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Default Most People Will Never Know About Biodiesel

Keith wrote:

Nope, just no economical feedstock supply in sufficient quantity.
Everybody goes crazy over using french fry oil for diesel, but how
much used FF oil is there, anyway? Not enough to make even the
slightest dent in the diesel usage in the USA. Other sources simply
aren't economical now. Economics may play out in the long run, but for
now, it just ain't gonna work, unless of course the gummit mandates it
and (as usual) screws with the laws of economics. It's still a fad for
now.


While used FF oil is handy (and free), it is limited

However, there is oil available in all that corn meal that is left over
after the yeast has done it's magic in the ethanol plants.

You are right, it's not a complete solution, but it's as viable (or
more) than ethanol.




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shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an
outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or
birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming
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