Posted on 11/30/2005 11:36:30 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Ew, think of the smell of future highway truckstops! (Or will they actually smell better than now?)
I like that tag line of yours. Great versus!!
Star Jones will be asked to power the Cleveland metro area.
Check it out:Garbage to Oil
"Fill 'er up with 93 clucktane and check the oil."
Let's see...
Chicken fat has a specific gravity of about .924 which means it takes about 7.392 lbs to make one gallon.
Rendered chicken fat runs about $10/lb.
Assuming no loss of mass in the refining process, that means the raw materials cost to make this new fuel would only be about $73.92/gal!
Cheap (cheep?) at twice the price, no?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1116843/posts
Earlier thread, waste from hog and turkey processing. Product is similar to light sweet crude.
Like FDR said, a chicken in every tank and a smelly car in every garage.
And then there's her butt: the bio-fuel equivalent of ANWR.
How much of an obstacle is the EPA in getting alt fuels to us? Don't they claim the power to dictate? What are thee animal fats used for now?
Sorry for taking so long to reply--yes, that was funny! I just beat you by 7 seconds. Great minds think alike.
Chicken fat is currently abou $0.50/lb for the higher quality (< 4% FFA) referenced above. High compared to the target selling price (current price of diesel), but nowhere near the $/gallon quoted in the comment.
It took a while before I even remembered this thread. As I recall, aside from my comment being mostly just a snide joke, I relied on retail food grade pricing for my calculations. The article didn't cite a price and I didn't have the inclination to contact commercial chicken farms to inquire about what they would charge for bulk quantities. I further reasoned that should the practice of fat -> fuel conversion went mainstream it would skyrocket the price to rival retail levels.
For the record here's the source of my price estimate:
http://lowesfoods.grocerydirect.com/pd/Empire_Kosher/Rendered_Chicken_Fat/7_oz/00071627008090?clksrc=gproduct
Priced at $3.79 per 7 oz. package it works out to about $8.60/lb, a little less than what I came up with oh those many years ago.
Cheers!
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