Biofuels are a blast.

On October 7, 2009, 4-H National
Youth Science Day gave young
people nationwide the opportunity
to join leading scientists in experimenting with biofuels to
discover which ones will lead us to
a sustainable future. Explore and learn more about biofuels through this year's National Science Experiment - Biofuel Blast.

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Building America’s Future in Science, Engineering & Technology

During the second annual 4-H National Youth Science Day, 4-H expanded its effort to develop America's future workforce of scientists, engineers, and technology experts. As the youth development program of USDA's Cooperative Extension System, 4-H has a long history of producing great thinkers - with a wide variety of hands-on programs all based on the latest research from the nation's 106 land-grant colleges and universities.

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The 2009 Experiment was designed in conjunction with the
University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension and Wisconsin 4-H.

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Did You Know?

  • Fossil fuels are depleted at a rate that is 100,000 times faster than they are formed.


  • In 1908, Henry Ford produced the Model T as a flexible fuel vehicle. It could run on ethanol, gasoline, or a combination of the two.


  • The Energy Policy Act of 2005 ensured that gasoline contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.


  • Today, roughly half of the gasoline sold in the United States includes 5–10% ethanol.


  • There are almost 8 million flexible fuel vehicles (FFV) on U.S. roads today, but many FFV owners don't know their vehicle is one.


  • Since 2007, the Department of Energy has announced over $1 billion in multi-year biofuels research and development projects.


  • A high-protein animal feed, known as Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS), is produced in the process of making ethanol from corn.