Re-refined Oil is Just as Good

Amid the rising costs of petroleum products like diesel, gasoline, lubricants and others, businessmen and governments alike are thinking of ways to manage the effects that the ordinary consumer will be experiencing.  Petroleum products are after all a vital component to industrialization and progress.  Some of the measures that were instituted were the finding of sources of alternative and renewable energy as fossil fuels are getting scarcer by the day thus making it the priority of governments. For those who want more information on alternative and renewable energy,  I will not elaborate on it anymore as I have just provided the link.

For this article I will be taking a second look on re-refined oil or lubricants.  Why a second look?  Well, you see, re-refining oil has been around before 1960 that a big chunk of the demand for lubricants was made using re-refined used oil.  Used oil is any oil refined from crude oil and has been used.  According to the US Department of Energy, the production for re-refined oil has steadily declined after 1960 because of the abundant supply of low-cost motor oil, there were no reliable tests available to help evaluate the quality of the re-refined oil, and the acid-clay re-refining technology used at that time posed environmental problems.  

All of these are things of the past.  Lubricants or motor oil are getting costlier because of the rising prices of the main ingredient, base oil.  New technologies in re-refinery and evaluation are also available nowadays that do not pose hazard to the environment.  Big lubricant companies are already setting their sights on recycled oil.  Valvoline has recently came out with its newest product, NextGen and this move will surely pave the way for other biggies to follow.

With re-refined oil, you get the same protection as a motor oil from virgin base oil would.  Lubricants are composed of 85-90% of base oil and the remaining 10-15% are additives that enhance the lubricity, viscosity, viscosity index and the overall quality of the lubricant. The base oil component of the lubricant doesn't wear out in time, it is the additives that wear out.  In George Gill's article Rerefining, Ready for Prime Time, he said that with the current hydro-treatment technology, re-refinery has greatly improved.  With the improvement comes better quality base oil and therefore, better quality used oil can be obtained.  

Though people from the First World are embracing this technology of re-refined oil, people from this part of the globe are slow to do so.  In the Philippines, Green and Natural Lubes Philippines Company is in the forefront in the marketing of lubricants made from recycled base oil or used oil and is one of the few doing so.

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

Start Your Own Lubricant Brand

Are you an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who has worked abroad for more than ten years and is yearning to be reunited with your family?  Are you in your late 40s or early 50s and is expecting to be in the list of soon to be retired employees?  Or are you tired of working your butt out for practically the whole day for a salary that doesn't compensate your time and efforts?  If you are one of these people, please read on.

Green and Natural Lubes Philippines Company (GNLPC) might have the answer to your present predicament.  GNLPC came to be because the founders believe that Filipinos are entitled to quality but cost effective lubricants. There are two kinds of lubricants according to the origin of base oil used:  plant-based or petroleum-based.  Base oil is the building block of lubes which account to 90% with the remaining 10%, additives.  From an earlier article, Alternative and Renewable Energy, I explained the advantages of using the former.  Aside from fuel, plants can also produce base oil for lubricant use.

How can GNLPC help you?  GNLPC is looking for interested people who would want to start a private label lubricant distribution business.  If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and mindset, has a good marketing plan, has a distribution network and a sufficient start up capital, you can compete in this P12 billion/year industry.  To get a better picture about this business opportunity, visit Green and Natural Lubes Philippines Company or you can send your email to info@gnlpc.com.  The company is also sponsoring a FREE webinar (online seminar about the lubricant distribution business) on June 14 from 10 am to 11 am. Just go to the company's website to register or you can leave your email address in the comment section of this article (you can find it at the bottom of the article).  

Your dream of being your own boss with your family always by your side is not elusive after all.  Just click on the links above and you're on your way to owning your company and lubricant brand.

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Is The Air Really Cleaner in the Rural Areas?

During the incumbency of President Arroyo, "holiday economics" was a byword.  The Arroyo administration believed that shifting the observance of holidays to the nearest Friday or Monday would reduce disruption to business and production schedules and at the same time promote domestic tourism. Everyone was encouraged to flock to the tourist attraction of choice to escape the hustle and bustle of city life and be able to breathe fresh air, eat fresh food.  Once in the province, one doesn't need a car to go from one place to the other as there is the ubiquitous tricycle.  The tricycle is everywhere specially on smaller roads where jeepneys and buses are not allowed to operate.  But if we are to believe DENR Sec. Paje's report that one of the main pollutants of the environment is the tricycle, is the air really cleaner in the provinces?

The tricycle is the main mode of transport in the rural areas and parts in the urban areas where streets are narrow for jeepneys and buses.  84% of the country's population depends on the tricycles to bring them to school, work, and wherever.  There are roughly 2 million tricycles of which 70% have two-stroke engines.   The Clean Air Act of 1999 calls for the phasing out of two-stroke engines as they are prone to pollute the air more as they emit more particulate matter than four-stroke engines.  Two-stroke engines have lower fuel efficiency.  It is estimated that 15-40% of the fuel-air mixture escape from the engine through the exhaust port.  These "scavenging losses" contain high level of unburned gasoline and lubricant and increase the emissions of hydrocarbons, particulate matters and visible smoke. The government though cannot just ban the use of the existing two-stroke tricycles as banning will put a lot of tricycle drivers without livelihood.

Not all is lost for two stroke tricycles.  Low-smoke, environment-friendly lubricants are already available.  Lubricants are mixed with the gasoline at the ratio of 200 ml lubricant for every 4 liters of gasoline.  These lubricants, made from vegetable-derived esters (VDE), lubricate well, mix well with the gasoline that prevents unburned gasoline and lubricant, and make the engines perform more efficiently.  With the above stated advantages of vegetable-based lubricants, tricycle drivers can expect their motorcycles to perform better, have fuel savings, have cleaner engines and at the same time help in protecting and nurturing the environment.  There is no need to phase out two-stroke motorcycles if these biodegradable and environment-friendly lubricants are used.   And we could also start breathing fresh air again.



http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20070725-78742/Holiday_economics_now_a_law


http://www.thepoc.net/breaking-news/breaking-stories/9751-denr-air-pollution-in-metro-worse.html


http://www.philsol.nl/news/03/CleanAir01-jan03.htm

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Why Green Business?

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I was with a classmate when we were thinking of a name for this blog. A lot of things come to mind in thinking of an appropriate name for a blog. A lot of things to consider. Would the name entice readers to take a second look at the blog? Would it encapsulate the message that I want to put across?

The message is that there is money that could be earned from being a "green entrepreneur". One does not have to sacrifice profitability in selling something novel and new like green lubricants or plant-based lubricants. I chose to become a green entrepreneur because I can see the effects on our planet of decades of abuse on the environment. Since everyone is getting scared of the effects of global warming and greenhouse effects, I think it is high time that everyone does his share on saving the Earth for future generations. It is this element of anxiety that would drive people to rethink their priorities and values and that made my husband and I decide to go in the green business. It is timely, it is relevant and only a few have swam in its waters. How nice to feel that while doing something for Mother Earth and the future generations, you are laughing your way to the bank.