Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-06 Thread ernest breakfield
hi Kevin! these people almost always have BioD, and claim to have the ARCO ECD-1 as well. Western States Oil CO 1790 South 10th Street San Jose, CA 95112 http://www.lubeoil.com cheers! e > On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:33:42PM -0700, ernest breakfield wrote: >> $3.249 for B99 in San Jose CA

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-06 Thread Kevin
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:33:42PM -0700, ernest breakfield wrote: > $3.249 for B99 in San Jose CA this afternoon,... prices for #2 are all over > the chart. Really? Where? That's cheaper than dino pretty much everywhere else in the bay area. Looks like someone's making a trip to san jose soon...

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-06 Thread Russ Maki
ernest breakfield wrote: at that price, it better be a hell of a pail!;-) cheers! e Yeah, I was stunned. Five bucks a gallon. This is a mainstream fuel/oil distributor, complete with pump islands and fleet contracts. The whole biodiesel market is in its infancy here in SE Wisconsin.

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-06 Thread ernest breakfield
at that price, it better be a hell of a pail!;-) cheers! e Russ Maki wrote: > I was on the phone the other day with a fuel/oil distributor who's > getting into biodiesel. For the record, Wolf Oil of Slinger, Wis.. He > had me interested until he told me their price for B-100 -- $25+ for a

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-06 Thread ernest breakfield
$3.249 for B99 in San Jose CA this afternoon,... prices for #2 are all over the chart. cheers! e Ron Dwelle wrote: > Just went to fill up. B-20 bio-diesel is $0.10/gallon higher than dino. > Trying to figure out how that could be. $3.199 for dino and $3.299 for > B-20. > > Ron Dwelle > > _

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-05 Thread Mitch Haley
dave walton wrote: > > They get a penny per percentage of bio blend if made from virgin Soy > oil. That drops to 1/2 penny per percentage for bio made from waste > oil or virgin non-soy. > Thus a gallon of B20 soy gives them a 20 cent tax credit. > I guess the soybean farmers have a good lobby...

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-05 Thread dave walton
They get a penny per percentage of bio blend if made from virgin Soy oil. That drops to 1/2 penny per percentage for bio made from waste oil or virgin non-soy. Thus a gallon of B20 soy gives them a 20 cent tax credit. I guess the soybean farmers have a good lobby... -Dave Walton On 10/5/05, Dav

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-05 Thread David Goldsmith
The unfortunate fact is that the way dino fuel is going, there won't be much price pressure on him to lower that. :( DG --- Russ Maki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was on the phone the other day with a fuel/oil > distributor who's > getting into biodiesel. For the record, Wolf Oil of > Slinger

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-05 Thread David Goldsmith
I think we pay for them to mix it for us (plus it's been suggested to me that the tax break is less for B20 than it is for B99); I observed the same phenom where I get mine: the price order, lowest to highest, was B0 (by only $0.02), B99, B20, by about $0.10 or so. Whether B0 or B100 is more expen

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-05 Thread Russ Maki
I was on the phone the other day with a fuel/oil distributor who's getting into biodiesel. For the record, Wolf Oil of Slinger, Wis.. He had me interested until he told me their price for B-100 -- $25+ for a 5-gallon pail!! Boutique fuel, with an emphasis on the "boutique." Ron Dwelle wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-05 Thread Chuck Landenberger
Ron, IMHO, it's all about "caveat emptor" and what the traffic will bear!.. And we are not in charge.. But, I have often wondered what I would do if I were a "benign dictator"... Just wonderin'. No aspirations Take care, Chuck Phoenix AZ On Oct 4, 2005, at 5:06

[MBZ] Bio prices

2005-10-05 Thread Ron Dwelle
Just went to fill up. B-20 bio-diesel is $0.10/gallon higher than dino. Trying to figure out how that could be. $3.199 for dino and $3.299 for B-20. Ron Dwelle