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Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
Posted on 12/12/2008 11:28:33 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
NASHUA, N.H.—A biodiesel refinery is opening in Nashua, N.H., next week and another is planned in Keene early next year.
Batchelder Biodiesel Refineries is hosting a grand opening of its first refinery on Wednesday. The facility will convert yellow and brown waste grease into biofuel, a process that eliminates the "food vs. fuel" controversy like ethanol, which is processed from corn.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
"BBR will be providing the ability to convert this waste to a usable product, it will convert our communities waste into a clean form of energy, which results in a cleaner environment."
"The local manufacture of biodiesel will remove price and availability barriers in southwestern New Hampshire, leading to new applications of biodiesel, use of higher percentage blends in existing applications, produce health benefits to the community and extend KSC’s current biodiesel research into new exposures. This organization will embody a "first in the nation” private/public/college sector collaboration that connects resource conservation, waste minimization, and health risk reduction with a sustainable economic/ecological model.
Diesel PING!
Yes, but will it actually make money?
Or is it just going to get in line to the Gov’t for handouts next year with the help NE environmental activists?
“controversy”
They could be feeding the hungry with pure fat!
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
That, and the successive plant mentioned in the article, could probably provide enough diesel for 1/2 of one truck stop (at 250,000 gallons a year, as they claim the maximum will be).
This is a pipe-dream.
Keene State College staff found out about bio-diesel while researching electric vehicles through the GSCCC, says Mary Jensen, KSC’s recycling coordinator. The GSCCC, a program of the U.S. Department of Energy, promotes bio-diesel as one alternative to fossil fuels and quickly informed KSC of the option, says Jensen.
Cost-wise, bio-diesel is a desirable option, explains Winsor, because of the negligible startup expenses of using the fuel and the funding advantages the GSCCC offers participants in the program.
“Diesel engines can run on bio-diesel without any conversions,” says Winsor, “so we didn’t incur any costs making the switch, from a mechanical point of view.” Although bio-diesel does cost more per gallon than diesel, he says, the GSCCC pays the difference."
"According to Mike Fuller, mechanic with the grounds department, bio-diesel has no adverse effect on engines. “In fact,” explains Fuller, “it helps clean the fuel system of dirt and other particles.”..."The only problem Mike foresees is its use during winter. “Bio-diesel freezes at a higher temperature than diesel,” says Fuller, “so we will need to mix it with diesel when we convert the mowers into snowplows.” More
And that brings up Donors Welcome scenario.
I can see the Advertisement Headlines now:
"Recycle That Unsightly, Unwanted Body Fat!
For Quick Cash.
Better Than Gold"
Testimonials Below.
1.
But "diodiesel" is OK, hunh?
BBR company motto, “Eat more fries, we need the grease”.
Or, “Save My Job, Clog an Artery Today”.
These guys apparently never ate at the old Skelly truck stops.
They dont even have power in half of NH today!
Probably it will be profitable. It has two revenue sources: selling biodiesel and getting paid to haul off and dispose of waste grease (something restaurants and institutional food-service facilities have to pay for wherever it goes).
It’s hard to not make a profit when you get paid to accept the raw materials as well as for the product.
“It’s hard to not make a profit when you get paid to accept the raw materials as well as for the product.”
They best not expect to be able to continue getting paid to haul away their ‘raw material’. Eventually it will be realized as a sale able commodity by the ‘owner’ or others.
This has already happened with other bio diesel start ups (turkey/chicken parts). Consider the run up in corn prices.
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