I want some. Even at twice that price Brian Rodgers
On 10/12/05, logan vilas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ 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/
