Re: [Biofuel] student seeking info on conducting Feasability Studies...part of Thesis
feasibility study for GA not to long ago. A .pdf of the report can be found at: http://www.agecon.uga.edu/~caed/biodieselrpt.pdf -Rob At 06:33 PM 1/7/2005, you wrote: Dave, With a little bit of research on the Journey To Forever website you will find most of your answers. I am sure you will get some responses from the helpful experts on this email list. TO give you encouragement, I worked at a petroleum company for several years. The one I worked for has 35,000 gas stations around the world. I cannot knock them because they helped bring up my family with a good salary. But I do think there are opportunities to look at different fuel supply streams such as biodiesel. Many petroleum folks think the same way and will happen as inertia hits crtical point. I miss the steady salary of a real job but my early retirement and now free-lance work was a blessing in disguise cause I get to meet people like you and others on this email list. Keep up the good work. Citizen at Large Phillip Wolfe --- David Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings to all, My name is David and i'm a student at university of Mary Washington as well as a home brewer. I was originally drawn to biodiesel for 3 reasons: 1) its resistance to multinational oil corporations, 2) its lower emissions, and 3) the ability to make my own fuel. As I've become more involved in the biodiesel scene here in VA I've encountered several municipalities (or is it municipals...whatever) as well as universities which have adopted biodiesel into their fleets. I have had my thesis approved (major: Sustainable Development ( focusing on greening capitalism) to conduct a study of the feasiblity of buying and/or brewing BD on site for the university and city fleets. While i have a good idea of what is entailed in a feasability study, i understand that there is a general format which biodiesel consultants tend to follow. I'm hoping there is a consultant out there who can send me a copy of a feasability study that i may use as a guideline in my study, or at least list for me some of the important criteria. I have a general outline of my approach to this study for anyone interested. Also, I'd like to know what kinds of grants are available for student BD research that would apply for a student researching BD for a University or City. This is an amazing blog. I've learned so much from it and thank you all for participating. I hope to hear from you soon. cheers, David T ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] student seeking info on conducting Feasability Studies...part of Thesis
UBC Biodiesel project http://www.eya.ca/biodiesel/ Regards, Edward Beggs B.E.S. M.Sc. Neoteric Biofuels Inc. http://www.biofuels.ca Support Engineers Without Borders. See: www.ewb.ca On Jan 7, 2005, at 4:12 PM, R Del Bueno wrote: University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, GA did a biodiesel production feasibility study for GA not to long ago. A .pdf of the report can be found at: http://www.agecon.uga.edu/~caed/biodieselrpt.pdf -Rob At 06:33 PM 1/7/2005, you wrote: Dave, With a little bit of research on the Journey To Forever website you will find most of your answers. I am sure you will get some responses from the helpful experts on this email list. TO give you encouragement, I worked at a petroleum company for several years. The one I worked for has 35,000 gas stations around the world. I cannot knock them because they helped bring up my family with a good salary. But I do think there are opportunities to look at different fuel supply streams such as biodiesel. Many petroleum folks think the same way and will happen as inertia hits crtical point. I miss the steady salary of a real job but my early retirement and now free-lance work was a blessing in disguise cause I get to meet people like you and others on this email list. Keep up the good work. Citizen at Large Phillip Wolfe --- David Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings to all, My name is David and i'm a student at university of Mary Washington as well as a home brewer. I was originally drawn to biodiesel for 3 reasons: 1) its resistance to multinational oil corporations, 2) its lower emissions, and 3) the ability to make my own fuel. As I've become more involved in the biodiesel scene here in VA I've encountered several municipalities (or is it municipals...whatever) as well as universities which have adopted biodiesel into their fleets. I have had my thesis approved (major: Sustainable Development ( focusing on greening capitalism) to conduct a study of the feasiblity of buying and/or brewing BD on site for the university and city fleets. While i have a good idea of what is entailed in a feasability study, i understand that there is a general format which biodiesel consultants tend to follow. I'm hoping there is a consultant out there who can send me a copy of a feasability study that i may use as a guideline in my study, or at least list for me some of the important criteria. I have a general outline of my approach to this study for anyone interested. Also, I'd like to know what kinds of grants are available for student BD research that would apply for a student researching BD for a University or City. This is an amazing blog. I've learned so much from it and thank you all for participating. I hope to hear from you soon. cheers, David T ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] student seeking info on conducting Feasability Studies...part of Thesis
Dave, With a little bit of research on the Journey To Forever website you will find most of your answers. I am sure you will get some responses from the helpful experts on this email list. TO give you encouragement, I worked at a petroleum company for several years. The one I worked for has 35,000 gas stations around the world. I cannot knock them because they helped bring up my family with a good salary. But I do think there are opportunities to look at different fuel supply streams such as biodiesel. Many petroleum folks think the same way and will happen as inertia hits crtical point. I miss the steady salary of a real job but my early retirement and now free-lance work was a blessing in disguise cause I get to meet people like you and others on this email list. Keep up the good work. Citizen at Large Phillip Wolfe --- David Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings to all, My name is David and i'm a student at university of Mary Washington as well as a home brewer. I was originally drawn to biodiesel for 3 reasons: 1) its resistance to multinational oil corporations, 2) its lower emissions, and 3) the ability to make my own fuel. As I've become more involved in the biodiesel scene here in VA I've encountered several municipalities (or is it municipals...whatever) as well as universities which have adopted biodiesel into their fleets. I have had my thesis approved (major: Sustainable Development ( focusing on greening capitalism) to conduct a study of the feasiblity of buying and/or brewing BD on site for the university and city fleets. While i have a good idea of what is entailed in a feasability study, i understand that there is a general format which biodiesel consultants tend to follow. I'm hoping there is a consultant out there who can send me a copy of a feasability study that i may use as a guideline in my study, or at least list for me some of the important criteria. I have a general outline of my approach to this study for anyone interested. Also, I'd like to know what kinds of grants are available for student BD research that would apply for a student researching BD for a University or City. This is an amazing blog. I've learned so much from it and thank you all for participating. I hope to hear from you soon. cheers, David T ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
