[biofuels-biz] big vs small: quality assurance

2002-11-25 Thread Andrew Hoppin
Hi folks. I'm learning a lot from the ongoing lively debate-- thank you. Regarding the issue that has been at hand-- whether big producers deliver better quality and reliability than small producers or not, and whether any quality differences are cause for concern among potential consumers or

Re: [biofuels-biz] big vs small: quality assurance

2002-11-25 Thread James Slayden
Andrew, Interesting that you mention this for when I did a search on ASTM testing services here is what I got: Searched the web for ASTM Testing Services. Results 1 - 4 of about 6. I even modified the search and got worse results. Someone had previously sent a link for ~$700 ASTM testing

Re: [biofuels-biz] big vs small: quality assurance

2002-11-25 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Andrew There has been talk of setting up centralized labs on a sort of coop basis where small producers could send samples for testing at affordable rates. Several people have discussed this idea, in several countries, but I don't think anything has come of it yet. After industry

[biofuel] Re: [biofuels-biz] big vs small: quality assurance

2002-11-25 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Andrew There has been talk of setting up centralized labs on a sort of coop basis where small producers could send samples for testing at affordable rates. Several people have discussed this idea, in several countries, but I don't think anything has come of it yet. After industry