>> "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> "I wouldn't bank on receipts for crude glycerin to make a business plan >> work. >> In house refining or conversion maybe." > > That's what I'm being told, so I'm looking into products FROM glycerine > that have a larger market and/or higher market value. Acrolein (which > you don't approve of, but which forms the basis of manufacture of all > the ubiquitous acrylic resins) is relatively easily obtained by > fermentation. [snip] > Marc de Piolenc ........................ Marc,
Although I do have concern with the predominant attitude that [un]civilization needs a polymer for everything, I don't deny the usefulness of chemistry and chemical engineering. Relative to acrolein, the topics discussed here have revolved largely around somewhat "uncontained and uncontrolled" combustion or decomposition of glycerin. It is just such an uncontrolled environment, escalated by layman experimentation and residential use that is prone to cause needless human injury and suffering - not that qualified engineers and other professionals cannot achieve the same result, give or take a few Bopahl, Times Beach, Hanford, Sellefield or Rocky Flats events. I know I must sound like a radical, left wing, anti-industrial, eco-terrorist. In truth, I am by and large a mild, bunny lovin', tree huggin, dirt "worshipper" who prefers his armour to be left to armadillos, not applied to tires and naugahide, where it can run off into our drinking water and evaporate into our breathing space. I only turn rabid when faced with foolishness, or the third full moon of any month, whichever comes first. So for the moment you can presume that my shots are current. Todd Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
