Hello Doug, I guess I am in luck. I was looking at the wilsons link you sent and they recommend the Kerr furnances and boilers for BD. I looked at the Kerr link from Wilsons and they have a distributor in Duluth Minnesota....
How much oil do you think I need for the winter months? Dave --- Doug Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David: > > There is some information on using BD as home > heating fuel on the JtF > site, for example, > http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_heaters.html#homeheat. > Here in Canada > there is a company called Wilson's Fuels, > http://www.wilsons.ca/home_heat/biofuel.html in Nova > Scotia that is selling > B20 home heating oil and they are using waste fish > oil as their feedstock. > According to Wilson's website, both B20 and B100 can > be used as home heating > oil provided your oil storage tank is indoors. I'm > waiting to hear from my > furnace manufacturer before putting any BD in my oil > tank. > Anyway, Irving Oil is also a Canadian company. > It dominates the markets > in the Maritimes but I suspect that they don't have > any operations in > Minnesota. > > Good luck with your search and please share your > findings, > > Doug Turner > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Marquis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 5:28 PM > Subject: [Biofuel] Intro / Question > > > > Hello All, > > > > I thought I should introduce myself and start a > > conversation in the process. > > > > I am interested in Biofuels as an alternative to > the > > fossil fuels. I believe that with all the > technology > > that man posses that it is a shame that we can't, > or > > maybe I should say, won't create a ultra fuel > > efficient means of transportation. > > > > That being said, I drive a small Suzuki car and in > the > > non-icey road months I ride a vespa. I am looking > into > > getting an older diesel car/van/truck that can be > run > > off of Biodiesel. > > > > I currantly live in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA and I > am > > interested in meeting/talking to like minded > people... > > > > Along those lines, have anyone looked at > converting > > their home heating furnace/water heater to > Biodiesel? > > > > I found this company > > http://www.irvingoilco.com/homeheat/product4.html > that > > looks interesting. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. > > http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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/
