gregj69

Not sure which forum to ask this so I am putting it here as well.

Is there any hypnotherapist in Pattaya ?

Is there an English Native speaker hypnotherapist in Pattaya ?

I am also based in Pattya and would like some referral for hypnotherapy if anyone knows one.

Cheers

Greg

Does anyone know whether it is legal for a Thai company to own farming land? I was under the impression that it was OK for chanote land but not for Por Tor Bor 5, Nor Sor Sam etc where it has to be in the name of a Thai national, but would like to know definitively. Thanks to anyone that can help.

I have heard the same and believe they also will setup irrigation for them for a minimal price as well. Can't find any contact sources though.

Greg

Palm fruit is currently being purchased from the farms down south at about 4.5bht/kg.

How can it not be cheaper to produce bio-diesel?

OK, I see greg has already answered me.

At 4.5 bht/kg you could just make a little out of it if you were careful with your expenditure, I thinks.

Greg

Bio fuel, the mention of it always makes me smile. Around 4 years ago, I was in contact with a South Kareon company, they had a secret project and wanted rubber tree seed/nuts.

E mails where going back and forth about setting up collection points etc, but never a gate price was mentioned.

Finally after months of going in circles with this hush hush project, they informed me they were ready to go and had set up a factory in BKK and a part joint venture was a possibility. How much could I supply, they wanted 20,000 tons in the first year and 40,000 in the 2nd year, the penny dropped bio diesel.

At the time we were in fact selling rubber nuts, for use as root stock, at $175 a ton. Now collecting rubber nuts is a thing done by kids and old women, for a bit of money. You get less than 200 kilos of seed drop per hector, so a lot of collecting for little return.

Wrote them and said, in order to get people to collect that volume, you would need to pay 9 or 10 Baht a kilo. !0,000 Baht a ton, plus handing and transport costs etc. So looking at around $400 US a ton.

Shock horror, they had done their numbers on $50 US a ton delivered to their factory, after all no one used the nuts really, they were free.

This was not a small want to be outfit, they just assumed that the poor down trodden masses would be happy to work for less than a Dollar a day. Jim

Oh Well! The wife has already got some rubber and wants more. I was just hoping to make a few baht, boost the community, employ a few people and maybe do something good and sustainable for this country. Do you think someone would pay me to stand in the street and bash myself in the head with 2 bricks? Would be less frustrating. No. Bad idea. I would probably be done for not having a head bashing licence.

Greg

Getting the oil is the easy part, unless you can find the reactants- methanol and sodium or potassium hydroxide in large amounts you are not going to have any luck making your own.

Actually, getting the Methanol and NaOH or KOH is easy- just buy them but getting used cooking oil at the right price seems to be a major problem in any quantity (2-5 tons/day). Making any profit is harder. Might see how much I can get waste plastic/tyres for. Apparently can get up to 50% oil by weight.

cheers

Greg

During the Thaksin regime this was a hot topic and there were pilot or community biodiesel plants setup in Chiang Mai and other places. There were also National plans to go to B10 by 2010/2011 and the vehicle manufactures were going to introduce B10 or even B20 capable diesel engines. Most petrol companies and several public companies launched plants to cater to the plans. Most plants are now idle and the diesel we use now is in fact B5.

The feed stock was to come from palm oil and that industry grew rapidly, a second vegetable source was supposed to be found in Jatropha. Soy is the source in many other countries and its price rocketed which generated a market for cheaper palm oils for cooking.

The reality is that the cost of production of biodiesel has always been higher than that of petroleum based stuff, even in the times of spikes, and the subsidy that was in place was not sustainable considering the need to import raw materials.

Equally markets for the byproducts like gylcerine did not emerge.

Sorry guys another good idea at the time that went bell-fang. I am speaking from a depth of knowledge on this having been heavily involved with the alternate fuels issues here some 12 years ago.

If like me you have a pre-common rail pickup and an older tractor, then think about running it on straight vegetable oil, conversion kits are cheap when I looked last. IMHO, as a farmer that has had a long hard look at this, the answer now is to grow peanuts or sunflowers and express the oil, either cook with it or drive using it and process the residues into animal feed meals.

IsaanAussie

The plan was to introduce increasing levels of biodiesel into the mix and have B5 by 2012 but they have backtracked the Thai long term plan because Thailands domestic production of Palm Oil was not enough even to maintain a stock for cooking oil. Incentive to change from rice or other crops to oil palm or jatropha is not there unless the farmers can get a decent price for their fruit so the only way to produce the oil or biodiesel fuels is if mineral oil prices increase dramatically. So much for the gov's alternative energy initiatives which don't seem to be viable, long or short term. Even at 6 baht a kilo it takes 5.5 - 6 kilos FFB to make one kilo CPO; that means 33 -36 baht just for the feedstock yet you can't get that much for the CPO and biodiesel sells for under 30 baht a litre. Even used cooking oil is around 25-28 bht/ltr. This doesn't include elec, water, labour, chemicals, in production costs plus the capital expenditure to set up. I know there is a very small amount to be made off the byproducts but still there is a loss. How does anyone make a profit on this? Including the major players?

Got me beat!

I have been looking at setting up a community based biodiesel plant (1-5 t/day) but don't seem to able to get the numbers to add up right. Has anyone looked into this or are currently doing it that could advise me. Thanks for any info.

Cheers

Greg

Is anyone knowledgeable about filling a swimming pool in Thailand. One builder has said just to fill it from the underground water we use for the house by the hose and not to buy river water. (about 1.5 days he says) and another builder says to buy water but not to get from underground. I am concerned about calcium and iron levels but even more concerned about the cost of the water in Pattaya. It is going to be salt anyway but that shouldn't affect anything.

I have some Foxtails and other palms, 400 Bt ea for the Foxtails about 2.5M high, and 300 Bt ea for the Palms about 2M high, if you want to take your pick.

Wher are you situated? Would you happen to know someone to dig them out and deliver them to Huay Yai? Am interested. Pls PM me with contact details.

Greg

Lovetotravel, Who did you get to build it, looks good. How much did you pay, if you don't mind me asking?

Rimmer; I found some 2-3 mtr coconut palms 100 mtrs down from my place but no-one seems to know any workers to dig out or have a tractor or truck to dig them out. Are the guys you used still around and were they dear.

cheers

Just a cautionary tale gregj69 coconut palms when you put them in start at 1meter and in no time at all they are 10 meters, cutting off the fronds and spraying them for coconut beetle then becomes very difficult indeed, they are also difficult to dig out of the ground when you decide to get rid of them as some of them measure over 18" across the trunk and the bowl can weigh upwards of one ton.

We just dug out 42 of them and its a lot of hard work.

Stick to Foxtails and Fishtails they are much more manageable and look nicer without all the hassle

We have found some 2 -3 metre ones just 100mtrs down the road but have to dig them out and transport them up to my place. Have asked heaps of people and have had no luck finding some workers to dig them and a tractor or truck to transport.

Who did you use to move yours?

Do want some foxtails and fishtails as well.

Cheers

I am after some big rocks, some flat for a waterfall and pond I am building. Also some coconut palms 1-5 mtrs. Can anyone help me source some at a decent price. I am in Pattaya and have a pickup. My number is ( REMOVED for poster own security),

Thanks in advance.

Greg

I am after some big rocks, some flat for a waterfall and pond I am building. Also some coconut palms 1-5 mtrs. Can anyone help me source some at a decent price. I am in Pattaya and have a pickup.

Thanks in advance.

Greg

I am after some big rocks, some flat, for a waterfall and pond I am building. Can anyone help me source some at a decent price. I am in Pattaya and have a pickup.

Thanks in advance.

Greg

I am trying to get some mature coconut trees, about 8-12 feet high, some tree ferns and some other fruit trees for my new garden. Does anyone know where to source them near Pattaya. Thanks if you can help.

Greg

Hello

Everyone is out and the businesses are still running. Obviously, for legal reasons I cannot and don't want to comment on the details of the situation or the rumours but I would very much like to thank those people who have supported me.

Hope to have a cold beer with you all soon.

Greg and the gang at Billabong.

Just a bit of info for all the Rugby League (NRL) fans. Billabong Hotel in L.K. Metro is showing all the matches live in the bar finally. The first State of origin is on Wed 25th with free snacks. Come along if you can.

Greg

P.S. Don't forget the Orphans Charity Party on Fri 27th May!

G'day. Dont' know if I'm up to the mandatory ten posts yet but would like to come with the missus. Cheers.

gregj69