Dear list, My understanding is that biodiesel claims an energy balance of around 3:1, which I understand to mean that for every btu going into its creation, it returns 3 btus.
If this is correct, what is the energy balance of fuel made from WVO? Surely I can charge the energy necessary for growing, harvesting, crushing and delivering to the french fry, can't I? And my final question is that of going "off grid." At present I use both electricity and propane in my production process. If I replaced them with a biodeisel generator and some solar thermal, what would that do to my energy balance? Is there a quick way to calculate answers to such questions? Thanks in advance. Lyle Estill V.P., Stuff Piedmont Biofuels www.biofuels.coop ------------------------ 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://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
