MAG wrote: > The Cost of BioFuel: >Can anyone tell me what is the cost per gallon of homemade Biofuel? >I understand that it would vary depending on the process but I am new to >this and am looking for some basic answers to begin with. >What would it take to produce soydiesel for $1.00 or less a gallon?
This is from a previous message: > >Even if one brews one's own, one should put a value on one's time and > >materials costs. I realize that there are many who don't put as high > >a value on "division of labor" as others, but I am just pointing this > >out. I do not assign a cost of zero to my own time or labor in doing > >things on my own that I'd rather consider paying someone else to do. > >Todd's done costings for a batch-processing set-up that includes >everything, labour, rents, utilitities, insurance, maintenance and >truck lease for collection, etc, for a 3,000 gpd facility generating >1,050,000 gallons a year, cost of production well under $0.60 a >gallon. > >On a smaller scale, Chuck Ranum, for instance, seems to spend not >more than a few seconds per gallon making his biodiesel. He tells the >pump to add the methoxide, then he goes away, comes back later. Dale >sits and watches if he wants to. Ian just switches it on and comes >back every now and then, makes it once a month. Aleks and his pal Mat >usually hang around but don't take much notice, get on with other >things. > >The process itself and all its various steps might take time, but it >needn't take you time. Once you set it up properly there's not that >much to do. Best Keith Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
