Anyone running on PPO biofuel?

powerfarmer

Just wondering if anyone is running diesel vehicles on pure plant oil (PPO) or straight vegetable oil (SVO) biofuel? I remember a feature on nationwide a few years ago about schemes in Carlow and Cork city where local authority vehicles were running on rapeseed oil, and also a farmer in galway who was growing and processing his own rapeseed for use as vehicle and boiler fuel. I think they were using pure oil not oil processed into biodiesel.
Is this still happening? Would be interesting to know what vehicles they were running on it.

lola1234

Hi,

im just wondering the same thing, did you hear anymore about where you can buy this fuel and where its made?

Also, did the biodiesel plant ever open in Greenore in Dundalk?
Are there any other biodiesel plants in Ireland?

argosy2006

0877470977 Redrock biodiesel Wicklow

lola1234

Hi,

Thats great that your selling it. Do you produce it? Is it sold in a pump? I want to buy a prius diesel hybrid, how easy will it be to fill up in Ireland only with biodiesel?

Many Thanks,

Mr Benevolent

lola1234 wrote: »

Hi,

Thats great that your selling it. Do you produce it? Is it sold in a pump? I want to buy a prius diesel hybrid, how easy will it be to fill up in Ireland only with biodiesel?

That won't really help as the Prius is petrol.

lola1234

god your right, i was sure you could get a prius in diesel

So if not a prius, is there any alternative to petrol and diesel...
will any diesel work with biodiesel and if so , what would be the most economical car to buy? and would it be easy to find this alternative in many garages..i fear not:(
I travel a lot so dont think an electric one is an option now

dr.fuzzenstein

lola1234 wrote: »

god your right, i was sure you could get a prius in diesel

You see that would actually make sense in any hybrid, especially if the engine is used primarily to charge the battery, the MPG out of that would be quite an improvement, so for those reasons it's not happening.
Also, in this country we can't be selling cars that'll to 100+ mpg, now can't we, the government is desperate for money, for the same reason LPG, biofuel and all that malarkey is not encouraged here and in many cases passively discouraged with unworkable, contradictory and nonsensical legislation as is the case with bio diesel.
The government haven't quite yet worked out how to sink the electric car, since they cannot up electricity by 300% without sinking the country along with it and also not enough people have bought them yet, so they'll wait till electric vehicles become mainstream before hammering them with VRT and a quadrupeling of the price of electricity. Don't believe it? Diesel used to be pushed as the fuel of tomorrow, until everybody bought one and then it was the case of "We got you now, you stupid sucker!"
The government needs money, cars provide a lot of it, so there cannot be a free or cheap ride for anyone. If everybody bought electric, it would be a financial disaster for Ireland.
Anyone here bought a car because tax was a hundred quid?
You also know what it's like.

lola1234

hey,

Thanks for that,ya i see what you mean, Im never too surprised to hear how our government would hinder any move in this direction, b itches for Europe and b itches for the corporate dollar and if no one makes noise, nothing will change. Round up the sheep people, scatter them to their own devices. What chaos independent thought would have on a conformist nation.


right, ive sent my emails to the men in "control". Have you??
I think im just plague away, sure I'm a teacher so you know i hardly work at all and have nothing better to do:)

Would love to do what the guy in FUEL does http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fuel/
and drive around ireland in a car run on biodiesel....can you imagine what people would think....Free diesel..cheap diesel....cant imagine a person not on board with that idea, if even just to save a few quid.
Its up to the people to want it though.......

imakebiodiesel

If you would love to do it, then do it. I have been driving around Ireland for 7 years now , I do 25,000 miles a year and I have only bought diesel once. That was because we drove all the way to Italy on holiday on homemade biodiesel and had to buy the stinking stuff to get home.
I heat my home for free with a burner/boiler that runs on waste veg oil. All in all I spend about 3 hours every 2 weeks providing my car and home with all its energy needs.
"If you want to know what freedom feels like, grow your own food, make your own fuel and dont borrow money".