Hi Marc, I am currently running a small scale biodiesel project in Eufaula, Alabama. We will be beginning production inside a month. I would be very interested in having you test my biodiesel. Please reply to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Bill Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Orion Cardoso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:24 PM Subject: [biofuel] Re: EPA Tier 1 testing > > 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 > > > > > 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/
