Daryl wrote: >--- cheneyvii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings to all. I have read and researched biodiesel for the last > > few months. Although, I would consider myself a novice in the > > details of production. I am looking to establish a multi-million > > dollar biodiesel production facility as part of a very large venture > > capitial deal. It may seem odd to as why I would spend millions on > > something I have little clue on. However, I see a potential, a > > market, and have the means to make it happen. I need to be able to > > ask some simple and difficult questions from feedstock, production > > capabilites, etc. If someone out there in the community would be > > interested in helping me I would be grateful. > > > > Thank You, > > > > J. Curtis Cheney > > >Ahh, its refreshing to see the American Dream is still alive and >kicking. I GUARANTEE there is a demand, but not much supply and what >supply IS out there isnt exactlty cost effective. I think if you just >ignore the nay-sayers and go at it with 100% focus of producing a >product that does NOT contribute to sending our money to the middle >east, then you will have buyers throwing money at you. > >If your not familiar with the process, then you may want to partner up >with someone who is (that would not be me, im a tinkerer). > >I think the production aspect of it has been pretty well established. >The "Good Fight" now lies in beurocratic redtape and government >meddling, or maybe a lack of government meddling, I dont know. > >I do know for a fact, if Bio-D were available in my area, at only a >mild price above petro-D, I would be all over it! Alas its not, so I am >forced to play with it inside my racecar trailer. (apartment life >SUCKS!). > >Perhaps part of your "investment" could be in education. Not many >people realize cars could possibly run on vegetables. I know there is >the veggie-van making the rounds, but it just isnt out there in the >public eye as much as it could be. The only reason I know of it is >because I typed in biodiesel in a search engine, not because I saw it >on TV or in the papers. > >I wish you much luck, and dont let em get you down! > >Daryl >www.forgotton.net >2000 Ford F-350 Powerstroke crewcab 4x4
In fact biodiesel has been increasingly well-publicized, in the US and elsewhere, but primarily by DIY'ers and backyarders (like most of us here), not by industry and the big producers, who readily admit that we're more effective than they are at spreading the message. (They say we're "useful at demonstrating community support", but beyond that we're a "peril".) So don't look for much or any good to come from big investers paying a PR company, we do it much better, and we do it for nothing - big PR bills just push up the unit price. (There's no such thing as small PR bills.) Three or four years ago biodiesel was indeed obscure, but not any longer. If you'd searched the news and media databases you'd have seen how much publicity about it you didn't see. Another myth is that "we're all in this together, big or small, we all have the same goals, so we should all help each other". If you believe that you really should disabuse yourself. You could start here: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?view=25292&list=BIOFUEL Continue with a search for "Noyes" (without the quotes) at both archives (Graham Noyes is the VP-Sales of World Energy and a member of both our groups): http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuels-biz It'll take you a bit of time but unless you're prepared to hoist aboard some at least of the necessary background you shouldn't be so quick to "take sides" in what is a complex issue (and important). Another bit of gross distraction is that a major raison d'tre for the US shifting to biofuels is to "NOT contribute to sending our money to the middle east". That is an insular, history-free view, both past and current, and a dangerous and damaging one. I suggest you learn a little more about US policy in the Middle East over the last half-century or so, again there's much good info in the archives. "America and Americans have to radically reduce their profligate overuse - read 'massive waste' - of fossil fuels, no matter where they come from." The longer it takes, the more it'll hurt, but not doing it is not an option. Best Keith ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
