Why would people prefer to pay 4$/gallon gasoil when they could make it themselves for 46 cents/gallon?

Question

Fact n°1: the original design of the diesel engine used peanut oil to run.

Fact n°2: mix any veggie oil with a small amount of additive and it will make any diesel engine run.

Fact n°3: this self made diesel is greener and more efficient than petroleum diesel. (More miles, a lot less pollution)

Fact n°4: veggie oil + additive = only 46 cents a gallon

So why don't we make our own diesel and keep on paying 4$ for less efficient and more polluting products like bio diesel and petroleum diesel? Do you also think this defies logic?

(Source: 46centsagallonfuel.org blog)

Answer 1

cus we're lazy and cant afford to buy a diesel vehicle!

Answer 2

some ppl are lazy but some prob dont even know about this, also, lots of ppl dont have diesel cars

Answer 3

good point, you should check out air cars too I think you will find it interesting check out ConvertToAir.com for information on how air cars work

Answer 4

A diesel engine can burn all oils that is heavier than diesel fuel . U get in trouble adding gasoline.Some of the very large diesels run away because it is sucking oil from the crank case. They can burn lube oil. You need to filter it as if there is anything in it . It can stop up your injectors.

Answer 5

The problem is cost of bio diesel is also expensive and using veggie oil still no machine that same our cars today. The old "veggie" engine still can be used but not practical in daily used.

Answer 6

Veg oil is $5 a gal

Answer 7

Biodiesel is a wonderful product, but I think 85% of all cars in the US do not run on diesel.

If i had a diesel car, it would definitely run on BIO.

Answer 8

You can run the oil straight if it is clean, but it will not mix with diesel fuel and will cause carbon build-up. You would need to run a tank of straight diesel every once in a while to remove this buildup. People use bio-diesel 'cause it will mix with dino-diesel in any ratio.

If you know anywhere to get a supply of vegetable oil for less than $3 a gallon, contact me and I will bankroll your venture. Seriously!

Answer 9

so how many gallons a week are you producing...i figure,,none

Answer 10

Laziness and a sense of dread about converting our cars to diesel will become unbearable at some price -- everybody has their price and everybody has their breaking-point.

Besides, it'll be a freakin' BLAST as we get together and learn all the tricks.



See this video (guy stole my idea!...sort of):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_ToojK_MJd0

If you can even FIND a copy of David Blume's book, READ IT!!! It's FUN.

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edit:

Algae can also be fermented into ethanol (cellulosic and straight sugar, where sugar is sufficient in algae).

Ordinary gasoline engines perform poorly despite very high octane (oxygen content) of ethanol but there are modifications available to achieve equal or better mileage.

I envision an ultra-charger (turbocharger designed for extremely high, precisely-timed, pressure infusion).

It could be driven by exhaust + engine + regenerative-braking by supplanting existing brakes with variable-load air-compressors.

Pure ethanol is 123 to 126 octane!! Optimal pressure would result in optimal "piston-pushin'-umph!".

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Answer 11

USED vegetable oil is running .18 to .20 a gallon last time I check and the price is going up (new oil is going for about $5 a gallon). I saw on the news the other day were they were arresting people for taking used oil from behind a restaurant. The days of free used oil are all but gone; in most towns the restaurants sell their used oil.

If even a small percentage of people switch to SVO or bio-diesel the price would be the same as diesel. Sorry there is only so much vegetable oil new or used out there and as the demand goes up so does the price.

And if you are using used vegetable oil, you have to clean it and make sure it not contaminated with something that will harm your engine. You wouldn’t believe the junk that gets tossed into the used oil bucket.

Also most people don’t drive diesels and can’t do it anyway.

edit here's a few stories

http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_det...

here's one where the are still looking for the guys

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/jun/...

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Answer 12

2 reasons:

1) Not all vehicles are powered with diesel engines

2) All the fuel sources you mentioned are scarce resources

Peanut oil, which is used in many products would rise in cost.  Same with veggie oil.  So it might start out at a lower price, but as we have seen with gasoline and with ethanol, other products increase in price due to the excessive demand relative to supply.