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National Biodiesel Board reports on how much biodiesel produced in the USA[/align][align=center]


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After nine consecutive years of steadily increasing biodiesel production, industry officials predict a severe drop in 2009 in the number of gallons of biodiesel produced in the United States.
1999: 500,000 gallons
2000: 2 million gallons
2001: 5 million gallons
2002: 15 million gallons
2003: 20 million gallons
2004: 25 million gallons
2005: 75 million gallons
2006: 250 million gallons
2007: 450 million gallons
2008: 700 million gallons
2009(estimated) 300-350 million gallons


Source: National Biodiesel Board


As you can see, 2009 was not a good year for commercialized biodiesel production, about half of what we produced in 2008. Does it all hinge on oil prices? That philosophy will leave us unprepared for an eventual rise in oil prices—and you know that will come.
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