Re: [Biofuel] Problems with the Biofuel list

2005-03-23 Thread bmolloy
Hi Martin, I can report no problems with list content in New Zealand, a corner of the world that Kipling described it as the last, loneliest and loveliest. (Dunno about the first two adjectives but it's certainly still among the loveliest.) To the point: no problems, no need for

[Biofuel] Fear Makes People Stupid

2005-03-23 Thread Ken Provost
Been reading Jared Diamond -- Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. I realized something -- as a society col- lapses, many people become Afraid, and Fear Makes People Stu- pid. So there's actually a failure-promoting tendency as the descent progresses! :-) -K

Re: [Biofuel] Fear Makes People Stupid

2005-03-23 Thread Michael Redler
Hi Ken, I think your right on target with this observation. Thank you! I have a lot of ties to Germany and had conversations with concentration camp survivors and former German soldiers and often think about how complex the situation was there and how it shouldn't be seen as an anomaly that

[Biofuel] wind powered water pumps

2005-03-23 Thread Kim Garth Travis
I have been through all my reference books, etc. and I can not find any information on wind powered water pumps. Does any one have the directions for building one? What are they capable of and other such information will be appreciated. Bright Blessings, Kim

[Biofuel] 2nd Biodiesel SVO Meeting in Edmonton, AB, Canada

2005-03-23 Thread Joanne Olafson
2nd BIODIESEL SVO MEETING IN EDMONTON, AB, CANADA We are looking for people who are interested in biodiesel SVO (straight vegetable oil) as fuel - their benefits, making/buying them, learning and teaching ourselves and our communities. Featuring: SVO specialist Ed Beggs of Neoteric Biofuels

RE: [Biofuel] wind powered water pumps

2005-03-23 Thread Juan Boveda
Hello Kim Thanks to the list member Kirk McLoren I found a very interesting link to an e-book on wind energy, it was inside the message he posted the 21th of septembrer 2004. I pasted the message if you do not find it searching the archives. There you might find what you are looking for. Best

RE: [Biofuel] wind powered water pumps

2005-03-23 Thread Kim Garth Travis
Thank you and yes, I did download that book when Kirk listed it. It is very good about generating power from wind, but I don't want to create power. I want a pre-electric wind powered water pump. Mankind has been using them for thousands of years, so they should be reasonably easy to make

Re: [Biofuel] wind powered water pumps

2005-03-23 Thread Doug Younker
Kim, What do you have in mind, the common everyday windmill or something else? In the event it's the standard windmill I'm surprised you didn't find anything on them. I would think a trip to http://www.yoderswindmillservice.com/ should start answering all of your questions. Then try

Re: [Biofuel] Un nouveau biodiesel testĀŽ en Poitou-Charentes - a new biofuel tested in France

2005-03-23 Thread F. Desprez
Franz, Can you describe the distribution of the biodiesel? Will the fuel be sold to commercial customers or retail customers? I am interested in the distribution network... Thank you. Phillip Wolfe sorry to answer you so late I've been very busy and my computer out of order at home