[Biofuel] Biofuel for model Aircraft
Can you tell me how to make Bio diesel for a model Aircraft? Jeffrey __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Solar PV Is Cheaper Than Gasoline
How do you buy a electric Car or van?? Jeffrey --- MH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Solar PV Is Cheaper Than Gasoline By Stephen Killough Charging an electric vehicle with sunlight costs less than running a vehicle on gasoline May 31, 2005 http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=articlestoryid=856 Are solar cells a waste of money? Not if you compare them to gasoline. Most people consider solar cells to be impractical. They always make comments like solar cells are too expensive, useless at night, ugly, undependable because of clouds, and would require cutting down trees. For the typical home application, these are unfortunately valid complaints, mainly because solar cells have to compete against cheap coal. However, compared with gasoline, solar cells can be quite competitive. This example deals with one of the largest users of gasoline, people driving to work. Of course I am talking about battery-electric cars recharged by solar cells, but for a different twist I am proposing that the cells be located not at the owners home, but instead in the parking lot where the owner works. Why at work? Because when the sun shines, thats where the car is. In addition, expansive employee parking lots are not shaded by trees, and shade from cells mounted above the car keep the car from becoming hot on summer days, and can reduce rust and paint fading caused by rain and sunshine. And nobody will accuse you of harming the appearance of their beautiful asphalt lot. The nine-hour stay in the parking lot is compatible with the recharge time for most batteries, and the lower voltage of the cells is safer than regular electrical outlets, especially in wet outdoor locations. The employer would not have to provide anything except anchor points to keep the panels from blowing over. Even more interesting are the economics. A typical parking space is 9 by 18 feet, or 2.74 by 5.48 meters, for a total of 15 square meters. A typical latitude in the U.S. is 35 degrees, so tilting the panel to face the sun allows more panel space to be mounted above the same parking space, or 18.3 square meters. Typical solar radiation is 1000 watts per square meter, and using high efficiency solar cells like the 20% efficient A300 units from Sunpower, 200 watts can be obtained per square meter. Without a tracking mechanism to continually point the cells toward the sun, the average power over 9 hours is 60% of the peak power, or 120 watts per square meter. All this adds up to around 20,000 watt-hours for a typical 9 hour work day. This is a significant amount of energy that can be collected from one parking space, although this also points out how much land we waste parking our cars, but thats a story for another day. The present day cost for solar cells is about $5 per peak watt, so the 3660 peak watt system described here would cost $18,300. Using a mortgage calculator we can calculate a loan for this system using a 20 year loan and 6% interest rate. This comes out to a cost of $131 per month. An efficient battery electric car, such as an EV1, consumes 170 watt-hours per mile. The 20,000 watt-hours collected by the solar panel would thus power this car for 118 miles per day. A typical month has 22 working days, during which the solar panel could power the car for about 2600 miles. Compare this to a very efficient gasoline powered car that got 40 miles per gallon, traveling 2600 miles and paying $2 per gallon for gas. The monthly gasoline payments would be $130, essentially the same as the solar powered case. Some of you may think that it would be better for the environment to connect the solar cells to the electric power grid to displace the use of coal. Per basic heating power, gasoline does generate less carbon dioxide than coal because much of the heat comes from the hydrogen in the gasoline molecules. However, coal generating plants are more efficient than internal combustion engines, so the carbon dioxide emissions are similar whether using gasoline in a car or coal in an electric power plant. Therefore solar cells can displace a similar amount of emissions in either case. But my objective is to promote more solar cells, and the way to do this is to sell them in a market where they are already competitive, which is the gasoline market. Furthermore, in many cases solar power does not displace coal, but displaces more expensive fuels like natural gas, even though natural gas is cleaner. Economic wise, it will always be difficult to displace coal because it is so cheap. After all, the commodity can be simply scraped off the ground from huge coal fields in Wyoming, delivered in railroad cars without even requiring a lid to shield it from the weather, sent to the furnace after very little refining, and
[Biofuel] Model fuel
Can you make a model aircraft engine run on biofuel? Jeffrey ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[biofuel] Model engine
Can you make Bio diesel thin Enough for a small model airplane engine? Jeffrey Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/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: alternatives for methanol
Can you convert a model Airplane engine to run on straight Vegetable oil and how are you do it? --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might consider converting your engine to run on straight vegetable oil and eliminate the need for methanol. For conversion information, see: http://www.biofuels.ca/ http://www.elsbett.com/gmbh/eindex.htm http://www.elsbett.com/wwwusa/engl/corporate.htm For a comparison, see: Three choices 1. Mixing it 2. Straight vegetable oil 3. Biodiesel http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#3choices More information: Straight vegetable oil as diesel fuel http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html I have several new copies of the latest edition of Tickell's book that sell for US$24.95 plus shipping. If you are really ambitious, you may consider growing oil producing crops. Depending on the soil conditions or climate in Malta, there may be many possibilities. Try: http://www.jatropha.de There's a huge amount of information an many different oil and energy crops available in the databases linked from here: Other oil crops http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html#othercrops Best Keith Bruce Colley, Sustainable Energy Project http://www.sustainableenergyproject.org - Original Message - From: Jean Paul To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 6:42 AM Subject: [biofuel] alternatives for methanol to whom it may concern, I am a Maltese chap and diesel here is very expensive, and i thought of an environmental free alternative fuel and bio-diesel seemed the answer. but the METHANOL in malta is a bit expensive can someone please tell me if there are any other alternatives.. Can anyone send me the pdf file of joshua tickells book from the fryer to the tank please at [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks 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 Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT --- --- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [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 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/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/
