Re: [Biofuel] 2 - Mother Earth News burners and glycerine by-product

2005-04-08 Thread Stanley baer
piles of discarded bottles of all shapes and sizes. stan ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net

RE: [Biofuel] Kerosene and WVO?

2005-04-08 Thread Buck Corrigan
Hi all; I too have access to waste kero, and would love to burn it in my diesel except for the fact that it's well known not to have the lubrication properties a modern injection pump needs. But what about mixing it with WVO? WVO needs to be thinned out by heating it to make it's

RE: [Biofuel] 2 - Mother Earth News burners and glycerine by-product

2005-04-08 Thread malcolm maclure
Hello Keith, I'm glad I piped up there, one health scare in a month is enough for anybody eh? :-) I think there isn't really a sound plan here unless you intend to cut it under water, scuba gear all. My acetylene bottle is 140cm tall x 24cm diam = 64l in volume (approx) Say 2/3 of the bottle

[Biofuel] Turbonator?

2005-04-08 Thread Grahams
http://www.turbonator.com/WhatIsIt.html Caroline ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net

Re: [Biofuel] Turbonator?

2005-04-08 Thread Patrick Campbell
where near what they claim. This is the original as seen on TV! http://www.autobarn.net/torfuelsav1.html FWIW, a few fuel system modifications on my truck yieled a solid 10% increase from 18 MPG to 20 MPG. -- Patrick Campbell Daytime: 602.723.3098 Evening: 201.345.4133 On Thu, 7 Apr

Re: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread MH
http://www.skywindpower.com/ww/ D. Flying Electric Generators Other images http://skywindpower.com/ww/images/Rotorcraft%20vidlink.jpg http://skywindpower.com/ww/images/FEG_WEB%20Home2.jpg It's a danger to UFOs. Keith Take your laser pen and redirect traffic or put some running

RE: [Biofuel] The Lutec over unity device

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
Yes, I am actually hoping to put a couple of fusion units together To make them breed, you mean? Aren't you mixing technologies a bit? since I can't find a source of dilithium crystals on this remote forgotten outpost. Yes, life can be tough out here on Planet Earth. Some folks on

Re: [Biofuel] Gasoline Prices

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Robert, and all Living in Hawaii, I wish gas was THAT cheap.. we are currently paying almostt $3 per gallon for #2 diesel, and that's rising by the minute. So...like the responsible guy I'm trying to be I wrote to all the newspapers about oil palms (which would do well here), about

RE: [Biofuel] 2 - Mother Earth News burners and glycerine by-product

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hm, much as I feared. Hello Keith, I'm glad I piped up there, one health scare in a month is enough for anybody eh? :-) Yes! You've saved my bacon. On the other hand, there are no regrets with a Darwin award, considering you ain't around anymore, or not in one piece anyway. :-) I'm very

Re: [Biofuel] Acetone Increases Mileage 15-35%

2005-04-08 Thread TSTEVIC
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 23:22:02 -0400 From: Dan Volker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Acetone Increases Mileage 15-35% To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Kirk, Do you have any idea of the effects of acetone on a Honda

RE: [Biofuel] 2 - Mother Earth News burners and glycerine by-product

2005-04-08 Thread malcolm maclure
Hi Keith, I'm glad to hear you've decided against doing a bit of backyard bomb disposal!!! Nothing's cheap in Japan, it's either expensive or free (gomi, junk). Actually not quite true, there's quite a lot of stuff from China here now, good quality, low prices, made for Japanese companies

Re: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread Ken Richardson
Hi all My Gyroplane will fly backwards at 7+ mph wind, sometimes after I have landed. The weight of the wiring could be flown with its own lifting shape Ken ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel

RE: [Biofuel] Iraq Invasion - Age of Oil Scarcity

2005-04-08 Thread Tom Irwin
Dear Rick, In principle you are correct but does anyone really want to occupy an area after dropping nukes on it. Besides it would have spoiled the oil. As for having enough troops, no way I can agree. Why do you think those poor men and women in the National Guard are doing service there? I was

Re: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread bob allen
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_elevator_020327-1.html Rob wrote: I first thought that this was an Aprils Fool, trying to work out what the weight of the cable needed to carry the electricity back to earth and having to reach around 12 miles high, the wind drag

[Biofuel] soap, glycerine by-product and how my farm is doing

2005-04-08 Thread Kim Garth Travis
Keith I make soap with KOH and/or NaOH depending on what I want. A liquid soap, bar soap or cream soap. I don't know what you have available for animals tallows, but goat, emu and pig are all wonderfully hydrating, so using them in addition to your leftovers could remove the caustic

RE: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread Tim Ferguson
Hello Kirk, Airspace is controlled. As a pilot I can tell you that although most of the US east of the Mississippi River is Class E and above (controlled) airspace it is a reverse proportion west of the Mississippi River. Where most of the airspace is Class G or uncontrolled. The

[Biofuel] Canada Automakers and GHG Emissions

2005-04-08 Thread MH
Canadian Automobile Industry and Government Agree on Climate Change Action April 05, 2005 http://www.physorg.com/news3600.html To achieve the Government's GHG-reduction objective for the sector, the Canadian automobile industry will offer and promote a wide variety of fuel-saving

Re: [Biofuel] Kerosene

2005-04-08 Thread Greg Harbican
Actualy if one wanted to bring the BTU's of biodiesel up, mixing with a little Avtur might be a thought. Greg H. - Original Message - From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 19:12 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Kerosene Is this true Kerosene or is it

RE: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
Next time you buy a sectional (map for you nonpilots) I suggest you give it a closer glance. The last one I bought was Montana and there is a lot of airspace with a 10,000 minimum altitude. Guess they don't want people disturbing the animals. :) Then there is military space. Some of those can

[Biofuel] Help a greenhorn

2005-04-08 Thread ursul
Guys, I am very green in making biodiesel. I am trying to put together the parts that I need to make it. I would like to know: 1) what filter if available I should use to separate the water from the WVO ? 2) what type of pH meter should I use to determine the pH before and after the wash ?

Re: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
Actually 500 feet may make it worthwhile. Towers are damn expensive and maintenance is difficult too. Towers are built though because they pencil. Eliminating them would be a good thing if it can be done reliably. Kirk Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I first thought that this was an Aprils

Re: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread MH
http://www.skywindpower.com/ww/ D. Flying Electric Generators Other images http://skywindpower.com/ww/images/Rotorcraft%20vidlink.jpg http://skywindpower.com/ww/images/FEG_WEB%20Home2.jpg It's a danger to UFOs. Keith Maybe we could tune them in to our GPS directional devices to

RE: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread Tim Ferguson
Guess they don't want people disturbing the animals. :) Flights over national parks, wildlife preserves etc are marked on the sectional and specify either on the chart or in the legend the altitude AGL for flying over these areas. Normally 2,000' AGL. Sorry about the Typo on the first posting.

RE: [Biofuel] Iraq Invasion - Age of Oil Scarcity

2005-04-08 Thread Tom Irwin
Hi All, Please do not misunderstand my point about Korea. I do not want my country to invade North Korea. (I never want the U.S. to invade anyone) I have many friends in the South whose lives would be destroyed. I was comparing the relative threat between the leaders of Iraq and North Korea

RE: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
I think it was the Bob Marshall Wilderness and as I recall it was 5000 above ground level. I remember thinking it was kinda special. Kirk Tim Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guess they don't want people disturbing the animals. :) Flights over national parks, wildlife preserves etc are marked

RE: [Biofuel] 2 - Mother Earth News burners and glycerine by-product

2005-04-08 Thread malcolm maclure
Hello Tim, They have a porous plug at the top of the cylinder to contain the acetylene. But no complete liner to my knowledge, the books I have are old though so things may have changed. In one respect for sure cylinders have changed, the old cylinders used to have a safety valve at the base,

Re: [Biofuel] 2 - Mother Earth News burners and glycerine by-product

2005-04-08 Thread dwoodard
We are getting on to some tricky territory here. My recollection is that volatile flammable substances tend to be absorbed in the pore space of the metal in drums etc. When the metal is heated they come out of the pores and are ignited. I believe there is a protocol for working with such drums

RE: [Biofuel] 2 - Mother Earth News burners and glycerine by-product

2005-04-08 Thread malcolm maclure
Hi Bob, Although acetone is miscible with water I think the packing material in the cylinder would prevent the water reaching anywhere significant into it, let alone the bottom of the cylinder, leaving an unflushed pocket of unknown size. Still risky in my view. Not recommended. Regards

Re: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.skywindpower.com/ww/ D. Flying Electric Generators Other images http://skywindpower.com/ww/images/Rotorcraft%20vidlink.jpg http://skywindpower.com/ww/images/FEG_WEB%20Home2.jpg It's a danger to UFOs. Keith Take your laser pen and redirect traffic or put some running

Re: [Biofuel] Iraq Invasion - Age of Oil Scarcity

2005-04-08 Thread Rick Littrell
Thanks for your comments. They are vary helpful. I'm not sure I understand this Neo Con Dispensationalist principle but I also have to confess I don't understand the Neo Cons all that well. Do you think the is a political philosophy here or is it just another name for business

RE: [Biofuel] Mother Earth News burners and biofuels

2005-04-08 Thread Juan Boveda
You've been here? That sounds good. Japan leaves you with good memories to cherish, doesn't it? Yes, I lived in Tsukuba city for a year between 1993 -94 and I was during the end of that year in Tokio during 2 weeks. I was granted with a scholarship by JICA for chemical technology in

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Re: [Biofuel] Re: The Energy Crunch To Come

2005-04-08 Thread Rick Littrell
Whether or not the US took Rome or invaded in 1944 the war was lost for Germany. They could no longer replace their losses while the Soviet ability to put in men and material into the field was steadily rising. The German army was essentially an army within an army. A small, highly

Re: [Biofuel] The Lutec over unity device

2005-04-08 Thread Rick Littrell
I believe there is a Ferengie trader in your area that might be able to help but it will cost you. Then again look on the bright side. At least the Ferengie aren't Halliburton. If they were you'd really get screwed. Rick Kirk McLoren wrote: Yes, I am actually hoping to put a couple

[Biofuel] Filtering before use

2005-04-08 Thread Brent S
thinking that a paper coffee filter is over kill(not to mention slow). Would a nylon stocking work? Brent ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Iraq Invasion - Age of Oil Scarcity

2005-04-08 Thread Ken Provost
On Apr 8, 2005, at 12:25 PM, Rick Littrell wrote: I guess the most important questions for me are how much of the administrations positions on environment are philosophical and how much pragmatic. As several people have pointed out the collapse of cheap energy i.e., oil and gas will

[Biofuel] got glop (yup)

2005-04-08 Thread Derick Giorchino
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Re: [Biofuel] Help a greenhorn

2005-04-08 Thread Derick Giorchino
i have found plastic mixing cones on line at macmaster carr.com a very good 1'' pump at harbor freaght the measuring equipment and drumb band heater at mcmaster the scale was from the local office supply in oz or grams and on ebay i found a old soda syrup container made of s.s. for methoxide no

[Biofuel] Moody's downgrades GM to the brink of junk status

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
FT.com / Home UK - Moody's downgrades GM to the brink of junk status By Jennifer Hughes in New York Published: April 6 2005 03:00 | Last updated: April 6 2005 03:00 General Motors, the US carmaker, saw its debt slide one notch closer to junk-rated status yesterday after Moody's Investor

[Biofuel] What's Good For GM?

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
What's Good For GM? Frank O'Donnell April 06, 2005 General Motors is on the ropes, a victim of the kind of arrogance common to many corporate giants. Frank O'Donnell looks at how GM preferred to lobby Washington rather than compete, deliver healthy products or protect the environment.

[Biofuel] IMF warns on risk of 'permanent oil shock'

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
FT.com / Home UK - IMF warns on risk of 'permanent oil shock' By Javier Blas in London Published: April 7 2005 20:02 | Last updated: April 7 2005 20:02 The world faces a permanent oil shock and will have to adjust to sustained high prices in the next two decades, the International Monetary

Re: [Biofuel] Iraq Invasion - Age of Oil Scarcity

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
Keith Addison wrote: (Iraqi forces) There wasn't much left of them by that time, which I think was the idea. This was one of my contentions in the lead up to the war. How can a nation whose armed forces have been decimated constitute a threat in the traditional, military sense? Our

RE: [Biofuel] 2 - Mother Earth News burners and glycerine by-product

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Keith, I'm glad to hear you've decided against doing a bit of backyard bomb disposal!!! Thanks to you... but I was more bothered by the Keith-disposal aspect. Nothing's cheap in Japan, it's either expensive or free (gomi, junk). Actually not quite true, there's quite a lot of stuff

Re: [Biofuel] 2 - Mother Earth News burners and glycerine by-product

2005-04-08 Thread Keith Addison
If you want bottles, try places that refill fire extingishers, I've seen piles of discarded bottles of all shapes and sizes. Lucky you - we had a really hard time finding them too. Finally nailed down a coupleof small ones, one of which I used inour Turk burner. A fire extinguisher would