I don't know if it's just a really good source or what, but I was Quoted $1.10 per gallon for methanol. If I bring my own container. If I have to buy in 55 gallon drums then it is 1.57 per gallon. That was quoted 9/14/05 in Thibideaux, Louisiana.
Logan Vilas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zeke Yewdall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] cost of B100 versus Petro in the Midwest USA > You forgot to add the road tax and a markup for profit to the > biodiesel... Anyone who is selling biodiesel has those costs too. > > On 10/9/05, Jason and Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I sat here and figured up the ballpark "cost of parts" for BD in a 390 >> gallon batch-( i started my numbers with a full 55 gal. drum of methanol) >> >> for 2 barrels of methanol (have to have >> excess)............................ ~550$ >> for 390 gal. >> oil......................................................................... >> .........Haul-off >> for 40 lbs lye(VERY rough >> estimate)................................................~140$ >> for one cannister of bottle gas (heat >> source)..................................~25$ >> >> Total >> C.O.P....................................................................... >> .................~715$ >> >> Results (Approximate) >> ~340 Gallons of ester >> ~47 Gallons reclaimed methanol >> ~43 gallons glycerine >> >> Market Value of 340 Gal. of diesel @ >> 2.60$/Gal...................................~884$ >> Your >> Savings..................................................................... >> ...................~169$ >> >> not to mention if you use the glycerine as a heat source through any of >> the >> available ways (digester gas, directly burning it, etc.) the heating >> costs >> will fall off entirely, and methanol will become cheaper the more you >> reclaim the excess, and we could always go to ethanol and add that to the >> equation, which has it's own COP. there are always options. >> Now, having read this, can you still tell me BD is more expensive than >> Petro? >> >> --- >> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Biofuel mailing list >> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 >> messages): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
