[TheForge] OT biodiesel

[Gladish Family]

Yeah, what he said...
We're still thinking in terms of one solution that will fix things for 
everybody, whether it's nuclear generation or Mideast oil or renewable 
sources.
Biodiesel production is an example of localized solutions to problems. 
Kind of like genetic diversity: the more solutions we have, the less we 
have to depend on one structure.
There are a lot of reasons that big oil hasn't embraced biodiesel- one 
is that the lawyers are still trying to figure out how the 
liability/warranty thing will shake down. VW, for instance, will only 
accept a 5% blend. Not because there's a problem, but my guess is that 
the lawyers want to have a plan if something comes up.
Andy g.

Justin Fellenz wrote:

>Yep. I brought it up because I want to get me and my family as
>independent from the Man as possible. The country is a big big problem,
>much bigger than I can handle--I spend my days now in a huge
>corporation working for the government, and all I can think of is
>unhitching myself from both in as many ways as possible as soon as
>possible, cause to me the big problem doesn't look fixable, not in my
>lifetime, certainly. Doesn't mean we should just give up, though--the
>discussions of nuclear and hydrogen power and so on are valuable and
>necessary and I am impressed as always that this group can go from
>talking about making tongs to making clean power even if things get a
>little out of scale in the process. It's folks who have their hands in
>the local realities of life and their heads in the big picture who
>might actually make things a little better for both. Like you, Dave, I
>doubt biodiesel is the big answer, same as I don't think everyone in
>the world can (mostly) live on wild meat and what they grow in their
>garden or heat with wood or make tools from scrap metal. But it's a
>small part of the answer, no?
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