First of all.... anyone running these flextek thingys on a 97 S-10
pickup with a 2.2 liter 4 cylinder... gm made the ones after 2000 fun on
e85 but i would love to be able to run e-85 in my 97 s-10 as it is
avalable locally at quite a bit less than regular gas
From what i have heard from several people on different lists, in the
USA it is impossible to obtain the atf permit for making ethanol out of
your garage.. there is a huge amounts of regulations that cannot even
be met by the normal person living in a non comercial/industerial zoned
area...
"Under current law and regulations, the ATF cannot allow you to conduct
experiments involving distillation of alcohol at your home". (atf site)...
A person with a shop in a industerial area, that can jump throught
a lot of hoops might be able to do it...
http://www.ttb.gov/alcohol/info/faq/subpages/27cfrpart019.htm
some where around page 380 theres some relevent information..... yeah..
page 380... this is just some of the regulations and permit stuff....
way to complicated....I wonder if we need a permit to be recovering out
methanol from out biodiesel? I think all they care about is ethanol...
because u can drink it... and they tax it..
Ray J
YOU can obtain a distillation permit from the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms to distill your own ethanol. There is no such
provision in Canada for individuals. I'm trying to do this through
my business right now, but the people at Revenue Canada never answer
their phones and are NOT returning my calls!
Robert;
You raise an issue I am concerned about. Have you or anyone on the
list looked into the issue of distillation with regard to biodiesel
production in Canada. I heard that stills are required to be
registered in Canada even for distillation of water. The reactors
that we use and the way we recover methanol could be considered a form
of distillation although my vacuum unit is technically more like a
refinery than a distillation apparatus. I have been wondering what
the pros and cons are of this terminology and which would be better
in terms of applying for a permit. I see this as a potential sticking
point whereby biodiesel production could fall under existing
regulations in this country and thereby be subject to rules and
regulations and taxes etc that could eventually make it difficult for
the average person to make thier own fuel.
Does anybody have any ideas on this?
Joe
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