How are "biodiesel" and "ethanol" created?

How are "biodiesel" and "ethanol" created?

Terry Tamminen (Author & Environmental Policy Advisor) gives expert video advice on: What is a "green vehicle"?; What are "alternative fuel sources"?; How are "biodiesel" and "ethanol" created? and more...

Ethanol today in the United States is made mostly from corn, by taking the sugar out of corn and distilling it into a combustible liquid creating ethanol. Biodiesel is made from soybeans using a similar method: crushing the oil out of a bean and then turning that into a combustible liquid such as biodiesel.