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nnuut said:
100% only 6 cents more than 10% moonshine, good deal but it should be cheaper than the Moonshine Mix. The price of mixing, testing etc.
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I finally bought my K5 Blazer with the 6.2 Liter Diesel. I'm having a rebuilt transmission put in it, and I need to go over the engine to make sure it is good to go, then it's time to get my biodiesel reactor stuff together and start making my own fuel! The wife still isn't convinced about that last part yet, so I might be buying from a biodiesel co-op for a while, but I'm excited like a kid on Christmas Eve!
 
Viva_La_Migra said:
I finally bought my K5 Blazer with the 6.2 Liter Diesel. I'm having a rebuilt transmission put in it, and I need to go over the engine to make sure it is good to go, then it's time to get my biodiesel reactor stuff together and start making my own fuel! The wife still isn't convinced about that last part yet, so I might be buying from a biodiesel co-op for a while, but I'm excited like a kid on Christmas Eve!
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Sounds like a neat project, keep us informed. Will it smell like hamburgers when you pass by?
 
nnuut said:
What is the price compared to diesel?
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If I made it myself and had free used veggie oil, around $1.20/gal. That doesn't factor in the cost of the reactor, which would take time to pay off. It's a lot of time and effort, but if it gets me off dependency for foreign oil in at least one vehicle, I think it's worth it.
 
Viva_La_Migra said:
If I made it myself and had free used veggie oil, around $1.20/gal. That doesn't factor in the cost of the reactor, which would take time to pay off. It's a lot of time and effort, but if it gets me off dependency for foreign oil in at least one vehicle, I think it's worth it.
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How do you know you are using foreign oil? Would you rather use American grown Corn or soybeans in this case that are subsidized by the government and really costs the US much more than REAL gas and is running up the price of all commodities, Just asking?
 
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Viva_La_Migra said:
If I made it myself and had free used veggie oil, around $1.20/gal. That doesn't factor in the cost of the reactor, which would take time to pay off. It's a lot of time and effort, but if it gets me off dependency for foreign oil in at least one vehicle, I think it's worth it.
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you have a viable strategy there. keep pushing and developing it, it's totally practical and doable and legal in an urban environment. i've seen it in action over ten years ago so i can only assume the techique has been refined and put into common practice even more since then.

i know of chemistry majors and environmental scientists that were successfully doing that in oregon, bunch of hippies. really smart hippies, but hippies none the less. i even went for a ride in a biodeisel flatbed farm pickup, it works.

most recycled vegetable oil outlets have to pay to get rid of it, cultivate some local relationships and maybe get it for free (and some free wontons or a asian hug and squeeze on the side). also, if you could convince some medical mj growers to donate the hemp byproducts (or the dea to let you render down the seized stashes instead of burning it) you might be driving around for free and leaving smiles in your wake for more than one reason.

k5 blazers are nearly indestructible. i had to roll a comparable pickup gas model 720 degrees with a half-twist at highway speed and come down on the nose before it refused to go anymore and only then because the rims/hubs folded flat on the initial entry. the engine was still good so i sold it and traded the body steel for a county school playground set that weighed half as much.

say, you're not a prepper are you?
 
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Ethanol, biodiesel and the 'carbohybdrate' economy
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Problems with Biodiesel
There are sustainability issues with growing soybeans, similar to those with corn. There is a risk that increasing biodiesel use would only expand the monocultures already existing today. For example, Brazil has already seen an increase in deforestation as its soybean acreage expands for biodiesel production.
The efficiency of making biodiesel is better than that of ethanol, but it still is not very efficient. Proponents suggest that new methods will increase efficiency, opponents suggest that there is a long way to go.
Like ethanol, there are limits to how much biodiesel can be produced. Land use, water availability and competition with food crops all limit the production levels. It would require a major technological advance for biodiesel to replace all diesel fuel currently used in the US.
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Cool you go Willie, but I wish he would make it from HEMP and not FEEDSTOCK.:confused:
Congress Reinstates $1 Renewable Energy Tax Credit

by BioWillie on January 7, 2013

Made from an increasingly diverse mix of resources such as recycled cooking oil, soybean oil and animal fats, biodiesel is a renewable, clean-burning diesel replacement that can be used in existing diesel engines without modification. It is the first and only commercial-scale fuel produced across the U.S. to meet the U.S. EPA’s definition as an advanced biofuel, meaning the agency has determined that it reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent when compared with petroleum diesel. The industry has plants in nearly every state in the country. NBB is the U.S. biodiesel trade association.
Bid on Willie’s Seats for the Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour!

by BioWillie on July 23, 2012

Are you a Willie fan? Are you a liberal? Do you have a sense of humor? If you said yes to at least two of these questions then this is the deal for you!Willie Nelson is auctioning his seats to the Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour to benefit the work of the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance. This amazing evening package is going to be given to the lucky winner of the auction below. Treat yourself to a great evening of comedy and support the important work of a great organization!
 
burrocrat said:
you have a viable strategy there. keep pushing and developing it, it's totally practical and doable and legal in an urban environment. i've seen it in action over ten years ago so i can only assume the techique has been refined and put into common practice even more since then.

i know of chemistry majors and environmental scientists that were successfully doing that in oregon, bunch of hippies. really smart hippies, but hippies none the less. i even went for a ride in a biodeisel flatbed farm pickup, it works.

most recycled vegetable oil outlets have to pay to get rid of it, cultivate some local relationships and maybe get it for free (and some free wontons or a asian hug and squeeze on the side). also, if you could convince some medical mj growers to donate the hemp byproducts (or the dea to let you render down the seized stashes instead of burning it) you might be driving around for free and leaving smiles in your wake for more than one reason.

k5 blazers are nearly indestructible. i had to roll a comparable pickup gas model 720 degrees with a half-twist at highway speed and come down on the nose before it refused to go anymore and only then because the rims/hubs folded flat on the initial entry. the engine was still good so i sold it and traded the body steel for a county school playground set that weighed half as much.

say, you're not a prepper are you?
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Not really. I don't have a stockpile of food for the next ten years, but I try to have enough food and water on hand to last three or four days. I'd like to have enough land to be a homesteader, but that's expensive in Southern California.

Sorry to hear about your K5, but I'm glad you're still around to tell the story. Sounds like it was a wild ride. I like the hemp idea, but I don't think they'd let me extract the oil from evidence seizures to make fuel for my personal vehicle. Maybe I could get a govt grant to build a biodiesel processing facility that uses seized marijuana for feedstock. Hmmmm...
 
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Here we go again!:nuts:
Obama administration cuts back oil shale development

By Kelly David Burke
Published June 22, 2013FoxNews.com

Controversy is heating up over an administration plan to drastically reduce the amount of federal lands available for oil shale development in the American West.
The Bush administration had set aside 1.3 million acres for oil shale and tar sands development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The new Bureau of Land Management plan cuts that amount by two-thirds, down to 700,000 acres, a decision that has prompted industry outrage.
"What they basically did was make it so that nobody is going to want to spend money going after oil shale on federal government lands," said Dan Kish, Senior Vice President of Institute for Energy Research.
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Read more: Obama administration cuts back oil shale development | Fox News
 
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