That is an interesting question. I think that as long the business is cooperatively owned, and you give information to resources about making home-biodiesel to individuals who would like to make it. It doesn't seem the least bit unethical to make biodiesel say for commercial buses or city buses or whatever for a profit. That is what makes ecological modernization work - "waste" products can be obtained for little to no cost and transformed into saleable products. Please keep us posted about your proposed business venture.
Justin from Flagstaff >From: "William E Ottaviani, MS, PT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: [biofuel] Commercial production >Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:45:53 -0800 > >Keith- > >First, I must take my hat off to you and everyone else involved in the >project and website. The wealth of information is amazing and I hope that >this information becomes common knowledge. Since becoming interested in >biofuels I find myself constantly dreaming of a United States freed from >the governmental control of the fossil fuel industry. > >As I have begun my own personal journey to free myself from fossil fuels (I >recently purchased a 3/4 ton Dodge diesel specifically to run on biodiesel) >I have been approached by a friend who would like to go into business >producing biodiesel. > >My question is: Are (or rather, Would) we be crossing ethical lines by >producing biodiesel commercially (read: for profit)? > >Although we are a processor and system that is in many ways unique from the >processors that are described on this site and others that have links on >this site, most all of the inspiration has come from this site. The basic >chemical process will also most likely be similar to the "recipes" given by >Aleks Kac and Joshua Tickell although we plan on using a filtering process >to refine the biodiesel to commercial specs as opposed to washing it. > >My original goal is still to produce biodiesel for personal use, but if our >ideas end up working as well as we think they will, I plan on becoming and >entrepreneur and do my part to make biodiesel a mainstream option for the >general public. I am afraid, however, that I may upset some by turning a >profit using methods and information (although modified) by others. > >Thank you for your time and wonderful work >billyO > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel 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/
