Hi; Good points; hopefully you are right.
Alex --- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hello; > > > >Good point about third world... > > > >I can see the time when bio diesel will be marketed > as > >a 'super' fuel and will priced accordingly--simple > >marketing dynamics. The only ones who will be able > to > >afford it will be the very poor through aid > programs > >or the well-to-do. > > > >I base this on my belief that raw fuel stocks such > as > >WVO will become commodities-especially by the > bigger > >chains McDonald'scDonalds-that can improve the > >profitability of restaurants. > > > >Oil is big business and when its demise comes bio > >diesel will be big business. My advise to the > small > >producers is enjoy the present and be prepared to > be > >eaten by the sharks( via buy outs or other less > >pleasant means). > > > >Best Regards > > > >Alex Landels > > Lots been written here about the potential of > local-niche production > and much besides. There are many local-type > scenarios where the big > guys won't be able to compete, not just on a price > basis, there are > often other factors at work. Growth in at least some > of these areas > is already quite rapid. On-farm production, > especially from > integrated farms rather than monocroppers, is > another such case, also > growing rapidly. Costs can be essentially zero, and > direct costs > aside, on-farm economics will tend to keep outside > stuff outside, no > benefit. > > It doesn't just depend on WVO availability, though > that's a few > billion gallons a year in the US. In most > industrialized countries > collection levels are about 10%. It's unlikely to be > optimized, no > matter how valuable it gets or how much the Big Guys > might be after > it, unless collection starts at the local level, at > point of > production. This applies to virtually all waste > recycling. And it > leaves plenty of scope for small-scale operators and > DIYers who're > also working at that level. Take a closer look at > some of the things > in Mark's post about local-level initiatives. > > Much also been written about Big Biodiesel, and > people expecting to > be brushed aside when the time comes. There could > already be too much > local stuff going on for that to happen quite so > easily. If the > sharks come too close they could get torn to pieces > by piranhas. > > For a comparison, local farmers' markets and CSAs > are growing apace, > and there's absolutely nothing that big agribiz > interests can do > about it, much as I'm sure they'd like to. The USDA > organic standards > a few posts have mentioned were such an attempt, but > very many real > organic farms have simply opted out and continue > dealing with their > local markets without any problems. This is also > capitalism at work, > you know - more so than big, centralized corporatism > is, and it's > more American anyway. > > Best > > Keith > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
