[biofuel] serious ethanol players

2000-12-17 Thread Dick Carlstein
i know not if this info has been on the list before, and if so, pls. excuse. maybe re-reading it won't do any harm ! brazil is today the only serious ethanol player in the world. all other ethanol users are amateurs by comparison. in 1984 brazil decided to go the anhydrous ethanol

Re: [biofuel] serious ethanol players

2000-12-17 Thread skaar
huh huh huh, he said dick, huh huh. thanks all, i'll be doing a few more beavis impressions later tonight, don't drink the water, the meatloaf is where they get it here at the sierra poot lounge. Dick Carlstein wrote: > i know not if this info has been on the list before, and if so, pls. >

Re: [biofuel] half brained idea

2000-12-17 Thread Bryan Fullerton
I disagree... unless you are getting exotic with your electric motors. i.e. thin and nearly as big as the wheel. While these kinds of motors are cool I haven't been able to find them since I saw them on the net about 3 years ago.. There are ways to do the conversion with standard motors made for

[biofuel] Re methanol toxicity

2000-12-17 Thread DAVID REID
Thanks for this, good summary. Add that you don't have to drink it, it's absorbed through the skin. Which makes this recent suggestion from the Distillers list maybe not such a brilliant idea: Seconded. As methanol is a very deadly and toxic poison it pays for us all to know something about

Re: [biofuel] half brained idea

2000-12-17 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Bryan, --- Bryan Fullerton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree... unless you are getting exotic with your electric motors. i.e. thin and nearly as big as the wheel. While these kinds of motors are cool I haven't been able to find them since I saw them on the net about 3 years ago..

Re: [biofuel] serious ethanol players

2000-12-17 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Dick, --- Dick Carlstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: brazil is today the only serious ethanol player in the world. all other ethanol users are amateurs by comparison. Brazils the man!!! Glad to hear the alcohol programs are going well. Plain text please so we can read you posts

Re: [biofuel] Re methanol toxicity

2000-12-17 Thread DAVID REID
Keith, I thought assisted suicide was in with the Dutch just legalising mercy killing. Looks to me as if we dont have to legalise it here in NZ if we already have another alternative. My apologies if I upset anyone with my droll sense of humour.which comes to the fore on the odd

[biofuel] From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank

2000-12-17 Thread Keith Addison
Good news re Josh Tickell's book From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank, which has been out of print for awhile. The third edition is now being printed and will begin shipping in the US on 10 January 2001, and in Australia on 26 December 2000. Order online: From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The

[biofuel] Re methanol toxicity

2000-12-17 Thread Keith Addison
Thanks for this, good summary. Add that you don't have to drink it, it's absorbed through the skin. Which makes this recent suggestion from the Distillers list maybe not such a brilliant idea: Seconded. As methanol is a very deadly and toxic poison it pays for us all to know something about it

[biofuel] Re: serious ethanol players

2000-12-17 Thread Keith Addison
huh huh huh, he said dick, huh huh. thanks all, i'll be doing a few more beavis impressions later tonight, don't drink the water, the meatloaf is where they get it here at the sierra poot lounge. Um... sorry, skaar, what's that mean? Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo

Re: [biofuel] Re: serious ethanol players

2000-12-17 Thread skaar
a show on Mtv, a cartoon, two idiot friends would sit around watching music videos, or putting cockroaches in the burgers at their place of work. their primary interests were the aforementioned music videos, and sex, not that they ever stopped laughing enough to engage in sexual activity. as to

[biofuel] Re: serious ethanol players

2000-12-17 Thread Sam Dabbs
--- In biofuel@egroups.com, Dick Carlstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote something false as hell like: and by the way, making ethanol from corn is half as efficient as making it from sugarcane. *OK, Fraid not. Here's the poop. Probable yeild from a ton of raw material based on the average

serious ethanol players - II (cfr [biofuel] Digest Number 222)

2000-12-17 Thread Dick Carlstein
i know not if this is good netiquette, but will try to answer all in one em, using plain text. cheers, dick. From: jerry dycus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: serious ethanol players Plain text please so we can read you posts easier. this ok ? How about giving us some info on the

[biofuel] Re: serious ethanol players

2000-12-17 Thread Keith Addison
Well now, gentlemen, if such indeed you be. Making silly locker-room jokes out of people's names in public makes a fool of you, not of the undeserving butt of your jokes. If you want to argue the facts with someone then please do so with some grace. Insults and contempt don't cut it, what