I have been following the discussion boards on biodiesel and the issues are actually simple.
The 99% of diesel buyers in the US and Canada are fleets (trucking, buses, trains, etc.) who will demand and get high quality specification product from larger producers. This is fine. The extremely small (1%) of automotive, pickup truck and SUV diesel owners can make their own supply and it will be a variable quality most of the time and that is fine. Many of the small diesels are older GM, Mercedes, etc. designs that can withstand variable quality and the owners enjoy making their own supply. This is much like the early days when kerosene was refined from the natual product rock oil. It was a decentralized industry with no specifications. Lamps were designed for whale oil or coal oil. Over time the industry consolidated as specifications became more common for kerosene. Home (space) heating with oil will be replaced by natural gas in the Northeast, so the potential use of biofuel in heating will end as gas is cheaper, abundant and cleaner. Europe is different with its large diesel automobile base (about 40%). But the biodiesel manufacturers set high standards years ago to meet the needs of high performance diesel engines. Over time, as the US and Canada mix changes, so will the consolidation in the manufacturing base with high quality production replacing lower quality. Newer diesel engines will come from Japan and Europe. This is the natural progress of technology. There will always be a place for small producers. Good luck. 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/
