Its also worth mentioning that "as far afield as Nevada" is the VERY NEXT STATE OVER...
Google maps says its 218 miles from San Francisco to Reno... -Curt Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:56:41 -0400 From: andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bio who? Message-ID: <CAC35L=u5_makensgur27p+hjg_b8hyr94t9aqc-ac_lzyxh...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 IS this what economists would call an inefficient market? On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > Allan Streib wrote: > > OK I did some checking and I think I remembered the original story >> incorrectly. The city program was picking up the grease for free and >> undercutting private haulers. >> >> http://www.bizjournals.com/**sanfrancisco/stories/2008/04/** >> 28/story6.html<http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/04/28/story6.html> >> > > > I see. Much ado about nothing. > > Local guy is too cheap to pay yellow grease prices for the stuff. > Somebody in Nevada will pay prevailing rates. City sells it to Nevada > buyer, local guy bitches because his costs have gone up. > > "Patrick MacIntyre, who runs Oakland-based Blue Sky Biofuels with his > brother Ralph, said the city's SFGreaseCycle has raised prices for the > restaurant cooking oil the city collects for free and sells to recyclers. > > "MacIntyre also said San Francisco ironically is selling oil to fuel > producers as far afield as Nevada -- rather than supporting local > businesses." _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com