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Old 02-24-2005, 08:06 AM   #11 (permalink)
Scorpion23
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Originally Posted by nofnway
I met a guy here in town who is doing Bio-Diesel..Frnch fry oil into diesel and the main by product -so he says- is glycerine

That's just cool...reusing something he gets for practically free .

Forget global warming...being cool is better
It's true, as long as you use the base transesterification method instead of the acid. The majority of plants right now are either using base, or an acid/base mix.

This is the reason that glycerine recently dropped in price from ~$0.50 per pound to ~$0.05
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