Thread: diesel or veggie oil

I wonder how a vehicle would run on hemp oil......

I also wonder why such a beneficial crop to grow in this country is basically illegal.

WAKE UP AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES.....

I wonder how a vehicle would run on hemp oil......

I also wonder why such a beneficial crop to grow in this country is basically illegal.

Hemp plants are legal as long as they do not have the constituent oil of Marijuana .

I remember many years ago NSW Ag conducted a trial in Western NSW as Hemp is a great source of fibre for bags etc.

After a few weeks one of the triallers came along to find truckloads missing.

Comment was that the thieves would have to smoke the whole truckload to get high.

AFAIK not economic in OZ. You would know why if you go through Northern India where perhaps millions of tonnes are grown.

Regards PhilipA

I wonder how much Jet 1A is to buy as a Disco will run well on that.

Regards PhilipA

I believe it's quite expensive , that's why I wonder why an alternative fuel for jet turbines hasn't been sourced.

I saw somewhere the cost of fuel at current prices for the new A350's 20hr flight.....it was frightening.

....there must be a veggie alternative out there waiting for Twiggy to see its value....

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I believe it's quite expensive , that's why I wonder why an alternative fuel for jet turbines hasn't been sourced.

I saw somewhere the cost of fuel at current prices for the new A350's 20hr flight.....it was frightening.

....there must be a veggie alternative out there waiting for Twiggy to see its value....

The issue isn't its viability, it's getting the entire aircraft fuel systems and rotating machines tested and approved.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I believe it's quite expensive , that's why I wonder why an alternative fuel for jet turbines hasn't been sourced.

I saw somewhere the cost of fuel at current prices for the new A350's 20hr flight.....it was frightening.

....there must be a veggie alternative out there waiting for Twiggy to see its value....

There are a couple of companies trialing bio fuels for the aviation industry, some are alcohol based from bio mass and I remember reading about algae based oil.

watching 4 corners and the hopeful road to everything electric is not going to be cheap nor actually "green"

Australia has the opportunity to lead the world in sourcing minerals for the necessary componentry for future electrical goods....

most of this is not going to happen effectively for some years , though some , vis cobalt in Broken Hill and Lithium in King Island can be sourced fairly soon from existing facilities.

in the mean time clean fuel is going to be necessary for Australia's long range vehicle fleet for quite a few years yet.

there are no existing long term fixes available.

Just a thought on using grain or vegetable stock to produce Ethanol.

One of the problems is that where food is also a use of the agricultural product , the demand will always be at a higher price than for input to ethanol production.

That is a reason that bio fuel production started with fanfare in Australia then petered out as it was based on canola.

Seeing it is expected that grain prices will rise greatly from the lack of Ukraine production, there will be input price increases for ethanol also.

In NSW ethanol is solely a byproduct of Manildra's starch plant at Bomaderry, but this volume is limited to what is produced as a byproduct with the main aim to reduce the amount of bio active effluent produced by the factory and a particular dislike of the EPA.
Regards PhilipA