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mannytranny 08-29-2004, 10:04 PM In the middle of town, Exxon station, IIRC. Blue son BD, supposed to be good stuff. 2.14 when all of the other stations were 1.90 or so. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Rock On.gif rare4x4 08-30-2004, 04:46 PM I was in Durango about a month ago and found it. I was there for three weeks so i ran only that. It 2 tanks or so but then i started to notice a differance. Im amazed!! More power, better milage cleaner burning and better for the truck. Now that im back in Wi, with out bio, the truck smokes more and has noticabl less power. i wish there was bio-diesel in my aera. The extra money is worth it!!! Ps i know i cant spell!!!!lol mannytranny 08-30-2004, 07:22 PM It still amazes me that this country does not run / promote BD. Lesser emissions, better for the engines, money staying in this country instead of the Arabs, last but not least, work for the farmers!!!!! All good things for sure. rare4x4 08-30-2004, 11:00 PM 5 achers=fuel enough for 2 daily drivers plus farm equipment for an entire year and then some. mannytranny 08-30-2004, 11:42 PM Is that right? Soy beans, huh? rare4x4 08-31-2004, 10:37 AM thats what they say... salesrep 08-31-2004, 11:18 AM One bushel of soybeans makes 1.5 gallons of fuel. mannytranny 08-31-2004, 06:33 PM How big is a bushel, and on average, how many bushels per acre? Buckeye03 08-31-2004, 10:16 PM It's just not economical to produce the stuff. I don't know what soybeans are trading at right now, lets just say $6.00 One bushel@ $6.00 will produce 1.5 gallons of bio diesel.(according to salesrep) That figures to $4.00/gallon just to buy the soybeans, then add on the cost to manufacture it. I'm not familiar with the manufacturing process of BD, but unless there is a use for the byproducts after the BD is made, It's not going to be economical. BD and ethanol are heavily subsidized by the gov't which makes it somewhat affordable for us. RonJT 09-01-2004, 04:32 PM That is interesting....but I guess the question is what is affordable? If OIL keeps going up.... Funny--I asked my biodiesel supplier and he said there were no gov't subsidies right now--but that the new highway bill is suppose to have a penny per percent credit. The price of the bio last time I bought was $3.55 per gallon. Not sure if there are subsidies direct to the farmer that my fuel supplier is not aware of. salesrep 09-01-2004, 05:44 PM In Illinois I Think Farmers get a tax break when they run 11% bio. I am pretty sure it is on a state by state basis. Buckeye03 09-02-2004, 10:25 AM I been looking on the web for some numbers about the economics, but the only thing I can find is it is good, it can be used, it is environmentaly friendly. Farm Science Review is coming up later on theis month, I'll see what I can find. salesrep 09-02-2004, 10:30 AM Did you try www.biodiesel.org (http://www.biodiesel.org). National biodiesel Board Good Sam' 09-07-2004, 02:22 AM Actually there is a $480 (I think) credit for every 400 gallons of BD that you use. Or is it $200, can find information under IFTA Interstate fuel tax A. There are a lot of advantages to using bio other than engine related.http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Cool.gif | ||