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Brad Biddle (brad@desertbiofuels) / Eric Johnson (eric@desertbiofuels)

Desert Biofuels Initiative, Inc.: a non-profit social venture advancing sustainable regional biofuels through policy analysis, education and applied research projects. Brad Biddle (brad@desertbiofuels.org) / Eric Johnson (eric@desertbiofuels.org)

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Brad Biddle (brad@desertbiofuels) / Eric Johnson (eric@desertbiofuels)

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  1. Desert Biofuels Initiative, Inc.: a non-profit social venture advancing sustainable regional biofuels through policy analysis, education and applied research projects Brad Biddle (brad@desertbiofuels.org) / Eric Johnson (eric@desertbiofuels.org) ASU SkySong, 1475 N. Scottsdale Rd. Ste. 200 Scottsdale AZ 85257 480.205.2740 http://desertbiofuels.org

  2. “Three Things” • Goal: Converting “all” local WVO to biodiesel • Individual producers: safety concerns • WVO: Too small to collect? An opportunity to make an impact

  3. The Goal

  4. Converting “all” WVO to B100 • Between 6 and 16 million gallons of WVO produced in the Valley annually • WVO causes sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) cost real $$$ - and - • Nearly 100,000 tons of CO2 could be removed from local air by converting that WVO to biodiesel • An Arizona B5 “mandate” could happen just using WVO

  5. Individual producers: safety concerns Feb 2009: Desert Biofuels Homebrew Safety workshop Keypoints: • Being a good neighbor is mostly common sense – and regulation doesn’t create that • Increased regulation != increased safety • Regulation could drive potentially compliant individuals “underground” • Outreach = educational opportunity • At $4/gal (plus) we will have homebrewers • Do the regulators want them to self-disclose? • See website for more details: http://desertbiofuels.org/workshops/16-workshops/49-homebrew-roundtable.html

  6. WVO: Too small to collect? • “What can I do?” • Lots of “mom and pop” establishments with 5 gal/week. • Individual collections = lots of 5 gal/week • Example: 25 gal week fuel use equals B20 just from one collection

  7. "In the great chess-board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion of its own, altogether different from that which the legislature might choose to impress upon it. If those two principles coincide and act in the same direction, the game of human society will go on easily and harmoniously, and is very likely to be happy and successful. If they are opposite or different, the game will go on miserably, and the society must be at all times in the highest degree of disorder.“ Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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