The U.S. as the Biggest Biodiesel Market
By 2012, the United States would be the leading biodiesel market. The nation’s move to use biodiesel instead of imported gasoline has jumpstarted. In a few more years, it was projected that their market consumption would increase greatly. The U.S. will be then ranked first in biodiesel consumption, followed closely by France and Germany.
Other countries that would soon be major biodiesel consumers are India and China, which both belong in the Asian region. The governments of these two countries have also created their own set of rules to promote biodiesel instead of the use of foreign oil. However, basing on current studies, the success of biodiesel production would primarily lie on political support, incentives, and industrial competency.
The demand for biodiesel would increase if and only if the national regulation on a certain country calls for it. Most countries are merely looking at biodiesel working on a certain share on the fuel economy. For these countries, biodiesel consumption may not be as strong as it should be. Total independence from foreign oil should be the end goal of the government. Only then could biodiesel become the primary source of fuel for the driving public.
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