McInnis Biodiesel

SouthernEco, LLC

2009-09-25T15:50:00.000-07:00

Check out our new website.

SouthernEco

SouthernEco, LLC

2009-09-25T15:49:00.000-07:00

www.southernecogroup.com

Biodiesel and Globalization

2009-04-30T21:45:00.000-07:00

Jay Leno on Biodiesel

2009-04-30T21:38:00.000-07:00

94 Land Rover Defender 90 (Biodiesel)

2009-04-30T08:54:00.001-07:00

Thank you Matt at Springboard

2009-04-23T09:43:00.000-07:00

I want to thank Matt and the team at Springboard Biodiesel for their kindness and support. I look forward to partnering with them in the future.

http://www.springboardbiodiesel.com/

Hampstead

2009-04-23T09:42:00.001-07:00

http://www.townofhampstead.com/

SouthernEco is coming to Hampstead!

2009-04-23T09:37:00.000-07:00

SouthernEco is coming to Hampstead Farms! Starting this summer SouthernEco will be making biodiesel for local construction companies in Montgomery, AL. Hampstead Farms is located in the Town of Hampstead, and will be growing organic vegetables for the town. SouthernEco will take the used vegetable oil in town, and process it into clean burning biodiesel. Hampstead and SouthernEco are partnering to make the Town of Hampstead a sustainable community where individuals can live, eat, and work in harmony!

Natural Capital...

2009-03-24T12:11:00.000-07:00

Several corporations have undoubtedly spun our economy out of control, but the reasons for doing so still haven't been addressed in the business environment. What are the externalities involved in our business practices? New sustainable accounting practices could revolutionize the way we do business, and could potentially spur economic growth by unveiling new markets. When old markets fail or suffer...new markets emerge. Read this to find out more about this topic and how it involves biodiesel.

Obama is not a farmer, but he believes in biodiesel...

2009-03-12T09:12:00.001-07:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/business/smallbusiness/12bio.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1158120445-bEsgK5uhEfZV2bmT2+hjdA

Neil Young's biodiesel hybrid 59 Continental...

2009-03-11T22:24:00.000-07:00

This is Neil Young's biodiesel hybrid that gets 100 MPG. Here is an article about eco tours...

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/eco-friendly-tours-artists/

Bio truck...

2009-03-11T22:01:00.000-07:00

Mr. Wayne Keith came to visit our bioenergy class last month, and we had a blast. He came to guest lecture in addition to showing his "gasification" truck to the class. He works with Dr. Brasby and Dr. Shoemaker, who happen to be our teachers, in developing his technology and expanding his theory nation wide. This past summer Dr. Shoemaker and Mr. Keith participated in an alternative fuels competitioin in California, and this article in the Times documents that adventure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/us/13eco.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tYfkKgQIQI&eurl=http://www.ag.auburn.edu/agrn/bio-truck/news/

Calorie paradigm...

2009-03-11T21:40:00.000-07:00

According to Gerald Wheatley:

"The social commentator and former Rolling Stone writer Howard Kunstler quipped, 'The age of the 3,000 mile cesar salad is coming to an end' referring to the unmanageable distance our food is transported. In fact, even excluding the energy needed for transportation, there is an average of 10 calories of energy consumed for every calorie of food sold at large grocery stores, used up by fertilizers, farm machinery, refrigeration and packaging processes."

http://www.kunstler.com/

New Combo to double processing capacity

2009-03-11T20:19:00.001-07:00

"A drywash system is typically a much faster way to purify fuel than a water wash. For instance, the BioPro processors allow 24 hours for the following water wash processes: 1 spray wash, 2 turbulent washes, evaporative drying. (Other processors may advertise faster water washes, but these are typical inadequate and do not include necessary steps, such as drying the fuel.) By contrast, the SpringPro T76 is sized for a throughput of 20 gallons/hour, meaning that a BioPro 150’s fuel can be purified in about 2 hours, BioPro 190’s fuel can be purified in about 2.5 hours, and a BioPro 380’s fuel can be purified in about 5 hours.

Secondly, because a drywash system does not use water, there is no waste water to deal with. This may or may not be a big issue, depending on the user’s location and local regulations. For users in locations where waste water disposal is very tightly controlled, though, water washing of biodiesel may be a thorny issue.

Finally, water washing becomes more problematic as the temperature drops. Emulsions form more easily, and many find it to be impractical during the colder months of the year. A drywash system is inherently free of emulsions and many of the other complications that can arise from water washing in colder weather; thus a drywash system can typically lengthen the ‘brewing season’ for small scale biodiesel producers."

information from: http://www.springboardbiodiesel.com/

"Obamadiesel"

2009-03-11T20:05:00.000-07:00

Obama for biodiesel...http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3252

New efficiency and Green House standards...
http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/states/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12206

Biodiesel process

2009-03-11T19:03:00.000-07:00

This is the biodiesel process!

2009-03-11T19:00:00.000-07:00

2009-03-11T18:54:00.000-07:00

This is the BioPro 190. McInnis Biodiesel will be processing 100 gallons of biodiesel a week with this machine, so we can power our construction equipment. We will process our oil locally and distribute the oil locally as well. We also will use a dry wash process which cuts water usage during the oil "washing" process. Our goal is to make sustainable biodiesel!