Maud, Wife and GD went to Paris yesterday, and informed me I have another 25 gallons at Novice, in Texas. So now I will be scrambling to store it. Before son quit the city of BB he was supose to get me 250 gallon containers, but never did. The ones I had, I cut holes in them for pig shelters . Lucky, I still have about 15 or 20 55 galloon drums. plastic and metal.
I do not know about others who live in larger towns, cities, but rural, there are some unique aspects to getting oil. The problem with smaller mom and pops. In the winter, some relative or friend, will want the oil for live stock feed supplement. Then come spring they do not want it. I took the opinion with two this spring, one the barrel cost me money to leave there, two it cost fuel and time to go check, so I made a rule, whole hogor nothing.
Then, and caught on camera, at Pier 49 in Broken bow, a couple of fellas out of Ft Smith , Ark. had some tanks on a couple of old u haul trucks, they routed out an area toward a buyer in Texaranaka and I think Durant, toward Dallas, and just helped themselves at night.
Then the larger, national collectors moved in. They seem to try and bully owners. Plus one fellow about 40 miles from here wanting to go big time, make 5000 gallons a wek. My son caught him, red handed moving one of our barrels, and they had words. My point, making bio diesel, running straight waste oil, how ever one wants to approach it; that is a very simple , straight fwd process, just follow fomulars, operating procedures, used now for near on 100 years or more. But the logistics of aquiring the oil, that is what one needs to consider, as much, if not more than how to.
Family,friends, etc. , all are interested, but generaly the responce is; after you prove it works. Then they are very egar to drive ride arround on your fuel, primiarly in your vechile. and they may even help with pick ups, transferring oil, etc. But they tend to be sloppy, and spills, splashes occure. Or you leave a drain bucket with settled junk drained off the bottom of a settling barrel, the dogs or cats get into it, knocking it over. What a mess, and suddenly no one is interested, has to go to school, work, or some place.
I suddenly lost half my crew, one off to college, one off in a truck. Of course throught the years, I have taught them JFKs , Ask not what your country can do for you, rather ask what you can do for your country' And meaning, what you can do for yurself, in a greener and cheaper way. Then the world flashes opunity at them, greener pasture, big money, usually meaning Big debt. But eventualy they wind back up at home, looking fwd to building on an acrea or two in corner on dads place, using his equipement and fuels.
Of course another area, that few look at, everything I have built for bio is salavaged,,barrels, heaters, pumps, etc. ; So people think it is cheap. Yes you can put together a good cheap system for a $100 bill. Butt, one like mine, the storage barrels, all the plumbing that comes with it, unless one wants to use 5 gallon buckets to transfer, hand pumps, etc. , just the valves at $9 a pop, soon a couple hundred bucks there. But that is a system, where a transferr can be made any place, and cold thick oil can be moved with air in the winter, saving over working pumps. And things like cutting torches, which has an anual cost, just to rent bottles, welding rods, etc. , The family, relatives, tend to over look these cost .
But with all the logistical challanges, I would not change, even when worn out, and with me personaly, there is a deam, the desire, knowing somethings taht only come with age. Some young person, gets interested, steps up, live a simpler, independent, enjoyable life, recycling materials the earth gives us, leaving a better place, during their life time. And history has proven, you never know, who will come up with a soluation, that resolves major issues in energy and building. About time to run up to Bevers Bend, pick up some oil. Bill
--- In wastewatts@yahoogroups.com, Maud Essen <maud@...> wrote:
>
> Well, Bill, you better keep up with collecting your oil! I've had the
> same restaurant for the past six years, and they just went out of
> business last week with no advance notice. So now I'm scrambling to
> find a new restaurant so I can maintain my fuel-making momentum. I've
> probably given away over 500 gallons of WVO over the years, and now
> I'm down to four 55 gallon HDPE drums. The timing is poor because
> finally a family member has decided to drive on biodiesel, and this
> will run me short in no time.
>
> Your oil heater sounds like a great project. With your mechanical
> skills, you should have it going in time for this winter. Go for it!
>
> Here's a very long thread on Infopop that you can research. It's over
> 20 pages long! But it's called "List your KOH/methanol suppliers
> here". Even if it's a bit dated, you may find some leads.
> http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/719605551/m/486109642/p/5
>
> Maud
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