Re: [biofuel] A question about lignine

2004-02-29 Thread Pieter Koole
x-charset ISO-8859-1Great ! Thanks a lot. You say it is all organic material. Doesn't the sulfuric acid do any harm, or is that all used by breaking down the cellulose ? You asked : Why not ? Well, for the same reason as why we don't find any information about producing nuclear power or other

Re: [biofuel] Griffin Industries Biodiesel

2004-02-29 Thread Dave Williams
Alan Petrillo wrote: One of my trucks is sick, possibly fuel related, and both of them blow big white clouds on startup, and have experienced hard starting since I got my last batch of B100. Those are typical symptoms of a blown head gasket. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave

[biofuel] Denver biodiesel group meeting next Sat

2004-02-29 Thread Ted Johnson
x-charset ISO-8859-1A Denver biodiesel group will be forming with the first meeting this Saturday, Mar 6, 4PM, at the Mercury Cafe, 22nd California. The Merc's owner is a biodiesel enthusiast. Friends from Boulder Biodiesel Coop will be there to lend their expertise. Please phone or email if

Re: [biofuel] Griffin Industries Biodiesel

2004-02-29 Thread craig reece
As well as air in the system, which can be exacerbated by excess vacuum caused by overly-thick biodiesel, and also caused by water in the system - as found via a blown head gasket, as you point out, or by water in a bad batch of biodiesel. I'd just drain it all out, see what it looks like,

[biofuel] Fwd: USDA Terrified of Mad Cow Testing

2004-02-29 Thread Keith Addison
Fwd from Misha at SANET (Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:48:58 -0800 From: Misha Gale-Sinex [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: USDA Terrified of Mad Cow Testing To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Howdy, prion-watchers-- Thought this might

Re: [biofuel] Moral Dilemma...

2004-02-29 Thread Keith Addison
Hi MM That's an old myth, Fred, and much as the entire media establishment strives to maintain it, it's a myth nonetheless. You must be objective, hm? How're you going to manage that? And Heisenberg doesn't apply to journalists, we're not part of what we observe, we stand aloof and play no

Re: [biofuel] floating draw-off

2004-02-29 Thread Doug Foskey
x-charset ISO-8859-1But it sounds like a good idea (but have some legs under the float, so when the level reaches 1/3, the siphon stops : ie the suction cannot go lower than about 1/3. regards Doug On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 10:13 am, Appal Energy wrote: Floating? No. Draw off the top? All the

Re: [biofuel] A question about lignine

2004-02-29 Thread Pieter Koole
x-charset ISO-8859-1This is a very interesting process. Don't worry, I am not going to produce or sell ethanol, but just want to use my old newspapers and some waste wood for producing ethanol to run my lawnmower and outboard motor on. What carbonate slurry ( found on the site ) should I use and

Re: [biofuel] global warming?

2004-02-29 Thread Hakan Falk
Ed, I found the same tings, the data and case are solid for the ongoing climate change. It is happening You cannot find holes in this!!! It is overwhelming arguments for that it is manmade!!! Since I worked much with emission/storage and the reluctance by engineers to consider it. I

Re: [biofuel] global warming?

2004-02-29 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Hakan Keith, My opinion is that we are even more in a hurry to save energy and put significant resources into finding out what really is happening. Agreed. It would be very bad if it is some other components than CO2 or the way we use energy. Then we sequester CO2 and start burning coal at

[biofuel] OT VW motor

2004-02-29 Thread A Wilkins
Hello, Around a couple of weeks ago someone posted a link for a VW diesel engine rebuilder in the states. Would that person be able to re-post the link? I am thinking of getting a new block for my 1.6L Jetta. Thank you, Aidan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[biofuel] Tanker Carrying 3.5 Million Gallons of Ethanol Sinks

2004-02-29 Thread murdoch
If it were 3.5 million gallons of Petroleum, this would be a somewhat different story I guess, for fishermen and tourism businesses and others. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=519ncid=718e=1u=/ap/20040229/ap_on_re_us/tanker_explosion U.S. National - AP 3 Killed, 18 Missing

Re: [biofuel] need data on EV mileage

2004-02-29 Thread murdoch
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:43:04 -, you wrote: Hello, does anyone have the data (or a www link) of the midsize electric vehicle mileage (midsize beeing Toyota Prius sized, or ~1000kg weight excluding battery weight)? I want to know, how much kWh/100km do they use (city mode/highway mode). Is the