[TheForge] OT biodiesel

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Just to pull this full circle....why isn't anybody firing a forge on 
used deep fry oil? It's hot, it's cheap and it's no worse for the 
environment thazn McDees...PF

Gladish Family wrote:
> 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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