Dak413's Blog

You could eliminate about half the diesel from oil with biodiesel. (25% in winter and all in summer) Since biodiesel can be made from so many different sources,it may be a possibility. But we still need to drill.

I was listening to the former CEO of Shell Oil talk about this with Glenn Beck.

Thats not really correct Dak. The oil companies make plenty of profit from the oil/refining/retail markets, and it is absolutely their right to do so. The issue is, do we keep sending out $billions to foreign companies, or spend our $billions here with domestic companies that will provide high paying jobs, tax payments and long term domestic growth?
Bio derived Diesel, even B100 from non food source commodities will barely make a dent in the demand, but are an excellent start.
REFINING capacity is going to be the key to our future... I repeat, REFINING is the key!

true, we n eedrfnery apacity, and our own supply of oil, but ya can't blame oil companies, we buy their products, are they suppose to lose money like the airlines, I don't think so,if ya think about it, if our government doesn't care about what our supply is ccosting, why should the oil companies,they can stil makea 10% profit, which is less thn a lot of other big business, and think about this, the state and fereral government is making 3 times what they are from oil they pay tax on their profits, plus the governments get all the gas tax , and they want them to finance all the other energy options, sounds a little onesided, to Me !!

In effect, we're propping up their governments and militaries with OUR money!

Low sulphur diesel has also blown up some older engines. Do we quit using that too? Biodiesel made from soy beans is too expensive and that is the fuel giving trouble. However I know truckers using the cotton seed based bio that are having good luck with it. They get about the same mileage and performance as diesel. And most of that bio is made from seed that would have been burned as scrap. It seems like the powers that be always push the wrong thing to do,like ethanol.Jatropha is a plant that will grow in arid regions that are not being farmed at present and it's beans can make oil which can be used for any fuel.

the government looks at each new soure of energy as a new source of tax revenue , part of the reason it's expansion is so slow !! instead of waiting for a solid demand for a product is achieved !

The biodiesel facility in Denton tanked and packed up overnight. That was after the city of Denton converted all their vehicles to biodiesel. I think it makes great sense for cooking oils and other products that can be reformulated into fuel, but I also think unless some bigger entity is willing to take on the responsibility for organizing it, there will continue to be con artists that run it as a fly by night operation.