I have been making B-D for a year now, and I but meth. at $1.65/gal, lye at $4 for 18 Ozs. So: 60 gals oil(free) 12 gals Meth.=$19.80+$8=$27.80 divided into 60 gal product=46 cents. anton ---------- >From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [biofuel] Re: Methanol Source >Date: Feb 11, 2001, 10:12 AM >
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Thanks, Dale. >> >>So I am talking to the wrong folks. Will report on results next week. >>Was told that since most methanol in the US is produced with natural >>gas that the cost has increased recently by $20 a 55 gal drum. >> >>Excluding labor, is the 50 to 70 cents range what it is costing you >>to produce biod? >> >>Have searched the archives but didn't find any info on the cost of >>production. Keith, do you have a link/source for the cost of >>individuals to produce biod? > >No I don't. 50-70c is probably about average. Richard Scee posted >this recently: > >>i here all the time about the high cost of biofuel, but after makeing a >>little over 2000 gallons my cost is 43 cents a gallon > >I don't know what feedstock he uses. > >Keith Addison >Journey to Forever >Handmade Projects >Tokyo >http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > >>Thanks, >> >>JV > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> eGroups is now Yahoo! Groups Click here for more details http://click.egroups.com/1/11231/0/_/837408/_/981957652/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]