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Originally Posted by sammyg2
heat it, filter it, mix with methanol, done. But only in very small batches. Ok it's a little more complicated that that but not much.
The methanol is the dangerous part, big toxic.
But to do it on an industrial scale, there just isn't used cooking out on the planet.
Not to mention it cost about $10/gallon new in bulk .....
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If you refine it directly from some oily plants, you can make it cheaper, but not cheaper than regular diesel fuel.
What you GET is a RIN, if you can show that the fuel was actually used in a vehicle. And, you can get a LCFS credit if you show that it is used in a vehicle in California.
Natural Gas is about $3/MMBTU. If you get the RINs for 1 MMBTU, the value goes to about $17/MMBTU for Renewable Natural Gas. The LCFS score on our landfill gas was not very high, but if we can broker the sale to a CNG station in California, it is worth another $12-15/MMBTU.
These RINS and LCFS credits are required to be purchased by the oil industry, which raises the price of delivered fuel. You're Welcome.