handle higher compression ratios is imperative to getting as much out of it as possible. Also I believe that optimal performance comes in a 4:1 gasoline-to-ethanol mixture. Beyond that, you get diminishing returns on knock resistance while significantly dropping the energy density.
Regarding biodiesel, now there is also HVO biodiesel in addition to FAME biodiesel. Basically it turns the plant oils into hydrocarbons directly rather than to esters. It also has propane as a biproduct
Everyone complaining about the voice, please do an exercise for me: write a 5 minute presentation in any subject you want, then phonetically write out and speak it in a language you don’t speak and don’t understand.
Yeah, his original voice is a defining aspect of why a lot of us started liking the channel, but let’s accept it was too much work to keep going forward and enjoy what is presented.
The more i learn about our power grid, the more i realize that modern nuclear energy options are our best option. Small form reactors, LFTRs, Thorium Reactors, molten salt reactors. Utilizing our advanced technology, Improved engineering & material science. Utilizing our greater understanding of safety & well made designs. We have so much more advanced computer technology & robotics that can be used. It feels like even tho tons of advancement has occurred with engineering designs, safety measures, etc. It still doesn't matter to most people. It's like most people are ingrained with a natural negative response when talking about nuclear energy. It's a bummer because i truly believe that our best option for our future is to start utilizing Modern advanced nuclear energy options in our electrical grid. It's just proving to be challenging to get politicians to get on board.
It will really allow places to be much more energy independent. Less reliant on fossil fuels. They'll have efficient, stable electrical grids and the rest of the grid could experiment with alternative power sources, power desalination plants, etc.
We need to heal from the trauma of our past. See & learn that those things only happened solely from Us not understanding what we were doing when it came to nuclear energy at the time. We didn't have advanced enough technology, material science, engineering, safety measures, understanding of how to go about everything, etc. This source of energy will greatly help the world improve towards the future and lowering emissions. More than anything else could, while also providing a very stable electrical grid system. Currently we have alternative energy options but the majority of our grid is powered off of fossil fuels and emission producing sources of energy. We will be so much better going forward commiting to modern advanced nuclear energy options.
I appreciate the content even with the current voice over. Thank you!
Priviet! Where is my comrade?
I was used to the old voice. Because it is kind of engaging the way you explain your videos speaking with your accent. But whatever was the reason you decided to change the voice of your videos. I want to thank you for your channel and bring knowledge to everyone trough all this years.
Could you please cite your scources in the discription, or tleast show them on screan? The big point for Biofueles is, that it isn't releasing new CO2 into the atmosphere, wich the competing fueles (fossile) do. You used some motors, wich are probably not meant for that. Since they are so percice nowadays they cant run of of anything you throw at it anymore The tech is at the start so give it time Here in Germany, most of the time you have the choice to choos biodiesel to fuel your tank. this is more expencive, but it helps the planet I think its a good replacement for fossile fueles, becaus we just can't just keep on burning fossile fueles. If we switch, we can keep many parts from the fossile fuele infrastruktue and use them for Biofueles.
I drive a diesel car and at the gas stations where I live the pumps all say that they have UP TO 40% biodiesel mixed in with the regular diesel. So I have no idea how much that actually is. But I know we have "summer diesel" and "winter diesel" and I always assumed the percentage was higher in the summer than in the winter.
More sarcastically, biofuel produces more carbon dioxide than diesel, according to some estimate.
Yes, but that carbon dioxide was taken from the atmosphere recently and hence doesn't cause a net increase.
Another serious issue with ethanol in gasoline is that it makes gasoline for road vehicles ("mogas") unusable for reciprocating piston engines in aircraft. While most of those use aviation gasoline ("avgas"), some people get modifications to be able to use mogas. Unfortunately, alcohol absorbs water, which can freeze at altitude and block fuel flow. Now pilots have to carry testing kits to see if mogas they want to use will be safe for fueling their aircraft.
people arguing over him using his voice and ignoring the content. That's where we are in the world today.
When he was using his real voice. The comment section was full of people complaining of his thick accent.
The contrast between your kind & positive attitude and your sincere accent created the perfect aesthetic. I love science but I'm no scientist. Fearing I may never hear it again I'm off to the past to re-live perfection. I'll hear you there.
Everyone I've ever known to use biodiesel made their own using waste oil from restaurants. The restaurants were happy to not pay to get dispose of it (or even get paid) and the people were happy to have a cheap/free fuel stock.
Also regular diesel will gel as well when it gets cold without additives.
here in the USA I had a 1960's Diesel Jetta. The car had a lot of problems since it had over 300K miles, but I did find that running a few tanks of biodiesel in the summer would help clean out the injectors due to it having some ethanol in it.
Stop telling the guy what to do with his videos! New voice or old voice, it is the content that matters and the quality is great!
9:45 on ethanol, you should increase compression ratio up to 15:1 for better performance.
Nice video. Useful to see the experiments that compare the different fuel types and their alternatives
Here in Sweden, HVO has completely taken over from biodiesel.
You are welcome to show us how to make this!
I miss your own voice, but I do want to say that your USA narrator is much improved for having worked on these videos. This narration was much more natural than previous videos. Maybe it's time for Toisoi3, with your own lovely voice for those of us who like it so much.
Very interesting and informative - I had no idea how bio-fuels were produced. To complete the story, biofuels from genetically modified bacteria would have been a useful addition.
I miss your natural voice please bring it back
The 10-15% differences in energy density, and efficiency have some significance to the Carnot cycle... but that's at the end of its days as fuel cells don't throw away most of the energy as waste heat.
Video speaks of biodiesel. As it relates to ethanol in gasoline in USA: the ethanol is a by-product of grain fermentation. The primary product is (subsidized) high-protein cattle feed for the feedlot industry. It is sort of a win-win except cattle could be fed the grains and cars run better on gasoline w/o the alcohol.
The problem with ethanol that it easily absorbs moisture from the air. Moisture renders ethanol useless. So once ethanol fuel is in the car, it must be used immediately.
Biodiesel uses methanol and is stable. Problem it turns to sludge when below freezing.
dubbing with other guy audio isn't appealing at all. Russian accent voice is the best!
It wasn't his own voice in the older videos, people. He just got a new translater who is a native English speaker. The last one wasn't a native speaker so you thought it was his own voice.
I think you are right. There is one video I found where he speaks on camera and it is dubbed over, no doubt. I feel duped.
This makes sense.
Have you watched his original videos. I mean, the same videos but in Russian. I did and I see that his mouth moves to the voice. The voice in the Russian videos is, I would say without any kind of spectroscopy of his voice, that it is the same voice that is used in the earlier videos from the channel.
Also, I would think it is very difficult to have a different person whose speech patterns are different and the rate at which they speak to speak in sync with the mouth movements.
Why can't people just enjoy the video for the content and stop focusing on ridiculous things like the voice over.
Perhaps you don't know his Lab was destroyed in a fire and had pretty much lost everything. He may not have the time anymore to overdub the videos in English so he gets someone else to do it.
@@adam3141 I know it was burned down. I also know thag it was someone else's voice, because he actually doesn't speak a word of English.
@@adam3141 Thanks for pointing to the original channel, hmm now we know why the English channel is named 'Thoisoi2'.
I love the new voice
Loved the sugar cane production in the Brazilian jungle 😂. Sugar cane grows even in arid environments.
Ethanol works really well as an Indian field because it can reduce intake temperatures thus reducing the potentiality for detonation this allows for you to have higher compression and more fuel inside the cylinder for things blow up
I love your channel and am grateful for all the vids you make. Will always support you.
If you're able, it would be nice to hear your natural voice again.
Apparently it's always been a voice over?
@@MRblazedBEANS Of course it's a voice over, you don't really expect him to the video again in English.
Perhaps listen to his other Channel done in Russian and hear for yourself that it's always been his voice
Switching to public transport only really works for societies, economies and geographically suitable places.
Some places, public transport is also more expensive and less convenient than driving a car long distance, Australia is a good example of this, at least in my state it is.
I've made biodiesel nearly the same way you did, methanol + NaOH then mixed to lineseed oil but without heating and with the right balance, I just shaked it and it separates by itself with a clear biodiesel smelling like haselnut and working fine... no heating, no stiring, no washing required for me😂 you don't need to convert 100% to get the right viscosity for a direct common rail so you don't need to put the methanol in exess... I've used it with a clio renault 1.5dci
Here in Brazil we already have engines that use any mix of Gas+Ethanol.
Very hard to stay engaged with this voice over, please return your voice, there's nothing wrong with it.
If you feel it's not 'good enough', consider it as another form of exercise to improve, we will all be your cheerleaders ;)
Fun stuff, keep it up man!
This video has reminded me of my basic training in thermodynamics, coupled with the simple fact that oxygen has already robbed much of these fatty-esters' combustibility and volatility. It almost seems obvious in retrospect, so thank you for demonstrating this so obviously.
But (cough cough wheeze) that nasty tailpipe is common to all internal combustion engines, so best to be (cough cough wheeze) done with those.
Great video! Left me a bit curious about your view of solutions to the issue. Your voice is fine and people here don't care about your accent, they are in for the science. I would leave the American style gimmick.
That’s why methanol is meant to be used in direct fuel cells for the production of electricity, not combustion
*ethanol, also it's used in combustion engines, notably in Brazil, which was pioneer on this issue as they have a historical massive sugarcane production.
@@LuisAldamiz Brazil does have a bunch of pure ethanol fuel (E-100) and capable internal combinations engine cars. This person was mentioning “Direct Methanol Fuel Cells” though which are a near-off the shelf technology one could make a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle / Hybrid Electric Vehicle with that wouldn’t have all the problems of Hydrogen Fuel.
@@LuisAldamiz Direct Ethanol Fuel cells have been somewhat explored if i remember correctly.
@@LuisAldamiz both methanol and ethanol are used
@@mr.lelito9524 - Maybe but I don't know that. Traditionally it's been ethanol, i.e. common drinking alcohol.
Great video. Thank you.
Coal is awesome. Especially that sweet sweet Pennsylvanian Anthracite.
After wet washing can it be done by using an aerator overnight to evaporate the moisture content? In a tropical climate, can it be just left for a couple for days for evaporating the water out?
Your diesel fuel consumption test leaves a lot to be desired. A better way is to use it in a generator to produce work, that way you can set the power output as constant and then measure consumption rather than just idling, since idling doesn't really prove or disprove any points other than just being able to run. Good video otherwise (I still miss your normal voice)
Interesting fact, in Brazil one of the biggest delays in the implementation of electric vehicles is political lobbies involving sugar cane farmers.
I feel like wood gas engines should have been mentioned. While not traditional bio fuel, it is a tried and true system of converting wood to fuel that is comparable to petroleum engines. I've even read a few sources which allege that had the geologic process for petroleum creation never happened we still would have had a vehicle revolution, just with wood gas generators instead of petroleum.
Bio diesel has its place;on the farm,if a farmer is growing oil seed crops it can be made onsite at a competitive price.
Great video, as always. But please know climate change is scam. CO2 is plant food, mother earth loves high CO2 levels. And you are also correct that we should use public transport and live much more efficiently. The pollution created from burning fuels is also horrible, but the carbon is not pollution. And yes I prefer your voice like most others.
Is not a "SCAM". Is just not sustainable. But that's easily solved by making synthetic fuel from C02 and mix it with biodiesel. Achicing B20. That's better to most engines than B100 (that require more maintenance and modifications).
Still, diesel engines with biodiesel are the best for preparedness, because you can store the fuel up to 5 years, and you can make more fuel from used oil. This is not feasable with gasoline engines.
I'm pretty sure the voiceover guy he uses also does the videos about our health insurance benefits at work.
I have a friend that makes his own biodiesel for his truck.... Always smells like french fries (he gets used oil from restaurants and it gets filtered, etc)
What I don't understand is that why we need to use the main corn or sugarcane instead of the remaining stuff which is cellulose and then use cellulase to make glucose and then make ethanol? Why use food when we can use waste? Maybe it's not cost efficient or slow, but it's something
So audience, ur accustomed to the other voice. His content is as great as it was before delivering facts & data to my big ears & thats what I'm here for. I think i can easily deal with the slight change for all that. Not a problem, right?. Good day to all his fans here 🙂
very good vid keep up the great work.
I have the answare for co² on atmosfere, just buy charcoal em make powder and put on soil. If those ambientalists want make real diference do that, here on Brasil you can buy bilions of tons of charcoal cheap, from eucaliptus trees from reforestation, it is already in use for steel production. But much more can be made for carbon locking, just start buying. Every 5 years can be cut for more charcoal, 1000 t per hectare
Nice to see you once again great video.
I also think e-fuels are expensive and energy inefficient in production. Maybe you could do a video on them?
12:45 "Fahrenheit" 12:58 "ounce"...you can't trust those US voice-over guys.
If green advocates know how dirty & unethical the production of batteries, biofuels & solar panels is, they would have focused instead on advancing hydrogen handling & storage😒
We miss hearing you. Great video though!
You need less oxigen to run on methanol fuel, stoichiometry on methanol is 6.57:1, in ethanol 9:1, in comparison of gas wich is like 12.5:1; on engines get more fuel on engine is easy adjusting injection/fuel jets, but get more air is another tale. Thats because you feel more power, because you're indeed producing more power
I used soybean-based biodiesel for several years in a VW Beetle turbodiesel. Now I've made the switch to full electric cars and motorbikes and won't go back.
Love your videos. You should come check out Chicago's public transportation and then I'd like to know if you still hold the opinion that we should all switch to using these systems. Hint: Crime. There is a lot of it.
One thing no one ever mentions about alcohol for fuel, if you increase the compression ratio from 8:1 to 14 :1, alcohol will provide better mileage, because you are getting more power from the alcohol. However, it does not like all of the kluge pollution control systems added over the decades to reduce pollution, however, burning pure alcohol will not produce the many forms of pollution the systems are designed to control, and are not needed, but the government does not recognize such science.
BTW, please use your real voice, it is your signature for your videos!
I both agree and disagree. While yes biofuels have less energy per unit, the carbon the is emitted from burning them was captured within a very recent time, where as the carbon in fossil fuels was captured over the course of the last 360 million years. I’d rather support your idea of less personal vehicles and more mass transit, but fuel the mass transit with biofuels.
Hello? Remember, this was supposed to be about biofuel? Still not there yet.
10 cents a liter of methanol, a few cents in sodium hydroxide and free waste oil, means making biofuel is not a scam
So far it's an utopian opinion to use public transportation. Too many unsolved inconsistencies with scheduling, location and frequency.
Second generation ethanol plants (producing sideways with regular ones) can produce now 50% more ethanol with the same weight of sugarcane.
They are far more complex and expensive than regular plants, but producing galf more with your waste (celulose from bagasse) is quite impressive!
We in Brazil had quite a revolution late 70" with "Proalcool" program, and now we are in the brink of another with those new 2gen plants. I live in a small town (25k habs.) and it will be the third 2gen plant in operation im the world later this year, and
you don't see half billion dollar of investment every other day 🤑 😂
Very nice video, greetings from sugarcane land, country side of São Paulo state, Brazil.
IF Brasil produces fuel very efficiently, i don't know why (yes i know, petrol industries) USA cannot.
@@TheLeonmafioso weather and soil plays a bigger roll. Also, Brazil has many decades of genetic engineering sugar cane by Embrapa.
Other factors are the low efficiency of ethanol produced by corn, wheat or beets or other.
Punlic transportation isnt going to work well in the US outside of large cities. Many people commute into work since its much cheaper to live an hour away. Plus, the size of the uS compared to European countries, you cant compare the usage of public transit
This voice dub is better than the jiminy cricket voice of a few months ago. But I would still prefer your European voice dub. Nice vid though.
Can you do a video about magnesium or a new element video
“we need to use public transit and limit the use of private vehicles”. this video brought to you by your friendly neighbourhood WEF agent. remember. eat the bugs and you will own nothing.
I don't understand why people say they prefer the old voice. I'm not a native English speaker and it was so draining to focus to understand what you were saying through your thick accent for a whole 20 minutes video. I'll keep watching if your own voice comes back, but to me this is a clear improvement.
I know this name haha. I suppose that's fair, as a native English speaker I found the old voice relaxing
Bc we're native english speakers and could easily understand it. New one sounds like a used car salesman
Only real renewable source of fuel, which is carbon neutral is biomass. But only of done right.
For example, if you plant the trees in the city street, trim it as needed and use it to power electric plant or communal heating.
Not to grow crops in the field.
Stop complaining about him not using his own voice to dub the video. Maybe he does not have the time to narrate his videos in english and prefers to hire somebody to do the work for him. Either way, if you want to hear his voice, you are free to visit his russian speaking channel and enable subtitles.
The title has me suspicious/upset, I’m hoping it’s clickbait and not an oversimplification of biofuels/bio-petrochemicals greenhouse gas emissions/overall impacts.
It is, unfortunately
I'm hoping you don't believe the man made existential climate crisis BS. The so called "green energy" push is exactly that. A scam!
Corn ethanol is a tax payer subsidized scam
You didn't know biofuels are a scam that pollute even more than fossil fuels? They cost more, drive up the cost of food, are not carbon neutral AND you have to burn 2x as much. It's always far easier to scam someone than it us to convince them they've been scammed. You've been had, kiddos.
You sound like you might not be ready for the internet if a video title upsets you.
I see math as less of a science and more of a language, but I think that's just a difference in point-of-view. ;)
Of course even biofuel have their disadvantages, but an action must be taken. Biodiesel can be produced by an acid protocol, I made a video on my channel:
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Anyway, it is better to do not touhc the food supplies to make biofuels but make them from food waste or other residues. Biodiesel for example, it is better done from waste cooking oil. Biodiesel can be cheaper if proper detaxation are done, usually it is used to blend with common diesel.
Biochar from wood waste has all the energy density of coal, and serves a total of six dozen commercial uses profitably and cleanly.
VOCs, the other produce of pyrolysis, include syngas and black liquor, also profitable properly processed.
Wood generates a third as much GHG when burned per GWh as coal, and is renewable. Burning it keeps it from turning to methane when it decays.
What about biogas (methane produced from crops)?
Wait, you're Estonian?
Too bad Artur Rehi is targeting such a different type of content, i love seeing collabs.