Students: this is what we call a grand slam
High schools, colleges and universities can set up a campus-scale biodiesel production system with little to no infrastructural change, save money on fuel costs, and significantly reduce CO2 on campus while learning about an impressive renewable fuel.
Because a school is feeding hundreds and sometimes thousands of students (as well as faculty and staff) each day, any school can easily collect their used cooking oil, bring it to one designated place and pump or pour it into the campus BioPro. This automated appliance will convert that waste oil into premium grade (ie ASTM-D6751) fuel with the press of a button, 50 to 100 gallons at a time. When it's done, 23 hours later, this much-cleaner-than-diesel, federally approved fuel, can be pumped directly out of the machine and into any diesel engine.
And here’s the kicker: the total cost to make biodiesel in this machine is about $1.00 per gallon. Not a typo. $1 is the cost of all the other inputs and the electricity required to make biodiesel in a BioPro if a business or institution can collect their cooking oil for free!
And here’s the kicker: the total cost to make biodiesel in this machine is about $1.00 per gallon. Not a typo. $1 is the cost of all the other inputs and the electricity required to make biodiesel in a BioPro if a business or institution can collect their cooking oil for free!
This is not new; 101 colleges and universities in the US currently have a BioPro and are doing this exact thing, with tremendous success. A school like Louisiana State University is saving money on fuel costs, reducing their CO2 footprint significantly (emits 90% less CO2 than regular diesel) and modernizing their curricula all at the same time.
Success stories and case studies abound.
Almost every campus operates diesel vehicles in the form of buses, trucks, lawn mowers, utility vehicles and generators. And: biodiesel will run in any diesel engine without the need to convert that engine and will blend with diesel at any ratio.
A couple more points to strengthen your case: A recent, detailed study by the California Air Resources Board finds that biodiesel made from used cooking oil emits approximately 90% less CO2 and 50% less particulate matter into the atmosphere. And according to a UC Davis study, the use of biodiesel rather than petro-diesel reduced cancer risk from exhaust emissions by as much as 93.6 percent. By keeping track of how much fuel is made in this automated machine, a campus can measurably meet and exceed it's self-mandated CO2 reductions and feel better about the collective health of their student body.
So you are a student. You want to make a difference and start a clean-fuel making program on campus, here is what we recommend you do:
So if you're still reading, here's further incentive. Convince your college/H.S. system/university to start a waste-oil-to-biodiesel-production program and we will send your biodiesel group a check for $1000. That cost can go towards setting up your program and making your first 1000 gallons of fuel.
We think your campus administration will like it. (What's not to like?) But they may not know of the option yet.
If you have a hard time convincing the powers that be, even after you've shown them the ROI calculator, the Biodiesel for Colleges page, and CARB study above, send them our way; we're experts on getting schools started and we have a lot of documentation to support why our machines are safe, reliable, easy to operate and make the highest quality of biodiesel of any machine out there.
Thank you and call anytime.
The Springboard Biodiesel team
530.894.1793
www.springboardbiodiesel.com
Almost every campus operates diesel vehicles in the form of buses, trucks, lawn mowers, utility vehicles and generators. And: biodiesel will run in any diesel engine without the need to convert that engine and will blend with diesel at any ratio.
A couple more points to strengthen your case: A recent, detailed study by the California Air Resources Board finds that biodiesel made from used cooking oil emits approximately 90% less CO2 and 50% less particulate matter into the atmosphere. And according to a UC Davis study, the use of biodiesel rather than petro-diesel reduced cancer risk from exhaust emissions by as much as 93.6 percent. By keeping track of how much fuel is made in this automated machine, a campus can measurably meet and exceed it's self-mandated CO2 reductions and feel better about the collective health of their student body.
So you are a student. You want to make a difference and start a clean-fuel making program on campus, here is what we recommend you do:
- Find a faculty member "champion" who can help you to push this through.
- Understand and present the benefits: better for the budget ($1 per gallon!), assists in reaching CO2 goals, modernizes campus equipment, compliments scholarship and research.
- Do the research on what biodiesel processors are available on the market. We want you to do the research into cost, quality, safety, ease of use, reliability, and speed of payback.
- Find out if your school will need financing. We offer guaranteed financing (no money down, pay by the month), enabling individual departments to make the purchase without excessive sign off from slow-moving administrative bodies.
So if you're still reading, here's further incentive. Convince your college/H.S. system/university to start a waste-oil-to-biodiesel-production program and we will send your biodiesel group a check for $1000. That cost can go towards setting up your program and making your first 1000 gallons of fuel.
We think your campus administration will like it. (What's not to like?) But they may not know of the option yet.
If you have a hard time convincing the powers that be, even after you've shown them the ROI calculator, the Biodiesel for Colleges page, and CARB study above, send them our way; we're experts on getting schools started and we have a lot of documentation to support why our machines are safe, reliable, easy to operate and make the highest quality of biodiesel of any machine out there.
Thank you and call anytime.
The Springboard Biodiesel team
530.894.1793
www.springboardbiodiesel.com
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