While another retail location has spotty supplies that must be called upon, on a weekly basis to determine if B100 is even available, though conveniently they do sell it by the gallon. (Biodiesel in Tampa Website)
Competition
One of the most essential aspects of beginning to build a biofuel infrastructure on a local level in a domestic city is to create such an infrastructure that would curtail the dominance of foreign biofuel in the region. As was seen in the first section of the work EarthFirst Technologies serves as a significant local and regional competitor as this company has seen and answered the need to import biodiesel to answer a growing need in the U.S. For such sources. Currently the biodiesel market is cooperative in Florida, meaning that biodiesel and other alternative fuel creators, providers and distributors seem to be poised to work together to strengthen the infrastructure before they seek to create a highly competitive energy market, like other energy markets and companies have. (Florida Biofuel Coop Website)
Yet, it must also be said that the main competition will be from companies who have sought to meet the needs of the local community from outside sources (domestic or foreign) as a result of limited infrastructure. Currently there are only 6-10 retail sites associated with biodiesel sales in Florida. One of those is in Tampa, but is currently restricted to bulk sales, (Ward Oil Company) clearly with a focus on industry, as they intend to sell only 500 gallon drums of B100 biodiesel as of May 2008. (Biodiesel in Tampa Website) This leaves private consumers in need of resources that are local and practical, as most people do not have the space or resources to buy such large quantities of fuel. Another trend that is notable on such primary resource links, such as the consumer information/question site noted above is that biodiesel is not always available at retail locations that sell it, one example is left by a consumer who states that Mcmullin Oil (another fuel retailer) plans to have B100 fuel on sale (by the gallon) next week for a quoted price (including a $1 tax break of unknown origin). Mcmullen Oil is also named in a 2006 lawsuit as being an intended contract delivery location for a large quantity of fuel made by a company that may have never existed. In other words the company (Tampa Biofuel) the owners of which are currently being sued by investors never were able to develop product but were able to cash in on the fact that the fuel is so desperately needed that companies are willing to buy from relative unknowns in the business, and investors are willing to fund biofuel projects sight unseen. (Hinman, May 23, 2006, NP)
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