Google -- I haven't found peanut oil yet - perhaps tomorrow.
No. 2 Diesel has 9320 Kcal/L (140,000 Btu/gal) where soybean oil has 8654 Kcal/L (130,000 Btu/gal) and a 1:1 ratio mix of No. 2 diesel and soybean oil has 8996 Kcal/L (135,142 Btu/gal). http://web.umr.edu/~boom/soy.html Diesel contains about 131,295 Btu/gal while biodiesel contains approximately 117,093 Btu/gal. http://www.soypower.net/LifeCycle.asp Canola oil - 130,660 BTU/gal. http://www.greasecar.com/tech.cfm On 4/18/06, Gerald R. Flintrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The pump price for Diesel #2, in North San Diego County today, is $3.03 (+/- > 3%). > > Costco is charging $12.39 for Soy Oil and $9.97 for Peanut Oil, per 35# > (4.65 gal) bottle. That's ~$2.66 and $2.14 per gallon, respectively, which > makes the subject of mixing some "B50" interesting. > > Can anyone tell me (or lead me to a source for) the "BTU per gallon" values > for these two oils? > > TIA, > > Jerry -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives."Sir Winston Churchill
