Today SeQuential has its own oil processing plant and a fleet of thirty biofueled trucks that collect oils in Western states. The tailpipe emissions from a petroleum-burning engine, by contrast, are carbon monoxide smog’s main component, nitrous oxide and unburned hydrocarbons. Its byproduct is carbon dioxide, the same compound animals exhale. SeQuential takes in Oregon-grown canola and waste vegetable oils from the region, and converts this feedstock into biodiesel through a process known as “transesterification.” The result is a cleaner burning fuel that is biodegradable. Local demand for their biodiesel grew dramatically, and in 2004, they teamed with Pacific Biodiesel to open Oregon’s first commercial-scale biodiesel production plant. At SeQuential, the fats and greases are in the pump and comprise the mostly soy-based fuel.įed up with “Big Oil”, Thomas Endicott, Ian Hill and Tyson Keever began making biodiesel in Hill’s garage in 2000, using leftover cooking oil collected from restaurants. In the ordinary filling station, the gas is petroleum based and the fats sit on the shelves. SeQuential BioFuels is Eugene’s greenest fueling station and is ground zero for cutting- edge alternative fuels while also turning organic food into roadside convenience snacks. The other sells biodiesel, yerba mate and organic produce under a green roof. The latter group is of the typical gas-and-go variety with unleaded outside and trans-fat snacks on the inside. In Eugene, two royal blue and goldenrod yellow SeQuential Biofuels stations stand out among a sea of Shell, 76 and Chevron gas stations.

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