Thanks David,
Based on those figures even though they are 5 years
old there is obviously one heck of a long way to go. It may be that the
easisest and best fields for vegetable oils is not engine oils but other
lubricants such as greases etc which have a lot of fillers etc. These
figures also makes you wonder why man is in such a hurry to waste such a
resource. There is no way man even with the help of nature could ever create
or supply 370,000 million tons. Anyone seeing this figure can quickly see
how wasteful the oil and auto industries have been and continue to be.
B.r., David
It therefore seems
> logical that vegetable
> oil-based lubricants are perceived to have the greatest competitive
> advantage in total loss
> systems e.g. chain bar oils, two stroke marine engines, drilling muds,
> agricultural greases and
> possibly in applications where the risk of loss is high. e.g. certain
> hydraulic systems.
> In such cases their negative impact on the environment is much less than
> that of mineral oil-based
> lubricants. Although they are more expensive than mineral oil-based
> lubricants, less is
> needed per tonne of wood cut, so the cost is no greater. However, their
> extensive use in these
> contexts is likely to be dependent on specific environmental legislation
(as
> is the case in
> Germany and Switzerland). Nevertheless, since April 1995 the UK's Forestry
> Enterprise (a
> division of the Forestry Commission) has adopted a policy of using
> environmentally-friendly
> lubricants to lubricate chainbars and chains, in both their motor manual
> systems and automated
> harvesters. The UK's Environment Agency is also keen to promote the use of
> more
> environmentally-friendly products.
> At the 'Lubricants from oilseeds workshop' held in London on 9th May 1996,
> Dr Harold of
> Lubrizol International Laboratories stated that the estimated potential EU
> market for
> biodegradable lubricants was in the region of 370,000 million tonnes (10).
> However, to date
> only a fraction of the market (35,000 tonnes) is actually derived from
> vegetable oils (see also
> Table 1.4).
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