Y'all ain't gonna believe this!

[Adam]

Homemade Bio-Diesel...



Follow this link, and then tell me why we still go to the pumps when we could be turning our house into a volatile lab experiment complete with deadly chemicals only to have no significant impact on the national dependence of imported oil...



http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/biodiesel.html



I know where I'm going to get my next fill-up, and it's NOT going to be from my workshop.



-Adam

 

[Alan Reagan]

Hmmmm. What would that cost, about $10 a gallon?

 

[lmills]

Drain cleaner! At least the lines will stay clean

 

[WDaniels]

You have to be kidding! My time is worth more than what I would save with this concoction.

WD

 

[Tilesetter Too]

Well, it was interesting for the use of the blender!!! Never seen that before. Biodiesel is a viable alternative to reg diesel. I've read up on the subject and it isn't nearly as dangerous as it sounds. Using the proper methods (no blender) and free used oil from local eateries (extra processing required), biodiesel can be made for around . 85/gal. The problem I see with it personally is making the quantities required for my regular consumption. I'm no Hotshotter but I can go through 70+ gals a week. That would require about 350 gallons of used oil processing to cover one month. Final product is about 25% less than starting volume. There are several hands off methods for mixing the product in one vessel but can get fairly expensive for initial start up.

The other point is cloud temps. Different oils cloud at different temps. There are many oils that remain viscous to below freezing temps. Right now rapeseed oil is the top virgin oil used in biodiesel production. It has a high cetane rating and lower cloud point. Normal methods used to keep diesel from clouding will also work for bio.

Rapeseed is used widely in europe where their biodiesel presence is well established. Prices run slightly higher than normal diesel becasue of purchase of the rapeseed oil. I think approx. 15%+ of diesel stations in Europe have bio avaiable compared to 1% or less here in the states.



Go here for some good info http://www.biodiesel.org

or http://www.veggievan.org

or http://www.biodieselgear.com



Shawn