Re: [Biofuel] [Fwd: Re: [DCBiodieselcoop] Police Check Point - fuel dye test.]

2006-04-12 Thread Chris Chuck McGuire
Hakan Falk wrote: Big snip... If you are buying your fuel, you are paying taxes. Having spent the last 25 years in law enforcement, my advice to anyone who is asked by a police officer if they may do whatever, like dip your tank to check for dyed fuel, I would politely respond May I see your

Re: [Biofuel] 2 questions about BD production

2005-09-22 Thread Chris Chuck McGuire
As for #1 diesel, I have seen it at truck refueling places, where you can sometimes get #1, #2, or a 50/50 blend of them, but never at the local gas station. And even the #2 diesel at truck stops seems to run better than the diesel from in town gas stations. I suspect that these places

Re: [Biofuel] Debatable statement?

2005-09-16 Thread Chris Chuck McGuire
I would be inclined to think that turbocharging, or possibly supercharging the engine would be a better alternative. Of course you will have to fabricate all of the parts, and I would wager that the injector pump won't be able to deliver the extra fuel that significant boost would require for

Re: [Biofuel] The myth behind non-taxable, off-road fuel was Re: There derrivatives of Barrel Oil, have you wondered ?

2005-08-29 Thread Chris Chuck McGuire
Here in Montana the differrence is $0.50 per gallon. And that is probably why the Highway Patrol and GVW departments are advertisiing about the illegality of using dyed fuel in your on-road vehicle. Of course, they have to have probable cause to stop you to dip your tank...

Re: [Biofuel] Brazil's ethanol effort

2005-06-23 Thread Chris Chuck McGuire
While you may have your finger on something important here, I don't see why an electric fuel preheater and high pressure multi port fuel injection couldn't solve the cold weather vaporization issue completely. Unfortunately, those of us who live and work in cold climates do not always

Re: [Biofuel] Problems with the Biofuel list

2005-03-26 Thread Chris Chuck McGuire
I hardly believe that falling on your sword is necessary. People being people, we will rub one another the wrong way from time to time. Machines and software being what they are, they will fail sometimes also. This forum, warts and all provides valuable information for all of us, without

Re: [Biofuel] Latest Consumer Reports

2005-03-06 Thread Chris Chuck McGuire
West at 55mph. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable):

Re: [Biofuel] Kyoto- termites CH4

2005-02-22 Thread Chris Chuck McGuire
woods. The bears were here first. I look at all of the trees dying in Western Montana of pine bark beetle, another natural phenomenon caused in part by a warmer, dryer climate, and wonder why we don't cut them, burn them in power plants like the one in Thompson Falls, Montana USA and