Re: [biofuels-biz] methanol collection

2001-07-24 Thread martin.brook
methanol available from Northampton area collect or deliver tel 01832 731555 - Original Message - From: goat industries [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:29 PM Subject: [biofuels-biz] methanol collection We collect methanol from hayes, UK

[biofuel] Sierra Club Mutal Funds (thought Ya'll might like to see this

2001-07-24 Thread Christopher S. Weller
July 20, 2001 Sierra Club Considers a Mutual Fund By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr. ASHINGTON, July 19 - The Sierra Club, the oldest, largest and most influential environmental advocacy group in the country, wants to start a mutual fund using its well- known name to attract individual investors' money

Re: New Paint - Same Nukes was Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Todd, Keith and All, Keith, Inheritly safe reactors are designed so that if the cooling fails nothing bad happens. The nuclear balls are used in a gas cooled reactor. They have small amounts of nuke fuel surrounded by carbon sealed by several layers of nickel

[biofuel] Re: Microprocessing of soybean oil to biodiesel

2001-07-24 Thread cavm
In a message dated 7/23/2001 3:26:33 AM Central Daylight Time, biofuel@yahoogroups.com writes: From: Steven Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: Microprocessing of soybean oil to biodiesel Cornelius, your extraction plant sounds very interesting. Could you please email your

[biofuel] Kyoto a go ,without USA.

2001-07-24 Thread Edward Beggs
http://library.northernlight.com/EA2001072379012.html?dx=1006rq=0#doc Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is

Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread Mati Kokk
I have always wondered why nuclear powerplants are not built deep under the ground, lets say, in the depth of ca 200 meters or so. That would prevent the harm from potential rocket attacks by terrorist groups. Mati Kokk __ Do You Yahoo!? Make

Re: New Paint - Same Nukes was Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread Harmon Seaver
So in what way are nukes biofuels, and why are they even being discussed on this list? -- Harmon Seaver, MLIS CyberShamanix Work 920-203-9633 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home 920-233-5820 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cybershamanix.com/resume.html Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread Chuck
Are you really this stupid or are you on drugs? - Original Message - From: Pedro M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Undisclosed-Recipient:@vm4-ext.prodigy.net; Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 7:13 AM Subject: [biofuel] Nuclear Does anyone know if there is any anti-nuclear or anti-petrol day ??. I

[biofuel] Virus warning

2001-07-24 Thread Alan S. Petrillo
Since about 10:00 Friday morning I have been receiving about a message an hour which seems to be generated by an Outlook Express virus which is working its way around the internet. Fortunately I have a Macintosh and do not use OLE. For those of you who do use Outleak Express, make sure your

Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread Keith Addison
I have always wondered why nuclear powerplants are not built deep under the ground, lets say, in the depth of ca 200 meters or so. That would prevent the harm from potential rocket attacks by terrorist groups. Mati Kokk Why not make it 200 kilometers or so, Mati? Even better! :-) Keith Addison

[biofuel] RE: air car's indirect pollution vs EV's

2001-07-24 Thread Alan S. Petrillo
kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and personally, i'd feel safer riding a windbag than a leadsled. Until you get in a crash and your 3000, 4500 PSI tanks blow up. Have you ever seen one of these blow, not pretty. Big high pressure tanks make me nervous. Back in the early '80's I

Re: [biofuel] air car's indirect pollution vs EV's

2001-07-24 Thread Keith Addison
jerry dycus wrote: Hi Harmon and All, --- Harmon Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jerry dycus wrote: snip Plus you have to figure a major amount of pollution just to manufacture the battery for an EV, to replace it, and to recycle or landfill it. Ev'ers recycle

Re: New Paint - Same Nukes was Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread Keith Addison
So in what way are nukes biofuels, and why are they even being discussed on this list? -- Harmon Seaver, MLIS CyberShamanix Work 920-203-9633 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home 920-233-5820 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cybershamanix.com/resume.html List's got the 'flu. I've seen it happen to other

Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread Keith Addison
Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you really this stupid or are you on drugs? Why's it stupid? Oh, hang on - you're the guy who looks for socialists under his bed each night, aren't you? Down with Socialism. Ban the Kyoto joke. Socialist morons abound. - Chuck Kessler And so on. Paranoia

Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Chuck and All, --- Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you really this stupid or are you on drugs? Be nice Chuck, he doesn't understand english well yet, but he's trying. This forum is for learning about energy, not calling others names. There is room for all opinions

Re: [biofuel] RE: air car's indirect pollution vs EV's

2001-07-24 Thread Harmon Seaver
What a lot of Hooeeey --- I've seen several large (and full, or partially so) propane tanks that went thru a fire without any problem, and I mean a fire that took the buildings down to the ground. Batteries aren't so safe either -- all they need is a spark to set off the hyrogen gas, and they

Re: [biofuel] RE: Air cars...PSSSSTT...

2001-07-24 Thread Edward Beggs
...to get back to, ahem, biofuels... and to address safety, let's consider the high flash point and energy content of biodiesel or SVO. There is no other fuel that offers the same combination of energy density, convenience, and safety. Whether you run just a diesel, whether you use it to reduce

Re: New Paint - Same Nukes was Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Jerry Hm. I thought Todd might have made a mistake picking the Hindenberg as a metaphor. Not that it's the wrong metaphor, just that it got the wrong response. Okay then, let's pretend the Hindenberg wasn't a disaster at all. Neither was the Titanic, it was the iceberg that was badly

Re: [biofuel] Re: Microprocessing of soybean oil to biodiesel

2001-07-24 Thread Steven Hobbs
Thanks for your reply. I am a farmer who is thinking seriously about the prospect of growing, pressing and producing bio-diesel. I have a few neighbours who are interested by the concept and we would be looking at replacing 10%-25% of our current petroleum derived diesel fuel bill with a

Re: [biofuel] RE: air car's indirect pollution vs EV's

2001-07-24 Thread doctor who
High pressure tanks do not fail randomly. A negelected or non-annually inspected tank will fail at random. This is the fault of the operator not the tank. A regularly inspected properly functioning tank (relief valve or relief tube functioning) has a really low probability of failure during

Re: [biofuel] Re: Microprocessing of soybean oil to biodiesel

2001-07-24 Thread doctor who
Steve how much soy/other crops per year are you allowed to produce? Out of that amount if it is not a food crop how much would you be allowed to produce? Finally if your crops had a higher resale value as a fuel producing crop versus food producing crop how much of your total yields would you

Re: New Paint - Same Nukes was Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread Pedro M.
In any case, nuclear are the alternative to biodiesel and renowable energy, some governators say.. For sure, Biodiesel and renowable energy it«s the alternative to nuclear-fossil energy . So in what way are nukes biofuels, and why are they even being discussed on this list? Biofuel

Re: New Paint - Same Nukes was Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Keith and All, --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jerry Hm. I thought Todd might have made a mistake picking the Hindenberg as a metaphor. Not that it's the wrong metaphor, just that it got the wrong response. Okay then, let's pretend the Hindenberg wasn't a

[biofuel] Hemp as Biomass for Energy

2001-07-24 Thread Tim Castleman
Dear list, Though I rarely make a contribution to this list, I have learned a great deal from all of your open sharing of ideas and information. A while back I posted a link to a paper I was working on regarding Hemp as Biomass for Energy. Prior to that I asked Keith to look over my work,

Re: [biofuel] Hemp as Biomass for Energy

2001-07-24 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Tim and All, Several things jump out to me. You seem to expect 1 crop per year while most areas other than Canada will support 3 to 4 crops per year. Methanol cost well under $1 per gal in industral quanities. Methanol increases the amount of biodiesel by maybe

RE: New Paint - Same Nukes was Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread kirk
Carbon or graphite moderated cores have a fatal flaw. If it catches fire you are in deep do do. The plant that burned on the coast of England was graphite moderated. Permanently poisoned a large area. Coal plants can be equipped with scrubbers. The rare earths captured by the scrubbers can pay

Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread Mati Kokk
Mark, But can these reactors withstand terrorist attacks with modern anti-tank missiles? Or attacks with nuclear missiles? I have always wondered why nuclear powerplants are not built deep under the ground, lets say, in the depth of ca 200 meters or so. That would prevent the harm from

[biofuel] SDM: Sponser Biodiesel CELEBRATION

2001-07-24 Thread mahesh_rcp
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Re: [biofuel] RE: air car's indirect pollution vs EV's

2001-07-24 Thread steve spence
newer lead acids used a starved electrolyte scheme, where there is no acid to drip, even when cracked open. today's lead acids are easily and cheaply recycled, you just take the battery back to the place you purchased it from, and they are responsible for returning it to a recycler. a battery

Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread steve spence
who cares. this is not a anti nuclear forum. it's a biofuels forum. enough already. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm X10 Home Automation

Re: New Paint - Same Nukes was Re: [biofuel] Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread bob golding
You wouldn't think so from the publicity that BNFL puts out. Come and see how safe Windscale/Sellafield (change the name get rid of the problem) is. You can eat your tea off the floor,or at least off the glossy brochure. That reactor was the same design as Chernobyl. The only safe nuclear reactor

Re: [biofuel] RE: air car's indirect pollution vs EV's

2001-07-24 Thread Martin Klingensmith
A propane cylinder does not exceed 37.5 PSI An air tank on a tractor trailer rarely exceeds 150 PSI Just to clarify.. To me, a 3500 PSI natural gas tank is more scary than a high pressure air tank, it's not the initial release of gas that I'd be scared of, it's the resulting explosion. You are

[biofuel] Re: Nuclear

2001-07-24 Thread rgarrod
Keith, I think that is a rather flipant answer, and I object to the development of genetic modification, a worthhile pursuit sadly hijacked by big business, being classified as the same as denial of climate change. Researchers all over the world investigate gentic modification, not just