[biofuel] Newbies looking for a demo

2004-03-24 Thread Annie and Matt Wadsworth Grove
Hi, We're new to the list and interested in starting to produce biodiesel and run it in a diesel VW Jetta. We're a little intimidated to just start right in (despite the insistence on the journeytoforever website that these chemicals are safe if handled properly, we're worried that in our

[biofuel] First contact

2004-03-24 Thread Nicol‡s Ech‡niz
Hi, I am Nicol‡s Ech‡niz, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I've been participating in the eco-villages/communities movement for many years and one of my interests is on appropriate technology. At present I'm working with group that is forming a new eco-village in Luj‡n, Buenos Aires. I'd like to

[biofuel] The Spreading Grassroots of Biodiesel

2004-03-24 Thread murdoch
http://evworld.com/view.cfm?section=articlestoryid=671 The Spreading Grassroots of Biodiesel By Bill Moore An interview with Lyle Estill of the Piedmont Biodiesel Cooperative on the growing biodiesel movement in America When I asked Lyle Estill how big the biodiesel movement is in

[biofuel] interesting ebay auction

2004-03-24 Thread Busyditch
This may help some of the list members. I live close to this person and may contact him. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2469000392category=34234 Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives:

[biofuel] fuel cell technology

2004-03-24 Thread esbuck
SCIENCE NEWS, vol. 165, reports, :A team of environmental engineers at Pennsylvania State Universitycreated a fuel cell that breaks down organic matter in wastewater and, in the process, generates small amounts of electricity. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[biofuel] U of Nebraska Study Finds Net Energy Gain For Ethanol

2004-03-24 Thread murdoch
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2004/march/8123.htm 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:

[biofuel] VW TDi chip box

2004-03-24 Thread Busyditch
Has any member used one of these smart boxes, such as Speed Tuning or Van Aaken or such? Was wondering if they really improve mileage and power. Thanks Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/

Re: [biofuel] Media Coverage of Rural Issues

2004-03-24 Thread Darryl McMahon
Hi Keith, this conversation is getting a bit unwieldy (my view), so I'm doing some (judicious?) snipping. Not ignoring, just not much value in adding in occasional murmurs of agreement. The concomitant problem is a further area of required education (less potentially Pol-Pottish, in a

[biofuel] Does biodiesel damage rubber and plastic??

2004-03-24 Thread Dave Donnelly
Sorry for re-posting this with a new subject line guys, but I haven't gotten any answers. I'm sure that with all the collected brainpower and experience in this group, someone can help me to answer this. I've read quite a number of things referring to deterioration of rubber and certain

Re: [biofuel] interesting ebay auction

2004-03-24 Thread Keith Addison
Busyditch wrote: This may help some of the list members. I live close to this person and may contact him. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2469000 392category=34234 I'd be very surprised if you'd be paying for better information than you can get here and at the

Re: [biofuel] First contact

2004-03-24 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Nicol‡s You can find most or all of the information you ask for here in the archives, it's all been discussed a few times: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ You'll have to figure most of it out for yourself though, there are too many variables from one situation to another and they

[biofuel] Re: Does biodiesel damage rubber and plastic??

2004-03-24 Thread Keith Addison
Sorry for re-posting this with a new subject line guys, but I haven't gotten any answers. The answers are all to be found via the two links at the bottom of the page. But I'll give you the direct links ... I'm sure that with all the collected brainpower and experience in this group, someone

[biofuel] ethanol futures start on 07 may

2004-03-24 Thread Elizabeth Shaw
A year or so ago someone here asked abt. ethanol futures - I then replied that there were no exchange-based futures, but that's abt. to change. On 07 May ethanol futures (options a few days later) will start trading @ the New York Board of Trade. Contract months will be March, May, July,

Re: [biofuel] interesting ebay auction

2004-03-24 Thread Appal Energy
You might wish to look at the feedback section relative to this buyer. A lot of praise, yes. But also look at the types of comments in the negative, especially the comments that the same and more can be found on-line. And 18 pages of information isn't but about a blink of an eye compared to the

Re: [biofuel] Newbies looking for a demo

2004-03-24 Thread Eric Wendy
Wilson College in Chambersburg PA (Right off I-81, 15 miles north of the PA/MD border) will hold a demonstration on how to make bio diesel this Friday at 10 am. You can visit there website at www.Wilson.edu to learn more about it. It is part of an environmental conference being held all weekend

[biofuel] Fwd: [BIOENERGY] Promotion of bioenergy

2004-03-24 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
This is a forwarded message From: Lewis L. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, 23 March, 2004, 21:22:46 Subject: [BIOENERGY] Promotion of bioenergy ==Original message text=== from Lewis L. Smith As Tom Miles and some others have noted in

[biofuel] Grease car kits and 3 way valves

2004-03-24 Thread Mel Riser
I am looking for some of the 12volt 3 way valves like are used in the grese car kits. This probably has been through the list in the past. Hoping someone can give me a URL. mel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives:

Re: [biofuel] VW TDi chip box

2004-03-24 Thread cblumenthal
I have a 96 Passat TDI that I installed an Upsolute power chip in about 1.5 years ago. Power improvement is startling and fun. Fuel economy has not improved. I think that can only be accomplished under very controlled driving, perhaps keeping the rpm at 2000 where the torque is the highest

Re: [biofuel] Newbies looking for a demo

2004-03-24 Thread Keith Addison
Hi, and welcome Hi, We're new to the list and interested in starting to produce biodiesel and run it in a diesel VW Jetta. We're a little intimidated to just start right in (despite the insistence on the journeytoforever website that these chemicals are safe if handled properly, we're worried

[biofuel] EERE Network News -- 03/24/04

2004-03-24 Thread keith
A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) http://www.eere.energy.gov/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). March 24, 2004 #newsNews and Events #6738PowerLight Installs Large Solar Arrays in California #6739World Wind Power Development Figures Show

[biofuel] Re: Metal can Processor

2004-03-24 Thread the_maniacal_engineer
You can get plastic 3~5 gallon buckets at a donut shop. Many places buy their apple filling and such in these containers. They smell nice too. You might even be able to get used oil from the same donut shop. --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, skillshare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently

Re: [biofuel] First contact

2004-03-24 Thread Nicol‡s Ech‡niz
Keith, thank you very much for your reply. I'll look into the archives and if there's anything else I need to know I'll post it here. I totally agree with you when you say that there is no independance in unsing CNG, that's what made me look at biodiesel in the first place. The cuestion is

[biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program

2004-03-24 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0322-05.htm Sierra Club MARCH 22, 2004 CONTACT: Sierra Club http://www.sierraclub.org/ Brian O'Malley, 202-675-6279 Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program WASHINGTON -

[biofuel] India to rival Singapore oil exports by 2005 - Shell

2004-03-24 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/24405/story.htm India to rival Singapore oil exports by 2005 - Shell SINGAPORE: March 23, 2004 SINGAPORE - India's oil industry could rival Singapore in oil products export capability in the next few years, an executive of the Royal

[biofuel] Americans Have Yet to Learn the Hard Political Lessons of the Arab Oil Embargo

2004-03-24 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0322-12.htm Published on Monday, March 22, 2004 by the Seattle Times Americans Have Yet to Learn the Hard Political Lessons of the Arab Oil Embargo by Daniel Jack Chasan Our Middle Eastern policy oozes hypocrisy. Our energy policy enshrines business as

Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program

2004-03-24 Thread murdoch
Announced during the 2003 State of the Union address, the Bush Administration called on the Department of Energy to invest $1.7 billion in the research and development of hydrogen technologies, including automobiles, fuel cells, and hydrogen fuel infrastructure. However, the administration's