Biodiesel for .80 a gallon????

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Biodiesel for 80 cents a gallon a bargain?

It sounds good, fuel for your car for 80 cents a gallon. However:

1. You may have to buy the waste grease and oils from a restaurant ---- cost not included.
2. Fuel used to pick up waste from restaurant --- Cost not included.
3. Filtering and adding Lye and Methanol ----- cost about 70-80 cents a gallon.
4. Fuel used to Pick up the chemicals needed ------ cost not included.
5. Electricity used in heating the mixture ------ cost not included.
8. Many gallons of water to wash the chemicals out ------ not included.
9. Disposing of toxic waste chemicals (Lye and Methanol are toxic waste) ----- not included.
10. Heating equipment in vehicle tank to allow it to be used in cold weather. ----- not included.
11. Original cost of tanks, fittings, pumps etc. needed in the processing ----- not included.
12. Time spent in processing and pumping the Biodiesel into vehicle. -----not included.
13. Space needed to process the Biodiesel ------ not included.
14. Safety equipment used to handle Lye ------ not included.
15. Your labor ----- not included.

I am sure that if all of the costs are added to the total, it probably costs 5 times 80 cents a gallon.
You can see the actual process in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL-M2IzYGuU&feature=related

__________________________________________