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February 05, 2009

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Scotty lamented, "There isn't any wording requiring them to recycle used cooking oil, is there?"

Well, yes, there is. In the CDP application, the stated purpose of the plant is to recycle used cooking oil. If the plant gets built and becomes operational and does not recycle used cooking oil, it will have violated the intent of the permit, and the CCC could pull the permit, forcing the plant to stop operations.

Meanwhile, tanker trucks full of "something" continue to make regular deposits in the Old Sewage Treatment Plant. Does anyone know for sure what they are depositing and how much of it is there?

Glad to hear from the company's CEO on this, confirming that there isn't enough used cooking oil. I wish that company success and hope we somehow avoid the mistake of adding to the industrial over-capacity in Pacifica.
I believe restaurants are a main source of the used cooking oil and the downturn is affecting them directly. Less business=less oil.

Interesting comments. I am the company's CEO. We have not switched off of used cooking oil. In fact we are working hard to expand collection of it. The problem is volume. There is not enough used cooking oil to displace a material amount of petro-diesel. That means to really have an impact, we need a virgin product. Jatropha is a good source. You can research on your own why and you can see on our website (www.sironafuels.com) how we are really making a difference.

Lionel, I love your prediction. I also predict pigs will fly. Too much political capital spent by a certain council member to not have this built.

Now, watch out for porky in the sky with diamonds.

The clear implication of this article is that the switch to a new feedstock (if that's the right term) was an economic necessity.
Used cooking oil isn't enough, or is too hard to collect in an economical manner, or who knows what else?
I predict the local project will not happen.

They can use anything they can refine.

It's Tuesday. It must be Soylent Green today.

I wonder if we can expect the same kind of "bait and switch" tactics out of our local biodiesel refinery? There isn't any wording requiring them to recycle used cooking oil, is there?

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