Re: ethanol

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:05:12 +0000, "Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique
allusion in lieu of the frontal attack' )"
<tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
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>Bob Ward wrote:
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>> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:57:20 +0000, "Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique
>> allusion in lieu of the frontal attack' )"
>> <tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> >Wait a minute. Now you are putting all sorts of qualifiers on this.
>> >Why does it have to be McDonalds french fry oil for 50 cents per
>> >gallon? That number is what was claimed by Bishop for someone he
>> >knew, isn't that correct? So ask him to defend his own claim. My
>> >claim is that people are making quality motor fuel from used fry
>> >and other cooking oils. In fact, I claim that they don't even have
>> >to convert it to biodiesel, some are even running on SVO (straight
>> >vegetable oil).
>> 
>> And it still is not economically viable to do it on a large scale.
>> 
>> You are the one who attacked my statement with your straw man.  If you
>> don't like the qualifiers, keep your head up your ass and don't talk
>> with your mouth full.
>>
>You seem congenitally incapable of remembering what the argument
>was actually about. Let's see the requote again:
>
>#begin quote requote cut by you
>OTRA> I've got a friend who paid mucho dinero for a 2003 Silverado 
>OTRA> 2500 4x4, extended cab, full-sized bed, Duramax Diesel... he 
>OTRA> says he'll continue paying the price for real diesel to make 
>OTRA> sure he doesn't break the engine.
>
>ME> I thought that quality biodiesel helped clean up the engine.
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>YOU> Quality biodiesel isn't made by filtering McDonald's frenchfry
>oil at
>YOU> 50 cents per gallon.
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>ME>Of course it can be. 
>#end quote
>
>You claimed that quality biodiesel can't be made from used fry oil.
>Your 50 cents a gallon claim isn't relevant because I didn't make
>any such claim.

The 50 cents a gallon was part of the message to which I was replying
- since the discussion was regarding whether or not it was financially
prudent to try to make CHEAP biodiesel, your side trip regarding
"quality biodiesel" was another Bondeman.