Rojak Daily (07/07/2020) Vitamin B10 is best known as a UV-blocking sunscreen applied to the skin and is occasionally consumed orally for certain medical conditions. It’s also a chemical component of the folate molecule produced by plants and bacteria.

Safe to say, vitamin B10 is good for you.

The question on everyone’s lips however is, “How safe is B10 biodiesel for your car?”

It hasn’t been smooth sailing at all for the implementation of Euro 2M B10 biodiesel for public consumption. Deferments from the government and discomposure from several manufacturers with interest in diesel vehicles have lead to calls for further testing and discourse before fully green lighting it.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is a strong proponent of the merits of palm methyl ester and recently held a Trans Borneo expedition with a fleet of vehicles running on the proposed B10 biodiesel blend. Starting from Bintulu in Sarawak, the convoy; accompanied by a couple of prime movers running on B10 as well, covered roughly 1,100km before it hit Kundasang in Sabah. All the vehicles made it safely and the prime movers displayed no decline in performance up the steep inclines preceding Kundasang.

Chemistry was never our strong point in school; a teacher that used to shame us publically for declining chemistry scores didn’t help either. However, Dr. Harrison Lau, the principal research officer for biodiesel at MPOB, probably never experienced such embarrassment.

Hence, he obliged in answering some of the more common uncertainties regarding the switch to B10 biodiesel during the drive. He’s basically the man that will assuage all your fears about the higher palm methyl ester content in pump diesel.

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