I wonder if anyone has objections to State owned biofuel companies? The European Union has a 5% biofuel legislation and it seems to me that countries like Indonesia/Malaysia are in a position to produce 5% biodiesel blends at low relative cost to other producers. State owned oil companies have the wherewithal to make this happen on a large scale and can assure quality with long-term sovereign guarantees. Existing refineries can add FAME to spec and ship in large quantities using current logistics channels. Something like this:
1. Crude -> diesel 2. Methane -> methanol 3. Fruit palm -> 2/3 FAME, 1/3 monoglycerides, carotenes and other isolates. (Maybe something useful can be made from the pulp as well. The Bandung Institute of Technology came up with a method of making textiles from pineapple fibers that could perhaps be applied to fruit palm as well?) 1 and 2 are in place while 3 would take clearing forests (in Indonesia) for fruit palm plantations to supply FAME above current edible oil production for human consumption and to meet existing contracts. The timber will wind up in China and won’t be burned. Do environmentalists object to forest-to-plantation conversion? This isn’t being talked about around here as far as I know, but it could happen in the not too distant future. Ethanol (from rice straw?)/gasoline mixes may also work Is anyone vehemently opposed to this and why? Best regards, Ken __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ 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] ------------------------ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
