Re: ethanol

Charles Bishop wrote:
> 
> In article <48039B4D.12F41AC3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique
> allusion in lieu of the frontal attack' )"
<tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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?
> 
They wouldn't pay you anything. I'm saying that you collect it,
which you probably should do anyway since dumping it down the drain
is probably not good and the only other place is in the garbage.
You would then bring it to some place you were going anyway when
you felt like it, like how you would recycle newspapers or
whatever.



> 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.
> 
How much profit are they going to make? You can't take the fat from
a meatloaf and just toss it your car's tank and go.



> 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.
> 
Obviously collecting waste oil from fry shops makes sense. I don't
know what the profit would be on that. But if you could add in what
people produce, why not do it?



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