Dear eva, Actually we were approached recently by a potential producer about doing that very thing... testing.and certifying biodiesel..for small producers who cant afford the exhorbitant testing fees.. We are a nonprofit organisation (501C3) known as "the Ecogenics center for the study of alternative solutions and environmental stewardship".. we envision being able to perform this service based on donations from biodiesel producers.. we have access to a gas chromatograph and have a well equipped testing laboratory. Over the years, we tested alternative feedstocks for ethanol production for growers all over the country and conducted studies in cellulose hydrolysis of woods and rice stalks. and lectured on alternative feedstocks at many National gasohol commission seminars as well as for the Tennessee Valley Authority and most of the community colleges in the south and southeast.and now we are well immersed in biodiesel production technology and have modified our distillery to be able to make up to seven thousand gallons per week of Nafta grade biodiesel. so we are well qualified to undertake such a responsibility.If theres any interest in this we are all ears...any producers out there needing testing services? Marc Cardoso.
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "Eva Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the links, Keith. I actually read a bunch of that, and the last > post by the person that talked to Jim Caldwell seems to put us back at > square 1: Small producers must either pay $300K for testing or join the NBB > for $5k a year. Nobody likes this; am I right? > > I'm proposing a solution: a nonprofit organization that acquires some sort > of free money to do the $300K testing. Basically like the NBB but the test > money comes from someone charitable who wants to promote the use of > alternative fuels by helping small producers into the market. And provide > that test data, along with a standard that is a bit less harsh than the > diesel standard, to small businesses. The data would be free to small > producers, or perhaps accessed for a small, affordable operations fee. > > P.S. Do other countries have regulations like this? > P.P.S. It's still "free" to sell biodiesel for marine use. > > [original message snipped] 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/
