Reduce Farming Costs by Increasing Fuel Consumption Efficiency
A farmers personal income, while it may seem like the sum of a wide range of factors and variables, is as simple as two words: net profit. There are only two kinds of profit, net and gross. Gross profit is the most important of the two because gross profit is the amount of money a […]
Cut Costs of Agricultural Production: Understanding how to Increase Profit
Success in an AG business means accomplishing two things: generating a high gross profit and minimizing the difference between gross profit and net profit. Gross profit is how much money an operation makes. Net profit is how much money an individual or a company makes. Theoretically, an operation ca
Alternative Energies You’ve Never Heard of, but that Have Great Potential
Alternative Energies You’ve Never Heard of, but that Have Great Potential Alternative energies, those energies we’re lead to believe will replace fossil fuels — alternative energies like solar, wind, hydroelectric, and biofuels — all innately limited. The notion that any alternative fuel or
Dirtiest Fuels and Energies to Produce: Fossil Fuels vs Alternatives
It is no secret and not debatable, fossil fuels — particularly coal, gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil — pollute heavily when combusted or burned. However, the production of traditional fossil fuels does not generate tremendous amounts of emissions nor pollution during production. Though there are
Heavy Equipment Operating Costs Reduction on a Large Scale
Heavy equipment operating costs are extremely high relative to the operating costs of other industries and sectors. Not only is heavy equipment expensive to purchase, operating and maintaining heavy equipment is equally costly in the short term and more expensive over the long haul. The difficulty
Why it is Impossible to Replace Fossil Fuels with Alternative Fuel Sources
The failures of “alternative” and “clean” fuels are making one thing abundantly clear: we cannot replace fossil fuels with anything comparable, at least not with any of the energy sources currently available to us. For one thing, there are no clean alternatives. There is no fossil fuel “
What is the Best Crude Oil in the World and Why Are Some Crude Oils Better than Others?
The answer to the question, “what is the best crude oil in the world,” is based on two oil qualities: weight and sulfur content. Not all crude oil is the same. Just as there are different types of crude oil derivatives — diesel, gasoline, kerosene (jet fuel), fuel oil, bunker fuel, pla
How Does Nature Make Oil? Diagenesis, Catagenesis and Hydrocarbons
The single most important natural resource in human history — with respect to the development and use of technology — is oil. Fossil fuels generate our electricity and propel our vehicles, ships, and airplanes. Fossil fuels are the reason we have plastics and synthetics, the materials we use to
Choosing a Fuel Catalyst: What “Catalysts” are and aren’t Catalysts
Choosing a fuel catalyst requires an understanding of what a catalyst is and what is not a catalyst and understanding what a catalyst — or a non-catalyst — can and cannot do. The problem is, the definition of a catalyst — therefore, the function of a catalyst — is a moving target. Gaining an
Why Diesel Engines are More Fuel Efficient than Gasoline Engines
Diesel engines are more fuel efficient than gasoline engines. That is to say, diesel engines get better “gas” mileage than comparably sized gasoline powered engines. There are two reasons why. First, diesel is a better fossil fuel than gasoline with respect to energy density. And second, diesel