Posted on 03/13/2008 12:19:36 PM PDT by Red Badger
Washington, DC—President Bush on March 5 at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) called biodiesel the most promising renewable fuel for helping to meet renewable fuels standards.
The WIREC conference wraps up its four-day sessions that began March 3.
Here are a few of the ways biodiesel was highlighted.
"The legislation requires fuel producers to supply at least 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel in the year 2022," said President Bush.
"In other words, these just aren't goals, these are mandatory requirements.
"I'm confident the United States can meet those goals, and I know we must, for the sake of economic security, national security, and for the sake of being good stewards of the environment.
"Biodiesel is the most promising of these fuels.
"Biodiesel refineries can produce fuel from soybeans, and vegetable oils, and recycled cooking grease, from waste materials.
"All you out there with waste, you may be in business before you know it as this new technology kicks in.
"Most Americans -- or, more Americans -- are beginning to realize the benefits of biodiesel every year.
"Last year, we produced 450 million gallons of biodiesel.
"That's up 80 percent from 2006.
"Today there are more than 650 biodiesel fueling stations in America.
"There are hundreds of fleet operators that use biodiesel to fuel their trucks, and that's just the beginning of what is going to be a substantial change in our driving habits," said President Bush.
Equipment at the conference showed biodiesel in application.
Volvo Group, together with Mack® Trucks, featured trucks running on renewable fuels, including biodiesel, on the trade show exposition floor.
The truck running on biodiesel was manufactured in Dublin, VA.
President Bush also visited this exhibit, commenting on the "amazing joint venture with Mack and Volvo on these giant trucks that are using biodiesel to power them."
Manning Feraci, National Biodiesel Board VP of Federal Affairs, addressed conference attendees in a session yesterday.
The NBB also held a booth at WIREC. For more information, call Amber Thurlo Pearson at 800-841-5849.
i.e., See post 35
You can make a deisel from waste lube oils. I’ve been trying to get funding for a plant for 2 years! but can’t ge a break. Millions given for $200MM ethynol plants, but for our $40MM used oil re-refinery, we can’t get a dime from the gov’t. Sucks.
Algae and some other new processes, trans-esterification just being one, are very, very promising for diesel production from bio-mass.................
DON'T GIVE UP!.....Just re-submit your application and say you are building a bio-diesel blending facility and you're all set!.....Then you can have biodiesel as well as waste oil recovery at the same time.......
Ever herd of some biotech conference called the TED or T.E.D.? It’s supposed to be some very exclusive, cutting edge conference attended by venture capital Big Cheeses and the Hollywood crowd who are between movies.
Can somebody who’s better educated help me out with this? I’ve been thinking that the emphasis (subsidies if you’re going to end up stuck with them) on biofuels should instead go into something like neutralizing radioactive nuclear waste. It would seem to me, if you could do something about stabilizing nuclear waste, nuclear power could support the electrical infrastructure. This would free up a lot oil for general transportation.
Putting aside the concerns with political correctness and enviro-protesters, is this sort of neutralization unthinkable or a bad idea?
Nuclear waste should just be launched into the sun and forgotten about. There’s more radiation 20 miles above your head than will ever be a problem with nuclear waste................
For those who don’t know. This is the plant that the most productive yields for green bio-diesel comes from.
Because it is cheaper than biodiesel made from any other crop. http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2214#more
No, I gooogled “TED” and “BIOFUELS” and Got Ted Turner........
What is that a picture of?....
Not in any quantity that matters.
Japan is going to be petrol free first. WSJ article yesterday that shocked me - Japan is subsidizing the installation of fuel cells in homes. The fuel cells provide the electricity AND the hot water. Japan is also looking to move cars off of petrol and on to electricity within the next four years.
You will be able to replace your batter bank at any fill-up station, same as if you would get gas. You don’t recharge the batteries, you exchange your bank for another.
Trash-based ethanol
Agree. Biodiesel is better than ethanol; can be made from more things.
vaudine
What's their net profit?
PS - Subsidies are not profit.
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