Re: [biofuel] Re: SCHOOL BUS

2004-07-19 Thread Lyle Estill
Joshua, Save yourself the grief. Let gas vehicles be gas vehicles. Go get a diesel to get started... On Jul 18, 2004, at 12:51 AM, Joshua wrote: Without much trouble, huh? Well, will the motor mounts match up? When we put in a tranny that matches that engine will the drive fit? I'm

Re: [biofuel] Re: Big Oil on Global Warming

2004-07-19 Thread bmolloy
Hi Keith, On this question perhaps you might consider rerunning my post of June 22 (No Nukes is Good Nukes) which makes the point that the (relatively) temporary pollution created by the burning of fossil fuels is a picnic compared to the longterm environmental degradation arising

Re: [biofuel] Re: What diesel engine will fit in 87' GMC schoolbus?

2004-07-19 Thread Greg Harbican
A several years ago ( when I had some money LOL ), and I was looking at a RV, I inquired about diesel engines ( I was just learning about BioDiesel at the time ), and the guy that was helping me, made the comment, Why would you want to bother with a diesel, when all they do is increase your

Can you spell nucular? was Re: [biofuel] Re: Big Oil on Global Warming

2004-07-19 Thread Appal Energy
Keith, Why all the subsidies? Weapons industries you say. That's why, eh? The IAEA exists to spread the peaceful use of the atom, it says, but is there such a thing as the peaceful use of the atom for power supply? Why all the subsidies? Well..., start with the re-up of Price Anderson last

[biofuel] the United Nations Population Fund

2004-07-19 Thread Ross Cannon
For the third year in a row, President Bush has cut off family planning funding to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, denying millions of women around the world access to basic reproductive health services÷including birth control, sexuality education, prenatal and obstetric care, and

[biofuel] 1980 Rabbit Died Parts available

2004-07-19 Thread jamespramge
Hello, I have a 1980 vw rabbit diesel available for parts. Not a whole lot left on it. I wanted to get rid of any thing good before it goes to be crushed. It has a fully charged a/c system, good 5 speed tranny, some interior parts, working speedo, all glass ect. No engine. PLease email me @

Re: [biofuel] Lube oil tests - was Re: New to the group

2004-07-19 Thread eldenrice
Hello everyone, I use the single stage process from WVO that I collect from local restaurants.. Currently I use neat biodiesel in three vehicles, a 2001 Excursion (powerstroke engine) and a VW pickup with a 1997 Jetta engine which is a new, not remanufactured 1.9 liter with about 3000 miles

Re: [biofuel] new guy

2004-07-19 Thread rico suavae
Hi, I'm in Indiana up near Lake Michigan.Another member of the group is supposed to be traveling through on I 80 very soon.I'm hoping to meet up with her and set up some sort of a class. If your down south girl mark thought she might have a class on bio diesel around The St Louis area in

[biofuel] Re: waste oil collection from residences.

2004-07-19 Thread huseyinturcan
Dear All, In fact we need to make people not to dump or waste their used oils. So we need an attractive idea or model to make them to collect every grams of their used vegetable oil. Huseyin --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Huseyin TURCAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, Here in

[biofuel] Water Heater Warning

2004-07-19 Thread bioveging
Good day; Having just finished installing the electricals on my reactor (water heater) this weekend I thought I would pass along a potential risk when converting these to 120V from their 240V original. I don't know about most but the one I got had a square flanged heating element and the 120V

[biofuel] Drink Water From Dehumidifier?

2004-07-19 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Folks, I don't know how close to on-topic this is but I have a question which I have been asking myself for a long while and figured it wouldn't hurt to pass it on and see what I get. Every day I go down in my basement and empty about 2.5 gallons of water from the

Re: [biofuel] Drink Water From Dehumidifier?

2004-07-19 Thread Martin Klingensmith
Gustl Steiner-Zehender wrote: Hallo Folks, I don't know how close to on-topic this is but I have a question which I have been asking myself for a long while and figured it wouldn't hurt to pass it on and see what I get. Every day I go down in my basement and empty about

RE: [biofuel] Drink Water From Dehumidifier?

2004-07-19 Thread Arlos
I would suspect the condensate from your dehumidifier is going to have a pH around 4. These are also breeding grounds for little nastyâs like legionella. Check with the manufacture to see if it contains silica based desiccants, especially cobalt indicator desiccants. Arlos -Original

RE: [biofuel] Drink Water From Dehumidifier?

2004-07-19 Thread Richard U
-Original Message- From: Gustl Steiner-Zehender snip Every day I go down in my basement and empty about 2.5 gallons of water from the dehumidifier. Twice a day. Every day. I have been wondering if it would be possible to dehimidify with the added benefit of having potable

[biofuel] please help...

2004-07-19 Thread baketampangetko
does anyone knows literature/published articles about comparative prices of biodiesel and petroleum diesel? need it for my school research.. thank you very much beng p.s. the more recent/latest prices the better.. :) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

Re: [biofuel] Water Heater Warning

2004-07-19 Thread Martin Klingensmith
bioveging wrote: Good day; Having just finished installing the electricals on my reactor (water heater) this weekend I thought I would pass along a potential risk when converting these to 120V from their 240V original. I don't know about most but the one I got had a square flanged

RE: [biofuel] Drink Water From Dehumidifier?

2004-07-19 Thread Bryan Brah
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RE: [biofuel] Drink Water From Dehumidifier?

2004-07-19 Thread Richard U
-Original Message- From: Martin Klingensmith snip There is a place in England I believe, where there is a shortage of potable water but they have a lot of fog every morning. They put up large land-sails that condense the passing fog to supply drinking water. This brings to mind a

Re: [biofuel] Canada - Burying CO2

2004-07-19 Thread bob allen
Noctaire wrote: Ok, so this article is interesting but it brings two items to mind straightaway: 1) What kind of energy is being used to collect, scrub, compress, and transport this CO2? 2) Let's say we successfully lower emissions of greenhouse gasses by burying them. What happens

[biofuel] Re: please help...

2004-07-19 Thread bioveging

RE: [biofuel] please help...

2004-07-19 Thread Richard U
-Original Message- From: baketampangetko does anyone knows literature/published articles about comparative prices of biodiesel and petroleum diesel? need it for my school research.. thank you very much Of course homebrew would depend on many local factors, but This might

RE: [biofuel] Re: Big Oil on Global Warming

2004-07-19 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Dermot That's very interesting, thankyou. I think it's worth posting in full, the first page anyway. It is unpleasant to have to note that some of the criticism is based on apparently deliberate misquotation of our text. What a surprise, LOL! They all do that, whether it's Monsanto

Re: [biofuel] Re: Big Oil on Global Warming

2004-07-19 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Bob Hi Keith, On this question perhaps you might consider rerunning my post of June 22 (No Nukes is Good Nukes) which makes the point that the (relatively) temporary pollution created by the burning of fossil fuels is a picnic compared to the longterm environmental degradation

[biofuel] Re: waste oil collection from residences.

2004-07-19 Thread Keith Addison
Greetings Huseyin Thankyou for posting this, It really needs a closer look than we've given it so far. There has been quite a lot about collecting WVO of course, but it still gets poor-cousin treatment as an issue in itself. Among biodiesel's benefits, that it helps keep what the US EPA

[biofuel] Re: please help...

2004-07-19 Thread Brian
We only have one station in the area that is selling biodiesel at all, and that is B2. Yes, B2, not B20 with a typo. They charge about 5 cents US per gallon more than straight dino diesel. They have big signs advertising that they have biodiesel, then a very small indication on the pump

[biofuel] Re: Canada - Burying CO2

2004-07-19 Thread spriggsbororon
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Noctaire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so this article is interesting but it brings two items to mind straightaway: 1) What kind of energy is being used to collect, scrub, compress, and transport this CO2? 2) Let's say we successfully lower emissions of

Re: [biofuel] Drink Water From Dehumidifier?

2004-07-19 Thread Janet Van Stoat
There is significant health risk in drinking condensate. The risk comes mostly from the large amount of mold to be found in typical dehumidifier condensate. You are probably familiar with the slime molds that commonly coat the sides of most dehumidifier condensate collector bins. The

[biofuel] Trade show on alternate energy and off grid liiving

2004-07-19 Thread balaji
Hello fellow listers from Canada, The following crosspost from livingoffthegrid lsit may be of interest to you. Regards. balaji - Original Message - From: john_mullan99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 3:09 PM Subject: [livingoffthegrid2] Planning a