Chappy said:
The prices are very cheap, but you have to buy 5,000 litres. Maybe a club could get together and do a mutual support thing for its membership? While diesel is about 85 - 95p per litre, BioDiesel is only 76p per litre. But this isn't cheap enough for the big oil companies to consider supplying it in big numbers. Too much goverment tax on it to make it worthwhile.
5,000 litres sounds like a helluvalot until you find out how big a tank you'd need for it...
I just had a look at this:
http://www.knollands.co.uk/Portfolio,17,knollands.aspx
and a 5kilolitre tank is approx 3m x 2.5m x 2m - so not the towering monster I'd thought at first, but about the size of big garden shed.
At their current price it's a min order of £3,600's worth of veggiediesel - but the same amount from a forecourt is going to be more like £4,600 - so a potential saving of a cool thou.
Ofc... there's the cost of the tank to consider - the 'special offers' page from the site above gives a price of £1,200ish - so a net loss of £200 for the first tank full - or put another, more accountant friendly way - a net gain of £1,800 on the first 2 tankfulls.
It all comes down to how much you're likely to use I suppose - a family with 4 diesel cars could be doing 5,000 in six months fairly easily - perspective moment: At an average of 28mpg 5,000 litres of fuel should do 31,000 miles.
I think I've just found another criterion for the new house... must have space for a ferkin' huge tank in the garden - then I just need to make a few friends in Cumbria with diesel cars - shouldn't be too hard ;-D
Cheers,
Adam.
BTW Chappy, FARK MAN! How much fake tan did you use for that photo mate!