RE: [Biofuel] Help with animal fats

2005-01-05 Thread Mccall Tom WP US



I would think that the water present would slow down the reaction.  

And the presence of Fatty acids that are not converted by transesterification 
but require Fisher (low pH) Esterification would give 
less than expected results.

However, good water removal and Fisher Esterification followed by 
Transesterification should give good results.

Tom

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hello everyone,
 
Please I need to know why tranesterification to biodiesel is not so efficient 
with animal fats such as tallow and lard.
 
Regards
 
Nike
 


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Hello John,

I'm not sure how southern you are in Ontario, but I live in southern
Minnesota, and had the same results from my garden that you mentioned. For
us, it was a combination of the first half, to two-thirds of the growing
season being too cool, with the latter half to one-third being almost a
complete wash-out. Our temps did finally normalize, but by the time they
did even our muskrats were looking for higher ground! Really pushed our
farmers back as well, good thing winter came late.

AntiFossil
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To: 
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:36 PM
Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Seeds


 Sorry, I don't have any recommendations for you. But I did want to
mention
 that I use normal store bought pre-sprouted plants every year. This year
I
 had horrible time with my veggies. Tomatoes especially took it hard this
 year. Looked diseased. Sweet green and hot peppers did fine. String
beans
 did OK. Even onions faired poorly. I can't figure out what actually
 happend. I live in Southern Ontario.


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 Sent: January 3, 2005 1:44 AM
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 Subject: [Biofuel] Seeds


 Hello everyone!

 My sweetheart and I have been planning our garden for this year.
 Last year's vegetables were, by far, the most successful we have ever
 managed; a fact particularly heartening when the poor condition of our
 soil is considered. (We're still eating fresh carrots, which we have
 left in the ground. Even in January, they are sweet and firm!)

 We'd used old seed. Our corn was especially pathetic. Tomatoes (the
 texture of which I liken to biting a human lip) stayed green until the
 rain arrived in October, then simply rotted. (This was a shame
 because my eldest son is particularly fond of them.) Squash, peas,
 purple beans, beets, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes and carrots did
 exceedingly well. Our broccoli was very late, but especially
 delicious. Cabbage did well for the first part of the summer, then
 the weather turned REALLY hot and the heads tended to split.

 Aside from the pumpkins, (which were fine grained and sweet) fruit
 didn't fare very well. Melons and cantaloupe never really developed.
 Our fruit trees are weak, but I'm working on that. . .

 We want to use fresh seed this year. Do any of you have any
 recommendations for cool, west coast climate vegetables? We would
 prefer a seed distributor located in western Canada or the United States.

 Thanks in advance!


 robert luis rabello
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Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc


Have you tried

www.jatropha.org




Regards,

Edward Beggs B.E.S. M.Sc.
 Neoteric Biofuels Inc.
http://www.biofuels.ca



On Jan 4, 2005, at 12:21 AM, crystal wormald wrote:


  Hello everyone!

  I want to find out if there is a market for Jatropha nuts (for
  bio-fuel) within Australia and if so how do I go about planting my 
own
  crop so to say? I want to plant htem from cuttings as I have found 
out

  that this way has a higher survival rate than that of crops started
  from seeds. I need to know where I would purchase a Jatropha plant or
  if there is a supplier who I can purchase clippings from.  How does
  one go about this? Who might one talk to about this?  Does anyone 
have

  a clue? I've been searching for months now with no success

  Frustrated~! Crystal, WA
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[Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread John Guttridge


might ask if his services would be useful in rebuilding things in 
tsunami devastated areas, I don't really have those kinds of contacts 
but I imagine someone on this list might. does anyone know who he would 
contact to offer to go over there and help rebuild?


John Guttridge

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Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread francisco j burgos


could you please tell me the Jatropha nuts oil production in litres/hect or 
gallon/acre?.

Tks,
Francisco.

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  Hello everyone!

  I want to find out if there is a market for Jatropha nuts (for
  bio-fuel) within Australia and if so how do I go about planting my own
  crop so to say? I want to plant htem from cuttings as I have found out
  that this way has a higher survival rate than that of crops started
  from seeds. I need to know where I would purchase a Jatropha plant or
  if there is a supplier who I can purchase clippings from.  How does
  one go about this? Who might one talk to about this?  Does anyone have
  a clue? I've been searching for months now with no success

  Frustrated~! Crystal, WA
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Re: [Biofuel] Tsunami relief Clean water

2005-01-05 Thread Patrick Campbell


difficult to even figure which charity is the most worthy--that is to me, which 
charity will spend the least money on BS advertising, CEO salaries, etc. and 
the most of my donation to the actual people who need it.  Does anyone have any 
insight there.  I've returned my Christmas toys and will be sending the money 
from them to one chosen charity...



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RE: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines

2005-01-05 Thread Arttu Aula


rubber parts and draw water to itself from the air.

Manufacturers have taken the prior into consideration with oxygenated fuels 
(gasohol) becoming more widely used.  Your owners manual should say 
something about it.  They might list a maximum ethanol content (about 10%), 
but i think it has more to do with water accumulating in the fuel in 
storage.  If the rubber can stand ethanol, it doesn't matter what the ratio 
is.


To avoid problems from the latter, make sure to use fresh fuel.  For 
storage, empty the fuel system completely and oil the metal parts(the tank, 
mainly), or fill it with regular gasoline with a bit of stabilizer.


2-strokes seem to be a little more sensitive to lean fuel-air mixtures, so 
they require richer jetting with ethanol.  But if you're using stock 
carburetor settings, leave them in, they're set rich just be safe, and the 
higher octane rating will tolerate leaner jetting without knocking.  If you 
really know what you're doing, you could advance the timing a bit to take 
advantage of the higher octane rating.


I have never heard of any 2-stroke oils being incompatible with ethanol, use 
them at a normal fuel-oil ratio or leave your oil injection at stock 
settings.  Some use ethanol in 2-stroke go-carts, they might know more about 
the subject.


-Arttu


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Dear Sirs,

Can anybody tell me what kind of fuel mixture (ethanol based) can be used 
to

fuel 2-cycle engine and what modifications had to be made?

Best regards and thank you in advance,
Octavian Andronic
www.ariascooters.com

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Re: [Biofuel] German motors designed for vegetal oil and possible solutions to air quality

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe

Readers,

I read the Elsbett website provided by Mr. Deprez. 

I sent an email to the Eslbett principals to ask for
permission to send the their company weblink to my
counterparts in my beloved San Joaquin Valley
California area.

As many of you know my beloved San Joaquin Valley Air
Basin is ranked #1 or #2 most air polluted in the U.S.


During my petroleum energy career I joined the Western
States Petroleum Assocation  (WSPA) to learn more
about petroleum as it relates to many.  Even the WSPA
had some things to say about the San Joaquin Valley
air pollution - see weblink below:

http://www.wspa.org/issues/sjv_sjvaqc1.htm

In my opinion public education is the #1 priority. 
Especially when the majority of residents are
struggling to survive and achieve stability.
http://geography.berkeley.edu/ProjectsResources/Publications/Parsons_SauerLect.html


How can I convince the SJ Valley residents to get out
of their cars?   I cannot.  So the other option is
clean fuels and managing the other sources such as
dust, human activity, ag activity, VOC, etc.  

Read what a leading expert has to say:
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- An academic expert who travels
the world studying air quality issues said the San
Joaquin Valley's pollution problems are unlike other
critical areas he's studied, and may need a unique
solution since the current attempts to clean up are
not working. 
Physicist Thomas Cahill, a University of California at
Davis professor spoke at spoke in Fresno's Saroyan
Theatre, and said he's a bit baffled by what he sees
in the valley. 

Even as Los Angeles was able to fight back the smog
and ozone pollution that plagues it, reducing levels
significantly in the past 12 years, the valley has not
made many significant improvements. In fact, the
valley violates ozone levels more often over an
eight-hour period than any other place in the nation. 

Clearly, we're doing something wrong, Cahill said.
Science is not up to explaining this. 

Cahill said the valley's particular topography -- the
long basin that goes from Stockton to Bakersfield_
traps pollutants. 

The professor urged the valley to step outside
one-size-fits-all approaches to cleaning its air. 

The Central Valley is going to have to take charge of
its own destiny, he said, after explaining the
dangers in air pollution, particularly fine specks of
dust, soot, ash or chemicals, which research shows can
raise the rate of heart problems. 

The fine particles remain in the lungs, enter the
bloodstream and move to the heart, Cahill said. The
more dirt you have, the more death you get. 

Particle pollution in the valley comes from unpaved
roads, fireplaces, construction, agriculture and
chemicals combining in the atmosphere. 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/18/state1050EST0053.DTL

Thanks for your time and a Prosperous New Year

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Re: [Biofuel] Grants

2005-01-05 Thread greg leach


we would like to make between 4000 and 6000 gal a day once we get up and 
running but we are looking for a little help do you know of any thanks

greg


From: Legal Eagle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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G'day Mel/Jess;

Mel wasn't being funny, he was being factual. The FBI actually, and 
seriously, had that as a pre-requisite for identifying a terrorist. The 
Farmer's Almanac contains a whole whack of vitals that could be used . 
you know the rest of the drivel.

It boggels the mind eh?
Luc
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crack me up.  thanks.
Jess


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Remember just donÕt carry your almanac around on the dash of your car.

Then you are a terrorist.

:)

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Try a farmer's almanac.  It can't hurt and it could help.

Peggy


Sorry, I don't have any recommendations for you.  But I did want to 
mention
that I use normal store bought pre-sprouted plants every year.  This year 
I

had horrible time with my veggies.  Tomatoes especially took it hard this
year.  Looked diseased.  Sweet green and hot peppers did fine.  String 
beans
did OK.  Even onions faired poorly.  I can't figure out what actually 
happend.

I live in Southern Ontario.

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Re: [Biofuel] Tsunami relief Clean water

2005-01-05 Thread WoodArtStudios

I would like to see money go for solar pannels and other alturnative
energy to help restore power. Lets all contact BP, Shell and all the
other alturnative energy companys and have them donate., Scott

http://community.webtv.net/WoodArtStudios/WoodArtStudios
http://community.webtv.net/WoodArtStudios/WOODARTSTUDIOS

http://community.webtv.net/WoodArtStudios/WANTED

http://community.webtv.net/WoodArtStudios/RenewableArt

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RE: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Sweat.

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy

Hello Peter,

Yes, I too am inclined to do what I can to forward those who show an
earnest desire to move forward in my physical location.  Fortunately, my
world view has the benefit of other juxtaposition-ing.  Flying with
eagles and crawling with lizards with all the in-betweens allows more
flexibility.  One family first-cousin was Secretary of the Navy and I
sometimes hang out with undocumented workers.  Thank you for the
quote.  I saved it in my files.  Learning to look at the boat's
movement/ progress and perils in the journey can be a life's adventure.

In the late 1960's while living in Mexico, I visited with a shop owner
and commented on how it could be possible to elevate her employee who
was hand-scrubbing laundry.  Her comment was that until this person
learned to do the first chores, she was not eligible to move to the next
level of competence.  Noteworthy comments include that the owner brought
most all of her employees up level-by-level until they gained additional
skills and she also paid them accordingly.  And as an employer of
several dozen village people, she had a wage scale that related to
ability and productivity.  Many of the women made substantial wages
(more than their husbands) and achieved a comfortable standard of living
(greater than I allowed myself to enjoy even when I had the resources.)

By the way, I just completed my most recent manuscript, Angela Lucina, a
story/ biography of a friend who was born as an illegitimate child in a
stick-and-mud hut in a wilderness in central Mexico.  Today, she is an
upper-middle-class, US citizen who donates time to assisting wayward
girls.  Hopefully my planned meeting with a local publisher is fruitful.
It's an in-depth social study of a contemporary Pygmalion
transformation.  In this earthly travel, we can only do the best we can
do with our available resources, talents, and creative application.
Hopefully by showing how ONE person changed reality, I can stimulate
understanding of exponential change.  Assuming that equality dictates
equal access to goods and services is naive.  What IS equal is our
access to an innate resource for creativity only limited by our beliefs.
The story demonstrates possibilities and potential.  Really it's a
social comment on Mexico/ US relations as are my other novels.   

Well, I don't know why I felt compelled to say this except that it
relates to a few recent bantering remarks with another list member and
that I feel good about accomplishing another goal.  As usual, I build in
earth stewardship comments, yet this narrative is not so focused on
saving the world, but more about attitude in elevating consciousness and
happiness.

Thanks for the email note.
Best wishes,
Peggy

Hi Peggy ;

I couldn't agree with you more.

People busy pulling on the oars are too busy to rock
the boat!  I also don't forget that they don't have many options
either.  In some ways this is not always a bad thing.

Best Regards,
Peter G.
Thailand

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RE: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread Niels Ans¿

www.malifolkecenter.org
they have experience and can supply

niels
Denmark


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 Subject: [Biofuel] Jatropha
 
Hello everyone!
 
I want to find out if there is a market for Jatropha nuts (for
bio-fuel) within Australia and if so how do I go about planting my own
crop so to say? I want to plant htem from cuttings as I have found out
that this way has a higher survival rate than that of crops started
from seeds. I need to know where I would purchase a Jatropha plant or
if there is a supplier who I can purchase clippings from.  How does
one go about this? Who might one talk to about this?  Does anyone have
a clue? I've been searching for months now with no success
 
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RE: [Biofuel] Biomass : a new record for US ethanol industry

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy

Hello Frantz,

The really big news is in cellulosic processing and the associated
escalated potential!  Innovations in enzyme and microbial development
will rapidly change the entire fuel ethanol production picture.  I
recently re-read the charts on JTF about production capacity.  They are
not even close to anticipated potential via new processing techniques.
And new data is available from the DOE yet it too can only report
according to university-type studies and their own NREL labs.

And this is where our little start-up company offers our best
small-production capabilities. Keeping the focus community-oriented and
not corporately controlled industry can encourage self-sufficiency.
Each regional bioregion has specific feedstock advantages.  The next
evolutionary step is to maximize cellulosic breakdown to enhance
regional potential.  I feel the need to repeat the message about
sugarcane as it was recently misconstrued to be a message to
recapitulate previous sociological-political degradation.  The plant
itself is superior in fuel ethanol potential.  Making over 4000 gallons
of renewable fuel ethanol per acre is reason enough to revamp previous
restraints of whatever shadow was cast by the world organizations--the
point being that small communities can take care of local needs with
small acreage.  I am not trying to encourage huge loans from world
banks.  I am supporting indigenous people to utilize their innate
feedstock production capabilities for their own uses. And this relates
to whatever cellulosic material is available within any physical
location.

Please fell free to communicate with me on or off list about your
specific feedstock. I will be happy to respond.  BioFuels Energy
Corporation is set up to promote rural economic development from a grass
roots level.  Innovation can make a huge difference in production
capabilities.  And if you are simply interested in traditional
processing, this is also a viable alternative and economically feasible
despite much reported data.  JTF has a rich resource of material on
traditional processing.  Just like biodiesel, many reports are biased to
enhance giant corporations and/ or also biased against the same.  Fuel
ethanol is in transition development.

Best wishes,
Peggy


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30/12/2004 : The Renewable Fuels Association announced that the U.S. 
ethanol industry set a monthly production record for October of 226,000 
barrels per day (b/d), according to data released by the U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.

Production was up 20 percent compared to last October when 188,000 b/d 
of ethanol were produced. October's daily production record also ties 
the all-time monthly record set in September of this year.

The ethanol industry is expected to produce more than 3.4 billion 
gallons in 2004, up from 2.81 billion gallons in 2003. Currently, 83 
ethanol plants nationwide have the capacity to produce nearly 3.6 
billion gallons annually.

There are 16 ethanol plants and 2 major expansions under construction 
with a combined annual capacity of almost 750 million gallons.
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RE: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy

Hello Arttu,

Thank you for this information.

Peggy

Subject: RE: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines

Ethanol fuel is known to do 2 things in engines not designed for it:
corrode 
rubber parts and draw water to itself from the air.

Manufacturers have taken the prior into consideration with oxygenated
fuels 
(gasohol) becoming more widely used.  Your owners manual should say 
something about it.  They might list a maximum ethanol content (about
10%), 
but i think it has more to do with water accumulating in the fuel in 
storage.  If the rubber can stand ethanol, it doesn't matter what the
ratio 
is.

To avoid problems from the latter, make sure to use fresh fuel.  For 
storage, empty the fuel system completely and oil the metal parts(the
tank, 
mainly), or fill it with regular gasoline with a bit of stabilizer.

2-strokes seem to be a little more sensitive to lean fuel-air mixtures,
so 
they require richer jetting with ethanol.  But if you're using stock 
carburetor settings, leave them in, they're set rich just be safe, and
the 
higher octane rating will tolerate leaner jetting without knocking.  If
you 
really know what you're doing, you could advance the timing a bit to
take 
advantage of the higher octane rating.

I have never heard of any 2-stroke oils being incompatible with ethanol,
use 
them at a normal fuel-oil ratio or leave your oil injection at stock 
settings.  Some use ethanol in 2-stroke go-carts, they might know more
about 
the subject.

-Arttu

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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:59:23 +0200

Dear Sirs,

Can anybody tell me what kind of fuel mixture (ethanol based) can be
used 
to
fuel 2-cycle engine and what modifications had to be made?

Best regards and thank you in advance,
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RE: [Biofuel] Donation Acknowledgements

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy

Hello Gustl,

Is it appropriate to ask how we are doing with numbers of responses and
contributions?  Just wondering if there is a need to repeat the request
for help or if goals are reasonable satisfied.

Thanks,
Peggy

Subject: [Biofuel] Donation Acknowledgements

Hallo Folks,

If anyone who has sent me a donation for the list/JtF has not received
an  acknowledgement  email please let me know.  Also, if I have failed
to  send  out  the receipts for a tax deductible donation again please
let me know.  I think I am on top of this but it seems these days that
what I think and what I know do not always agree.

I hope you all have a good new year and many more following them.

Happy Happy,

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RE: [Biofuel] agroecological production of biofuel integratingagroforestry, polyculture and mushrooms

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy

Hello Dave,

I just got around to reading this post after returning from my leave
before Christmas.  Paul is VERY interested in pursuing biofuels in
relationship to mushrooms and will accept new challenges if they can be
fruitful (Excuse the pun).  Paul is approachable and has the resources
to carry on good ideas as well as support others in their mycological
pursuits.  Like all bioscience, mycology frontiers offer new approaches
to organic relationships.  Let me know if I can be of help.  We studied
with Paul several years ago and look forward to implementing mycological
filters in water purification.  His research on this is also extremely
impressive.  Paul recently corresponded with me concerning relationship
between mushrooms and biofuels.  I wrote a note about his work in
petroleum-contamination remediation for which he won due recognition.
He would very much like to participate in a pilot project and
demonstration.  Let me know what you have in mind.

Thanks for you note.

Best wishes,
Peggy

Subject: RE: [Biofuel] agroecological production of biofuel
integratingagroforestry, polyculture and mushrooms

Hello Keith,

Kind of basic questions.

I doubt you'll find much of the really essential mushrooms growing in 
any corn or any other type of field associated with ADM, ie the 
mycorrhizal fungi. That's probably a good place of start. If you get 
that right you'll probably get everyhing else right too, and if you 
don't you won't, no matter what else you do. Start here: 

Trees and Toadstools by M.C. Rayner, D.Sc., Faber and Faber, 1945.
Dr Rayner can be credited with putting the mycorrhizal association on 
the agricultural map. Mycorrhizas are fungus-roots, a symbiotic 
relationship between plant roots and friendly soil fungi without 
which most plants cannot thrive, while many cannot even survive 
without their fungal partners. The fungus actually feeds the plant, 
and in return the plant feeds the fungus the products of the green 
leaf which the fungus is unable to make for itself. Enhanced by good 
humus maintenance and often damaged by chemical fertilizers and 
pesticides, the mycorrhizal association is fundamental to why organic 
growing works.
http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html#rayner 

Full text online.

Best wishes

Keith

Basic questions indeed, but I'm still seeking to hear about people's
real life experiences with farming the fuel in polyculture. Haven't
heard much on that level though I know it's here.

My question on mushrooms was more directed toward saprophytic fungi,
though hearing about what mycorrhizal fungi biofuel farmers are
incorporating, if any, would be interesting. Of course it is not likely
that there is much of anything living and non-corn present in the soil
of ADM fields--they apply heavy fungicides, herbicides, pesticides, etc.
But as a sustainable agriculture enthusiast, I can venture to guess that
by allowing the biodiversity to expand in their fields, ADM could
increase the resilience of their systems, cut costs on chemical inputs,
increase and diversify yields, and end up with slightly more fertile
soil. Imagine a basic study such as a comparison of (1) a conventional
monoculture corn field with (2) an organic and fungi-inoculated
monoculture corn field with (3) an organic and fungi inoculated
polyculture of corn-beans-squash. Is a study like that of any use or is
it redundant? What would entice ADM to try more ecologically sound
methods? I would think that economic feasibility and increased profits
may be their jargon.

I appreciate your comments.

- Dave 

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RE: [Biofuel] agroecological production of biofuel integratingagroforestry, polyculture and mushrooms

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe

Peggy,

Re: your note I (Peggy) wrote a note about his (Paul)
work in petroleum-contamination remediation.

I plan to scan JTF archives for the petroleum
remediation information. 

Thank you ahead of time for any response.

 



--- Peggy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello Dave,
 
 I just got around to reading this post after
 returning from my leave
 before Christmas.  Paul is VERY interested in
 pursuing biofuels in
 relationship to mushrooms and will accept new
 challenges if they can be
 fruitful (Excuse the pun).  Paul is approachable and
 has the resources
 to carry on good ideas as well as support others in
 their mycological
 pursuits.  Like all bioscience, mycology frontiers
 offer new approaches
 to organic relationships.  Let me know if I can be
 of help.  We studied
 with Paul several years ago and look forward to
 implementing mycological
 filters in water purification.  His research on this
 is also extremely
 impressive.  Paul recently corresponded with me
 concerning relationship
 between mushrooms and biofuels.  I wrote a note
 about his work in
 petroleum-contamination remediation for which he won
 due recognition.
 He would very much like to participate in a pilot
 project and
 demonstration.  Let me know what you have in mind.
 
 Thanks for you note.
 
 Best wishes,
 Peggy
 
 Subject: RE: [Biofuel] agroecological production of
 biofuel
 integratingagroforestry, polyculture and mushrooms
 
 Hello Keith,
 
 Kind of basic questions.
 
 I doubt you'll find much of the really essential
 mushrooms growing in 
 any corn or any other type of field associated with
 ADM, ie the 
 mycorrhizal fungi. That's probably a good place of
 start. If you get 
 that right you'll probably get everyhing else right
 too, and if you 
 don't you won't, no matter what else you do. Start
 here: 
 
 Trees and Toadstools by M.C. Rayner, D.Sc., Faber
 and Faber, 1945.
 Dr Rayner can be credited with putting the
 mycorrhizal association on 
 the agricultural map. Mycorrhizas are fungus-roots,
 a symbiotic 
 relationship between plant roots and friendly soil
 fungi without 
 which most plants cannot thrive, while many cannot
 even survive 
 without their fungal partners. The fungus actually
 feeds the plant, 
 and in return the plant feeds the fungus the
 products of the green 
 leaf which the fungus is unable to make for itself.
 Enhanced by good 
 humus maintenance and often damaged by chemical
 fertilizers and 
 pesticides, the mycorrhizal association is
 fundamental to why organic 
 growing works.

http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html#rayner
 
 
 Full text online.
 
 Best wishes
 
 Keith
 
 Basic questions indeed, but I'm still seeking to
 hear about people's
 real life experiences with farming the fuel in
 polyculture. Haven't
 heard much on that level though I know it's here.
 
 My question on mushrooms was more directed toward
 saprophytic fungi,
 though hearing about what mycorrhizal fungi biofuel
 farmers are
 incorporating, if any, would be interesting. Of
 course it is not likely
 that there is much of anything living and non-corn
 present in the soil
 of ADM fields--they apply heavy fungicides,
 herbicides, pesticides, etc.
 But as a sustainable agriculture enthusiast, I can
 venture to guess that
 by allowing the biodiversity to expand in their
 fields, ADM could
 increase the resilience of their systems, cut costs
 on chemical inputs,
 increase and diversify yields, and end up with
 slightly more fertile
 soil. Imagine a basic study such as a comparison of
 (1) a conventional
 monoculture corn field with (2) an organic and
 fungi-inoculated
 monoculture corn field with (3) an organic and fungi
 inoculated
 polyculture of corn-beans-squash. Is a study like
 that of any use or is
 it redundant? What would entice ADM to try more
 ecologically sound
 methods? I would think that economic feasibility and
 increased profits
 may be their jargon.
 
 I appreciate your comments.
 
 - Dave 
 
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RE: [Biofuel] Help with animal fats

2005-01-05 Thread Adenike Adebanjo

thanks a million.
 
Nike

Mccall Tom WP US [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I would think that the water present would slow down the reaction. 

And the presence of Fatty acids that are not converted by transesterification 
but require Fisher (low pH) Esterification would give 
less than expected results.

However, good water removal and Fisher Esterification followed by 
Transesterification should give good results.

Tom

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hello everyone,

Please I need to know why tranesterification to biodiesel is not so efficient 
with animal fats such as tallow and lard.

Regards

Nike



Anti-Fossil wrote:
Hello John,

I'm not sure how southern you are in Ontario, but I live in southern
Minnesota, and had the same results from my garden that you mentioned. For
us, it was a combination of the first half, to two-thirds of the growing
season being too cool, with the latter half to one-third being almost a
complete wash-out. Our temps did finally normalize, but by the time they
did even our muskrats were looking for higher ground! Really pushed our
farmers back as well, good thing winter came late.

AntiFossil
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- Original Message - 
From: John Mullan 
To: 
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:36 PM
Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Seeds


 Sorry, I don't have any recommendations for you. But I did want to
mention
 that I use normal store bought pre-sprouted plants every year. This year
I
 had horrible time with my veggies. Tomatoes especially took it hard this
 year. Looked diseased. Sweet green and hot peppers did fine. String
beans
 did OK. Even onions faired poorly. I can't figure out what actually
 happend. I live in Southern Ontario.


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 Subject: [Biofuel] Seeds


 Hello everyone!

 My sweetheart and I have been planning our garden for this year.
 Last year's vegetables were, by far, the most successful we have ever
 managed; a fact particularly heartening when the poor condition of our
 soil is considered. (We're still eating fresh carrots, which we have
 left in the ground. Even in January, they are sweet and firm!)

 We'd used old seed. Our corn was especially pathetic. Tomatoes (the
 texture of which I liken to biting a human lip) stayed green until the
 rain arrived in October, then simply rotted. (This was a shame
 because my eldest son is particularly fond of them.) Squash, peas,
 purple beans, beets, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes and carrots did
 exceedingly well. Our broccoli was very late, but especially
 delicious. Cabbage did well for the first part of the summer, then
 the weather turned REALLY hot and the heads tended to split.

 Aside from the pumpkins, (which were fine grained and sweet) fruit
 didn't fare very well. Melons and cantaloupe never really developed.
 Our fruit trees are weak, but I'm working on that. . .

 We want to use fresh seed this year. Do any of you have any
 recommendations for cool, west coast climate vegetables? We would
 prefer a seed distributor located in western Canada or the United States.

 Thanks in advance!


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Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread nbvillarruz



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At 01:06 AM 1/5/05, you wrote:

My father is in the construction trade and he asked me last night who he 
might ask if his services would be useful in rebuilding things in tsunami 
devastated areas, I don't really have those kinds of contacts but I 
imagine someone on this list might. does anyone know who he would contact 
to offer to go over there and help rebuild?


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Re: [Biofuel] Tsunami relief Clean water

2005-01-05 Thread Wynn S.



For those of us who aren't in a position to do much more than send 
money, it's difficult to even figure which charity is the most worthy--


Yes Patrick, that IS a big concern.
Two agencies that I have confidence in are:
AFSC -American Friends Service Committee
Oxfam

I'm sure there are many others.

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Re[2]: [Biofuel] Donation Acknowledgements

2005-01-05 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender

Hallo Peggy,

Tuesday, 04 January, 2005, 20:50:04, you wrote:

P Hello Gustl,

P Is it appropriate to ask how we are doing with numbers of responses and
P contributions?  Just wondering if there is a need to repeat the request
P for help or if goals are reasonable satisfied.

P Thanks,
P Peggy

Of course it is appropriate. :o)

I  have  been  contacted  by  15  list members for my address and have
received  donations from six of them and have donated myself.  We have
received a total of $350 to date.

While  that is impressive from just seven people I had really hoped to
spread  the burden a little thinner and to have been able to report to
Keith  and  Martin substantially more.  With over 2,000 list members I
had  hoped  that  with  a  dollar or two apiece from somewhere pushing
close to half of us that would be a burden we could share and bear.

I  just  checked into what it would cost to upgrade my computer and to
put  it  in  decent  shape hardware wise (cpu, mainboard, memory, hard
disk  of a decent size) I would have to pay $500 or more.  I know that
running  a  server and upgrading that is even more costly.  I won't be
upgrading my computer anytime soon by the way. :o)

From  my  point of view this is an effort in community building, right
living  and effort. Just as in any family we have our difficulties but
in  the end we are interested in the welfare of the family and helping
those  in  the  family  (and  again  from  my point of view we are all
members of the human family). This list and JtF are perhaps only small
things  in  the  narrow  view  but it is more often than not the small
things  which  make the most difference. In this case this small thing
is  working  to  make  the  lives  of  us  all better. The efforts and
cooperation  of  Keith  and  Martin,  and indeed all on this list, are
aimed  at  making  a  kinder and better world for us all. There may be
those  who are interested only in their own gain but I believe them to
be  in  the minority. If we are nothing else we are a small example of
how things can and hopefully will someday be.

I  appreciate,  and  know  that  both  Keith  and  Martin do also, the
generosity of those kind folks who have donated to this worthy effort.
If  anyone else cares to pitch in I have no plans to go anywhere for a
while  and will be happy to receive and pass on any further donations.
More  money  is  needed but not expected as this is a purely voluntary
effort.   I  view each gift as an unexpected surprise and am grateful.

Happy Happy,

Gustl
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soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, 
without signposts.  
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da§ sie gerade deshalb von der gewšhnlichen Welt nicht 
gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden.

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Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Donation Acknowledgements

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe

Dear Gustl,

Still awaiting my first consulting agreement check and
as soon as it arrives will send you a little bit.

WOlfe
--- Gustl Steiner-Zehender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hallo Peggy,
 
 Tuesday, 04 January, 2005, 20:50:04, you wrote:
 
 P Hello Gustl,
 
 P Is it appropriate to ask how we are doing with
 numbers of responses and
 P contributions?  Just wondering if there is a need
 to repeat the request
 P for help or if goals are reasonable satisfied.
 
 P Thanks,
 P Peggy
 
 Of course it is appropriate. :o)
 
 I  have  been  contacted  by  15  list members for
 my address and have
 received  donations from six of them and have
 donated myself.  We have
 received a total of $350 to date.
 
 While  that is impressive from just seven people I
 had really hoped to
 spread  the burden a little thinner and to have been
 able to report to
 Keith  and  Martin substantially more.  With over
 2,000 list members I
 had  hoped  that  with  a  dollar or two apiece from
 somewhere pushing
 close to half of us that would be a burden we could
 share and bear.
 
 I  just  checked into what it would cost to upgrade
 my computer and to
 put  it  in  decent  shape hardware wise (cpu,
 mainboard, memory, hard
 disk  of a decent size) I would have to pay $500 or
 more.  I know that
 running  a  server and upgrading that is even more
 costly.  I won't be
 upgrading my computer anytime soon by the way. :o)
 
 From  my  point of view this is an effort in
 community building, right
 living  and effort. Just as in any family we have
 our difficulties but
 in  the end we are interested in the welfare of the
 family and helping
 those  in  the  family  (and  again  from  my point
 of view we are all
 members of the human family). This list and JtF are
 perhaps only small
 things  in  the  narrow  view  but it is more often
 than not the small
 things  which  make the most difference. In this
 case this small thing
 is  working  to  make  the  lives  of  us  all
 better. The efforts and
 cooperation  of  Keith  and  Martin,  and indeed all
 on this list, are
 aimed  at  making  a  kinder and better world for us
 all. There may be
 those  who are interested only in their own gain but
 I believe them to
 be  in  the minority. If we are nothing else we are
 a small example of
 how things can and hopefully will someday be.
 
 I  appreciate,  and  know  that  both  Keith  and 
 Martin do also, the
 generosity of those kind folks who have donated to
 this worthy effort.
 If  anyone else cares to pitch in I have no plans to
 go anywhere for a
 while  and will be happy to receive and pass on any
 further donations.
 More  money  is  needed but not expected as this is
 a purely voluntary
 effort.   I  view each gift as an unexpected
 surprise and am grateful.
 
 Happy Happy,
 
 Gustl
 -- 
 Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von uns.
 Mitglied-Team AMIGA
 ICQ: 22211253-Gustli
 
 The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the
 gentle slope, 
 soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without
 milestones, 
 without signposts.  
 C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
 
 Es gibt Wahrheiten, die so sehr auf der Straße
 liegen, 
 daß sie gerade deshalb von der gewöhnlichen Welt
 nicht 
 gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden.
 
 Those who dance are considered insane by those who
 can't
 hear the music.  
 George Carlin
 
 The best portion of a good man's life -
 His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness
 and of love.
 William Wordsworth
 
 
 
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Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread Legal Eagle


Luc
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Subject: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts


My father is in the construction trade and he asked me last night who he 
might ask if his services would be useful in rebuilding things in 
tsunami devastated areas, I don't really have those kinds of contacts 
but I imagine someone on this list might. does anyone know who he would 
contact to offer to go over there and help rebuild?


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Re: [Biofuel] Tsunami relief Clean water

2005-01-05 Thread John Miggins

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  December 31, 2004

  AID TO TSUNAMI SURVIVORS
  On this last day of 2004, Sally Fallon and I wish you a most 
empowering and profound of New Year's.

  With the devastation and loss of life that occurred this past week in 
east Asia, the world has been sent message of the profound need to realize 
that we are one community of people, not individuals separated by artificial 
boundaries, race, sex, religion, culture and politics. We are a global 
family being called to assist our brothers and sisters in their greatest 
hour of need. Because of the magnitude and scale of destruction, this event 
has the potential to become a unifying cauldron as millions of people become 
more aware of the powerful reality of our global oneness that binds humanity 
together in a common destiny and a common hope for a brighter, more peaceful 
future for all.

  Calls for help and donations have been pouring through many different 
channels. I have provided below a list of organizations that are seriously 
involved with rescue and aid services to the 5 million tsunami survivors. If 
you have not done so already, please consider a monetary donation to one of 
more of the these worthwhile organizations.

  How you can help

  A very dear friend of mine, Nancy Rivard, is president of Airline 
Ambassadors International (AAI), http://www.airlineamb.org/, a non-profit 
aid organization that escorts children in need, hand-deliver humanitarian 
aid to orphanages, clinics, and remote communities, assist at special events 
and involve youth in humanitarian efforts around the world. This week they 
created Operation Earthquake/Tsunami, a collaborative effort among 
commercial airlines to support relief efforts. AAI's Medical Director, Dr. 
Daniel Sussot, is in Sri Lanka now working with Nobel nominee, Dr. A.T. 
Ariyaratne to coordinate efforts on the ground. AAI has identified 350 
pallets of critically needed relief supplies ready for transport, including 
water purification equipment, hygiene supplies, medical equipment, blankets 
and food. Right now, only well organized aid, such as what AAI has, is 
required. What is needed from
  individuals are monetary donations. Airline Ambassadors has set up a 
restricted account to receive financial donations for this purpose. For more 
information about Operation Earthquake/Tsunami, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] . 
Nancy is an exceptional person and her organization has aided thousands of 
people around the world.

  If you are so inclined, please send checks to:

  Airline Ambassadors International
  Operation Earthquake/Tsunami
  1625 W. Crosby Rd.
  Suite 132
  Carrollton, TX 75006

  AAI will acknowledge your donation with a tax deductible receipt.

  Other Aid Organizations

  Following is an alphabetical list of some of the agencies accepting 
contributions to assist those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in 
Asia:

  American Jewish World Service
  800-889-7146
  http://www.ajws.org/

  American Friends Service Committee
  (AFSC Crisis Fund)
  888-588-2372
  http://www.afsc.org/

  American Red Cross
  800-HELP NOW
  http://www.redcross.org/

  Baptist World Aid
  703-790-8980
  http://www.bwanet.org/bwaid/

  B'nai B'rith International
  212-490-3290
  http://www.bnaibrith.org/

  Care
  1-800-521-CARE
  http://www.care.org/

  Catholic Relief Services
  410-625-2220
  http://www.kintera.org/htmlcontent.asp?cid=41794

  Direct Relief International
  805-964-4767
  http://www.directrelief.org/index.html

  Doctors Without Borders
  888-392-0392
  http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

  International Medical Corps
  800-481-4462
  http://www.imcworldwide.org/index.shtml

  Episcopal relief and development South Asia Relief Fund
  http://www.er-d.org/

  Habitat for Humanity International Asia Tsunami Reponse Fund
  http://www.habitat.org/

  Heart to Heart International
  http://www.hearttoheart.org/

  International Relief Teams Asia Earthquake/Floods
  http://www.irteams.org/

  Latter-Day Saint Charities Welfare Services Emergency Response
  http://www.providentliving.org/channel/0,11677,4589-1,00.html

  Lutheran World Relief
  800-597-5972
  http://www.lwr.org/

  Oxfam America
  800-77-Oxfam
  http://www.oxfamamerica.org/

  Plan USA Asia Disaster
  http://www.planusa.org/index.php

  Project HOPE
  800-544-4673
  http://www.projecthope.org/

  Save the Children
  800-728-3843
  http://www.savethechildren.org/

  Salvation Army World Service Office
  (SAWSO)
  800-SALV-ARMY
  http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/

  United Nations World Food Program
  202-530-1694
  

[Biofuel] The Straight Up on Biodiesel - Can you dig it?!

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe

Here's a great biode definition from a real thinker on
another bioblog:

Straight Up 
Eric over at Schoebiz posted an easy-to-understand
piece on the composition of biodiesel:
http://www.schoebiz.com/archives/80.php

I guess they use the word bio because the
ingredients come from biological sources. The
ingredients are methanol, lye, and fat. You can make
this stuff out of waste vegetable oil (WVO) from a
Burger King. Fat is just a series of triglycerides. A
triglyceride is comprised of three (tri) fatty acid
chains and one glycerine molecule. When you mix the
lye and methanol with the triglycerides, the lye
breaks up the glycerine from the three fatty acid
chains itâ#128;#153;s connected to. Then the
methanol comes in and connects with all the broken up
fatty acid chains. So the final product is basically a
whole lot of methyl esters (a methanol combined with a
fatty acid chain) mixed in with some leftover lye and
glycerine. Once you wash the solution and drain out
the extra shit, you have pure methyl esters. And
that's all biodiesel is. But let me tell you, these
methyl esters are crazy. I mean, you can run a
freaking car on them.
Right on, Eric.

Well said my biofuel friends, All I can say is Right
On! Can you dig it! 








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Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] The Balfour Decision Reconsidered

2005-01-05 Thread Ken Riznyk

In American schools they emphasize the Battle of New
Orleans, which incidently was fought after the war
ended. Being rebuffed in Canada was more or less
ignored. Every country has their own bias. I read some
more about the war on the internet and indeed most of
the sources give the victory to Canada. 
Ken
--- Lyle Estill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Interesting take.
 
 When I studied the war of 1812 in grade nine in
 Canada, this was 
 exactly the view.  The U.S. wanted territory, failed
 to take it, 
 therefore lost the war--to Canada nonetheless.
 
 Studying the same war in 10th grade in the United
 States, the message 
 was The U.S. has never lost a war.
 
 Korea and Vietnam did not count as they were police
 actions.
 
 
 On Jan 1, 2005, at 9:53 PM, Darryl McMahon wrote:
 
  I don't think the War of 1812 counts as a U.S. win
 either.  IIRC my 
  history
  correctly, that began as a European war
 (Napoleonic), and the U.S. 
  decided to grab
  the North American British colonies while Britain
 was distracted on 
  the continent,
  part of American expansionist desires (later known
 as Manifest 
  Destiny).  Yes, some
  British policies (impressing sailors from ships at
 sea, including some 
  U.S.
  citizens, to man her ships) did provide a pretext
 for U.S. campaigns 
  into British
  territories, but the desires to do so go back at
 least as far as 1810 
  in
  Congressional records.
 
  Instead, Washington D.C. was attacked, and the
 Executive Mansion - 
  later the White
  House - was set afire by British troops in August
 1814.  In fact, this 
  act was the
  basis for the name.  The building was not
 completely destroyed by the 
  fire, and in
  the subsequent hasty rebuilding, the structure
 (originally yellow 
  IIRC) was painted
  white (as white paint was the easiest to obtain
 quickly).
 
  In the end, the U.S. gained no British territory
 after their campaigns 
  north in
  1812-1814.  They did succeed in invading and
 occupying Spanish 
  territories during
  this period, e.g. parts of what is now Florida,
 Louisiana and Texas.  
  Actually, the
  U.S. ended up ceding the Passamaquoddy Islands and
 Grand Manan Island 
  to the
  British as part of the war settlement (Treaty of
 Ghent and subsequent 
  to 1817).
 
  In general, the British simply chose to hold their
 own territories in 
  North America
  during this period.  In those cases where they did
 take American 
  territory, they
  withdrew shortly afterward.  In fact, the British
 were distracted in 
  Europe, and
  did not wish to put any more resources into N.A.
 than absolutely 
  necessary.
 
  History certainly has its quirks.
 
  Darryl
 
  Ken Riznyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  --- Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  I do not
  know of any war, except the civil war, were the
  American soldier has been
  the winner. Maybe Iraq will be the first, but I
  personally doubt it.
 
  You Brits seem to have a short memory - did you
 forget
  the American Revolution and the War of 1812? I
 can see
  why you might want to forget those. But why did
 you
  forget the Spanish-American War, The Mexican War
 and
  the first Gulf War?
 
  Ken
 
 
 
  -- 
  Darryl McMahon  http://www.econogics.com/
  It's your planet.  If you won't look after it, who
 will?
 
 
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Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread Kirk McLoren

all charities leave something to be desired. The red cross for example
Marsha Johnson Evans
President, CEO
Compensation: $621,435

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/3277.htm

Rating page is

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/content.view/catid/2/cpid/35.htm

They get 4 stars BTW

Kirk


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- Original Message - 
From: John Guttridge 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:06 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts


 My father is in the construction trade and he asked me last night who he 
 might ask if his services would be useful in rebuilding things in 
 tsunami devastated areas, I don't really have those kinds of contacts 
 but I imagine someone on this list might. does anyone know who he would 
 contact to offer to go over there and help rebuild?
 
 John Guttridge
 
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Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread Legal Eagle


The question was where the man could adress himself so he could make use of 
his talent with his hands, not his wallet :-) The best bet financially is to 
find someone(s) and send it direct, otherwise you end up paying for the 
bureaucracy's expenses.Still, something is better than nothing, and nothing 
is pretty much where they are at right now.

Luc
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all charities leave something to be desired. The red cross for example
Marsha Johnson Evans
President, CEO
Compensation: $621,435

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/3277.htm

Rating page is

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/content.view/catid/2/cpid/35.htm

They get 4 stars BTW

Kirk


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To:
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Subject: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts



My father is in the construction trade and he asked me last night who he
might ask if his services would be useful in rebuilding things in
tsunami devastated areas, I don't really have those kinds of contacts
but I imagine someone on this list might. does anyone know who he would
contact to offer to go over there and help rebuild?

John Guttridge

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[Biofuel] odd story re quake

2005-01-05 Thread Kirk McLoren

Nicobar tribals refuse to come out from jungles — as per their predictions, 
fresh earthquakes strike the islands




January 4, 2005
India Daily

Indian Government finally confirms that threatened tribal aborigines are safe 
in Andaman – Nicobar islands – they sensed it coming and moved to higher 
grounds. They are not coming out from jungles in spite of repeated insistence 
of the Government. 

New fresh earthquakes shook the islands in the mean time. The tribals have 
communicated that the devastation based on their remote viewing techniques have 
not ended.

An earthquake of moderate intensity occurred off the coast of Great Nicobar 
Island in the early hours on Tuesday, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) 
said. The tremor measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale was recorded at 1.06 am. 
The epicentre of the quake was at 6.2 degrees north latitude and 92.2 degrees 
east longitude, IMD added.

Indian coast guard and military personnel finally confirmed after reaching all 
the islands in Nicobar and Andaman islands that most of the threatened tribal 
aborigines are fine. They moved to higher grounds sensing the earthquakes 

In the first contact between the administration and the endangered Sentelese 
aborigines in Sentenel Island in Anndaman and Nicobar, the tribals greeted the 
Coastguard helicopters by firing arrows at them. The action photographs of the 
Sentenel tribals firing arrows were displayed to newsmen here by Director 
General of Coastguard Vice Admiral A K Singh who said these were shot when the 
chopper was about 50 metres from ground on the island. The Coastguard 
helicopters'' landing on the island was the first sign that these aborgins, who 
are threatened with extinction, have survived Sunday's catastrophic tidal 
waves. Singh said his personnel had later made a reconnaissance of the island 
to find that the tribals were safe on the high grounds. Similarly, the 
coastguard teams had come across Onge tribals, who number about 100, on the 
great Nicobar islands and found that most of them were also safe. He said there 
were similar reports on the safety of the to other threatened aborgines
 inhabiting various islands. 

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Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Lowe



  Hello everyone!

  I want to find out if there is a market for Jatropha nuts (for
  bio-fuel) within Australia and if so how do I go about planting my own
  crop so to say? I want to plant htem from cuttings as I have found out
  that this way has a higher survival rate than that of crops started
  from seeds. I need to know where I would purchase a Jatropha plant or
  if there is a supplier who I can purchase clippings from.  How does
  one go about this? Who might one talk to about this?  Does anyone have
  a clue? I've been searching for months now with no success

  Frustrated~! Crystal, WA


	Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole - particularly if you're in WA. 
We, that is Australia, regard them as a weed and there is work being 
done to wipe them out. I don't know how various government bodies would 
react to them trying to wipe the stuff out and then you turning around 
and growing them.


	Anyway, here are a few URL's that spell out the situation. I had the 
same thoughts as you, get some dodgy land up north and grow masses of 
the stuff, but a bit of googling soon brought me back to reality :(


http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/programs/app/Weeds/phisicnut_d.htm
http://www.weeds.org.au/noxious.htm - search for Jatropha in the 
Scientific Name field

http://www.weeds.org.au/target.htm - look for Jatropha curcas
http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/jatrophacurcas.htm

Regards,
Andrew


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Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Lowe



Dear Crystal:
could you please tell me the Jatropha nuts oil production in litres/hect 
or gallon/acre?.

Tks,
Francisco.

	Have a look on Journey to Forever, 
http://www.journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html. The values here 
correspond with values I've seen from a few other sources.


Regards,
Andrew


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Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Lowe



G'day Mel/Jess;

Mel wasn't being funny, he was being factual. The FBI actually, and 
seriously, had that as a pre-requisite for identifying a terrorist. 
The Farmer's Almanac contains a whole whack of vitals that could be 
used . you know the rest of the drivel.


	No, being in Australia, we have had some of the drivel but not the full 
drivel. Are you referring to things such as how to make ANFO etc? If so 
then I had better hide my Explosives in Roadworks - Users Guide that I 
got whilst studying Civil Engineering - How to make ANFO, Nitro 
glycerine, Water gels, Blasting equipment, Blast design theory and 
applications, Loading, Firing, Misfires, Special applications of 
Explosive, Drawimgs of transportable magazines for storage of explosive. 
It's an interesting read.



It boggels the mind eh?
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crack me up.  thanks.
Jess


[snip]

Regards,
Andrew

p.s. Hi to the CIA/NSA/FBI bloke who's going to intercept and read this 
based on a keyword search ;)



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Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Lowe


My father is in the construction trade and he asked me last night who he 
might ask if his services would be useful in rebuilding things in 
tsunami devastated areas, I don't really have those kinds of contacts 
but I imagine someone on this list might. does anyone know who he would 
contact to offer to go over there and help rebuild?


John Guttridge



	I think you will find that the countries don't need all that much 
outside help when it comes to reconstruction. They have much manpower, 
even taking into account the massive loss of life, and then paying these 
people to build is a good way of getting money to the local  economies. 
A lot of these people where fishermen, and have subsequently lost their 
boats hence are not capable of earning an income the old way.


	Something that may be worth passing onto your father though is that 
these people will need tools. When East Timor was destroyed by Indonesia 
in 1998/1999/2000, if memory serves me correctly, Australia sent up some 
tradesmen to teach the locals how to swing a hammer but also ran huge 
tool drives where people, back in Australia, where encouraged to clean 
out the old back shed and send their rusting tools to local collection 
points. The tools where then cleaned up and sent to East Timor so that 
the locals had something to work with. I personally think this is a 
better way of doing things rather than sending a mob of Western 
construction people there to actually do the rebuilding.


Regards,
Andrew Lowe


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[Biofuel] Jatropha Curcus

2005-01-05 Thread crystal wormald


  After reading your reply to our question, we had a good giggle and
  decided that your gooogle search wasn't that good.

  Mr. Tim Heard of the CSIRO Entomology department in Brisbane has
  assured us that it is only

   Integrated management of bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia L.)
  in north Queensland... that is being controlled.

  I don't think the rest of the world would be planting Jatropha Curcus
  in such great quantities if

  there was any danger of it becoming a pest.

  I have copied the Email that I received from Mr. Tim Heard.

  Thank you for your email. I am aware that J. curcas is a potentially
  very important source of biofuel. J. curcas is a minor weed only in
  Australia so our efforts at biocontrol are only aimed at J.
  gossypiifolia, which is a serious weed here and also in many other
  tropical countries. We always test our biocontrol agents against
  curcas too. If an agent against gossypiifolia attacked curcas we would
  not suggest that it be used where there is interest in developing a
  curcas industry. The only agent released in Australia so far, the
  bellyache bush jewel bug, does not attack curcas at all.

  Regards,
  Tim Heard
  CSIRO Entomology
  120 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly 4068, Brisbane, Australia
  Email  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Telephone   07 3214 2843

  And this e-mail we recieved today:
  Crystal,

  We would be happy to look at the possibility of purchasing jatropha
  oil from you for use in biodiesel production, depending of course on
  the economics.  You could either sell the nuts to a commercial
  crushing facility, or pay for them to be toll-crushed, or else you
  could otherwise install capacity for crushing the nuts on-farm.

  Please provide me with your expected annual production volume,
  expected sale price per tonne, and your location.

  Regards,

  Mike Jureidini
  Biofuels Consultant
  Australian Farmers Fuel (SAFF)
  ph   1800 000 609
  fax  1300 660 664
  [2]www.farmersfuel.com.au

  Perhaps if you really want to know about Biodeisel you should be
  looking at other countries and learning from them as they are surely
  along way ahead of Australia. Try our
  suggestion: [3]www.biodieseltoday.com  [4]www.jatrophaworld.org

  Need we say more?

References

  1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  2. javascript:ol('http://www.farmersfuel.com.au');
  3. http://www.biodieseltoday.com/
  4. http://www.jatrophaworld.org/
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Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-05 Thread Legal Eagle



Yup, that'll get you on the list for sure. And for the latest loon from 
the loonies ? Wrist watches with altmeters attached are now considered 
terrorist paraphenelia. So if you do any parachute jumping and have one of 
those thousand dollar jumpo meter watches you are now a potential 
terrorist.

Insanity can be cured, but it first takes the will to cure it...
Luc
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Legal Eagle wrote:

G'day Mel/Jess;

Mel wasn't being funny, he was being factual. The FBI actually, and 
seriously, had that as a pre-requisite for identifying a terrorist. 
The Farmer's Almanac contains a whole whack of vitals that could be used 
. you know the rest of the drivel.


No, being in Australia, we have had some of the drivel but not the full 
drivel. Are you referring to things such as how to make ANFO etc? If so 
then I had better hide my Explosives in Roadworks - Users Guide that I 
got whilst studying Civil Engineering - How to make ANFO, Nitro glycerine, 
Water gels, Blasting equipment, Blast design theory and applications, 
Loading, Firing, Misfires, Special applications of Explosive, Drawimgs of 
transportable magazines for storage of explosive. It's an interesting 
read.



It boggels the mind eh?
Luc
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crack me up.  thanks.
Jess


[snip]

Regards,
Andrew

p.s. Hi to the CIA/NSA/FBI bloke who's going to intercept and read this 
based on a keyword search ;)



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[Biofuel] etanol:gasolin ratio

2005-01-05 Thread Niels Ans¿

How much bio ethanol do you need for direct replacement of one litre
gasoline(B100)

 

Kind regards

Niels

dk

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Re: [Biofuel] The Straight Up on Biodiesel - Can you dig it?!

2005-01-05 Thread Dan Wilde

Hello everyone, I am new to this, I am going to make a Biodiesel unit. My 
question is,out of all the ideas out there, what unit is giving the cleanest 
fuel and is there a set of plans I may buy on this unit.I was planning to make 
it out of stainless steel, and make it right the first time.
Many thanks
Dan Wilde, Albuquerque,NM

Phillip Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's a great biode definition from a real thinker on
another bioblog:

Straight Up 
Eric over at Schoebiz posted an easy-to-understand
piece on the composition of biodiesel:
http://www.schoebiz.com/archives/80.php

I guess they use the word bio because the
ingredients come from biological sources. The
ingredients are methanol, lye, and fat. You can make
this stuff out of waste vegetable oil (WVO) from a
Burger King. Fat is just a series of triglycerides. A
triglyceride is comprised of three (tri) fatty acid
chains and one glycerine molecule. When you mix the
lye and methanol with the triglycerides, the lye
breaks up the glycerine from the three fatty acid
chains it’s connected to. Then the
methanol comes in and connects with all the broken up
fatty acid chains. So the final product is basically a
whole lot of methyl esters (a methanol combined with a
fatty acid chain) mixed in with some leftover lye and
glycerine. Once you wash the solution and drain out
the extra shit, you have pure methyl esters. And
that's all biodiesel is. But let me tell you, these
methyl esters are crazy. I mean, you can run a
freaking car on them.
Right on, Eric.

Well said my biofuel friends, All I can say is Right
On! Can you dig it! 








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[Biofuel] Tripple Purpose Genset

2005-01-05 Thread Legal Eagle



After having checked about with guys running refridgerated trailer units I 
am happy to learn that my suspicions were correct. They can keep foddstufs 
frozen or reduce the ambient temperature or they can also heat to a maximum 
of 27C, more than plenty for any application I could have hoped for.
They are housed in large units but that is for compactedness. there is a 
battery and alternator, fuel pump ect. so that it is a stand alone unit.
Now what remians to be determined is the viability of using something like 
this, mounted on the exterior wall of a temporary building such as a 
construction trailer, of a smaller dimension than that of a full sixed 
refridgerated unit and extending it's use to include the charging of a 
battery bank. This would make the entire thing completely independant as 
well as be able to fully function in cold weather, The fuel tank (BD) would 
be indoors and so would not have the problem of needing supplemenal heat to 
keep it from geling.The ambient tenmp for the processor and water tanks 
would also be able to be controlled easily using the reafer unit's 
electronic controls which would now be mounted inside as would be the 
thermometer activated switch to run the unit on recycle or continuous. 
Set the desired temp on the touch pad and make sure you have fuel and go 
away knowing thiings will be nice and toasty or cooled to spec as the 
situation warrants.
Using ducts one could set it up so that it would be a livable situation or 
at least comfortable to spend the night or two regardless of heat or cold 
outside. A great option for out of the way shack-type applications IMHO.
Anyway, there you have it.Now remains to have a situation that requires 
putting into practice and seeing if all this theory stands up.

An idea that is put on hold but not thrown out :-)

Luc


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[Biofuel] nissan diesel

2005-01-05 Thread ken murphy

I have recently acquired 1982 (Datsun)Nissan diesel
wagon.  If anyone knows how well this vehicle will
operate on vegetable oil and what conversion might be
necessary, I will appreciate the information.  I live
in the Phoenix, Arizona, USA area where temperatures
range from hot in the summer (110 degrees Fahrenheit),
to a few days a year when it might freeze in winter
but just barely.  Daytime temperatures here lately are
in the 50's.  This is typical for winter. 
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/weather/c_select2.jsp?pers=ywhere=85210x=12y=14

Also, The vehicle I have is in need of an injection
pump.  At $3100 a new one is out of the question.  If
anyone has info on rebuilding that part, I need it.  

Thanks

Kemp



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[Biofuel] storing vegetable oil

2005-01-05 Thread ken murphy

If I want to use vegetable oil as fuel, I want to be
able to have a month's supply in reserve.  How well
will vegetable oil store?  How is it done?  Will new
and Used oil store the same?

thanks

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[Biofuel] Fwd: Grants under the Biomass Research and Development Initiative

2005-01-05 Thread Rob Hayes



 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:58:49 -0800 (PST)
 From: Rob Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Grants under the Biomass Research and Development Initiative
 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
 
 Certainly someone in this group will bite on this.  How about grants from 
$200,000 to 
 $2M directed toward innovation.  This years' focus is on development and 
demonstration 
 projects that lead to greater commercialization. 
 
 Excerpts below - read full announcements at website:
 
http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USDA/NRCS/2890/67-3A75-5-22/Attachments.html#upload4211
 
---
 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Energy 
(DOE) jointly
 announce the availability of fiscal year 2005 (FY05) funds and solicit 
applications for
 financial assistance  addressing research, development, and demonstration of 
biomass based
 products, bioenergy, biofuels, biopower, and related processes.  This funding 
opportunity,
 herein referred to as the “solicitation,” is intended to promote greater 
innovation and
 development related to biomass, and to support Federal policy calling for 
greater use of
 biomass-based products, feedstock production, and processing and conversion.
 
 2.General Information
 
 USDA and DOE are seeking applications to address four specific Technical Topic 
Areas as set
 out below.  The agency supporting each Topic is indicated, and Topic Areas are 
discussed in
 greater detail in Appendix B.  The Topics listed here are the only eligible 
topic areas
 under
 this solicitation.  Each individual application must respond to only one of 
the four
 Technical
 Topic Areas.  However, an applicant may submit multiple, unique applications 
and thus
 respond
 to multiple topics.
 
 The Technical Topic Areas are:
 

Topic-1:Feedstock Development and Production  
Topic-2:Biobased Products Development and Environmental and 
Economic erformance 
Topic-3:Integrated Resource Management and Biomass Use
Topic-4:Incentive Analysis for Commercialization
 

 
 1  The primary applicant can be a private sector entity, an institution of 
higher
 education,
 a national laboratory, a Federal research agency, a state research agency, a 
non-profit
 organization, or a consortium of two or more of the listed entities.  
Consortia are
 encouraged
 in order to bring important capabilities together to best achieve the desired 
innovation on
 biomass projects.  Institutions of higher education include colleges and 
universities beyond
 the secondary education level.  Private sector entities include companies, 
corporations,
 farms, ranches, cooperatives, and others that compete in the marketplace.  
 
 Pre-applications must be received no later than 6:00 p.m., eastern standard 
time, on
 February
 15, 2005.  All applicants are requested to use an express mail service (e.g., 
Fed-Ex, USPS,
 UPS, or other) to submit their pre-applications.  No hand-delivered, e-mail, 
or Fax
 pre-applications will be accepted.  
 
-
 
 Also, From the Biomass Research and Development Initiative website:
 
 Successful Deployment of Biomass Technologies, Jan. 5th, 2005 article:
 
http://www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov/news/DisplayRecentArticle.asp?idarticle=164
 
 

 



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Re: [Biofuel] biodiesel processor

2005-01-05 Thread David Frykeras



I sell biodieselprocessors ready for production from 400 litres/day to 4 
litres/day.


Please have a look at www.carryon.se

Best regards

David

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Is there someone here who sell biodiesel processor?  Where can I buy a 
biodiesel processor?


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Re: [Biofuel] etanol:gasolin ratio

2005-01-05 Thread FRANCISCO


Using energy as the key indicator ==  we can say ( roughly) ethanol has 
about 30%to 33% less energy than gasoline. So ethanol unit price per 
volume has to be 30% to 33% less than gasoline ( grossly ) in the event 
you use monetary definition. Using energy == energetically speaking 1 
liter of gasoline has the same amount of energy of 1,30 liters of 
ethanol to 1,33 liters of ethanol.
Ethanol has more octane than gasoline this is why it can be used as 
octane booster.

Very best for us
Chico

Niels Ans¿ wrote:


How much bio ethanol do you need for direct replacement of one litre
gasoline(B100)



Kind regards

Niels

dk

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Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread FRANCISCO


1) I am please to share with you my views about Jatropha after a 
detailed literature research during the last 2 years. We are about to 
start a work to domesticate Jatropha here in Brasil.


2) Those are the figures I am using for a local project using Jatropha 
curcas L.


*Planting*: 2 a 3 kg of _*seeds *_per hectare.(Approx. 1.300 seeds / 
Kg.). Assume 50% of seed will not generate healthy plants.**


*Potential  harvesting  ( _seeds_ not fruit ) *

*1¼ year*130   kg/ha**

*2¼  *520   kg/ ha

*3¼*1300   kg/ha

*4¼*2600   kg/ha

*5¼*4160   kg/ha

*6¼ till  30¼ year*6300   kg/ha

*Harvesting :* 1.300 a 2.500 kg _*seeds*_ per  hectare  third  year and on

*Productivity harvesting ( man hour ):* 2 kg a 3 kg seeds/ men hour  
there are no  mechanical equipment for jatropha yet. Assume  will 
maintain plant height at 2m. at the most.


*Oil content*: 5kg a 5,5 kg of seed has 1,25 litres a 1,48 liters of 
oil. ( 25% up to 35% content of oil )To run calculations  be 
conservative like i am as of now. There are no scientific hard data on 
this . First large experiment is being conduct by Daimler Benz at 
Gujarat, India .So far so good.


*__**__**__*Oil pressing efficiency: *__* 80 % o the potential oil  
(1,0 liters a 1,19 liters per hour ) (semi-industrial)

Cleaning efficiency: about  90 %

Transesterification: about 97% efficient

You have to dry the fruit in the shadow. Peel it clean the seed and than 
press it properly. *Very important to press it properly and degum the 
pure oil in order to get a good biodiesel at the end. There are few 
critical tricks.*


Pls note my numbers are *conservative not pessimistic not optimistic*. I 
contacted Africa, Germany ( Gtz, Reinhard at Hoekeheim University, etc. 
) India ( Dr.  Satish, etc. ) and Nicaragua and came up with above 
figures. Actual numbers will be better than those prior indicated so you 
can run a sensitivity for a 10% increase on final number of biodiesel.. 
Actual numbers will be in this range


Saludos y Feliz a–o a todos
Chico (Francisco Ramos from Rio de Janeiro and Santiago de Compostela )


francisco j burgos wrote:


Dear  Andrew Lowe:
Many thanks,
Francisco.

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francisco j burgos wrote:


Dear Crystal:
could you please tell me the Jatropha nuts oil production in 
litres/hect or gallon/acre?.

Tks,
Francisco.

Have a look on Journey to Forever, 
http://www.journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html. The values here 
correspond with values I've seen from a few other sources.


Regards,
Andrew


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RE: [Biofuel] etanol:gasolin ratio

2005-01-05 Thread Niels Ans¿

Thanks a lot Chico

I asked because our government charges mineral oil tax for all Biofuels. The
tax is calculated litre to litre and related to the fossil fuel we
substitute. So SVO and Biodiesel is taxed like sulphur free diesel, and
ethanol I suppose like sulphur free gasoline. We work for 100% tax relief on
Biofuels like in Germany, Sweden and some other countries, but until we get
it, the taxed should be calculated in a fair way according to energy content
and not volume. From 1/1 2005 we got rid of the CO2 tax on Biofuels. Sounds
stupid, but it took 5-10 years. 

Best regards
Niels
DK


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
 Of FRANCISCO
 Sent: 5. januar 2005 21:47
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 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] etanol:gasolin ratio
 
 Niels
 Using energy as the key indicator ==  we can say ( roughly) ethanol has
 about 30%to 33% less energy than gasoline. So ethanol unit price per
 volume has to be 30% to 33% less than gasoline ( grossly ) in the event
 you use monetary definition. Using energy == energetically speaking 1
 liter of gasoline has the same amount of energy of 1,30 liters of
 ethanol to 1,33 liters of ethanol.
 Ethanol has more octane than gasoline this is why it can be used as
 octane booster.
 Very best for us
 Chico
 
 Niels Ans¿ wrote:
 
 How much bio ethanol do you need for direct replacement of one litre
 gasoline(B100)
 
 
 
 Kind regards
 
 Niels
 
 dk
 
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RE: [Biofuel] storing vegetable oil

2005-01-05 Thread Niels Ans¿

Hello Kemp

Store it cold, dark and with limited access for atmospheric air(Oxygen).
Then 1-2 years is no problem for new VO.

We just used about 5000 litres 3 years old VO. Worked fine, but we observed
some grease layer on Zink coated steel, like on the fuel level sensor in the
tank, and a few water drops in when draining the fuel filter. I don«t know
the reason for that, but it has only been observed with very old VO like
this.

Maybe somebody here can help on this question.

Best regards
Niels
DK


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 Subject: [Biofuel] storing vegetable oil
 
 If I want to use vegetable oil as fuel, I want to be
 able to have a month's supply in reserve.  How well
 will vegetable oil store?  How is it done?  Will new
 and Used oil store the same?
 
 thanks
 
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Re: [Biofuel] biodiesel processor

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe

Dave -

What size would you recommend for a typical gas
station/C-store in the United States?

There are orphan gas stations that can be potentially
converted into a biodiesel/clean fuel gas
stationmaybe a neighborhood gas station of the
future will have a WVO biorefiner in back of the
station and pumps in front...like a neighborhood
dairy. 

Most refernces state that the average medium sized gas
station sells about 40,000 to 80,000 gallons per month
of traditional fuels to remain profitable viable and
pay the bills.

Interested in gathering more research. 

Phillip Wolfe




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 Hello
 
 I sell biodieselprocessors ready for production from
 400 litres/day to 4 
 litres/day.
 
 Please have a look at www.carryon.se
 
 Best regards
 
 David
 
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Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread francisco j burgos


Many thanks,
Francisco.

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francisco j burgos wrote:

Dear Crystal:
could you please tell me the Jatropha nuts oil production in litres/hect 
or gallon/acre?.

Tks,
Francisco.

Have a look on Journey to Forever, 
http://www.journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html. The values here 
correspond with values I've seen from a few other sources.


Regards,
Andrew


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