30334: jhudicourtb(reply) Re: 30329: lyall (comment) biofuels (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

jhudicourtb@aol.com

I have been researching the issue a little bit.
To make fats useable in Diesel engines they need to be cooked with alcohol.
Sugar cane is by far the best crop to produce acohol.  Corn is much less 
profitable.
The best fat producer is palm oil.  Second in line is Palma Christi, aka Castor 
Oil, aka Ricin Oil, aka Lwil Maskreti.  This plant will grow in arid land, does 
better when watered but is so easy to grow that it is considered a weed in the 
USA South.
With a mix of alcohol and palma christi oil one could produce a vegetable fuel 
that can be burnt in diesel engines.  Two other by products of the palma 
christi can be used in the process.  What is left when the seeds are squeezed 
for oil can be used as an organic fertilizer.  The fat extracted when producing 
the diesel can be used as glycerin for soap and beauty products.  The one thing 
I have not figure out is how toxic the Ricin residue of the seeds is used or 
eliminated.
Any diesel engine can be run with this kind of vegetable fuel.  Diesel engines 
were originally designed to be run on vegetable fuel.  The transformation of 
fats is not expensive.
There is a restaurant in Massachusetts which runs exclusively on energy from 
the leftover fats they use for fried foods.  One guy has a self-sustained 
business (in terms of energy) He has the transformation process right in his 
basement where he transforms his old frying oils into diesel fuel, with which 
he runs his generator for heating and cooking and lighting.
If there is anyone around who has the practical knowledge to put in application 
what I just wrote down, I would love to invest in such a business.  I am 
certain that some small towns in Haiti could become energy independent with 
this mix of Kleren and Lwil Maskreti.