Biodiesel producers, whose interest is in getting into the commercial market, will always have an alrogether different set of problems than do those who simply want to feel free to produce biodiesel in their backyard and burn biodiesel, svo/wvo in their vehicles.
The situation is exactly analagous to the person who raises beef cattle on a few acres. So long as he meets all the zoning and environmental regulations he will probably have no problems iin killing and butchering a few cattle each year for his own use. But, he runs into a whole different new set of problems when he wants to kill and butcher the same animals for the marketplace: new regulations requiring sanitary faciliites, new environmental standards, large equipment costs, economies of scale, etc, all the elements of a business that suddently become necessary. EPA and DOA suddently become important in his life, agencies which represented little or no influence in his life until he got into business. I have had that specific experience. . . Back to the person who simply wants to use biodiesel/svo/wvo in his diesel truck: He can continue to gather wvo from the back of resturants, process it into biodiesel in his garage, and when that supply fails, he can buy svo from the grocery store, and when and if that fails, he will find other means like pressing oil from grain that will always be available from farmers. etc. The last thing such a DIY person wants, or needs, are regulations. Historically, regulations lead to controls that interfere with DIY operations. . Glenn Ellis . 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/
