Hi Eva,
We are planning to have a bio-diesel plant in Malaysia and thinking of making our product cheaper cos' we are a third world country with amble supply of crude palm oil. We are currently studying various proposal using our feedstock as crude palm oil. Interested to assist as to make this commercially viable for the green engine. Thank you. JP , Eva Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You bring up a good point. It's hard to find "green" business people, since there's a lot more money to be made elsewhere. I totally encourage your efforts Tomas. My 2 cents on your question: maybe you could contact other schools that use biodiesel in their fleets and see what they've done. I know they are out there but not sure which ones they are. As for biodiesel business, I have noticed in the past few weeks that: - there are a LOT of homebrewers and co-ops (yay!) - there are NOT a lot of commercial biodiesel suppliers or retail biodiesel stations. Even though in my (very non-MBA) head it seems like a pretty simple and straightforward thing to do commercially (except maybe the government hoops - ASTM standards and all that). I think co-ops and homebrews have their place but a biodiesel station franchise, for example, that uses its profits to add more biodiesel stations, sounds like a fantastic way to leverage capitalism to undermine our dependence on foreign oil. What are the roadblocks preventing biodiesel business from taking off? Lack of "green" MBAs? OPEC politics? Expensive required EPA testing (I don't understand this issue at all)? Not enough waste veg. oil to meet demand? Not enough diesel passenger cars out there? Seems like if biodiesel were easily available along major commutes in major cities, ordinary folks would gladly pay less per gallon for biodiesel and feel good about themselves for saving the environment and preventing future wars to boot. I'll tell ya, I was born an engineer and the acronym "MBA" always made my stomach turn, but I'd get an MBA in a heartbeat if I knew I could use it to start a biodiesel business from which I could make a decent living. ________________________________________ From: Ken Provost [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 4:49 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] biodiesel business on 5/3/04 12:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to make some money with biodiesel. Why? Can't you just be a day trader or something? -K 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 ð To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ ð To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ð 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://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
