BioLPG

jkforde · 13-11-2021 12:50pm #1

Calor is flogging 'BioLPG' - any experiences with it? We currently use a 34kg tank of LPG for cooking so considering using this renewable product, but only if they don't gouge on price...

the_amazing_raisin · 13-11-2021 1:19pm

No experience, but isn't it a bit of a misnomer to call it LPG still? I thought LPG was made from petrol, if this is just liquified biogas then it would be different right?

jkforde · 13-11-2021 1:35pm

simple continuity I guess in terms of marketing, not having to overly explain the difference to us consumers

Capt'n Midnight · 13-11-2021 2:48pm

Good news bad news https://www.calorgas.ie/about-us/biolpg

LPG is propane and butane so as long as they don't change the ratio it's going to behave exactly the same , unlike ethanol versus the mix of hydrocarbons that is petrol

Bad news is it's made from palm oil, certified sustainable so far from the worst but still palm oil which incentivises environmental damage.

jkforde · 13-11-2021 3:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118160787#Comment_118160787

well well, doubt they'll be including that in their marketing blurb, and sadly the word 'sustainable' is loosing all credibility if it had any left. btw, how did find this out re. palm oil raw material

the_amazing_raisin · 14-11-2021 1:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118160922#Comment_118160922

I just remembered an episode of The Last Ship where they came across a city which was firing a coal power plant with plague victims

I mean it's technically sustainable right? We can always make more people, and thanks to massive air pollution it would cause, you'd have a steady supply of bodies for form

Are we off topic enough now? 😁