hrmm, methinks that Melissa should contact Southern States Power Company who are making comerce BD out of the LA area. Don't know what process they are using or what feedstock, cause it's been a while since I talked to them (bad vibe when I called last).
James On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Keith Addison wrote: > Wow, you want quite a lot of help. > > >Alright, I have a few questions about a project I'm doing. > > > >1)Are there any politicians (Past and present) who have fervently > >supported biofuels, and is there any way I can contact them? > > The Governors of all the corn states all fervently support ethanol, > for some strange reason. It was a hot potato in your legislature > recently, I'm sure you can check it out. It's still a hot potato in > your state, check out the state newspaper archives. > > For biodiesel, check out Minnesota. > > >2)Can biofuels be applied on a large scale? If so, why hasn't it > >happened already? > > What do you mean "large scale"? In 2001, the European Union produced > and used 300 million gallons of biodiesel, rising very fast. The US > produced and used 20 million gallons in 2001 (another figure says 35 > million gallons), up from 5 million gallons in 2000, according to the > National Biodiesel Board. By 2016, the US expects to produce 800 > million gallons. The US Department of Energy has mentioned six > billion gallons by the year 2020. That would be more than 15% of the > diesel consumed in North America. But this doesn't make much sense to > me, because it's according to growth based on current usage, and I > don't think it's going to be that way. > > I'm not sure of the figures for ethanol, I'm sure you can find out > easily enough. It's pretty much worldwide, for both fuels, with a > different picture in each country, all changing rapidly. > > >3)Who were/are the key developers of biofuels, and who are the key > >advocates today? > > We are. :-) Unless you want to believe World Energy. > > >4) What are the main differences between ethanol and biodiesel? > > Ethanol is for spark-ignition (gasoline) motors, biodiesel is for > diesel (compression-ignition) motors. Ethanol is an alcohol, > biodiesel is an ester. > > >Which is cleaner? Which is cheaper? What are the characteristics > >of each? What are their primary uses? > > Oh, come on! Do your own homework! Anyway you're trying to compare > chalk and cheese. Go prowl around Journey to Forever and Webconx a > bit, you'll find info and leads there. > > >5) Is there any chance that clean-engine diesel cars will ever be > >mass marketed in the U.S.? > > http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_future.html > Do diesels have a future? > > >6) I live in Claremont, CA (L.A. area), and I want to contact to > >local fuel and trucking companies to conduct a survey of their fuel > >practices. Does anyone know how I can go about doing this? > > Do it. > > >7) Does anyone have an interesting anecdote about their use of > >biofuels that I can use in my paper? > > :-) Sorry, I think that's funny. (I'm a journalist.) > > >8) What sort of political barriers stand in the way of green fuel use? > > Much too general a question, I don't think I want to write a major > essay for you, nor will anyone else. Hone down your questions a bit > and use the archives, there's a very large amount of information on > that there. > > Good luck. > > Keith > > >Thanks for your input. > >Melissa Jahnke > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
