You have to be cheaper to the customer than the alternative. When it comes to diesel fuel, nobody really cares a fig about it's greeness. They just want cheap fuel. Even in Germany where it's well established, biodiesel is about 10% cheaper at the pump than dinodiesel.
Biodiesel is only successful in countries which have some sort of govt support, either as preferential tax rates (e.g. Germany) or where municiple authorities are expected to run low emission vehicles (USA). The only other areas where it can compete are where local labour is cheap and they have limited cash to buy in petroleum fuels (third world countries). Africa has fantastic potential as an oilpalm for biodiesel producer, but they won't get any investment until they sort out their political mess. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Trevor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all..... > > I've read with interest the discussions here about small & medium scale biodiesel production. > > Without question there are a lot of issues and details that would need to be worked out prior to the commencement of production, ie: collecting, processors, etc.... > > But as a refugee from the dot.com meltdown, (I'll be paying off some of those debts for a while....) the one thing I learned about any start-up is "there has to be a market, or you have to create a market in as little time as possible". No business lasts long when the cash flow is not there. No matter how good the product/service/intent is. That said I would relish the opportunity to take a crack at a biodiesel small business !! Especially as I am a VW & Audi owner / fan. GO TDI !!!!!!!!!! > > I can only comment on the western Canadian environment, but here a handful of o&g majors have the retail (ie: fuel bars) sewn up. It seems unlikely (given their vested interests) that they would entertain a relationship with a small or "boutique" producer. > > So where would the market be or potentially be? > > > Trevor > Calgary AB Canada (yes the heart of the Canadian O&G biz!) Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
