Re: Biodiesel

Posted by jdemaris on April 08, 2005 at 06:00:10 from (209.23.30.13):

In Reply to: Biodiesel posted by Mark - IN. on April 07, 2005 at 20:08:09:

I haven't done it myself, but I've read a bit on it. Try looking at: http://www.greasel.com/
Several European countries have a "blanket road tax law", which requires anyone to pay fuel tax on any vehicle regardless of what the fuel is. This has led to several arrests in England for people "cheating" by using coooking oil and not paying the tax. I suspect, that if use became widespread in the U.S., there were indeed be a new tax here.
With the so-called "bio-diesel" in the U.S., there is the mindset of using used cooking oil, and also that of producing fuel from farm products e.g. soybeans. Willy Nelson now owns a few truck stops and has been promoting soybean fuel. I heard one of his half-hour long info-mercials and it seems he has no idea of what he's talking about. I think he should stick to his guitar and singing. He says the supply of soybean fuel has no limits and it would free the U.S from it's oil dependancy. Now, it seems to me that farming requires oil - oil is used to run tractors, make fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, etc. So, soybeans don't come for "free" as Willy claims.
As far as using cooking oil, it has worse cold weather problems than diesel, but it seems to work pretty well in warmer climates. Some people are using dual-tank systems, i.e. starting on diesel and then switching over to grease. Problem is, is works well when only a few people want it. Once there is a large demand, it's not going to be cheap.
I'm kind of interested in the trash burning tractors and autos that have been built all over the world in places and times when oil was not available. Not very practical for something that gets started and stopped a lot, but still interesting. It allows a gas engine to run off the fumes of a smoldering fire.

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• Re: Biodiesel Mike (WA) 08:12:22 04/08/05 (1)
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