|
steblizz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I run my diesel car on oil for fry since years.cheaper and easier to use,I just go to the supermarket and buy it in bottles or tanks...that's all
BoltActions (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
10000 to 15000 per acre is 10 to 15 times as much as I read last year....this definitely an update if it is true.
Ethanol can be used to make biodiesel from used cooking oil.
awol09 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
you misunderstood your sources. its 10,000 to 15,000 gallons per acre per year. It still is much more than the 300 gallons or so you get from other crops.
plus algae can grow in places where food crops cant, and in water not fit for consumption
the other 50-70% of the plant that is not oil can be used for cattle feed, or fermented to produce ethanol.
awol09 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
built your glycerin still yet?
and have you tried any biodiesel winter additives?
and by the way, the lye (a catalyst) is not consumed in the reaction. it ends up in the glycerin and a little in the BD itself
sarcasmo57 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
good work dude.
zenbiont (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Great video guys, awesome garage tech know-how!
BoltActions (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I replied to your comment regarding "GASOLINE". Few cars have a diesel engine listed as an OPTION (with an average of 40% buyers going with the diesel) and trucks are the only real market for diesels.
It is estimated that algae can produce 1000 gallons of biodiesel per day/per acre. 1000 acres would produce 1,000,000 gallons per day. That is not the only source for biodiesel...
You are clearly intelligent to imagine that people from the middle-East eat a lot of "french fries"!!!
sparkloweb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You replied to my comment about energy independence. It was my tongue-in-cheek way to say WVO doesn't scale. I am a proponent of biofuels but we need to approach it rationally. With an economical way to produce 400 million gallons of biofuel each day, it would only take about 10 years to push most of the gas-burning cars out of the market. That's what I mean by "replace," and if WVO is to play a significant role then we need to eat even more french fries than the slobs in your videos.
oo
( - )
BoltActions (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't care what it will do for our energy independence (I never said anything about it, Mr.Hallucination). I will just get it for myself.
Did you know that they are able to get biodiesel from algae? When WVO is running dry I get some FARMED biodiesel later down the road.
At least any vehicle that runs on biodiesel can switch to petrodiesel instantly when it happens to be a more feasible source of fuel.
There are fewer diesel engines on the road than gas engines. Did you know that?
sparkloweb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Certainly. And did you know that vehicles can use diesel engines?
Since you need it spelled out for you, the point was that there isn't enough WVO in the world to put a dent in petroleum fuel consumption. It wouldn't even scratch the paint.
It's fun for hobbiests, but as a fuel source, we need a much larger source of vegetable oil. Three orders of magnitude larger. |
