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Originally Posted by Craig
That's the point, you do need to demonstrate that every batch BD meets fuel standards if you plan on selling it to anyone with a vehicle under warrantee without being sued (assuming the BD producers can convince the engine manufacturers to endorse it's use beyond B5). If the BD produces do not do that, they will always be marginal. If they ever get to the point where they can sell high quality fuel that is approved for new vehicles, they will become relevant. Until then, it's just a sideshow.
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Sorry, in terms of testing we're talking about two different things. I'm talking about testing and "normalizing" the condition of the WVO prior to BD production - and how they control its effect on the end product. You're just talking about testing of the end product.
And sure, they have to test their end product for meeting standards, but so does every other fuel producer. When they are averaging the quality of their WVO feedstocks as I described, why would they have to test their end product for meeting standards any more than producers of dino-diesel? BD production is a very simple chemical reaction process (heck tons of people produce ASTM standard bio in their garages) and as long as the feedstocks and process don't change, the end product quality shouldn't vary any more than end products of distilling/cracking petroleum.
Am I somehow missing your point?
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