Re: ethanol

In article <48039B4D.12F41AC3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique
allusion in lieu of the frontal attack' )" <tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>Veronique wrote:
>> 
>> On Apr 9, 10:36 pm, xhos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> > So where is all this ethanol going which we are starving the world to
>> > produce?
>> >
>> > Around here, I'm not seeing E85 pumps sprouting like weeds, and I
think all
>> > the MTBE here had already been replaced with ethanol before the
current
>> > craze started.  What's going on in the rest of the country?
>> >
>> 
>> We have a biodiesel station right around the corner, and I know a guy
>> who's starting up a biodiesel company.
>> 
>There needs to a systematic and low overhead means of collecting
>used cooking oil from individuals. I would suggest collection
>points at grocery stores or even restaurants.

Why? How much would they pay me for it? Enough to make it worthwhile to
collect the small amounts I use, then would have to store until someone
came along to collect it? 

I think reuse is a very good idea, and I take things out the the local
dumpster and collect useful items from people I work for (that they're
throwing away) then donate them to a thrift shop. But if I'm going to go
to the trouble for people who are going to profit from my efforts, I'd
like at least to know if I want to give them the fruits of my labors if
they aren't going to pay me.

If they can pay people enough to make it worth while to collect and store,
then it's possible the cost of bio diesel will be within striking distance
of petro diesel. 

-- 
charles