Machines | Energy Independence: On Farm Biodiesel Fuel Production
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Is it possible you can sell biodiesel to customers to make money?
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Awesome Video and Awesome Job. When you were figuring the cost per gallon of your bio fuel did you include the cost of your labor? Thanks!
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It's not about the environment, it's about being independent and making your own fuel- EXACTLY
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How many gallons per acre do you get? I know for corn but I haven't been able to find anything for sunflowers.
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I love biodiesel. I use 100% biodiesel (RME) in my Audi A2 1.2 TDI car from 2001. I get about 75 Miles to the gallon. When you are driving a car I would say that if you go below 13 degrees fahrenheit you should stick to ordinary diesel...but if you are above that temperature you're fine driving biodiesel in your car.
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I like the idea, but it's a waist of time and money.
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great Project. How much bio diesel did you produce by acre of sun flower?
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What us done with the waste product? Can it be used for feed or a burning fuel?
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Hydrogen is not as easily or safely stored as liquid fuels.
Biofuels are not meant to compete with fossil fuels, but be an alternative when they deplete and cost rises -
thx for sharing felt so nice seeing it
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this guy is very intelligent, much respect my friend. Good to see people doing something for our world.
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how many acres or sunflowers did you plant to support your diesel use on the farm? Did you have to plant a few seasons to build a surplus of fuel to fully be self sufficient? Do you sell any of your biodiesel or does that require permits. Do you need a permit to process your biodiesel. THis is great btw. awesome stuff
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I am not the original commenter, but > hemp would yield fibre that could be used for bedding and other useful activities that would actually might make it worthwhile to plant/grow even though of the lower oil grown per acre....
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"Photovoltaic cells are twice as efficient at solar energy conversion than plants." PVs require manufacturing, significant mining, produce massive amounts of polutants in manufacture and the installation is not exactly trivial. Plants are self-reproducing systems that require practically no high-tech knowledge to "install" - the cost per watt in plants are significantly lower even though efficiency is lower. Hydrogen from water vapor sourced by electrolysis would be prohibitively expensive.
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Very appreciated your time for the upload
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Use of farm land to produce fuel to compete with fossil fuels is an economic disaster for the farmer. If fair trade with opec was established the money this farmer is saving producing his own fuel would dwarf compared to the money his crop could make on the open market. Photovoltaic cells are twice as efficient at solar energy conversion than plants. If he doesnt want to smell diesel fumes burn straight hydrogen produced by highvoltage pulse ionization of water vapor.
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Because canola oil gels at a lower temperature than soybean oil and most other oils, it's the best for climates where it gets cold during the winter. All diesels will gel, even petroleum diesel. Mix in an anti-gel, or mix in winter petroleum diesel (which has anti-gel in it) and most any biodiesel won't have a problem. If you live in a warmer climate, biodiesel is all pretty much the same. Biodiesel from waste oil works fine for most people.
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Peanut oil, to be exact.
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I run my VW Jetta on 100% canola bio-diesel. Runs slick as a whistle. My parents farm canola seed, and run their VW Passat and ford F-350 on Bio-diesel. Those all run great. One winter we were having the toughest time getting an old blue ford tractor started. We put 100% bio-diesel in the tank with whatever was already in there, and it started right up.
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That was amazing. I never knew that you can make your own fuel. It would make sense for people that use so much fuel. It is economical.