Also what is the process of making oil? How much oil would a planted acre produce roughly?
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HMMM, why is it that when some one asks a question, the mob throws their 2 cents in... BUT DOESN'T ANSWER THE FREAKIN QUESTION!!!!!\n\nTo make things short, go to this web site.\n\nhttp://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html\n\nAs far as the farming end of things, this is not the age in which to start small farming opporations. The Ag sector is run by the big boys now adays.\n\nIf you realy want a start in on it. Try and talk to local resteraunt owners about taking their used grease off theirs hands. They have to pay about $5 a gallon for it, and then on top of that pay some one else to get rid of it. See if they'll just let you have some for free. Most resteraunts won't mind.\n\nOne warning, the grease... IS NASTY AS HELL!. Go to a farm suplly store and buy a hand pump. The grease will have a lot of crap and debris in it, so it will need to filtered and cleaned up before it can be made in to fule. \n\nThe link I gave you should have all the info you need. \n\n\nOne more thing, for everyone else. Soybean (VEGETABLE) Oil is for fule. NOT FOR EATING!
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Hey, how is it going? I'm not an specialist in oil research, but I had to do a report on the increment of city revenues - the main source it's a oil refinery.\nThere are two good websites: World Energy Outlook and the Energy Information Administration (EIA).\nThe reports on the EIA are much more comprehensive and have projections until 2030. There's also access to previous reports.\nI hope that information will help you!
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An acre is equivalent to approximately:\na square of side 208.71 feet (63.61 metres).
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Oil can be found on an island -- so can gold, platinum, or any number of other things. If your island is next to Africa, you already know something about what its climate might be like, and that gives you a clue as to what crops might be grown, or what plants already exist. You can populate your island with whatever kind of animals you want, as long as you stay away from the obvious cop outs like polar bears and penguins. \nSounds like a fun project. Good luck with it!
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The oil has a top and bottom\n\narea= 408 sqin + 408 sqin = 816 sqin =   816/144 = 5.7 sq ft\n\n18 + 5.7 = 23.7 sq ft\n\n  1 sq ft = 144 sq in
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The yield of distillation of oil from gum resin is typically from 3-10%.  So a kilo of resin would net you as much as 100 grams of oil.  Probably much less.
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I attended a very interesting lecture by the Governor of Montana.  He was talking about the development of oil shales (which Montana has an enormous amount of).  He said that the development of oil shales became economically feasible when the price of oil exceed $40/barrel.\n\nThe advantages to fuel refined from oil shales are the cleanliness of the product.  The process (developed by the Germans during WW-II) not only refines the oil products, but it also strips out the mercury, sulfides, and arsenide's from the final product.  This would vastly reduce water and air pollution.\n\nLast I heard, the state of Montana is in the process of building their own refinery at this time.\n\nEstimates of the reserves available in the northwest US and western Canada are factors of magnitude greater than the amount of oil in all of the middle east.  It would be great to develop this asset and be able to tell the Saudis and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela to go pound sand.
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Technically, yes it does.  But the neat thing about B100 is it is considered to be carbon neutral.\n\nWhat this means is that the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere is less than or equal to the carbon absorbed fromt he atmosphere by the plants.\n\nSo, while biodiesel does produce greenhouse gases.  Roughly the same amount of greenhouse gases were removed from the atmosphere by plant life to make the fuel.  And yes, if you use animal oils instead, you need to remember to follow the food chain back down to whatever ate the plant matter for the energy.\n\nKeep in mind, that certain aspects in the processing, transportation that require energy inputs that are not derived from renewable resources can potentially produce greenhouse gases as well.  Let's say that the farmer used a tractor powered by petroleum diesel.  In that case, you are slightly carbon positive since he didn't use the biodiesel to harvest the crop.
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Good question.  My guess is it's probably the same as with most oil-producing substances -- cold press.  And lots of beans.  You're probably better off using raw green coffee beans, if you can find them.
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We drill holes and pump the oil out. The best wells then inject something in the oils place to keep the ground from sinking and maximize the oil you can get. The cost varies greatly depending where and how deep the oil is. If it is 200 feet down in your backyard, not too much. If it is in the Bearing Sea, a ton.
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I'd go with 40 to 1. The most convenient mix I can come up with is One Cup of Oil to 2 1/2 Gallons of Gasonline.\nThat's 3.2 Oz Oil to 1 Gallon of Gasoline.  \nHope this helps.
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The station makes very little on a gallon of gas.  Thats why most stations sell other things besides gas.  The truck driver, (the distributor, also called a jobber make some)  The refinery probably makes the most, and whoever they buy the oil from.
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Farmland usage greatly depends on the type of food being produced. Growing grains might require less farmland to produce enough to feed one person (for one day or for one year) than needing farmland to raise livestock or grow fruits and vegetables. Because of the different amounts of farmland needed to produce certain crops or livestock, you might look at either simplifying the problem -- either looking at a person's diet, and equating that to only one food source that is fairly universal (like rice) or looking at another unit of measurement that can be studied across different food sources, like water -- it takes water to grow crops for food, and it takes water to grow feed for food animals. The amount of farmland needed to feed a person greatly depends on diet -- meat production uses a lot more land than vegetation productions.\n\nCheck out the first link, and it helps to answer some of your questions with some actual numbers.\nThe second link mentions that "At least 1.2 acres per person is required in order to maintain current American dietary standards."\nThe third link states "Agriculture is the world's biggest user of water -- it takes at least 2,000 liters to produce enough food for one person for one day. That translates into 730,000 liters annually per person."
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Ha ha... we just use vegetable oil... :-)
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to put it into some sort of perspective, one square mile of land is 640 acres.   my grandmother, having similar ideas, in 1919 bought 20 acres and right away put half of it up for sale at exactly what she paid for the whole thing.  it took a few years but someone finally did buy the other half.  even with 10 acres it never felt cramped.  it sounds like you may need a bit more so at 50 acres you might be about on the mark.  i've never been shy about overbuying so if you can get it at what you think is a good price, go for the 100 and if you decide later it's too much, you can sell part but then you may find it's just right.  if you buy too small, you will be probably kicking yourself later.
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ok, so 1 hectare = 2.47105381 acres\nand 1 Acre = 4047 square meters\nYou better check out this link it's useful and helpful http://www.towersurveys.co.uk/Amendments140304/Convertme.htm
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http://www.freedomfuelamerica.com/\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel\n\nGive that a shot.  The first one actually sells the refining unit itself and the second one is the straight Wikipedia definition of it, though you may have seen it already.