Likely more than you want to know here: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html
To make your own, start here. http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#start (Thank you Keith and Midori.) From: "WM LUKE MATHISEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:39:14 -0700 Subject: [Biofuel] Set up help Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello out there in biofuel land! > > I live in Montana near Missoula, off the grid, our primary energy source is > solar > and our backup is a recently acquired diesel generator, to be precise a 7500 > watt > Lister Petter, prior to that we used a converted propane generator. We are > very > happy with the switch to diesel (it reduced our fuel costs by 2/3rds). Every > week I > go into Missoula (I am an accountant) and work at a restaurant. The > restaurant pays > $25 per month to get rid of their used waste oil. I could very easily pick > up waste > oil from that restaurant (and other restaurants) and bring it back to make > biodiesel > for my generator. My concerns are fuel quality so I don't end up damaging my > generator and attracting bears (we had 2 house break-ins last fall). I am > looking > at producing 50-100 gals per month in the winter (sometimes we will go two > weeks or > more with no direct sunlight, or "no solar-days" as I call them) and half > that in > the summer. What will my startup costs be? How much space will I need, for > production and storage? How much t > > I am currently in the process of planning a enclosure for the generator and it > seemed to make since to include space for making and storing the biodisel. > > Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Luke -- Darryl McMahon http://www.econogics.com/ It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/