And let's not forget about the waste vegetable oil users. A small percentage of the whole and if done correctly, a safe and effective way reduce carbon emissions. It has also reduced my fuel expense by 75% over the last 3 years. 60,000 miles / 20 mpg * $3.50 per gallon = $10,500. Minus investment of $3,000 and cost to produce of 10 cents per gallon. The only trouble I am having with vehicle is the hvac! Sincerely, Mike
Michael E. Esh On Dec 6, 2011, at 7:11 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Its cool to read somebody who knows something about it when they say "its > complicated". > > The interesting thing in this is seeing folks make bio-d out of regionally > available sources rather than just growing soy... I'd like to see the same > thing with ethanol like how they use sugar cane in Brazil. Sugar beets grow > well in northern Maine, theres lots of fallow farmland in northern Maine, > it'd be nice to see ethanol made from sugar beets... > > -Curt > > Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 10:57:22 -0700 > From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] global warming > Message-ID: > <CANTuLYga_FsR2DOF+pMg7px5Mb3jN=6oyvfyrjvjza-bbuk...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Very complex question. Bio-Diesel can be made from almost any vegetable > oil, and all vegetables have oil. Each vegetable oil source has a different > energy cost to cultivate, harvest, and rate of return [ie. pounds of oil v > pounds of plant product]. Cost to produce feed stock oil for one vegetable > oil type can vary widely compared to another. Many factors come into play > in setting that price/cost ratio. > > The actual trans-esterfication process is a "chemical refining process" in > large part and quite efficient if done with good controls on a commercial > scale. > > BTU per pound of ASTM Spec, Bio-Diesel is closely on par with BTU per pound > of "Dino-Diesel", unlike the gasoline/ethanol yield energy ratio. > > Comparison with solar methods? Not an apples to apples comparison. Two > different sides of the "alternate energy" basket. Solar to electric power > vs Bio-Diesel to BTU doesn't translate. [or maybe I slept through that > class in college] > > As it happens, I designed, built, and got certified, the largest capacity > Bio-Diesel commercial plant is USA [at the 2007 time frame] with a design > capacity of 20,000,000 gallon per month capacity. So it can be said, "I > speak the Bio-Diesel language". > > Grant... > AZ.... "Where diesels roam free" > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
