In article >, Jim Yanik wrote:
> (Brent P) wrote in
> :
>
>> In article >, Jim Yanik
>> wrote:
>>> (Brent P) wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> In article >, Matthew
>>>> Russotto wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> down the supply chain. And your tractor probably runs on diesel
>>>>> anyway, and can't be converted to ethanol.
>>>>
>>>> FYI: Diesel engines are even easier to run on bio-fuel. I believe
>>>> corn oil or some other corn products work. If not, I am sure a small
>>>> plot could be set aside to grow whatever the tractor needs.
>>>>
>>>
>>> As if farmers have time,money (for machinery),or the inclination to
>>> process a crop to make biodiesel or alk.
>>
>> I suggest you watch the episode of dirty jobs making biodiesel. It's
>> easier than a good number of things farmers do.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I'm saying that they have higher priorities(for both time and money),and
> little if any spare money to buy such machinery that would be needed.
> You'd probably need an environmental impact study and gov't permits up the
> ying-yang to deal with the left-over wastes.

Farmer bob could raise crops that are used to make ethanol. Farmer john
could raise crops that are used to make bio-diesel. Both can run their
tractors on bio-diesel from bubba's bio-diesel who bought crops from
farmer john.

Of course to all the nay-sayers this too complex, but it's a fraction of
the complexity for say gasoline.