>To: Biofuel-JTF <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:58:00 -0800 >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Fwd: [biofuels-biz] Market research >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > >Exactly. > >IMO, Hemp oil is too expensive and far too nutritious to burn in engines - >better to eat it than burn it, and get the biofuel feedstock elsewhere from >other oils, animal fats that are less useful as food. Growing hemp is a >great idea. Hemp biodiesel is not, just from a functional foods and >economics perspective, never mind the "reefer madness" stuff, it's >irrelevant and not worth worrying about. > > >Edward Beggs >www.biofuels.ca > > > > > >on 3/12/02 9:21 AM, Appal Energy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Mr. Cheng, > > > > The market reality is that biodiesel is perceived to be a product of > > vegetable oil and animal fats. In general, very few persons ever >contemplate > > hemp seed oil as a feedstock. > > > > However, when the occassion does arise, it is usually accompanied by great > > amusement and amazement, as it dawns upon the consumer that >biodiesel can be > > derived from a multitude of amazingly diverse resources. > > > > Your response is considerably far from the norm and is an unbalanced > > representation of market perception of biodiesel and biofuels in general. > > > > While your opinions and beliefs may hold true for yourself, it is >a bit of a > > reach to present them as "market research," albethey freely given. > > > > Todd Swearingen > > Appal Energy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Keith Addison > > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 4:28 AM > > Subject: [biofuel] Fwd: [biofuels-biz] Market research > > > > > >> To: <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> > >> From: "Nathan Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:40:23 -0800 > >> Subject: [biofuels-biz] Market research > >> Reply-To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com > >> > >> A little bit of free market research for all you commercial biofuels > >> producers out there: > >> > >> If I were a typical uninformed consumer considering the purchase of a > >> biofuel, and _in_my_mind_ that biofuel was in any way linked to >the crusade > >> for the legalization of marijuana, I would feel very uneasy >purchasing that > >> biofuel--even if that biofuel in fact had nothing to do with marijuana or > >> its legalization. > >> > >> Nathan
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