Most BD sold commercially is a blend of BD & #2. As the price of #2 rises so will the price of blends.
Admittedly retailers seem very prone to charge a premium price for their BD blends. I cannot explain that phenomenon as anything other than greed.
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Hi this is Joe here in Reno. Im new to the bio forum. I have noticed the same thing. The only 3 sellers of bio here charge more than dino diesel. Im all for the renewable energy and all but it seems like that defeats the purpose of the bio? I have been wanting to try some in my truck to see what its like.
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5.09 yikes! It has been discussed here that feed stock should be avoided in the production of fuel. I tend to agree. If B100 is that expensive, it will surely mean higher food prices. There are better plants that can be used to make bio.
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Southern Indiana
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2001 F-250 CC - Vegistroke, many performance goodies - scary fast off the line
1981 Mercedes 300TDT - greasecar conversion, what a highway cruiser!
1963 Chevy II - bone stock - restored (by me), my grandpa bought new, my first car (1980) - my baby
That is crazy but i do believe it. If you don't mind where did you fill up?
I have noticed the same thing the OP stated in my experiences. I also noticed that the price of veggie oil has gone up almost by 100% this year. I have a converted mercedes and sometime buy soy oil for my car at Cost Co. I remember the oil used to cost around $2, last year, and now its over $4.
I have a converted mercedes and sometime buy soy oil for my car at Cost Co. I remember the oil used to cost around $2, last year, and now its over $4.
Sam's Club has always been around $4 for veg. Rice apparently is the hot commodity now. They said on the news that Sam's is limiting customers to 5 bags. With the high cost of fuels, I'm sure we'll see higher prices on many of our purchases down the road.
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Brad
Southern Indiana
Vehicles:
2001 F-250 CC - Vegistroke, many performance goodies - scary fast off the line
1981 Mercedes 300TDT - greasecar conversion, what a highway cruiser!
1963 Chevy II - bone stock - restored (by me), my grandpa bought new, my first car (1980) - my baby
The reason the B100 is getting high. Is that soybeans have gone from around $4.75 per 60 lbs a few years ago to $11.50 per 60 lbs. today. So soyoil has to go up as well.
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93 f350 7.3 , 5 speed manual, ext cab, long box
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i rather burn biodiesel rather than ulsd, even if it is the same price or more due to biodiesels lubricating properties, as all of you who have burnt biodiesel, you can literally hear and feel the difference in between bio and ulsd. i would describe ulsd as "dry", not good. btw i paid $4.39 a gal. here in caili for b-20... what are you guys paying?
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The reason the B100 is getting high. Is that soybeans have gone from around $4.75 per 60 lbs a few years ago to $11.50 per 60 lbs. today. So soyoil has to go up as well.
Yeah, I think the confusion with biodiesel consumers is homebrew bio (usually made from waste vegetable oil, thus little to no cost for the feedstock), versus a commercially made biodiesel which primarily uses soybeans. And soft commodity prices like corn and soybeans have gone through the roof.
So home-made bio is going to be cheap (infrastructure costs not withstanding), and commercial biodiesel is pacing petroleum diesel, and many times more expensive.
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