anyone know how a "catalytic cracker" works? If they are cheaper to run than than the FAME system we all know and love, why aren't we building them instead? Regards Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Foskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] the end of big biodiesel?
> So why is no-one doing this already? There must be some underutilised > refineries around? > > regards Doug > > On Thursday 06 April 2006 3:59, bob allen wrote: >> I heard a presentation from a researcher at NREL (Pachecko?)at a biomass >> conference in Little Rock, Arkansas last week. He basically predicted >> the death of big biodiesel only a few years beyond peak oil. The story >> goes like this: when global production of crude oil starts to fall >> significantly, and crude supplies in the us start to fall, the fossil >> refineries will turn to alternative feedstocks to keep their big >> catalytic crackers busy. Easier than coal liquids will be the >> supplementation with lipids. Big oil will buy up every drop of >> available fat and oil, blend it with crude oil and run it through the >> refineries. Because large scale catalytic cracking is cheaper than FAME >> synthesis, they can undercut the price, and drive biodiesel out of the >> market. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
