Hopes were high in 2006 when the Vermont Economic Development Authority plunked down $645,000 to help get Biocardel Vermont, a biodiesel production start-up company, under way in Swanton.

Fuel manufactured from renewable sources — in this case soybeans — was all the rage at the time.

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(The success of the biodiesel fuel industry relies heavily on biodiesel testing <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s32Ke2VzrqU>, not only at the production level but at the consumer level, where degraded fuel may cause engine failures.  Of major concern to diesel and biodiesel users is the very real possibility that water has contaminated their fuel. (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YcczdvPyAk).  The potential catastrophic impact of this problem is discussed at length  in this video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lh4qhXc_5s&feature=youtube_gdata.
Fleet Fuel's  family of inexpensive biodiesel test kits  is just a click away on the internet at:
<http://fleetfueltesting.com>)