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Default Save that turkey deepfry oil for biodiesel

Eeyore wrote
JoeSpareBedroom wrote


In 1988, personal computers used to cost almost as much as a small car.


No they didnt.

Economies of scale changed that.


There was much more involved in the price than that.

It wasn't so much economies of scale,


It wasnt economics of scale at all.

it was making the parts overseas in low-wage economies.


Nope. We saw an even more dramatic reduction in price with say
cpus and memory which have bugger all wage economics involved.

Maybe the same will happen with biodiesel,
if suppliers see a viable market.


The cheapest biodiesel will come from abroad.


Have fun explaining why the cheapest corn etc doesnt.

The reason it doesnt is industrial scale agriculture
that doesnt happen in low wage economys.