Snip > > My second question to the group and to the experts; has anybody solved the pour point and clouding point of biodiesel without compromising the emmissions issue. This is very important for the colder climate markets.
End Snip Still being addressed but there are some additives available that make it a useful fuel down to well below freezing temps. Ed B. > Snip > My third question to the group is; was is your long rang forcast for the viability and sustainability of biodiesel as a market. Endsnip The whole thing, in my view, comes down to the realization that biodiesel one of a broad range of renewable energy technologies that will have to be developed to substitute for fossil fuels over time. We should also be cognizant that the diesel, and internal combustion, will eventually be replaced and that biodiesel is a good interim fuel. It will take its place in niche markets and as a low percentage blend with low sulphur diesel (as little as .1% added to diesel is an excellent lubricity additive.) Its economic viability will depend on process technology and feedstock prices and sources. The sustainability of biodiesel is wholly dependent on the co-evolution of "factor 10" thinking, that is, that to make use of available renewable resources we must become many times more efficient in energy use. It is often said that biodiesel could never replace the tremendous amount of fossil diesel used. This is supposed to be anargument against their development. But fossil fuel is finite. Therefore, that argument against biodiesel fails - in fact it should serve to trigger the realization that the status quo of use huge quantities of fossil diesel is not sustainable, desirable or acceptable. Attempts to replace the endowment of fossil fuel with similar amounts of alternative fuels misses the point that conservation and efficiency and lifestyle and consumption choices are, in fact, part of the picture that needs to be examined. We need to take a "sustainable system design" view and see where biodiesel, and diesels, fit into that, not examine elements of systems in isolation. Ed B. www.biofuels.ca > > Any knowledge on these questions would be greatly appriciated. > > > Pat > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
