Just waiting for experimental fuel permit before lighting off the still.
Cassava (tapioca) is readily available and easy to grow for a feedstock, also breadfruit and sugarcane are locally available. Working out the bugs running the MBU stove for a heat source - seems to be a bit fussy on what kind of diesel you feed it. I need to set up a duel fuel system to burn wvo to keep costs of fuel production down.
My friend just picked up a 55gal drum of methanol and 40# of KOH (with the humidity probably no good, we'll have to see) , building an appleseed processor to make some proper biodiesel. Flying to Honolulu and Seattle next week, will pick-up the bits and pieces for the processor on the mainland - try to get things running in july.
Will definately have to try ethanol - after we figure out what we're doing - both the distilling the ethanol and processing biodiesel.
Also should be able to use the still to recover methanol from the leftover glycerol -just another thing to keep one entertained - If it doesn't workout, yep there's always rum ('course tanduay is only a buck a bottle in the Philippines)
Cheers, Fred