[biofuels-biz] Re: brain strom - can the small companies compete against big oil companies...

2001-06-22 Thread david_design
Forget about retail and go for bulk sales to haulage companies. If biodesel is cheaper per mile (including excise tax) they will buy. If it's not they won't. Most German biodiesel is made from new vege oil, they have approx a $0.50(US) excise tax difference which seems to work. UK will have

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: brain strom - can the small companies compete against big oil companies...

2001-06-22 Thread Pedro M.
-biz@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 6:29 PM Subject: [biofuels-biz] Re: brain strom - can the small companies compete against big oil companies... Forget about retail and go for bulk sales to haulage companies. If biodesel is cheaper per mile (including excise tax

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: brain strom - can the small companies compete against big oil companies...

2001-06-01 Thread Mauro Knudsen
Hello Jan and Pedro, In Argentina the situation is diferent. Our fuel tax is law called ITC. This law was made when no body know the biodiesel and for this reason don«t biodiesel don«t have fuel tax, the problem in this situation is that we don«t have security in the comming year. So, we are

[biofuels-biz] Re: brain strom - can the small companies compete against big oil companies...

2001-05-31 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Jan Didn't you mean to send this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Hi Pedro and Mauro, Maybe this is good point to exchange information how thing go in different countries I can say few words on Poland and the situation of biofules: Bioethanol : We have two big producers (refineries) of

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: brain strom - can the small companies compete against big oil companies...

2001-05-31 Thread Pedro M.
Well, here in Spain there is another view. The hidrocarbure Market is liberalizated and there is more than 2 refineries . But you need to be Bill Gates ( a richman person or very rich companie ) to be a wholesale petrol operator ( 5.000 millions ptas 30.050.605 euros ). I imagine in the