Re: Anyone see "Dirty Jobs" on Discovery? Talking about Biodiesel

In article <1130980488.379602.13530@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bret Ludwig <bretldwig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Ad absurdum per aspera wrote:
><<snip>>
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>> However, the cleaner feedstocks are already a salveageable commodity
>> that has some value, and an industry to collect the stuff exists where
>> there is enough population density to make the logistics work out.
>> This collection industry presumably would be both an infrastructure for
>> supplying centralized biodiesel makers and an economic competitor
>> against biodiesel.
>
> This "collection industry" consists of a very unglamorous and
>therefore profitable business for a small number of individuals who are
>often very tough and ready to defend their monopoly. If any substantial
>number of people start going after the restaurant grease things are
>probably going to get unpleasant. Right now in most areas there are
>enough small fry to collect grease from but the big chains have
>contracts and "poachers" are likely to likely to run afoul of them.
>

The reason biodiesel is so cheap, right now, is that restaurants have to
pay to otherwise dispose of it. If big reclamation chains are going to have
any traction for their complaints about poaching, they will have to start
paying for it.

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