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Posted by Matt on April 14, 2004 at 08:23:11 from (66.181.93.142):
In Reply to: Re: falling old equipment values posted by farmallsc on April 13, 2004 at 12:14:28:
Bio-diesel is slightly less BTU/gallon than Dino-Diesel, so you won't get twice the mileage. More like 95% of what you get with Diesel. Wheat has never been noted as an oil seed crop. Making alcohol, maybe. Think Bio-diesel, think Corn. Think especially Canola. Convert every square inch of U.S. cultivated land in production today with Canola, you'd have almost enough bio-diesel to replace our current gasoline & diesel needs. So it's not practical as a 100% replacement, but it could play a big role in the future. Move cars to high efficiency things like Prius w/50mpg to stretch gasoline, grow Canola and such to augment diesel supplies they can help both hold down prices & stretch supplies.
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