[biofuel] Just Getting Started.
Greetings, I have been bitten by the bio bug and have the fever to build my first processor. I have located an electric water heater that I intend to convert into the processing unit. I have two Dodge trucks with cummins diesels. One a 1990 model and the other a 1997. Can anyone tell me if the rubber seals and gaskets etc. in the fuel systems in these vehicles will be OK?? or can I expect problems? Thanks you, John Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Corporate ethics
Font Size: Power to the People? By Paul Driessen Published 03/25/2004 E-Mail Bookmark Print Save TCS On January 22, Citigroup directors and executives fell all over each other, rushing to claim their Ethical Oscar from the radical activist group, Rainforest Action Network. Henceforth, promised Citi, it would dramatically scale back investment in developing country projects that some might perceive as being socially or ecologically destructive. From now on, they would minimize investment in hydroelectric and fossil fuel projects, and focus instead on renewable energy, sustainable development, climate change prevention, and preservation of habitats and indigenous cultures. Residents of developing countries might be excused if they don't share the jubilation. They understand all too well that Citi's capitulation will further postpone the day when their destitute families will have electricity, safe running water, and a glimmer of hope for a better, healthier, more prosperous future. Around the world, 2 billion people still do not have electricity. In an era when the average European cow is subsidized to the tune of $250 a year, a billion people in developing countries struggle to survive on less than $200 per year. Three billion people -- half the world's population -- live on less than $700 a year. Life for these people would be infinitely better if they had abundant, reliable, affordable electricity -- for lights, heat and refrigeration; hospitals and clinics, schools, shops and factories; water purification and sewage treatment; and a tiny fraction of all the other modern conveniences and necessities we take for granted. Unfortunately, they aren't likely to get electricity anytime soon. Eco-centric pressure groups, Hollywood celebrities, politicians and wealthy foundations are seeing to that. Power to the People? African villagers used to spend their days and evenings sewing clothing for their neighbors, on foot-peddle-powered sewing machines, says Earth Island Institute editor Gar Smith. Once they get electricity, they spend too much time watching television and listening to the radio. If there is going to be electricity, I'd like it to be decentralized, small and solar-powered. I would promote solar and wind for power, not damming more rivers, intones television actor Ed Begley, Jr. It's much cheaper for everybody in Africa to have electricity where they need it -- on their huts. Of course, most of these destitute people won't even get a solar panel, or a wind turbine. Instead of switching on a light or appliance, millions of mothers and daughters will continue spending hours every day collecting firewood -- or squatting in mud laced with animal urine to collect, dry and store manure for cooking and heating fires. Instead of turning a faucet handle, millions will continue bringing water from rivers and lakes that are often tainted with parasites and bacteria -- carrying it in heavy cans on their heads and shoulders, often for miles. Instead of enjoying a modern kitchen, they will continue spending hours a day over primitive hearths breathing acrid, polluted smoke from their fires. Instead of going to school, their children will be toiling at home, working the fields, weaving carpets or picking trash, to help put a bowl of rice gruel on the dinner table. The mothers have little time to engage in more satisfying or productive economic activities. Not that there are many such opportunities, anyway. Pressure groups have played a role in that, too, causing untold misery. Four million infants, children and mothers die every year from asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis and other lung infections, caused by breathing the smoke, dust, bacteria and pollutants that are a constant fixture in their homes and villages. Six million more perish every year from dysentery and other intestinal diseases, caused by spoiled food and unsafe water, due to nonexistent refrigeration and water purification. Few live long enough even to get cancer, much less die from it. And still, RAN and other radical environmentalists insist that they are legitimate stakeholders, with a right to make decisions that affect these people's lives. Viewing the countries' own needs and wishes as irrelevant, they talk endlessly about environmental ethics and social justice -- as defined, interpreted and imposed by them -- and worry incessantly about dams, fossil fuels and hypothetical global warming. European governments, Third-World bureaucrats, businesses like The Body Shop and European Wind Energy Association, and NGOs like Greenpeace and NRDC, have decided that 'renewable energy' and 'clean development' are the future for Third World countries, says Barun Mitra, president of India's Liberty Institute. Socially responsible lending institutions like Citigroup are merely the latest to kowtow to eco-imperialists. All of them, in
[biofuel] shelflife
can any body tell me what the shelf life (storage life) of biodiesel and ethanol is? thank you Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] How to DVD on Bio-Diesel
Does anyone in this list know of a DVD available that shows/trains someone in the making of bio-diesel? Demonstrates all of the various steps? Thanks, Cliff - Original Message - From: biofuel@yahoogroups.com To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:43 AM Subject: [biofuel] Digest Number 2036 Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re[2]: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program
Gustl, A refreshing direct variant of what I tried to say in a non political way. LOL Hakan At 19:31 25/03/2004, you wrote: Hallo Hakan, Unfortunately it can be logically explained economically rather than politically. You hit the nail on the head perhaps without even realizing it when you said,Biofuels is far more difficult to control and have no apparent excuses for having central control. Only the notion that you and I can produce our own fuel in the garage, from ordinary food products and without any significant risks, is enough to get the traditional energy industry to shiver of fear. With energy sources which are relatively easily controlled the money continues to flow from the bottom up to those controlling the wealth. With biofuels, wind and solar power, and other such renewables in which one makes some sort of initial investment in equipment and such and then is relativey on their own with no upward flow of cash to the monied class you have a very good reason to pursue other avenues if you are on the receiving end of the money...big government and big money. Control of wealth and control of the masses is at the root of the thing. The less money the wealthy class has to give to the political hacks who run things the more nervous they all become because it means they have to find different methods to rape us. Plain and simple economics. Happy Happy, Gustl Thursday, 25 March, 2004, 12:26:39, you wrote: HF Ric, HF Since you disqualify political as logical, it cannot be logically HF explained. It is protective business measures, EU has refused to put large HF amounts of money in Hydrogen and have instead an aggressive biofuel HF planning. Some EU members goes even beyond this in its buildup of biofuels. HF Because Hydrogen will be a fuel that can be managed with centralized HF control and is therefore interesting for current fuel providers. Biofuels HF is far more difficult to control and have no apparent excuses for having HF central control. Only the notion that you and I can produce our own fuel in HF the garage, from ordinary food products and without any significant risks, HF is enough to get the traditional energy industry to shiver of fear. HF Hydrogen is not an energy source technology, but rather an energy storage HF technology and will in itself not solve any energy depletion problems. HF Biodiesel is an energy source of many, reformed from vegetable oil, if you HF use it in electric generator, it can produce Hydrogen. This mean that HF Hydrogen will always be some further steps away from the energy source, HF than other fuels and we will have to find cheap natural processes, like HF bacteria etc., before we can see it as comparable with biofuels. HF The issue is not if Hydrogen might or might not play a role, the issue is HF timing. Implementation of biofuels is at least one generation (20 years) HF closer to general implementation as transport fuel and must under all HF circumstances be used as a bridge to future solutions. It will happen in US HF also, because it is hard to see other ways. US is taking large risks, by HF allowing itself to be so much behind EU on implementation of wind, solar HF and biofuels. With own reserves of oil for 10 years and NG for 7 years, it HF is no reason to envy the US situation. One more Bush period and US might go HF over the edge. HF Hakan HF At 02:59 25/03/2004, you wrote: Does anyone can help me in explaining why Bush administration is willing to spend money on research for Hydrogen technologies instead on other natural resources such as biodiesel? I would be very interested if the explanation come from econonic or business or even technology's perspective. Hope the logic explanation is not political cause that is not logical. Have a nice day Ric G - Original Message - From: murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program Announced during the 2003 State of the Union address, the Bush Administration called on the Department of Energy to invest $1.7 billion in the research and development of hydrogen technologies, including automobiles, fuel cells, and hydrogen fuel infrastructure. However, the administration's hydrogen proposal requires industries to produce only hydrogen concept vehicles and demonstration technology. The mass production of hydrogen technologies is not mandated, and there are no detailed plans for the creation of the infrastructure, like filling stations, needed to support a hydrogen economy. Upon his election, I knew it was going to be a very bad four years for many of us who are fans of open public discourse, progressive ideas, progressive ideals, and what-not. And I asked myself if I
Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Hokum Round-up
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info Every concerned environmentalist should visit this site. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Re: current info on conversion of gas vehicle to ethanol use
I'm interested in locating information on necessary steps to convert late model gas vehicles to run on E85 or straight ethanol. All information I've seen to date is quite old and deals with carbureted vehicles. As todays vehicles are for the most part computer controlled and using electronic fuel injection of various designs the old info isn't relevant. Is anyone aware of where current information can be found for this? Thanks! Avsnips __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program
Hi Hakan/Murdoch/Gustl Thank you for the explanations. Hakan, you are right when you said it can not be logically explained if we take out the political aspect as logical explanation. I am just trying to avoid hearing political explanation since we all might have known that Bush's admin decision was base merely on policical grounds ( according to my personal opinion). Well that is their job, isn't it? since their are politician anyway. Gustl, I couln't agree more with your statement It is very simply economics which favor the haves at the expense of the have nots what a pity which goes in line with Murdoch's statement The Bush Adminsitration seems willing to support some good ideas and, by neglecting them, oppose other good ideas Hope with this group, we can make the rest of the world realize how beneficiary Biodiesel can be. And if that time still doen't come then we can put this issue in our prays. Who knows might give better result. Guten Tag, Ricardo - Original Message - From: Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program Ric, Since you disqualify political as logical, it cannot be logically explained. It is protective business measures, EU has refused to put large amounts of money in Hydrogen and have instead an aggressive biofuel planning. Some EU members goes even beyond this in its buildup of biofuels. Because Hydrogen will be a fuel that can be managed with centralized control and is therefore interesting for current fuel providers. Biofuels is far more difficult to control and have no apparent excuses for having central control. Only the notion that you and I can produce our own fuel in the garage, from ordinary food products and without any significant risks, is enough to get the traditional energy industry to shiver of fear. Hydrogen is not an energy source technology, but rather an energy storage technology and will in itself not solve any energy depletion problems. Biodiesel is an energy source of many, reformed from vegetable oil, if you use it in electric generator, it can produce Hydrogen. This mean that Hydrogen will always be some further steps away from the energy source, than other fuels and we will have to find cheap natural processes, like bacteria etc., before we can see it as comparable with biofuels. The issue is not if Hydrogen might or might not play a role, the issue is timing. Implementation of biofuels is at least one generation (20 years) closer to general implementation as transport fuel and must under all circumstances be used as a bridge to future solutions. It will happen in US also, because it is hard to see other ways. US is taking large risks, by allowing itself to be so much behind EU on implementation of wind, solar and biofuels. With own reserves of oil for 10 years and NG for 7 years, it is no reason to envy the US situation. One more Bush period and US might go over the edge. Hakan At 02:59 25/03/2004, you wrote: Does anyone can help me in explaining why Bush administration is willing to spend money on research for Hydrogen technologies instead on other natural resources such as biodiesel? I would be very interested if the explanation come from econonic or business or even technology's perspective. Hope the logic explanation is not political cause that is not logical. Have a nice day Ric G - Original Message - From: murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program Announced during the 2003 State of the Union address, the Bush Administration called on the Department of Energy to invest $1.7 billion in the research and development of hydrogen technologies, including automobiles, fuel cells, and hydrogen fuel infrastructure. However, the administration's hydrogen proposal requires industries to produce only hydrogen concept vehicles and demonstration technology. The mass production of hydrogen technologies is not mandated, and there are no detailed plans for the creation of the infrastructure, like filling stations, needed to support a hydrogen economy. Upon his election, I knew it was going to be a very bad four years for many of us who are fans of open public discourse, progressive ideas, progressive ideals, and what-not. And I asked myself if I thought my brain could survive that sort of starvation another four years. And the answer was no (are you kidding me?). And I asked myself if maybe the country could survive it, and the answer was 'maybe' or 'probably'. To me, it's the lack of discussion of important questions and answers
[biofuel] Thanks Girl Mark et others
Attaching other plumbing to the carboy, huh? Now THAT is an intelligent idea ! Having once been into plumbing you would think I could have come up with that one,but alas, old age Found a suitable jug though, a 5 liter clear HD...2 rated (that's what is says on the bottom) in the form of a family sized Mr Clean jug. We NEVER use this product normally so I guess the toilet will smell Mr cleany for the next little while :). I am still in the process of collecting my tools to produce my first test batch (a total newbie, ha!) The lye is a bit of a trick, but then I just skipped through the posts and discovered that often it is passed off as drain cleaner, so tomorow I am off to the hardware store to scope out some drano (sodium hydroxide, right?) In two weeks the garden center will have plenty, but I want to get on with a test batch yesterday. I also got to find me a blender with a glass bowl at a second hand shop(that too is tomorow) as the one we have has a plastic bowl (of course), but good news ! I have also discovered that the diffusor we have to scent the air with essential oils is an aquarium pump. Ha! It's going to be doing double duty REAL soon. When setting up the Methoxide mixer, a la methoxide made easy way using the carboy does one insert the airpump end up high in the jug so as to just pump air and cause pressure while the exit has the tube go all the way down to the bottom of the carboy so as to get at it all ? (I am going to catch on to all this, just you watch) I have also decided that my processor should be 45 liters instead of 22 liters so that I will be doing something other than only making biodiesel. (I want to have time to go out and burn some of it too) :-) Slowly but surely we advance Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program
Bush has done this repeatedly; made committments in 'State of the Union' speeches which he has no intention of keeping. Bush may not be the brightest bulb on the tree, but his spin doctors are quick witted and cynical. Here are some examples: 10 billion for HIV/ AIDS in Africa. (Bush thinks Hmm.. that ought to shut up the social activists for a while. The fine print saying that we will only support programs which promote abstainance will appease the religious right and ensure that most of the money remains impossible to deliver. The Senate will bury it anyway.Either way Bush gets the nice guy points. Most poeple won't realize it never happened). Putting men on Mars. 360 billion or so...but who's counting ( This is gonna get all those Star Trek nerds to shut up and go back to trying to talk to aliens. Anyone who thinks that the house won't quietly scuttle this has lost 40 points of IQ by achieving a successful mind-meld with a cucumber. Bush wins political nerd points for even talking about it. Bonus points for keeping a straight face). Now, DOE to spend 1.7billion on hydrogen technology. (Bush thinks to himself, This ought to shut up those tree hugging eco-freaks. The DOE spends more on paper-clips, but a lot of soccer-moms with Greenpeace and Sierra Club bumper stickers on their 8 mpg Chevy Yukon's will breath a sigh of relief that the president is looking after the environment). Sorry if I'm ranting, but do you see a pattern? Dave rgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone can help me in explaining why Bush administration is willing to spend money on research for Hydrogen technologies instead on other natural resources such as biodiesel? I would be very interested if the explanation come from econonic or business or even technology's perspective. Hope the logic explanation is not political cause that is not logical. Have a nice day Ric G - Original Message - From: murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program Announced during the 2003 State of the Union address, the Bush Administration called on the Department of Energy to invest $1.7 billion in the research and development of hydrogen technologies, including automobiles, fuel cells, and hydrogen fuel infrastructure. However, the administration's hydrogen proposal requires industries to produce only hydrogen concept vehicles and demonstration technology. The mass production of hydrogen technologies is not mandated, and there are no detailed plans for the creation of the infrastructure, like filling stations, needed to support a hydrogen economy. Upon his election, I knew it was going to be a very bad four years for many of us who are fans of open public discourse, progressive ideas, progressive ideals, and what-not. And I asked myself if I thought my brain could survive that sort of starvation another four years. And the answer was no (are you kidding me?). And I asked myself if maybe the country could survive it, and the answer was 'maybe' or 'probably'. To me, it's the lack of discussion of important questions and answers that is the particularly damaging thing, not just the advocacy of debatable answers. Heaven forfend this man should have the word biofuel come out of his mouth. Heaven for fend 'solar' or 'wind' or 'conservation' or 'combining many efforts' or Plug-In-Hybrid-Electric-Vehicles. No. We are to listen to THE ANSWER, the 'one and only answer'. That answer of his (Hydrogen) is even damaged by his advocacy of it. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511
[biofuel] NY Times arrticle
NY Times article dealing with the advent of diesel around the world http://www.stealthtdi.com/USSnubsDiesel.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Fwd: Biodiesel 101 at Biofuel Oasis- Berkeley CA, March 30th
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], girl_mark_fire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biodiesel 101 Tuesday, March 30, 7pm BioFuel Oasis, 2465 4th St @ Dwight, Berkeley $5-10 Learn the advantages and cautions to running biodiesel in your car, how a diesel engine works, and much more. We're planning on doing a Biodiesel 101 every month or two to keep our new customers well informed and give an introduction to anyone thinking about biodiesel. Also, if you're going to the fabulous Berkeley Biodiesel Collective's Car Show this Saturday 10am -3pm, you can also stop by the Oasis and get some fuel. We'll be open 11am -3pm on Saturday selling waste-vegetable-oil sourced biodiesel. Peace, Jennifer BioFuel Oasis 2465 4th Street Berkeley, CA 94710 510.665.5509 --- End forwarded message --- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Just Getting Started.
Hi John, Keith just answered this same question for me by directing me to: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html Biodiesel and your vehicle: Compatibility: -- Filters -- Timing -- Rubber Hope this helps, Regards, Dave John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I have been bitten by the bio bug and have the fever to build my first processor. I have located an electric water heater that I intend to convert into the processing unit. I have two Dodge trucks with cummins diesels. One a 1990 model and the other a 1997. Can anyone tell me if the rubber seals and gaskets etc. in the fuel systems in these vehicles will be OK?? or can I expect problems? Thanks you, John Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] details of Biodiesel Equipment Intensive, Santa Cruz, April 10 and 11
We are hosting an intensive biodiesel equipment building class/workparty in April in Santa Cruz, California, aiming to make homebrew systems for several people by the end of the two-day class/workparty. Additionally, there'll be a showing of some biodiesel documentaries and a barbeque potluck on the first night, for those coming in from out of town. Below are some more details on the class, and some info on the (optional) logistics of making your own gear at this class. ** Biodiesel Equipment Building Workshop Logistics: Date: April 10th and 11th, 10 am-5 pm Santa Cruz, California (directions will be sent when you register) registration: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cost: $40-$100 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds Logistics: In this long workshop, we will build a very complete set of equipment for making homebrew biodiesel. There will be at least one example built of each item from the list below. I encourage workshop participants to use this opportunity to make their own equipment. The approximate costs of parts are listed below after each item (more details below on payment for parts also). If you are not ready to build your gear at this time, please, please come to the class anyway! Prior experience: We will not be making biodiesel at the class, just working on the equipment, although I will give a brief overview of homebrewing at the beginning so we all understand what it is we're building! You do not need any plumbing or metalworking experience. Please see www.journeytoforever.org , http:://biodiesel.infopop.cc, and www.veggieavenger.com/media for more information about the basic processes involved in homebrew biodiesel. There will be an optional biodiesel homebrew guidebook available at the class for $7, however, I do not have copies to send you ahead of time as I am in the process of updating and revising the book and will not be finished before the date of the class. system sizing (ie, frequently asked questions by people in co-ops): this $150 reactor design works up to about a 60 gallon tank, at which point you probably want to use a bigger, more expensive pump (but can reuse the same plumbing that we'll be assembling). The wash tanks will be based on a 55 gallon drum. If you want to upsize to something bigger, you will want more than one wash tank. I have one huge oddball 80 gallon water heater available, please let me know if you want it (free, you pick up in downtown Oakland) Costs: The class fee is sliding scale, with no one turned away for lack of funds. I request $20-$50 per day (ie $40-$100 for the weekend) I encourage everyone to come for both days of the build if you can, as 'instruction' and discussion of equipment principles will take place throughout the two days. Registering: email me for more information and to register: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tools: if possible, please bring any pipe wrenches or large channel-lock pliers you may have. If anyone has a pipe yoke vise that you could bring, please let me know. Please wear closed-toe shoes. Workshop will be held outdoors (under a shed roof in case of rain), please dress for the weather. Building your own equipment at the workshop: We will create at least one of each piece of equipment from the list below. If you would like to build one of these to take home, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] , to make arrangements for covering equipment costs by April 5th . I will pick up parts for almost all of the gear to be built at the class, and I ask that you pre-pay for the cost of parts as early as possible so I can get all the parts shopping done and minimise the complexity of the 'logistics' involved in organizing this big workshop. Reactor tanks (water heaters): If you are building a water heater-based reactor, I ask that you make arrangements to find or purchase your electric water heater tank yourself (about $200 new for a 50 gallon version, less commonly, they are free if you can manage to find one used). When I look for a water heater tank, I generally call plumbers and try and find someone who is taking out an old electric water heater (to give us for free) or has a dented model for sale at a discount. Hardware stores, Sears, OSH, Yardbirds', and Home Depot, also sometimes sell off floor models or dented heaters. Check Craigslist.org as well. I can also make a barrel-based reactor which works similarly to the electric water heater reactors, but it is not a safe methanol recovery unit as barrels aren't rated for pressure or vacuum. The same plumbing that is installed on the barrel reactor can be later transferred to a water heater tank if you find one later. If you cannot bring a water heater tank to the workshop location, there is also the option of building just the plumbing assemblies to take home, and attaching them to the tank once you acquire one. THE EQUIPMENT (again, contact me by April
Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program
Hi Dave, Thanks for your explanation. Wow...sounds very political, but I can see the pattern. Basically, Bush ( Or the team behind him) is trying to satisfy many parties just to keep their mouth shut. Ricardo G. - Original Message - From: Dave Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program Bush has done this repeatedly; made committments in 'State of the Union' speeches which he has no intention of keeping. Bush may not be the brightest bulb on the tree, but his spin doctors are quick witted and cynical. Here are some examples: 10 billion for HIV/ AIDS in Africa. (Bush thinks Hmm.. that ought to shut up the social activists for a while. The fine print saying that we will only support programs which promote abstainance will appease the religious right and ensure that most of the money remains impossible to deliver. The Senate will bury it anyway. Either way Bush gets the nice guy points. Most poeple won't realize it never happened). Putting men on Mars. 360 billion or so...but who's counting ( This is gonna get all those Star Trek nerds to shut up and go back to trying to talk to aliens. Anyone who thinks that the house won't quietly scuttle this has lost 40 points of IQ by achieving a successful mind-meld with a cucumber. Bush wins political nerd points for even talking about it. Bonus points for keeping a straight face). Now, DOE to spend 1.7billion on hydrogen technology. (Bush thinks to himself, This ought to shut up those tree hugging eco-freaks. The DOE spends more on paper-clips, but a lot of soccer-moms with Greenpeace and Sierra Club bumper stickers on their 8 mpg Chevy Yukon's will breath a sigh of relief that the president is looking after the environment). Sorry if I'm ranting, but do you see a pattern? Dave rgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone can help me in explaining why Bush administration is willing to spend money on research for Hydrogen technologies instead on other natural resources such as biodiesel? I would be very interested if the explanation come from econonic or business or even technology's perspective. Hope the logic explanation is not political cause that is not logical. Have a nice day Ric G - Original Message - From: murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program Announced during the 2003 State of the Union address, the Bush Administration called on the Department of Energy to invest $1.7 billion in the research and development of hydrogen technologies, including automobiles, fuel cells, and hydrogen fuel infrastructure. However, the administration's hydrogen proposal requires industries to produce only hydrogen concept vehicles and demonstration technology. The mass production of hydrogen technologies is not mandated, and there are no detailed plans for the creation of the infrastructure, like filling stations, needed to support a hydrogen economy. Upon his election, I knew it was going to be a very bad four years for many of us who are fans of open public discourse, progressive ideas, progressive ideals, and what-not. And I asked myself if I thought my brain could survive that sort of starvation another four years. And the answer was no (are you kidding me?). And I asked myself if maybe the country could survive it, and the answer was 'maybe' or 'probably'. To me, it's the lack of discussion of important questions and answers that is the particularly damaging thing, not just the advocacy of debatable answers. Heaven forfend this man should have the word biofuel come out of his mouth. Heaven for fend 'solar' or 'wind' or 'conservation' or 'combining many efforts' or Plug-In-Hybrid-Electric-Vehicles. No. We are to listen to THE ANSWER, the 'one and only answer'. That answer of his (Hydrogen) is even damaged by his advocacy of it. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from
Re: [biofuel] details of Biodiesel Equipment Intensive, Santa Cruz, April 10 and 11
Wonderful work. Would the manual be available for those of us that live somewhat out of town and can't make it to the workshop? Tom Leue In a message dated 3/26/04 4:47:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We are hosting an intensive biodiesel equipment building class/workparty in April in Santa Cruz, California, aiming to make homebrew systems for several people by the end of the two-day class/workparty. Additionally, there'll be a showing of some biodiesel documentaries and a barbeque potluck on the first night, for those coming in from out of town. - Homestead Inc. www.yellowbiodiesel.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Re: NY Times arrticle
Had to laugh when reading this article. If one reads it carefully one will have to laugh.. Talking about GM and Ford Catching up with diesels. How can they not? If anyone remembers GMs foray into building a diesel for their sedans .. What a fiasco. They build the biggest piece of doo doo that was ever foisted upon the unsupecting public. To convert a 350 gasoline engine to a diesel by pulling out the distributor and punching in a fuel pump in the hole and changing the spark plugs for fuel injectors... Then they boldly told the press that the engines were designed to hold up as long as the bodies. At this point most of these cars would rust out in 2 years. Then people wonder why you cannot sell a diesel in this country? In Europe on the other hand. Diesels tend to be used in smaller vehicles and a wide variety of utility vehichiles. Here we can only find them in bigger pick up trucks. So you have a choice of 450 cubic inch engines .. Now I can tell you from personal experience having owned and driven diesels ( mercedes) for 30 plus years... yeah they dont move like a gas engine. They do get great milage.. and frankly they have gotten much quieter over the last few years, but inside the car... one really does not hear them as being any noisier than a gas engine when running with the windows up. SteveP --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Busyditch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NY Times article dealing with the advent of diesel around the world http://www.stealthtdi.com/USSnubsDiesel.html Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Twelve countries seek exemption to ozone-depleting chemical ban
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=1539ncid=1539e=15u= /afp/20040324/sc_afp/canada_us_japan_040324002531 Yahoo! News Twelve countries seek exemption to ozone-depleting chemical ban Tue Mar 23, 7:25 PM ET MONTREAL (AFP) - The United States, Japan, Canada, France and eight other rich countries asked a UN environmental body for permission to extend use of a toxic pesticide that damages Earth's ozone layer. Methyl bromide is highly toxic to humans and damages the ozone layer, a stratospheric shield against the sun's ultra-violet rays, which cause skin cancer and cataracts. It is used to fumigate high-value crops, for pest control and in quarantine treatment of agricultural exports. In 1987, some 180 countries signed the so-called Montreal Protocol, to phase out by January 2005 some 100 ozone-depleting chemicals, including methyl bromide. Adherence to the protocol promises in 50 years to reverse ozone-layer damage, UNEP said. The agreement was reached under the auspices of the United Nations (news - web sites) Environment Program. Granting limited exemptions to the protocol's increasingly strict controls will ensure that the transition to ozone-friendly solutions does not cause farmers and other users of methyl bromide undue economic pain, said UNEP executive director Klaus Topfer. Britain, Australia, Belgium, Spain, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal are also seeking an exemption. A three-day meeting of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer starts here on Wednesday. Participants will consider granting exemptions to the countries so that they can use the pesticide for certain critical uses after its scheduled phase-out date, the UNEP said in a statement. The Montreal Protocol allows governments to apply for exemptions when there are no technically or economically feasible alternatives or for health or safety reasons, the UNEP statement said. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/ozone-04b.html EARTH OBSERVATION Ozone-Destroying Gas Increased Significantly During Industrial Age 2001 Ozone Map of South PoleIrvine CA - Mar 24, 2004 Human activity in the Industrial Age - approximately the last 150 years - has significantly increased atmospheric levels of methyl bromide, a gas known for harming the ozone layer in the Earth's stratosphere. A research team led by UC Irvine scientist Eric Saltzman reached this conclusion after examining an ice core recovered from Antarctica. By studying air bubbles trapped in the core, Saltzman's team was able to compare levels of methyl bromide in the atmosphere over the last three centuries. The team concluded that during the industrial era, the amount of global atmospheric methyl bromide in Southern Hemisphere air appears to have increased by 3.5 parts per trillion, or approximately 50 percent of the preindustrial level of the gas. The researchers report their findings in the March 2, 2004, issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. In the study, the researchers utilized 23 samples of shallow ice core drilled in 1995 in Siple Dome, West Antarctica, as part of a National Science Foundation-sponsored ice coring project in the West Antarctic ice sheet. Air was extracted from the samples in Saltzman's laboratory at UCI and analyzed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, a powerful analytical technique. We found trace levels of methyl bromide dating back to the late 1600s in the core's air bubbles, said Saltzman, professor of Earth system science. This longer-term record of methyl bromide shows convincingly that the amount of methyl bromide in the atmosphere increased during the industrial era. The reconstruction of ancient atmospheric levels of methyl bromide is an exciting development. Ice core records can provide insights into the natural variability of methyl bromide and shed light on how sensitive its atmospheric cycle is to climate change. Previous records of methyl bromide in the atmosphere - a compilation of instrumental records and firn air measurements - had only extended back to about the year 1900. (Firn is rounded, well-bonded snow that is older than one year.) The researchers also developed a numerical model to simulate major processes involved in the global biogeochemical cycle of methyl bromide. Both the ice core measurements and modeling results show that human activities such as fumigation, combustion and biomass burning in industrial times have significantly increased atmospheric levels of this gas. They also highlight the large uncertainty still remaining in our understanding of the modern atmospheric methyl bromide budget, Saltzman said. Methyl bromide is a fumigant used to control insects, nematodes, weeds and pathogens in crops, forests and wood products. Its primary uses are for soil fumigation, postharvest protection and quarantine treatments. The gas also has natural sources in both terrestrial and oceanic
[biofuel] Fwd: Presentaciones: III Foro Nacional de Biocombustibles
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:59:50 -0300 From: Energas Alternativas - SAGPyA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Unidad de Energas Alternativas Subject: Presentaciones: III Foro Nacional de Biocombustibles Estimadas/os Sras. y Sres., Por la presente les informamos que pueden ver desde nuestro sitio web http://www.sagpya.gov.arhttp://www.sagpya.gov.ar (Link: Biocombustibles) http://www.biodiesel.gov.arhttp://www.biodiesel.gov.ar (Link: Biocombustibles), las presentaciones efectuadas en el III Foro Nacional de Biocombustibles realizado en la UCES los das 29 y 30 de octubre de 2003. Cualquier inquietud no duden en plantearla. Nuestros ms cordiales saludos. -- Unidad de Energas Alternativas Secretara de Agricultura, Ganadera, Pesca y Alimentos Ministerio de Economa y Produccin Paseo Coln 982. 2¼ Piso. Ofic. 212 (C1063AWC) Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel: (011) 4349-2180 / Directo: (011) 4349-2533 Fax: (011) 4349-2140 http://www.minproduccion.gov.arhttp://www.minproduccion.gov.ar (SAGPyA) http://www.sagpya.gov.arhttp://www.sagpya.gov.ar(Link: Biocombustibles) http://www.biodiesel.gov.arhttp://www.biodiesel.gov.ar (Link: Biocombustibles) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Mercedes-Benz unveils new SCR diesel emissions controls
http://www.platinum.matthey.com/media_room/1080039604.html Platinum today: Mercedes-Benz unveils new SCR diesel emissions controls 23rd March 2004 Mercedes-Benz AG has announced details of the emissions system it will be using on diesel cars in the US to meet the 2007 emission limits set by the EPA. Mercedes will use a SCR (selective catalytic reduction) system, which is a scaled-down version of the system Mercedes will also use on its commercial vehicles. The SCR system involves introducing urea into the exhaust gases from the engine to react with oxides of nitrogen (NOx). Most automakers say they should be able to meet particulate matter standards through improvements to the diesel's fuel injection, combustion and exhaust systems. It is the NOx standard that is hard to satisfy. In the new Mercedes system, the urea is held in a replaceable canister, from where it is injected into the exhaust system. Mercedes says the new urea injection system is a cost effective alternative to other NOx limiters, and could be the fillip needed to drive the US diesel market, with other automotive giants also said to be interested. However, there are some concerns that the emphasis on the consumer to ensure their urea supply is maintained, and hence the emissions technology operates as required under the legislation. Margo Oge, director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality, part of the Office of Air and Radiation for the EPA told Autoweek: Companies have to carefully evaluate their business plans and see if this is something that will sell to the consumer. The question is whether (drivers) can see urea in a similar fashion like engine oil or transmission fluid, added Bharat Balasubramanian, DaimlerChrysler's vice president of development and engineering technologies and regulatory affairs. The system will be launched in late 2006 for the 2007 model year. A spokesman for Volkswagen of America Inc. says that urea is not an option for the New Beetle, Jetta, Touareg, Passat and Golf, the only diesel cars offered in the United States before the Mercedes E320. VW is working on a NOx storage catalyst. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] NY Times arrticle
Busyditch wrote: NY Times article dealing with the advent of diesel around the world http://www.stealthtdi.com/USSnubsDiesel.html It says FRANKFURT, May 26, what it doesn't say is that it's May 26, 2001. No matter, interesting anyway, and maybe it does say so in the associated forum. Here are some more, from Do diesels have a future? http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_future.html Diesel engines could help US beat fuel crunch if feds wake up -- Diesel engines, the hottest auto trend in Europe, are being regulated out of existence in the United States. -- Detroit News, 22 May, 2001 http://detnews.com:80/2001/autos/0105/22/b01-226787.htm Super Diesels!, Ward's Auto World, September 1, 2001 http://industryclick.com/magazinearticle.asp?magazineid=50releaseid=8 418magazinearticleid=118355siteid=26 European policymakers have recognized the environmental advantages of diesel, and have allowed new diesel vehicles to prove themselves as efficient, quiet and powerful alternatives. In America, growth in the market share of light-duty diesels would vastly reduce fuel consumption, foreign oil imports and greenhouse-gas emissions... Most interests in the auto industry -- in the US and abroad -- are beginning to wonder aloud if we, and the Bush Administration, do indeed have our priorities in order... With all things considered -- including customer-pleasing performance -- if the US ignores high-technology diesels in favor of its current fascination with HEV technology, we probably aren't backing the right horse... ... PSA Peugeot Citroen has in production for the 607 HDI a silicon carbide honeycomb filter that accumulates particulate matter for between 200 and 300 miles (480 km), then the accumulated particulates are oxidized by injecting a small amount of fuel and a rare-earth-derived additive called Eolys to superheat the exhaust and burn off the particulates. The Eolys tank holds 1.3 gallons (5L) and requires refilling every 50,000 miles (80,000 km) or so. It is claimed to eliminate 95% of particulate emissions. Volkswagen AG is working on a novel 'engine-based' approach leveraging complex chemical and catalytic reactions to achieve the near-zero particulate emissions. And supplier and automaker RD operations are running full-tilt to perfect prototype NOx-reduction technology like Toyota's promising Diesel Particulate-NOx Reduction (DPNR) catalyst, which also employs advanced chemical/catalytic processes to scrub out the last vestiges of diesel emissions nastiness... (6,500-word article) Diesels Are Ready. Why Aren't We? -- According to studies by both J.D. Power and Associates and the Diesel Technology Forum, roughly one third of Americans would consider a clean diesel, if given the option, says Kurt Liedtke, CEO of the Robert Bosch Corporation. He said by increasing diesel market share from one to 40%, the US will achieve $9 billion annual savings in oil consumption; average fuel economy of 28 miles per gallon (CAFE); greater independence from foreign oil sources; and 5 million metric ton decline in annual greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.boschusa.com/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsType=RAID=0 See: Diesel engine, as a ready for use energy saving technology -- by Hakan Falk at Energy Saving Now. http://energy.saving.nu/biofuels/dieseltech.shtml The Debate Over Diesel, by Warren Brown, Washington Post, September 6, 2002 -- There is no argument anywhere in the auto industry that more low-sulfur diesel fuels are needed to help bring cleaner, advanced, direct-injection diesel engines to market in the United States. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=articlenode=conten tId=A45702-2002Sep6notFound=true Panel tells EPA no technical problems getting sulfur out of diesel fuel -- Washington, Associated Press, October 30, 2002: There are no technical problems that should prevent refiners from producing nearly sulfur-free diesel by 2006 when new requirements for the cleaner fuel go into effect, an advisory panel told the Environmental Protection Agency. The report by an independent review panel, whose members included both oil industry representatives and environmental advocates, concluded there are no technological impediments to refineries reducing the amount of sulfur in diesel from the current 500 parts per million to 15 parts per million. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20021030-1438-cleandiesel.html Clean-Air Czar of California Shifts to Accept Diesel Engines -- In Controversial Turn-Around, Regulator Sees Diesel as Alternative in Global-Warming Fight -- The Wall Street Journal, October 24, 2002: For years, Alan Lloyd has regarded diesel as a dirty word, synonymous with brown haze and cancer-causing black soot. It's a view he has shared with environmental activists across the U.S. But in a striking change of heart that could alter the kinds of cars and trucks Americans drive, the chairman of the powerful California Air
Drano - was Re: [biofuel] Thanks Girl Mark et others
lovemydiesel2003 wrote: Attaching other plumbing to the carboy, huh? Now THAT is an intelligent idea ! Having once been into plumbing you would think I could have come up with that one,but alas, old age Found a suitable jug though, a 5 liter clear HD...2 rated (that's what is says on the bottom) in the form of a family sized Mr Clean jug. We NEVER use this product normally so I guess the toilet will smell Mr cleany for the next little while :). I am still in the process of collecting my tools to produce my first test batch (a total newbie, ha!) The lye is a bit of a trick, but then I just skipped through the posts and discovered that often it is passed off as drain cleaner, so tomorow I am off to the hardware store to scope out some drano (sodium hydroxide, right?) Wrong - not Drano. Drano contains aluminum flakes. You need pure sodium hydroxide. Try Red Devil. In two weeks the garden center will have plenty, but I want to get on with a test batch yesterday. I also got to find me a blender with a glass bowl at a second hand shop(that too is tomorow) as the one we have has a plastic bowl (of course), but good news ! I have also discovered that the diffusor we have to scent the air with essential oils is an aquarium pump. Ha! It's going to be doing double duty REAL soon. When setting up the Methoxide mixer, a la methoxide made easy way using the carboy does one insert the airpump end up high in the jug so as to just pump air and cause pressure while the exit has the tube go all the way down to the bottom of the carboy so as to get at it all ? See: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor5.html#methadd Simple 5-gallon processor - Adding the methoxide (I am going to catch on to all this, just you watch) I have also decided that my processor should be 45 liters instead of 22 liters so that I will be doing something other than only making biodiesel. (I want to have time to go out and burn some of it too) :-) Then you'll need a bigger methoxide mixer than 5 litres. Keith Slowly but surely we advance Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] [press release] Ethanol to Power the Future of Hydrogen Fuel Cells
This is a press-release that I received by email. I think this company does research into various issues and hope to sign people up to pay for the research. The thing is, that for me it's one of those newsletters I almost wish I could afford, and that I had time for. They seem to do a lot of research into biofuel industrial economic issues. I am passing on this particular press release because it makes a claim (of which I remain skeptical on principle but generally hopeful) that is of great importance in my view: it starts to get into the question of using more complex molecules than Hydrogen in fuel cells, and the question of whether we can improve our ability specifically to use renewably-derived fuels in fuel cells (such as bio-derived ethanol). I only wish it also analyzed the question of using biodiesel in fuel cells, but perhaps one holdup is those are still yet more complex molecules with wider variety than chemically well-defined Ethyl Alcohol (aka Ethanol) (CH3CH2OH). http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/press-release.pag?mode=opendocid=11127741 Palo Alto, Calif. ö March 25, 2004 ö Hydrogen fuel cell technologyâs potentially strong future as a fuel for automobiles and various other applications is likely to be weakened by issues regarding its availability and the expenses involved in storage. Bio-based products such as ethanol are expected to open up new areas for research. Hydrogen fuel cells reduce pollution by emitting water vapor in place of carbon dioxide. However the prevalent method of producing hydrogen from hydrocarbons, though economical, creates pollutants at the manufacturing site. ãBiomass material-based fuel cells are a better solution than power fuel cells since hydrogen is expensive and dangerous to handle,ä notes Technical Insights Analyst Al Hester. ãMore research should be devoted to ethanol since it is environmentally friendly and based on renewable resources.ä Conversion of biomass materials such as ethanol into hydrogen is a more cost-efficient method to power fuel cells. Researchers believe that inter-metallic compounds could be used beneficially in fuel cell electrodes to oxidize ethanol. These materials are not alloys but have ordered structures wherein atoms are very specifically arranged. Electrolysis of water using hydroelectric or nuclear, wind, or solar power also produces hydrogen. However, in the present economic condition, these methods may not prove to be cost effective. The need for cheaper and more efficient means to power fuel cells has resulted in investment in extensive research. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), for instance, awarded Cornell University $2.25 million over three years, to devote research efforts to cells based on other fuels, including ethanol. Research should also be extended to resolve technical problems so that systems that can handle the explosive gas are developed. Safety is a non-issue while considering ethanol in fuel cells. The challenge will be to reduce the cost of producing ethanol from corn and increase tax advantages in order to enable it to compete with fossil fuels. ãCurrent production processes, such as partial combustion of natural gas or electrolysis of water require cheap fossil fuels or electrical power,ä notes Hester. ãIn such a scenario, light-induced biological hydrogen production is a potentially cost-effective system.ä This process uses enzyme systems present in photosynthetic bacteria, cyanobacteria, and green algae such as Chlamydomonas reinhardt. However, there is a need to detect microorganisms that are immune to oxygen and that would prove to be good alternatives to produce hydrogen commercially. Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed a sensor that detects hydrogen-producing microorganisms through a screening process. The system uses a sensitive film that changes color at a point where the organism being tested indicates hydrogen presence. New analysis by Technical Insights, a business unit of Frost Sullivan (http://www.Technical-Insights.frost.com), featured in the Industrial Bioprocessing Alert, provides a detailed assessment of recent developments and the use of bio-based products in the fuel cell technology. Copies of the Alert and interviews are available to the press. For a free copy of Technical Insightsâ Industrial Bioprocessing Alert, please contact Julia Paulson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following information: Full name, Company Name, Title, Contact Tel Number, Contact Fax Number, Email. Upon receipt of the above information, a free copy of Industrial Bioprocessing Alert will be sent to you. Technical Insights is an international technology analysis business that produces a variety of technical news alerts, newsletters, and reports. Frost Sullivan, an international growth consultancy, has been supporting clients' expansion for more than four decades. Our market expertise covers a broad spectrum of industries, while our portfolio of advisory
Re: [biofuel] Corporate ethics
ESBuck IF you don't mind, and even if you do, we can do without this toxic Wise Use BS. YOU can believe it if you want, but posting it to a Biofuel mailing list brings up a couple of questions. First, about your powers of discernment - don't you recognise the loaded language of spin when you see it? RAN is a radical activist group? But Driessen's anti-environment Wise Use Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, Frontiers of Freedom, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Economic Human Rights Project, et al, aren't? These are all industry-supported expert panels that work to undermine environmental regulations, against the public good. Anti-environment I said, yes - NOT anti-radical environmental groups, anti-environment plain and simple. Supported by which industries? The timber industry for one - trees won't grow properly, they say, unless forests are clear-cut, with government subsidies. Also by the chemicals industry - the hole in the ozone layer doesn't exist, carcinogenic chemicals in the air and water don't harm anyone. And so on. Founders of the so-called Wise Use movement Ron Arnold and Alan Gottlieb head Driessen's Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise. Ron Arnold told Outside Magazine that he chose the phrase wise use because it's ambiguous and fits neatly in newspaper headlines. Such duplicitous and opportunistic tactics are a trademark of the movement. Facts don't matter; in politics perception is reality, Arnold said. Arnold proclaims at every opportunity that his mission is to destroy the environmental movement. We want to destroy environmentalists by taking away their money and their members. Our goal is to destroy environmentalism once and for all. And particularly RAN. Obviously his paymasters must be hurting. Good for RAN. About the only environmental problem Arnold actually addresses rather than dismisses is the threat of global warming from the build-up of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere. The solution he proposes is the immediate clear-cutting of the small portion of old growth timber left in the United States so that these forests can be replanted with young trees that will absorb more carbon dioxide. Their attack on RAN includes a legal attack on RAN's tax-exempt status - kind of rich, considering that Gottlieb spent seven months in prison for tax evasion, wouldn't you say? These guys are campaigning heavily for laws that will classify any environmental action as terrorism - even advocating that the U.S. ratify the Kyoto global warming treaty. Yet it's Arnold who says things like: We have to pick up a sword and shield and kill the bastards [environmentalists], We're out to kill the frs, and so on, and it's the Wise Use movement that established an early reputation for not just violent talk but violent action. Yet Arnold says he's a follower of Gandhi (or as one of his lieutenants put it, Martin Luther King or that Indian guy, what's his name?) And so on - this noxious crap is entirely without merit, it doesn't merit a serious critique, all that's needed is to see where it's coming from. It has no credibility whatsoever. Which brings us to the next question - if you go along with this BS, as apparently you do, then what interest could you possibly have in biofuels? What are you doing on this list exactly, apart from posting this junk and your other sneer about Dihydrogen Monoxide (a bit old, don't you think?), and much else in similar vein? It seems to typify both your thinking and your level of information. For instance, about the Bhopal disaster, 20,000 people dead, a massive crime against humanity that has been widely publicised over the last 20 years, but this is all you knew about it: As I understood it, there was terrorism, but not by Union Carbide. Someone sabotaged the plant. Only the UC/Dow spinners have claimed that, and this is what it amounts to: At first, they said a sick extremist blew up the facility. They then said that a disgruntled worker sabotaged the facility. The latest story was that it was a disgruntled worker, he didn't mean harm, all he wanted to do was to sabotage the liquid, and it went out of control. The company kept on changing the story without offering one iota of evidence. They brought forth the testimony of a tea boy -- a waiter -- who worked in the canteen. He said that they saw some people who were talking in a hushed manner. You asked me: Can you clue us in on what really happened? Please? I'd really like to know what happened and how and who was at fault. So, I took some time and trouble to do so: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/32334/ Re: [biofuel] Bhopal No response from you. I wouldn't be surprised if you still think it was sabotage. About GMOs, again, a subject that's had massive coverage: It is my understanding that most of the foods we eat are genetically modified, but the mods. were made millenia
Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Hokum Round-up
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:51:28 EST, you wrote: Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info Every concerned environmentalist should visit this site. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] What site? You are sending messages to the group which appear to have some parts of them removed when they reach my email. A simple pasting of the link is I think what you're looking for. Probably you meant this one: http://www.dhmo.org/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
