But there's a limited market for solvent. After you've sold all you can at $3.70, you have to start selling it cheaper to get into the fuel market, or not sell any more.
On 12/15/05, Paul S Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From the first URL: > "Butanol currently sells for about $3.70 per gallon in bulk (barge) and > $6.80 in 55 gallon drums." > and > "Our preliminary cost estimates suggest that we can produce butanol from > corn for about $1.20 per gallon, not including a credit for the hydrogen > produced. This compares with ethanol production costs of about $1.28 per > gallon. Taking into account the higher Btu content of butanol, this > translates to 105,000 Btu per dollar for butanol and 84,000 Btu per dollar > for ethanol with corn at $2.50 per bushel. As a further point of reference, > butanol produced from petroleum costs about $1.35 per gallon to > manufacture." > > With US wholesale gasoline (ie barge) at ~$1.65 (Source: NYMEX for January > delivery), $1.20 per gallon production sounds great, especially against > $1.35 per gallon from petrochem. But if the (bio)Butanol would be worth > $3.70 as a solvent, would the price as a fuel be low enough to replace > gasoline? I think only if the supply outstripped demand to a large degree. > No rational capitalist would sell a product worth $3.70 for $1.65. Did I > miss something? > > > > > On 12/15/05, Greg and April <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ran across this on another list, and thought people here would interested > it. > > > > http://butanol.com/index.html > > http://www.ilcorn.org/Corn_Products/Butanol/butanol.html > > > > Be interesting to see the information about BioDiesel made with butanol. > > > > Greg H. > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > PC > > He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch > > A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men. - Roald Dahl > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
