Amenico Facts

AMENICO began producing renewable diesel in May of 2009. Based on the amount of renewable diesel we’ve sold into the market, and using EPA data showing our renewable diesel reducing carbon emissions by at least 80% vs. the fossil fuel we’ve replaced, we’ve reduced carbon emissions by 8,096 tons in our first year! As of September 1, 2010:

16,191,948 lbs

CO2 emissions reductions from substituting AMENICO Renewable Diesel for #2 Diesel fossil fuel

To put AMENICO’s carbon emissions savings into perspective, reducing CO2 emissions by 8,096 tons is like:

Taking 1404 cars off the road for one year.
Saving the equivalent of 98 tanker trucks of gasoline.
All the CO2 emissions from providing electricity to 891 homes for a year.
Like adding the carbon sequestration power of 1,566 acres of pine forest.
the CO2 produced from burning 38 railcars of coal.