Well, I've gotten the following responses to my question: 1. soybean oil is goign up in price. 2. The dollar is coming down (presumably making brazilian etc. soybean oil more costly). 3. Producers are price gouging because the market will bear it.
I had a look at the chicago board of trade and indeed soybean oil prices (contracts, anyway) are high - they have been rising steadily for the past few years. And it is also true that the dollar is coming down. Here's my question though. I thought that US virgin oil biodiesel production was largely a bi-product of the soap industry. If true, I would expect this by-product to be somewhat insulated from price shocks. Since I have no idea what the market is like for biodiesel, I don't know what demand is doing. Growing, presumably, since a number of big plants are coming on line in California. But then, I would hope to see a fall in the price once that production hits the market. ------------------------ 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/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel 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/
