subject: Types of diezel fuel [print this page] Massive use of biodiesel as a separate fuel for diesel engines prevents while only the resulting for some need changes in their design. Nevertheless, the EU plans by 2010 to increase the share of diesel fuel derived from plant components, to 5,75 %, strongly encourage the introduction of technologies to produce biodiesel , creates legal and economic basis for the further development of environmentally friendly fuels . Of course , biodiesel - the best substitute for existing fuels based on oil and gas. With regard to the traditional synthetic diesel fuel , then, for the boldest predictions, by the middle of this century, its share will not exceed 40-45 % of the total world output.