Re: [biofuel] High altitude diesel issues emissions

2004-08-13 Thread Brian Kelly
Greg have you checked out IH8MUD.com ? If you have not checked it out yet it is a pretty good place for us cruiser heads to go and ask questions and like this list, you will get answers from around the world. Is your motor the 3B ? I am getting ready to install a 12-HT into a 83 FJ-45 LW }:-) I

Re: [biofuel] Drink Water From Dehumidifier?

2004-07-20 Thread Brian Kelly
I used a cheap 4X6 ft plastic covered cloth tarp, suspended it's corners about a foot high with stakes, rolled a small rock to the center, put a small container on the ground under the rock. I left this setup undisturbed over night, and in the morning I had about a pint of water. It tasted like

Re: [biofuels-biz] Fwd: RE: [solar-ac] Solar Geothermal

2003-12-18 Thread Brian Kelly
Hakan, 'No frill' grid connections would be welcome. In NJ, net metering (in most of the U.S. also)is common for pv systems. As it is right now, most pv system produce too high voltage to be plugged into 120 outlets. We are required to run the dc electricity through a dc disconnect(code req'd),

Re: [biofuels-biz] Fwd: RE: [solar-ac] Solar Geothermal

2003-12-13 Thread Brian Kelly
Solar electric is becoming a little more efficient. Sharp has a 185 watt panels that has cells w/ an efficiency of 17.48% (the whole module is 14.23% though) (yeah, I'm a solar electric installer). Do any of you consider geothermal for heating and cooling??? Relies on the constant

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: [biofuel] diesel or hybrid?

2003-09-24 Thread Brian Kelly
I've been thinking about a hybrid / biodiesel combo for a while. It would push fuel efficiency and sustainability to a new high for vehicles. I recently purchased a new jetta diesel though and still feel good about my plans to run it on biodiesel. The mileage will still be much better than most

[biofuels-biz] DIY PV water-Haiti Trip

2003-04-04 Thread Brian Kelly
I'll be heading to Haiti for a week in July with some staff and students form Miami University of Ohio. The prupose is to continue studying the water quality issues that are common there. I was looking into some type of passive solar system that purifies the water polluted from animal and sewage

Re: [biofuel] EU: Boycott of American Goods Over Iraq War Gains Momentum

2003-03-29 Thread Brian Kelly
On boycotting...simply recommendationto do your best, just keep making biofuel and promote education on renewable, sustainable energies. You will be directly and indirectly cutting financial support for the fossil and nuclear fuel industries that have a strangle hold on many people.

Re: [biofuel] Good-bye

2003-03-22 Thread Brian Kelly
Take it easy, Harley. You are correct in my view. We all see that Bush has special corrupt interests of his own, and that our country (U.S.) is knee deep in oil consumption, but as fashionable as it is to bash the U.S., any country or individual taking it to the extreme should probably think 2x

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp

2003-03-09 Thread Brian Kelly
Hemp Continued Hemp is a great multi-use crop. It produces 4x the amount of paper fiber per acre compared to trees. It is great for protein and essential fatty acids, and thousands of industrial, sustainable uses. Kentucky used to have the most roductive hemp strain in the world. It also has

[biofuel] RE: Cheap pH and scales

2003-02-27 Thread Brian Kelly
I just purchased a $29 pH meter called the Hanna pH on the internet. It's a little pocket pH. I also purchased a 250gram pocket scale on e-bay last week and it came w/ a 100g calibration weight($30). (in the U.S.) Brian --- ehall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a similar note, anyone know where