Tom/Steve and all: On the other hand you do not need to make any, or nearly as much, biodiesel, so processor and supplies and lab equipment and time spent making are reduced or eliminated.
I very strongly advocate the use of biodiesel and SVO as a synergistic and complementary system, with biodiesel as the startup and purge fuel. I'll be adding a paper on this to our web site soon, along with the thesis I've just completed on the topic: "Renewable Oil Fuels and Diesel Engines As Components of Sustainable System Design". (About a week or so - I will post another message when they are there on our web site) It should not necessarily be an either/or decision. We use both biodiesel and SVO (or "SRO" as I stubbornly insist on calling it, at least until everyone wears me down on that one!) and the combination works very well to get the "best of both worlds". ( Biodiesel in this system approach is a lot like using Virtual PC to run PC software on my Mac - it's "there when I need it".) PS: Tom, don't burn used motor oil as fuel, no way I know of to process it properly, better to get an approved waste oil burner and heat your shop with it or send it back for rerefining into motor oil. Products of combustion in a diesel are not good. Ed B. www.neotericbiofuels.com > From: "steve spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 07:01:11 -0400 > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bio Fuel kits for Diesel autos > > you don't need a conversion kit for biodiesel, but you would for straight > veggie oil (SVO) > > > > Steve Spence > Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: > http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm > > Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com > Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm > X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax > We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, > we borrow it from our children. > -- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tom wiggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 12:08 AM > Subject: [biofuel] Bio Fuel kits for Diesel autos > > >> I,m confused, why would I need a conversion kit to use Bio Diesel in my >> Vw Jetta? >> >> Also can some one tell me how I may process used motor oil into diesel >> fuel? >> >> Thanks, Tom Wiggins from Kansas. >> >> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >> >> >> >> > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
