Yeah, it could be. We've got rather a lot of that. :-)
The only commonly available alternative fuels here are LPG (liquid
petroleum gas - a propane/butane mix) and petrol with 10% ethanol
produced cheaply from sugar cane waste fementation - it's very high
in sugars of course.
I run my elderly SUV on dual fuel - petrol and LPG which is refined
from oil field gas, the methane going to domestic energy needs. It's
common here as it is about 30 - 40% of the price of petrol (which I
won't call gas because here, gas means gas!). All taxis and many
commercial vehicles run on it - cheap because there is no excise on
it at present and the federal govt. kindly gave me a $2000 rebate on
the conversion - 80% of the cost. Almost every service station has LPG.
It is lower polluting but has a lower energy yield than petrol and
the compromise tune for dual fuel is never entirely satisfactory. But
it halved my fuel bill overnight. Taxis and fleet vehicles designed
exclusively for it run very well.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 06/04/2007, at 1:35 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
> I have heard that in Stralia that mutton tallow is a popular
> biodiesel feedstock.
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