biodiesel vs. propane for heating was Re: [biofuel] bio to grid add co gen /prpane

2003-01-07 Thread girl mark
Getting way off the original topic,I've got a question I';m too lazy to google for (and think people might be interested in the answer to): Any ideas out in this group on a cost comparison between the costs of operating home heating oil furnaces (meaning potentially biodiesel heating) and

Re: biodiesel vs. propane for heating was Re: [biofuel] bio to grid add co gen /prpane

2003-01-07 Thread James Slayden
What is the cost limitations? On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, girl mark wrote: Getting way off the original topic,I've got a question I';m too lazy to google for (and think people might be interested in the answer to): Any ideas out in this group on a cost comparison between the costs of operating

Re: biodiesel vs. propane for heating was Re: [biofuel] bio to grid add co gen /prpane

2003-01-07 Thread girl mark
At 10:16 AM 1/7/2003 -0800, you wrote: What is the cost limitations? We're not sure yet- maybe used equipment that costs under 1,000, maybe much more- the group the building is for is pretty good at fundraising for specific equipment once they have an amount in mind (they've got connections

Re: biodiesel vs. propane for heating was Re: [biofuel] bio to grid add co gen /prpane

2003-01-07 Thread James Slayden
Let me search some links and see what I come up with. An option might be a CHP option that would take care of lighting and doing radiant heating in the floor. That would procude a nice kind of warmth. If there was a battery with the genset then it could be utilized off-grid. Lots of banter

Re: biodiesel vs. propane for heating was Re: [biofuel] bio to grid add co gen /prpane

2003-01-07 Thread Hakan Falk
Girl Mark, My first concern in designing the straw bale house would be to maintain the good insulation in the roof construction. The losses through the roof are twice or more than the losses trough the walls. Straw bale is and should be an open construction, but for the roof I would use a

Re: biodiesel vs. propane for heating was Re: [biofuel] bio to grid add co gen /prpane

2003-01-07 Thread girl mark
At 10:16 AM 1/7/2003 -0800, you wrote: What is the cost limitations? We're not sure yet- maybe used equipment that costs under 1,000, maybe much more- the group the building is for is pretty good at fundraising for specific equipment once they have an amount in mind (they've got connections

RE: biodiesel vs. propane for heating was Re: [biofuel] bio to grid add co gen /prpane

2003-01-07 Thread kirk
It is pulsating oil furnaces that gives you the same efficiency as gas, but currently not generally available. If you purchase your pulsating furnace in the form of a high compression diesel engine they are quite available. If the mechanical work is used to drive a compressor you can exceed the