For all of you who own diesel gas, there is good news for you. A biodiesel plant will be opening in 2009 at Kalaeloa Harbor. The project is scheduled to cost $90 million and will owned by Imperium Renewables Hawaii LLC. The diesel will be processed mainly from vegetable oil, and will be used mostly for commercial applications and consumer vehicles.
Not only will those of you who have diesel cars be saving gas, but this will also decrease the dependancy on imported pertroleum. They will also increase employment by adding another 50-60 jobs, which will be good for the Hawaii economy. Lastly, they also plan to put out 100 million gallons of biodiesel annually, which will serve a good population of Hawaii diesel drivers.
Hopefully this will all work out, especially since the European cars and now putting out more diesel efficient vehicles.
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April 12th, 2007 at 11:11 am
There are many kinds of vegetable oil, including soybean, plam, jatropha, and maybe algae.
Think about it: can Hawaii produce 100 million gallons of any of these? No. So what kind of oil will Imperium most likely use on Oahu? Most likely palm oil, and the closest source is Indonesia and Malaysia, where tropical rainforests are cut down to plant oil palm trees.
Think about it: Is this good for the environment? Does this reduce dependance on foreign oil? Is this really the kind of diesel Hawaiian drivers want to use?