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To: LibertarianInExile
Most biodiesel depends on the availabilty of sodium methoxide to trans-esterify the vegetable oils. You still need petroleum and you still need caustic. Caustic requires electric power to manufacture and you have the small matter of all the chlorine made a co-product.

There still ain't no free lunch.

11 posted on 04/20/2005 6:48:54 PM PDT by stboz
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To: stboz

No argument. But at least it's useable now, and I think it's still a better option than gasohol efficiency-wise.

Ideally we'd be letting the market make the call. It will, anyway.


15 posted on 04/20/2005 7:18:49 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (The South will rise again? Hell, we ever get states' rights firmly back in place, the CSA has risen!)
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