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More details http://www.greenla.com/recycling/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Kron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [biofuels-biz] Interesting Customer perception note > Sounds to me like the "one that got away", I don't hear this kind of > thinking very much and I'd say your customer has a weak or non-existent > science background so I wouldn't try to approach it from a scientific > point of view. > > I would tell them it was a very intersesting perspective that you had > not thought of before and ask them how they came to that conclusion? > The closest analogy I can think of would be the recycling analogy. Would > they think it would make more sense to store used paper in a warehouse > and cut down new trees to make paper? There's probably a better analogy > out there...\ > > kk > > James Slayden wrote: > > > Hola, > > > > In talking with someone recently who is interested in purchasing some > > biodiesel, and interesting comment came up in our email exchange. He > > indicated that he was more interested in biodiesel made from crude VO than > > that made of WVO. I was trying to convince him that the WVO option was > > better due to the recyclable nature of the WVO, but he insisted that the > > CO sequestering was better of the more recent growing cycle. I had a > > difficult time convincing him that it was the same .... but oh well. He > > didn't even care about the GMO feedstock issue!! > > > > I guess what this leaves me with is a customer perception problem of crude > > VO vs. WVO based biodiesel. I am wondering why that perception issue > > exists and how to overcome it in talking w/ people who are not biodiesel > > geeks. I know that most of the folks at the Berkley BD Co-op are > > religiously pro-WVO BD and will absolutely not put GMO-VO biodiesel in > > their vehicles. So there is the dichotomy in interest of the different > > feedstocks for biodiesel. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > James Slayden > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > 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/ > > 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/
