Comments on: Prediction: The Great Biodiesel Surplus of 2007 http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/ A blog for alternative fuel drivers, brought to you by Propel Fuels. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Benji http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-43 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:12:28 +0000 http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-43 I’m doing research on biofuels for a memo I’m writing, and I think you may be right about the effects of the surplus. I’m from Arkansas, and our state is currently pumping a lot of money into biodiesel start-ups. The state legislature is getting all hyped up about it, and is considering pushing some pretty strong tax incentives at the state level — that’s unusual behavior for AR reps, who usually stay in the background and let the governor handle things. Anyway, I think it’s an interesting little microcosm…read if you’re interested.
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/01/26/topics/assembly07/012707lrlegbiodiesel.txt

]]> By: Tomas S http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-19 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:08:57 +0000 http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-19 Unfortunately I don’t have the answers yet but these are very interesting questions that I’d like to have an answer on, too. Will try to contact the fuel suppliers to ask what the target group is for B100-fuel and also to contact the major auto-makers (will propably contact the top 10 sold car manufacturers) and hear about the warranty issue. Alls this when time permits, propably in the next few days.

Just found an article stating that during december, 2006, 27,6% of all autos sold in Sweden were diesel-powered. That’s a pretty good number and the market for biodiesel products shurely already is here.

]]> By: propel http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-18 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:51:29 +0000 http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-18 Thanks for the comment Tomas. Interesting info. I’m very interested in the B100 user profile in Sweden… how are OEM handling it from a warranty standpoint? Who are the users?

]]> By: PDXBiodiesel http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-17 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:42:49 +0000 http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-17 If you are in the Portland, Oregon, USA area and you would like to find retail biodiesel pumps, I have put up a map of their locations:

http://www.pdxbiodiesel.org

]]> By: Tomas S http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-15 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:56:45 +0000 http://awakeatthewheel.net/2007/01/02/prediction-the-great-biodiesel-surplus-of-2007/#comment-15 This is all very interesting, as predictions always tickles my mind.
I made a quick search on the internet regarding the availability of biodiesel from the major fuel suppliers here in Sweden. All information comes from the sellers websites and might differ from actual conditions due to inactual websites.

OKQ8, 12 out of 779 stations has B100
Statoil, 7 out of 700 stations has B100
Shell, 381 out of 482 stations has a B5-blend
Norsk Hydro, 395 out of 506 stations has a B5-blend
JET, no information on website
Bilisten, no information on website
Bilia, no information on website

The B100-fuels supplied on OKQ8 and Statoil is as stated on the sites made of 100% RME (Rapeseed Methyl Esther). The B5-blends are ordinary diesel mixed with 5% RME.

Biodiesel (B100) prices currently in Sweden are about 10.55 SEK/litre (ca 5.82$/gallon), just slightly higher than regular 100% diesel.

As seen the availability of B100 is not too good at present state but I hope this is a changing trend.

By the way did you see this on wired?
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/01/texas_stays_bio.html

Keep the god work up!

Tomas, Sweden

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