You forgot to add the road tax and a markup for profit to the biodiesel... Anyone who is selling biodiesel has those costs too.
On 10/9/05, Jason and Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sat here and figured up the ballpark "cost of parts" for BD in a 390 > gallon batch-( i started my numbers with a full 55 gal. drum of methanol) > > for 2 barrels of methanol (have to have > excess)............................ ~550$ > for 390 gal. > oil......................................................................... > .........Haul-off > for 40 lbs lye(VERY rough > estimate)................................................~140$ > for one cannister of bottle gas (heat > source)..................................~25$ > > Total > C.O.P....................................................................... > .................~715$ > > Results (Approximate) > ~340 Gallons of ester > ~47 Gallons reclaimed methanol > ~43 gallons glycerine > > Market Value of 340 Gal. of diesel @ > 2.60$/Gal...................................~884$ > Your > Savings..................................................................... > ...................~169$ > > not to mention if you use the glycerine as a heat source through any of the > available ways (digester gas, directly burning it, etc.) the heating costs > will fall off entirely, and methanol will become cheaper the more you > reclaim the excess, and we could always go to ethanol and add that to the > equation, which has it's own COP. there are always options. > Now, having read this, can you still tell me BD is more expensive than > Petro? > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
