[biofuel] Received a message from biofuel-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com biofuel-unsubscribe

2004-05-20 Thread look4bryan
I received a message from that email address. The email contains an attachment. Being the suspicious type, I expect it's an attempt to infect me with a virus, since I have not yet unsubscribed from this list. Anyone else seen such emails? Bryan Yahoo! Groups

[biofuel] Re: VW gas engine modification

2004-03-05 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1 I've seen them used as ultralight engines, but IMHO there are better tools for the job. There probably are better tools, I'll have to keep looking My question to the group is this: has anyone tried such a project? The prices these people want for parts to do the

[biofuel] Using diesel engines with alternate fuels...

2004-03-03 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1I've read that diesel engines can use biogas/methane and producer gas to run, but still needs 10% diesel fuel injected into the engine to facilitate ignition. I'm not really up on IC engines, so I'm wondering how one convinces a diesel to inject only 10% rather than 100% of

[biofuel] VW gas engine modification

2004-03-03 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1There was also another item I wanted to ask the group about. In the light aircraft arena, people have taken an air cooled 4 cylinder VW bug engine and split it in half, creating an engine with 2 cylinders, half the weight and horsepower (25-30 HP). My question to the group

[biofuel] Re: Cost of the War

2004-02-22 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1Really. You don't see something wrong with these numbers? Assuming you mean US dollars, since the USA is apparently the means by which all evil is measured, $2.17 per person will provide healthcare AND food? WHAT A DEAL? Where do I sign up? 13,000,000,000 dollars

[biofuel] Re: WVO heater for shop - The Sawdust Stove

2004-02-07 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1Maybe I'm missing it, but I don't see a link to a picture or drawing for the stove. Can you post or repost the link of the referenced picture, for the group to take a look at? Sounds like an interesting project, but I like pictures to go along with the verbage :-). Bryan

[biofuel] Re: Global Warming

2004-02-06 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1Jeff, I think you need to do some more research. Citing:http://www.technocarb.com/natgasproperties.htm The composition of natural gas is never constant. However, Methane is by far the largest component, its presence accounting for about 95% of the total volume. Other

[biofuel] Re: Global Warming

2004-02-05 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1Methane Hydrate actually, and there is a lot of it on the planet. Discovery likes to point out all the things that can kill us off. Meteors, methane, Yellowstone National Park (seriously), the list goes on. Methane Hydrates could be the next big fuel source. By the way,

[biofuel] Re: Fuel from Pine roots?

2004-01-29 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1 Possibly, but I doubt it. Where did you read that? Not sure where I read it, prolly chased it down after following various links off of journeytoforever.org or ww2.green-trust.org. The article was something to do with US combatants capturing a Japanese base on an island

[biofuel] Re: Iowa Farmer Focus of Wind-Energy Debate

2004-01-27 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1I live in rural Iowa, and my local electric co-op has had several wind generation articles in their monthly self-promotional magazine, which read to me as your basic attempt to undermine any thought of a small producer hooking into their grid. What it boils down to is this:

[biofuel] Re: Fuel from Pine roots?

2004-01-26 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1This is my first post to the Group, hello everyone. I recall reading recently that Japanese aviation fuel in WWII was alchohol, not gasoline. Recall that one of the reasons they went to war was because the US cut them off (in their view, I'm not a historian) from oil