Bio-Diesel (B-100) Pricing Nationwide

[fortunate1]

Does anyone see the B-100 prices rising with the petro increases? The place I buy from has priced the same since last Fall. So for a while Bio was a little higher than regular gas, then about the same, and now it's much less than gas. The costs associated with refining bio haven't risen like the cost of crude oil barrels, but transporting the soy oil and chemicals probably costs a little more now. Anyway I don't see a rising trend where I buy, and I'm glad that these guys aren't following the petro pricing curve. Just wanted to see if that's the case elsewhere.

 

[Drewhenry]

Bio Prices

I am not sure if the Bio sold in the DFW metro-plex area is B20 or B100 but the few stations I have seen are selling at the same cost for regular #2. My guess would be retailers #@$%! (children of motherless goats) are taking advantage of any of us trying to help reduce our dependency on foreign crude. Someone correct me if I am mistaken please.

ANDY

 

[Tumbler]

Here in Hawaii Pacific Biodiesel raised the price this year from $2. 64 to $2. 90. They've been operating for over 10 years and began with a price around $2. 40.



On a side note...

I'm currently looking into eventually running on WVO. I met a guy who has been processing and using it for quite some time. He claims a fuel cost of $0. 25 a gallon. The father has been running off it for 25 years.

 

[cj hall]

andy



My guess would be retailers :-{} (children of motherless goats)



now that i picked my self up off the floor (thats a great one)



we need bumper stickers with that on it lol



thank you for the smile today

 

[HMistica]

$3. 60 for a gallon of B99 where I get mine from in Berkeley, CA. They mention to me as diesel and gas prices go up so does the Bio becuase cost of delivery. I think their batches come from the midwest. It meets ASTM standards. It's expensive. I refill my 55 gallon drum every now and then and only pull 2 gallons at a time to run a B5 blend in my tank.

 

[Eco Rednek]

$3. 199 / gal for b100 in Boulder CO. Just saw a sign for dino diesel at 3. 09/gal at a local gas station.

 

[az]

It WAS 2. 64 in Phx today but as of Monday it goes to 2. 90 for B100.

 

[Cattletrkr]

You guys paying high prices for Bio are getting screwed. Currently bio is $2. 20-2. 25 here. I'm not sure if that includes road tax or not. Even adding the road taxes on that brings it up to $0. 25 LESS than #2. Right now Bio is flat out cheaper. I don't care if that's because of the tax reabate or whatever, it should be cheaper at the pump. Raise hell if it's not.



EDIT: Oh yeah, bio suppliers raise the price along with dino. Why??? Because they can... pricks.

 

[guns101]

B-100 as of 3 days ago in Mass. on Cape Cod was $3. 11 plus taxes (. 45) would be about $3. 56 Dino Diesel is about $2. 90

 

[RoryTek]

So correct me if I'm wrong, if you are in the bio biz why the hell are you still fueling your delivery trucks with number 2 diesel. Do the switch over people.

 

[Simplysmn]

bio

hey Rorey where in the high desert can you get bio im over in apple valley ?



Val

 

[fortunate1]

I've found that there's a big difference in price (higher) when buying from a distributor/reseller station. I get mine from a refinery that's not too far from home, and I go by it all the time in my work. They've priced B-100 at $2. 35 including tax since last Fall. Got 31 gallons today at the same price. Transportation costs are not as big a factor at a refinery.



One place that resells what this same refinery makes charges over $1/gal more. They try to soften it by saying that if you keep up with the paperwork you can deduct that $1/gal on your income taxes.

 

[rfull]

got a zip/phone number on that cheap bio place?

 

[EXSTROKER]

where do you guy's find these places...

im by palm springs ca

 

[TurboTweaker]

CattleTrkr,

there is a place called Cash Gas Inc. out of nowthen that sells B100. we just filled the farm barrles with it at $2. 09. it smells like McDonalds by the tractors :-laf



The Fat Kid

Andy

 

[Cattletrkr]

The big town of Nowthen ya say??? I actually laughed the one time that I drove thru there. I was helping a dairy jockey move out 1 of the last 4 dairy farms in the county (Anoka?).



Anyway, Mid-County Co-op in Cologne, MN as of yesterday was selling it for $1. 94 plus 6. 5% MN SALES TAX. That was news to me. Since bio is considered an additive, it's not taxed like fuel. That price is "picked up". Now to find myself a cheap transport somewhere.

 

[KingS]

by me not sure what b diesel it is have to look some time but I know its soy oil thats in it and the price is the same as #2 and they told me that it is because they have to mix bio with #2 to make it so that is will burn right I use it for two tank and stopped truck was quite and smoother and alittle more pep to it but lost 3-5 mpg and I hall a 16 foot cargo trailier every day for work so after 20 to 40,000 miles a year that was to much milage to loss.

 

[DBond]

Does anyone see the B-100 prices rising with the petro increases?

It's supply and demand, for both petro and bio. As petro $ go up from greater demand than supply, the price for bio looks more attractive, and demand will increase for that too, putting upward price pressure on bio. The wildcard here is bio production increases could make a sizable increase in supply and hold down the price.

I hate high prices too, but I prefer to pay $3/gal than $2/gal for rationed fuel, and wait in line...

 

[Cattletrkr]

OK, a little clarification of sorts. If your intent on buying the bio is to just add it to the tank, there's no road tax. If you plan on using it as a fuel, then there is. The gray area comes in when you ask, "what % bio makes it go from an additive to a fuel"? There is no answer yet. As of right now I've got 60% "added" to my tank. Until the IRS comes out with a #, I'll keep doing it that way.



For road use as an additive, there is still the sales tax. For off road use there is no tax at all.



Two days ago I bought 205 gal. in a tote for $1. 94 plus sales tax for a total of about $2. 07/gal.



We've already stocked up on fuel filters and we're gonna start running it in the tractors as well. Our '02 New Holland 6610S says right in the book it's "approved" to run on RME in "certain European countries". I figure that's good enough for me. For the next few months that one can run B100.

 

[JFaughn]

Any good price sources on the totes ? and what about price breaks at what volume ?