Crop yields for biodiesel
Been doing some basic research on crop yield. Off the top of my head, I'd say we're going to have to import oil by the metric tons to start. At 30 acres, we're only looking at 7,200 gallons of the highest yield crop. Sure, it's probably a little more because of the greenhouse efficiency, but we'd need quite a few greenhouses and the economies of scale are not going to be there. So to start things off, probably need to import or bulk-buy wholesale from farmers. It seems that the greenhouses will need to produce actual food-crops. What's interesting to me are the micro-algae and mushroom angle. Micro-algae are years off it would seem, though I have not actually talked to anyone. But mushrooms on the other hand...
Paul Stamets is one of the leading mushroom researchers in the world. See him on linkedin here.
Here's a Ted talk well worth watching. toward the end he talks about mushrooms as a feedstock. He's been doing this stuff for decades. I watched a full length documentary on him a few years ago- fascinating. Something he said in the middle of the video was about enzymes breaking hydrogen carbon bonds. To my ears does this mean he's "freeing" hydrogen atoms? Could we be looking at, among other things, a biological "electrolyzer?" But instead of water, we'd be using oil waste? You can see the same video at his linkedIn page, but better resolution.
So mushrooms might be able to be a feedstock for biodiesel AND a biological hydrogen extractor with the fuel being oil waste.
I think you should contact him. Tell him what you're doing. See if there's a mushroom solution here.
This is a good biodiesel report: A Comprehensive review on oil extraction and biodiesel production technologies report.
Canola: 1,900 to 4,800 pounds of seed per acre. Canola is 40% oil so we get 95 to 240 gallons of oil per acre.
Soybeans: 18-20% oil. Yield is 44 bushels per acre. One bushel = 1.5 gallons of biodiesel. So, about 66 gallons per acre.
Import price is $1,350 per metric ton
Castor beans. Hand picked, but some varieties can grow 15 feet high. Yield for oil is 100-250 gallons/acre. "Due to its high lubricity, biodiesel derived from castor oil could achieve the required lubricity for biodiesel at concentrations much lower than rapeseed or soybean."
Restaurant waste oil. 2,000 resturants in SLC. Waste oil per day 35 lbs. 150-250 pounds oil per week.
palm oil imports: about a $1,000 per metric ton.
Hemp yield ain't great. Per acre about 22 gallons of oil and 530 pounds of meal.
On an industrial scale,one promising feedstock looks to be microalgae. Here's a report listing the top companies who are already in this game. I note that the contact for this group is in Dallas, Texas. Hector Costello, Senior Manager Client Engagements, phone number 972-362-8199
Mushrooms. NOW we're talking. Cheap. Doesn't require much energy to produce. Doesn't even require sunlight. Sounds good to me if it would work.
Later Wedesday - HEres another valuable resource map for water levles in major lakes and reviers from satellite photos of 1984 onward: What do you think?
https://eros.usgs.gov/image-gallery/earthshot/lake-powell-utah-and-arizona-usa
UPDATE Wednesday - This is the Water Conservency website for emery county. Its fuilled with amazing water data and shws the entirte water flow by the second/minute/hour/day/month/year of every singel water resource we have here. It slaos shows each lake, reservoir and pond and how much water is contained in each location and the capacity it is now. David showed this to me yesterday. We will include this in on the resources page. And glad to se the marine and aviation links up there. Its looking great. People will have a good time with all this;
UPDATE - WEdnesday : add Ventusky maps to the website!
This is the URL link to be placed in the "Hydrogen Economy" tab.
Megadrought and hydrogen.
It's a rough draft and probably too long lead in, but you'll see what I did, and now you need to answer that question. See what you think. Might be too much? I'm going to let it sit for a day or two and come back at it with a fresh set of eyes.
Thoughts - the Megadrought to Hydrogen is great. I acan add a bit to it as well. I say we keep it. Its more reality shit show stuff people need to wake up to!
Also - I want to add the "Hythanol Hydrogen Carrier" data - the magical "30% more hydrogen than liquid hydrogen" trump card without saying too mich but at least get people talking.
I recived a message from Jillian Evanko - CEO of Chart Industries to send her the email about Collaborators page. YAY!!!! I have a conference call with Steve from First Elelement this morning at 12:00. For us to get GE, Dominion, Chart, First Element - along with Plug Power, ProGen, Bayotech and NEL - then we add fuel cell company, (Toyota or Cummins) a microturbine company (Capstone) and Ways2H (waste to hydrogen) for the Collaborators Page - we will be a strong organziation suddenly coming out of nowhere with industry hevy hitters and a huge voice in the industry!!!
We need to throw in an articale about the Energy Observer and possibly a map of their journey. Toyota is involved and this is a great educational journey spreading the world in hydrogen. So why not link up. Then we bring in our own boat Kickstarter Campaign 5 years ago with Sunreef. (Maybe still do it!!! - with this launch of the website)
Ask me about Pancake motors!!! GET THIS - THe company YASA has the 750R pancake motor: It delivers 700Nm of peak torque (1 Nm is equal to 0.7376 ft-lbs=553 lbs of torque total - continous torques is 400 lbs.), 200kW of peak power (multiply the kW value by 1.3410220924 = 268.2 hp ) and a speed range of 0-3250 rpm within an axial length of just 98mm. (3.85" thick!!!) And this engine can be mounted together along one center shaft running through each engine double output!. at ONLY 81lbs!!!!
Projects: 1: Dynamic Hydrogen Reactor - 2: HydroCue - 3: 350 Chevy Engine, 4: Jet turbine, 5: portable power generators of different sizes - 6: impact turbine - 7: detonation Cube, 8: Water Arc reactor, 9: Sunreef Catamaran Project, 10: H2 Motorcycle 11: H2 city skooter, 12: H2 Bicycle 13: High Altitude sport flying, (They took my idea for hydrogen balloon) see video 14: H2 powered jet pack 15: Porsche tri-fuel project (Porsche magazine revealed to Porsche Germany and came out with their own and sidelined me - see article) 16: BMW Biodiesel project 17: Kenworth Propane gas conversion 18:
My email to Jillian Evanko from Chart: