Overwhelmingly BIO-diesel in Portland, Oregon
We're now in Portland, Oregon, having spent the past few days in Bend, Oregon. One thing I have really, really noticed here is the difficulty in finding PURE DIESEL. Just be aware that most stations...
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In a nutshell:
100% Bio diesel 37.8 MJ/kg
Fossil diesel 48.1 MJ/kg
So you gotta burn more to go the same distance. Then translate into cost per mile. So bio blends were a little more expensive per mile the last time I checked, then consider the extra emissions from production and transportation of the extra volume of fuel and the environmental savings begin to disappear.
I ran a rendering plant, we produced fats that could become bio diesel, but we never made it. The numbers did not work for our truck fleet. However, we were very happy to sell it to others.
100% Bio diesel 37.8 MJ/kg
Fossil diesel 48.1 MJ/kg
So you gotta burn more to go the same distance. Then translate into cost per mile. So bio blends were a little more expensive per mile the last time I checked, then consider the extra emissions from production and transportation of the extra volume of fuel and the environmental savings begin to disappear.
I ran a rendering plant, we produced fats that could become bio diesel, but we never made it. The numbers did not work for our truck fleet. However, we were very happy to sell it to others.
