Ich, Karl Eigen und der Biodiesel (Volume 39) (English shop)

Dieter AI Bockey (Author) ORCID
Jonathan Krahl (Editor) ORCID
Jürgen Krahl (Editor)
Axel Munack (Editor)
Peter Eilts (Editor)
Jürgen Bünger (Editor)

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How does an idea become a movement that changes agriculture, industry, politics and society? This book tells the story of biodiesel in Germany and Europe – personal, accessible and drawn from hands-on experience.

“Ich, Karl Eigen und der Biodiesel” takes the reader through the pioneering years of the 1990s, through workshops, laboratories, meeting rooms and filling stations. It is about technical breakthroughs, bold projects, political debates and the people who believed that sustainable fuels could be more than an experiment.

Between research, standardisation and everyday practice, a picture emerges of an entire industry that was successfully built up with vision, courage, persistence and patience. Personal recollections are combined with fascinating insights into the development of biodiesel – from the first fleet trials to the big questions of climate protection and energy policy.

A vivid contemporary document about innovation, cooperation and the long road from a vision to reality.

ISBN-13 (Hard Copy)	9783689525194
ISBN-13 (eBook)	9783689525200
Final Book Format	A5
Language	German
Page Number	124
Lamination of Cover	glossy
Edition	1.
Book Series	Fuels Joint Research Group - Interdisziplinäre Kraftstoffforschung für die Mobilität der Zukunft
Volume	39
Publication Place	Göttingen
Publication Date	2026-05-13
General Categorization	Non-Fiction
Departments	Economics Microbiology and biotechnology Engineering Environmental technology Energy engineering
Keywords	Biodiesel, Biofuels, Renewable energies, Energy transition, Sustainability, Climate protection, Energy policy, Alternative fuels, Vegetable oil fuel, Rapeseed oil, CO2 reduction, Environmental engineering, Energy engineering, Fuel development, Innovation, Pioneering spirit, Technological change, Industrial history, Economic history, Contemporary history, Research and development, Standardisation, Mobility, Transport transition, Entrepreneurial history, Sustainable mobility, Future technologies, EU agricultural reform, Energy farm Farmer as energy producer, Energy crops, Food versus fuel debate, Agriculture and energy, Renewable raw materials