Hi Gaug, Thanks for replying. I'm based in Singapore, but I come from Malaysia. In Malaysia there are plenty of palm oil plantations. The industry is well established. There was a push for BioDiesel back during the 2002. But since then Palm oil prices have risen by almost 100%, which makes it more profitable at the moment to export it overseas as cooking oil than to convert it to biodiesel for local consumption. Though rising oil prices might actually reverse all that.
Diesel prices in Malaysia is far too cheap. According to the latest prices, we're the second cheapest after brunei. So pushing for BioDiesel is going to be hard in Malaysia. Plus we're a net exporter of crude oil. I have plans as you to perhaps develope a small biodiesel industry in Singapore based on used cooking oil. Still doing a lot of ground work at the momement. Singapore is moving towards euro IV emission standards, and biodiesel can help offset some of the cost of migrating to euro IV disels here. Initial investigation into used cooking oil as a feedstock here, indicate that it might not be a reliable source of feedstock. However we are not giving up hope yet. Yeah the Thailand BioFuels forum is way to expensive. There's another one coming in december. This time it's going to be organized by MPOB from Malaysia . I might pop over and take a look if I'm free. I'll get more details for you if you are interested. Caleb --- Guag Meister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- Hi Caleb ; Thanks for your kind email. I posted it back to the list because you never know who is out there who could help you. Yes I live about 30 minutes north of Bangkok. I have lived here for over 10 years. I am a techno type, with experience in many areas (electronic circuit design, mechanical machine design, pcb board manufacturing, analysis laboratory). The thing about renewable energy is it almost never pays the bills. Unfortunately, the people most interested in renewable energy are cheap charlies (sorry list members). That includes me. I have always had a gut feeling that renewable energy was the way to turn back the juggernaut. I have a plan to develop a small oil palm plantation in Cambodia (100-200 ht, 1-2 sq kilometer) with my brother (not my biological brother, but the asian style soul mate brother). Land is very cheap, only $100 per acre. Most of the oil will be sold locally, but biodiesel is an excellent way to utilize the excess. Our business plan appears to show that for every dollar invested, we get an annual return after expenses of $1. In other words, 100% annual return on investment. This assumes stable oil prices. If global oil prices rise, our profits rise accordingly. Additionally, this does not include land price appreciation (due to improvements, inflation, etc). You need to be a little careful about the terminology "biodiesel" in Thailand. A few farmers have blended coconut oil with diesel and called it "biodiesel". This was big news. There is a conference (posted to the list) on Ethanol in October in Bangkok, but the $1500 registration fee gave me pause. Can you tell me a little more about yourself and your ideas? Best Regards, Peter G. Thailand --- kok fong lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I saw your latest posting and realized that you had > thailand in your singnature. > > Are you currently located in Thailand? Me and my > partner are really interested in finding out the > status of BioDiesel in Thailand. > > We are currently based in Singapore and would like > to > venture into some form of BioDiesel production here. > > Would love to reach out to other communities doing > the > same thing in this region. > > Caleb Lau > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter > now. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail 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 Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/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/
