[biofuel] WVO Availability

What ideas has anyone come up with to get a decent supply of WVO? I'm thinking more of the small town approach - small industrial (logging, mining etc) of 30,000 or less. You have all the fast foods but realistically the turn over of VO is not that great. These towns have huge potential for

Re: [biofuel] WVO Availability

you'd be surprised at how much vegetable oil comes out of a small town of loggers, miners, and other working folk (i've checked this out pretty thoroughly hunting grease on a few long road trips). It seems like it wouldn't be much but that is wrong- fast food restaurants really put out huge a

Re: [biofuel] WVO Availability

Robin, The average person will "consume" 2 gallons of veg oil per year - 60,000 gallons in your town. Add a few surrounding towns and you should reach 100,000 gallons. The ease of getting supplies will vary by what your competitor is charging to pick it up. In Wisconsin they are charging $55 per

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Another question I have: A lot of fast food outlets use vegetable shortening - it's hard at room temperature but melts in the fryers. Can this stuff be used? Robin Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Pl

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sure! Mark At 06:46 PM 1/14/2003 -0800, you wrote: >Another question I have: > >A lot of fast food outlets use vegetable shortening - it's hard at room >temperature but melts in the fryers. Can this stuff be used? > >Robin > > > >Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >ADVERTISEMENT >

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center (or radius) and your on your way towards profitability at scale. Todd - Original Message - From: Robin Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:27 PM Subject: [biofuel] WVO Availability > What ideas has anyone come up with to get a decent supply of WV

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enetration. Hoping for a solution, Bill Clark - Original Message - From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] WVO Availability > There is only one primary point source for WVO - VO users. It's > up to

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rk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] WVO Availability > Todd, > > After about a year of research and planning to produce biodiesel from wvo, I > ran into a formidable wall which is the end for me and perhaps many others. > I

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Thanks Todd. That would be a great help to me. Bill C. - Original Message - From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] WVO Availability > Try Commercial Insurance Concepts out of Wheat Ridge, Col

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Todd, No dice with this company. Thanks anyway. Bill C. - Original Message - From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] WVO Availability > Try Commercial Insurance Concepts out of Wheat Ridge, Col

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In a message dated 15/01/03 01:03:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I'm thinking more of the small town approach - small industrial (logging, mining etc) of 30,000 or less. You have all the fast foods but realistically the turn over of VO is not that great. These towns have

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find a copy of the new issue of home power it has a story on biofuel - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 5:05 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] WVO Availability > In a message dated 15/01/03 01:03:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Vegetable shortening as fuel (was Re: [biofuel] WVO Availability

Robin, Looks like Mark can make biodiesel with it, so you've gotten that answer. In case you're considering using it for a straight vegetable oil conversion, I would say sure to that as well, provided you provide your vehicle with some good dependable in-tank heating. I'd recommend the Webb HotST