[biofuels-biz] questions from New Zealand

2003-03-18 Thread Chanti Smith
Greetings We are two women from California travelling in New Zealand. We run our truck on bio-diesel in the states and are part of a cooperative, and we have met a man here who is keen on the idea and wants to start a bio-diesel business. He is a pig farmer who collects veggie oil and food waste

[biofuels-biz] Fwd: EPA and the NBB are problems

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Cross-post... hagerva, you're a member here, why didn't you post it here? This question has been extensively discussed here, probably more than anywhere else, and a lot of answers found. Check out the archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuels-biz Best Keith To: [EMAIL

Re: [biofuels-biz] questions from New Zealand

2003-03-18 Thread A. Kwong
Hello Chanti : greetings !! I just returned from south island of NZ and love the place as a whole .. We have been working with waste oil from retaurant grease trap, and from a pig farm hog feed food waste and related stuff with success here in China, and have thought about other items also ...

[biofuels-biz] Fwd: Continuous electricity from bacteria oxidizing biomass

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Cross-posting... From: tvoivozhd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Homestead mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Continuous electricity from bacteria oxidizing biomass Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:49:06 -0500 BACTERIA THAT CAN PRODUCE ELECTRICITY University of Massachusetts researchers have developed a

[biofuels-biz] Happy International Biodiesel Awareness Day

2003-03-18 Thread girl mark
Hello, all, just a reminder that today is Rudolph Diesel's 145th birthday and a few communities are hosting biodiesel awareness events (Boulder, Berkeley, and Santa Rosa are the ones I know of)... go patronize your local biodiesel awareness celebration! mark Yahoo!

[biofuels-biz] EERE Network News -- 03/19/03

2003-03-18 Thread EERE
== EERE NETWORK NEWS -- March 19, 2003 A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). http://www.eere.energy.gov/

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend to propagate.

2003-03-18 Thread bratt
Hemp and flax are quite different plants, although they both can be used for oil and for fibre. Hemp is a fairly close relative of the common nettle, and will cross with it in the wild. I have seen hemp-nettle grow to 6 feet. Flax can be selectively bred to produce long stalks for fibre,

[biofuel] Hydrogen

2003-03-18 Thread Doug Allbright
At what tempature does hydrogen seperate from water, I was told around 900 degree's but this does not seem right to me. But I am totally clueless anyway. Any help would be apprciated. Thanks Doug Allbright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer 972-488-0999

[biofuel] Not much Noticed amoungst the Noise

2003-03-18 Thread yellowjuice2001
Blix lists 12 disarmament tasks left for Iraq 18.03.2003 230pm UNITED NATIONS - Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix produced a to do list of 12 disarmament tasks Iraq should fulfill as he began to withdraw his

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend to propagate.

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:44:09 -, you wrote: Murdoch, is this hemp the stuff we know as flax? I don't know. Maybe Todd can answer. Hemp = Cannabis sativa L., Cannabis indica Lam., Cannabinaceae http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Cannabis_sativa.html Flax = Linum uistatissimum

RE: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend to propagate.

2003-03-18 Thread norris hobson (SRI)
Flax is grown for its fibre, when it is grown for oil, varieties of linseed are used, same plant but different breeding and purpose. Both will produce oil and fibre but it is the amount and quality of the two products which vary. If the sails were white they must have been bleached as hemp

Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen

2003-03-18 Thread Steve Spence
3500 K or 5840 F (3227 C) http://www.hionsolar.com/n-hion96.htm Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Doug Allbright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [biofuel] Fw: Observations about Turk's waste oil burner

2003-03-18 Thread Steve Spence
if you heat the glycs, they should burn, especially if they have a high methanol content. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: paul van den

[biofuel] Water injection

2003-03-18 Thread water_jerry
I have been looking for any and all info about water injection for gas engines. So far I have found the following articales, but I need more of the over all picture..(During the mid-70's, physicist Don Novak traveled all over the U.S. lecturing and teaching in his seminars how to achieve 100

[biofuel] Dan Rather Speaks On Rights Of Descent...03/17/03

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Dan Rather Speaks On Rights Of Descent...03/17/03 Dan Rather, the head journalist of all the news agencies in America, speaks candidly about censorship. He speaks with keen insight into the current atmosphere of threat, intimidation, risk, and restricted freedom by the current administration.

[biofuel] Fwd: Continuous electricity from bacteria oxidizing biomass

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Cross-posting... From: tvoivozhd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Homestead mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Continuous electricity from bacteria oxidizing biomass Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:49:06 -0500 BACTERIA THAT CAN PRODUCE ELECTRICITY University of Massachusetts researchers have developed a

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend to propagate.

2003-03-18 Thread Greg and April
I wonder if this stuff can legally be grown in the US, it might provide a alternative to hemp ( seed oil and fiber ) if it can. Does anyone know? Greg H. - Original Message - From: bratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 21:11 Subject: Re:

[biofuel] Fwd: Standoff On The Mall in DC

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
From: Pat Meadows [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Homestead mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Standoff On The Mall in DC Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:34:06 -0500 You know, this is a bit difficult to believe, but take a look here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44600-2003Mar18.html A

RE: [biofuel] Hydrogen

2003-03-18 Thread kirk
The % of disassociation is a function of temperature. It is not an all or nothing thing. Kirk -Original Message- From: Doug Allbright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:30 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Hydrogen At what tempature does

[biofuel] crosspost schoolbus conversions

2003-03-18 Thread kirk
Message: 2 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 06:33:07 -0800 (PST) From: RON MORRISON [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: BIO DIESEL UPDATE I guess the

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS IN IRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Tricia Liu wrote: :-) snip If the war did happen, we as the members of this group can only try harder to bring more biofuel into reality. And pray for a better future and we not only can provide for domestic need. And can even export BioFuel to help less developed nations. The poorer

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS IN IRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread John Hayes
Tricia Liu wrote: The polls from media are still showing 54% - 59%??? American supports the Iraqi war! Can we have a poll in this group? So we can see how many members think the war is necessary etc.? It's a world event, can we have a small poll? Set it up at Journeyforever website? Such a

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend to propagate.

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
I doubt if there would be any legal problems growing hemp-nettle. http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/galeopsistetr.html Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit) http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/plants/magnoliophyta/magnoliophyt ina/magnoliopsida/lamiaceae/galeopsis/ Galeopsis

[biofuel] Re: crosspost schoolbus conversions

2003-03-18 Thread csakima
Did I hear right .. or is it just my imagnation. Registration and Certficate Required 2470. It is unlawful for any person US INDIVIDUALS to engage in the transportation of OIL INTENDED FOR BIODIESEL CONVERSION without being registered with the Department of Food and Agriculture and without

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Josh Cohen
i would bet to say our group is 100% anti war (or so i hope) - Original Message - From: John Hayes To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

[biofuel] Wages and Rents Was: PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread csakima
Correct me if I'm not saying another way of what you are saying... The main reason why poor countries are poor is that the dependence on rich countries creates a situation where the poor country is constantly renting an apartment from the rich country at such a high rent ... that they

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS IN IRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Andrew Preston
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:55:10 -0500, John Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Such a poll would be useless given selection bias issues inherent to nonrandom sampling Would you expand on this a little? Besides, do you really need a straw poll to conclude that the majority of list

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend to propagate.

2003-03-18 Thread Greg and April
Except that it is considered a pest for the most part, I could probably get in trouble for growing a noxious weed. Everything that I've seen so far says that it only gets about 1 1/2 -2 ft. tall. Greg H. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend to propagate.

2003-03-18 Thread Myles Twete
Wow, hemp is related to nettles---I didn't know that---though it makes sense when you look at the leaves. However, Hemp's closest relative is the Hop plant---though it its not clear whether crossing the two is mythology or just difficult---old 60's marijuana books suggested doing this to grow

[biofuel] Things to Come

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/opinion/18KRUG.html Things to Come By Paul Krugman Of course we'll win on the battlefield, probably with ease. I'm not a military expert, but I can do the numbers: the most recent U.S. military budget was $400 billion, while Iraq spent only $1.4 billion.

[biofuel] Credibility Bomb

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7426 Credibility Bomb Doug Ireland is a New York-based media critic and commentator. The powerful odor of mendacity (to borrow Tennessee Williams' phrase) hung over George Bush's primetime virtual declaration of war Monday night. When Bush proclaimed

Transportation of waste oils (eg. California Law# 2470) was: [biofuel] crosspost schoolbus conversions

2003-03-18 Thread Myles Twete
Looks like you heard it right---California at least has the rule listed on their DMV site: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d02/vc2470.htm Probably rules exist in many statesI'm looking at Oregon's ORS466 right now -MT -Original Message- From: csakima [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[biofuel] Secret US report scorns Bush policy attacks Middle East policy

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=387231 Secret US report scorns Bush policy attacks Middle East policy By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles 15 March 2003 A classified State Department report has poured scorn on George Bush's much-touted policy that a military invasion

[biofuel] Third UK Minister Resigns Over Blair's Iraq Policy

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNewsstoryID=2398161 Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage Third UK Minister Resigns Over Blair's Iraq Policy Tue March 18, 2003 06:32 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - A mid-ranking British interior minister, John Denham, resigned from

[biofuel] War now as unpopular as Vietnam in the end (Oz)

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/18/1047749772627.html War now as unpopular as Vietnam in the end March 19 2003 By Michael Gordon John Howard has rewritten the rule book on the engagement of Australian forces to war in the biggest gamble of his political career. For the first time

[biofuel] Russia rejects Bush solution on Iraq

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_215891,001300180001.htm HindustanTimes.com Russia rejects Bush solution on Iraq, calls for UN route (Vinay Shukla) Press Trust of India Moscow, March 18 Rejecting US President George W Bush's 48-hour deadline for Saddam Hussein to quit or face war, Russia

[biofuel] The Emperor Has Spoken. Let The World Take Heed.

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=40ItemID=3249 The Emperor Has Spoken. Let The World Take Heed. by Rahul Mahajan March 17, 2003 Mark the date: March 16, 2003. It will go down in history as the day our new Caesar crossed his personal Rubicon. Bush's twin ultimata, to Iraq

[biofuel] On the Brink of War

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
United for Peace and Justice launched a nationwide campaign of nonviolent direct action in Washington, DC along with last-ditch lobbying efforts by a host of citizen groups, organizations and individuals. For info on antiwar organizing: http://www.unitedforpeace.org There are also what are

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Greg and April
Not. Greg H. - Original Message - From: Josh Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 09:55 Subject: Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost! i would bet to say our group is 100% anti

Re: [biofuel] The Emperor Has Spoken. Let The World Take Heed.

2003-03-18 Thread Appal Energy
Now that is a rationale that is not only chilling but ominous in its accuracy. Todd Swearingen - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:03 PM Subject: [biofuel] The Emperor Has Spoken. Let The World Take Heed.

RE: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend topropagate.

2003-03-18 Thread kirk
I don't think it is a hybrid. When I was a youngster our ranch house didn't have a well as we had a spring. We used to get monster stinging nettles at the overflow. I know, I had to scythe them. I am told the growing tips are one of the few vegetable sources of that B vitamin you normally only

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread vern_hendershott
You would be wrong. i would bet to say our group is 100% anti war (or so i hope) Ê - Original Message - Ê From: John Hayes Ê To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Ê Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:55 AM Ê Subject: Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS

Re: [biofuel] The Emperor Has Spoken. Let The World Take Heed.

2003-03-18 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Here is another interpretation of interest: This one on Saddam's thinking, as a man about to dieit appear a week or so ago in our local paper...and this link was found from an NZ paper... If you don't know of Gwynn Dyer, he writes extensively on world political issues and has for many

[biofuel] Peace protests stepped up across the world

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,916697,00.html Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Peace protests stepped up across the world Staff and agencies Tuesday March 18, 2003 Sydney Opera House staff inspect the 'no war' slogan daubed on the building by protesters. Photo: Dan

[biofuel] Bush Clings To Dubious Allegations About Iraq

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42517-2003Mar17.html Bush Clings To Dubious Allegations About Iraq By Walter Pincus and Dana Milbank Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, March 18, 2003; Page A13 As the Bush administration prepares to attack Iraq this week, it is doing so on

[biofuel] Lessons from Qaddafi

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2003/0303qaddafi.html Foreign Policy In Focus | Global Affairs Commentary Lessons from Qaddafi By Ronald Bruce St. John March 14, 2003 In April 1986 American pilots bombed multiple targets in Libya. One of the targets, the residence of Libyan leader Mohammar

[biofuel] President Bush's February 26 Speech on the Future of Iraq: A Critique

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2003/0303aeispeech.html Foreign Policy In Focus | Global Affairs Commentary | President Bush's February 26 Speech on the Future of Iraq: A Critique By Stephen Zunes March 7, 2003 Considerable attention has been given to President George W. Bush's February 26

[biofuel] Why the U.S. Inspires Scorn

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Officials in Washington, of course, have largely avoided talking about the global stakes in this war. As the president did last night, they speak of the impending war as just a campaign to eliminate a single tyrant. And that rhetoric has largely convinced the American public, Tyler Marshall

Re: [biofuel] 69 Landrover

2003-03-18 Thread craigreece
Contact Martyn Russell in B.C. - 250-835-4557, or Mike Wesson in Quebec - 819-875-1459. They both sell used Rovers, and Mike sells kits to intall a 200 Tdi in Rovers. Craig Michael Ashton wrote: Hi everyone, I have a 69 series IIA 109' Land Rover with a gasoline engine. I am sure they

[biofuel] myths and hemp

2003-03-18 Thread kirk
According to Marijuana Botany by Robert Connell Clarke the active substance has nothing to do with the roots. Same with boiling the roots at harvest. He does explain why it makes a difference though. The book is worth having if only for the bibliography. A lot of pot books were written for

Re: [biofuel] Credibility Bomb

2003-03-18 Thread Greg and April
Nuclear weapons are not the most lethal weapons ever devised. That honor goes first to biological weapons, then to chemical weapons. Imagine a disease that the symptoms looks like pneumonia, but a week to 10 days after the symptoms decline, the patient dies because the outer sheath on neurons

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Vern_Hendershott wrote: You would be wrong. And so would you be Vern, as you have been all along. You've been closing your eyesto a lot of things, eh? Keith i would bet to say our group is 100% anti war (or so i hope) - Original Message - From: John Hayes To:

RE: [biofuel] Water injection

2003-03-18 Thread harley3
Dear Jerry: The information on the water injection unit that you are looking for. Did they sell it commercially? I read about ( I believe in Hot Rod) and bought an water injector unit back in the early 80's. It had a vacuum valve that attached to the Engine Intake. The main body was like a

Re: [biofuel] Wages and Rents Was: PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Correct me if I'm not saying another way of what you are saying... The main reason why poor countries are poor is that the dependence on rich countries creates a situation where the poor country is constantly renting an apartment from the rich country at such a high rent ... that they

Re: [biofuel] Credibility Bomb

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Er, right, Greg, you've got a label on him now, so you can just safely ignore it all then. Keith Nuclear weapons are not the most lethal weapons ever devised. That honor goes first to biological weapons, then to chemical weapons. Imagine a disease that the symptoms looks like pneumonia, but

RE: [biofuel] myths and hemp

2003-03-18 Thread Myles Twete
thanks. yes, there are plants which look like cannabis and many plant leaves look like hemp---e.g. Japanese Maple leaves. Still, hemp and hops are indeed sisters in the plant worldis nettles truly a close relative? -mt -Original Message- From: kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread harley3
I make two Harley -Original Message- From: Greg and April [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:26 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost! Not. Greg H.

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread vern_hendershott
Well Keith, there so far are two list members who are not anti war, we have only tried to correct an incorrect assumption made by another list member. History will, after time, tell us all who is right and who is wrong. In the meantime we enjoy the right to have differing opinions. You

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS IN IRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Andrew On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:55:10 -0500, John Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Such a poll would be useless given selection bias issues inherent to nonrandom sampling Would you expand on this a little? Besides, do you really need a straw poll to conclude that the

[biofuel] new soybean oil, 4.5 gallon, .65 / qt.

2003-03-18 Thread Steve Spence
Was in BJ's today (Our local bulk warehouse type store), found 4.5 gallon containers of new soybean oil for 65 cents / quart. New canola for 93 cents / quart. New peanut oil for $1.13 / quart. Any cheaper sources out there? Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Steve Spence
I'm anti war, but not anti this war. needs to be done. shoulda been done 13 years ago. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Greg and April

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread John E Hayes III
Ummm. I fail to see how Vern's remark merits this response. Andrew postulated that 100% of the group is against the war. Vern presented a datapoint that invalidates Andrew's assertion. Vern may be right or wrong in his support of this war, but in this post all he did was provide evidence

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS IN IRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Steve Spence
Us country folk don't mind the redneck title. just don't be talking 'bout our wives, I mean sisters Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message -

Re: [biofuel] Water injection

2003-03-18 Thread Steve Spence
(Gas Engines): If your engine was pinging badly on pump gas, then you might have seen an improvement in mileage, as the water injection brought combustion back to normal. If your engine is running fine, water injection doesn't help much. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy

RE: [biofuel] new soybean oil, 4.5 gallon, .65 / qt.

2003-03-18 Thread kirk
I would try the farmers co op -- get it straight from the press. -Original Message- From: Steve Spence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:17 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [biofuel] new soybean oil, 4.5 gallon, .65 /

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Well Keith, there so far are two list members who are not anti war, Four. we have only tried to correct an incorrect assumption made by another list member. ... who said: i would bet to say our group is 100% anti war (or so i hope) Four out of 1,500 makes what percent? History will, after

[biofuel] Poltical Opinions, Random Samples Web polls

2003-03-18 Thread John E Hayes III
Andrew Preston wrote: On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:55:10 -0500, John Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Such a poll would be useless given selection bias issues inherent to nonrandom sampling Would you expand on this a little? In statistics, people frequently focus solely on the number

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Hakan Falk
Dear Vern, I can not imagine anything worse happening to me than if I unintentionally or intentionally would cause the death of a human being. I met many people who has been in that situation and still have to meet one who has not been scarred for life of that experience. This has been people

Re: [biofuel] myths and hemp

2003-03-18 Thread bratt
I have looked for a booklet I had read, about plants of the area around our lake, but cannot locate it. However, I have found a list of plants, both natural and introduced for this area. It shows the common stinging nettle as native, and hemp-nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit) as introduced. That

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread bratt
Well put. I am old enough to know a few veterans of Viet Nam. Some will not talk about what they did. Some do. After returning home, one went 'down the pike' to the lowest levels on drugs and alcohol. A streeter. Most of the guys he went with died over a few years, as the lowest dregs of

[biofuel] Oil type Q. cotton versus canola

2003-03-18 Thread paul van den bergen
One of my sources has just switched from canola to cotton... should I expect a change in behaviour? (processing, not the final product) -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] IM:bulwynkl2002 It's a book. Non-volatile storage

[biofuel] Happy International Biodiesel Awareness Day

2003-03-18 Thread girl mark
Hello, all, just a reminder that today is Rudolph Diesel's 145th birthday and a few communities are hosting biodiesel awareness events (Boulder, Berkeley, and Santa Rosa are the ones I know of)... go patronize your local biodiesel awareness celebration! mark Yahoo!

[biofuel] Re: Credibility Bomb

2003-03-18 Thread Greg Harbican
I know he does not know a thing about weapons. It does not mean that I can ignore what what is going on, it does not even mean that I have to like what is going on, but, I do think that to some extent, it is a nasty thing that may need to be done. Greg H. BTW..Keith, I havn't recieved any

RE: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend topropagate.

2003-03-18 Thread James Slayden
interesting, I was also thinking it looked like a mint. On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, kirk wrote: I don't think it is a hybrid. When I was a youngster our ranch house didn't have a well as we had a spring. We used to get monster stinging nettles at the overflow. I know, I had to scythe them. I am

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend topropagate.

2003-03-18 Thread John Blackmer
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/DOCS/crops/integrated_pest_management/weed_identifi cation_broadleaf_weeds/Hempnett.asp HEMP-NETTLE (Galeopsis tetrahit) OTHER NAMES: Dog nettle, bee nettle, flowering nettle, wild hemp, ironweed. ORIGIN: Eurasia HABITAT: Cultivated fields, open woods, and waste

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend topropagate.

2003-03-18 Thread bratt
OTHER NAMES: Dog nettle, bee nettle, flowering nettle, wild hemp, ironweed. Wild hemp? And I have probably killed off the whole yard full with a lawn !! And it used to grow six feet high !!. It was free range !! Ed B - Original Message - From: John Blackmer To:

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread bratt
Keith: Here is an opinion from a professional gambler-money expert, from Canaduh. JCT: After being inundated with War stories, I must comment before the bloodshed starts on the word war. People love to euphamize the slaughter of innocents into such a simple word. But every time you hear

RE: [biofuel] Re: Credibility Bomb

2003-03-18 Thread harley3
Greg: You too. I have been sending in responses, and they somehow are not getting through. Some make it and some don't. The ones that don't make it through are not getting bounced back to me either, so Yahoo must be having problems. Harley -Original Message- From: Greg Harbican

[biofuel] VW diesel into small rear wheel drive pickup conversion

2003-03-18 Thread Stanley Baer
I have heard about kits that allow VW diesels to be installed in Suzuki Samurais. What I am interested in doing is putting this engine in a Nissan or Toyota pickup. Does anyone have any ideas about how I would make the flywheel/clutch part work? Stan Yahoo!

Re: [biofuel] Poltical Opinions, Random Samples Web polls

2003-03-18 Thread Ken Provost
John Hayes writes: Second, a poll on the journeytoforever website is a non-random sample due to the nature of individuals that choose to visit that type of site in the first place. Thus, it has what we would call limited external validity. That is, it would do a great job of telling you the

Re: [biofuel] VW diesel into small rear wheel drive pickup conversion

2003-03-18 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Much easier to just get a diesel from those makers (Toyota/Nissan) Regards, Edward Beggs On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 06:13 PM, Stanley Baer wrote: I have heard about kits that allow VW diesels to be installed in Suzuki Samurais. What I am interested in doing is putting this engine in a

Re: [biofuel] VW diesel into small rear wheel drive pickup conversion

2003-03-18 Thread Jean-Leon Morin
I have heard about kits that allow VW diesels to be installed in Suzuki Samurais. What I am interested in doing is putting this engine in a Nissan or Toyota pickup. Does anyone have any ideas about how I would make the flywheel/clutch part work? Stan You can make anything bolt up to

Not getting emails - was RE: [biofuel] Re: Credibility Bomb

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Greg and Harley I don't know what could be wrong, nothing that I can see - both your accounts are okay, should be working fine. Could be Yahoo problems, and could also be virus action blocking up the networks, or possibly your computers - have you checked? Let me know if you think there's

Re: [biofuel] Poltical Opinions, Random Samples Web polls

2003-03-18 Thread Appal Energy
Alright then. Scrap the poll and opt for a show of hands. That's one helluva lot more than the US was willing to let see happen before the United Nations security council, even after making so much tadoo about calling for a vote so that there would be an accounting before the world. One very

Re: [biofuel] Poltical Opinions, Random Samples Web polls

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
John E Hayes III wrote: Andrew Preston wrote: On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:55:10 -0500, John Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Such a poll would be useless given selection bias issues inherent to nonrandom sampling Would you expand on this a little? snip Second, a poll on the

Re: [biofuel] VW diesel into small rear wheel drive pickup conversion

2003-03-18 Thread Stanley Baer
Where I live in Canada, there are very few small pickups with diesel engines. The ones that are available are quite old and have very high mileage. I have a couple of VW diesels in my shed as well as a garge full of machine tools and welders. A mid nineties Mazda would be a good candidate

Re: [biofuel] VW diesel into small rear wheel drive pickup conversion

2003-03-18 Thread bratt
Stan: http://www.keltec.com/hardware/index.html were making a kit, but quit. They have some stock. Ed B - Original Message - From: Stanley Baer To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:13 PM Subject: [biofuel] VW diesel into small rear wheel drive

[biofuel] Re: [Biodiesel] glycerine Re: equipment needed for biodiesel?

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Mark, Paul --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], paul van den bergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 01:50 pm, girl_mark_fire wrote: snip I have had a compost pile for a year with a LOT of nasty glycerine and my roommate's biodiesel failures composted in it- and a few weeks ago

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Ummm. I fail to see how Vern's remark merits this response. Andrew postulated that 100% of the group is against the war. Vern presented a datapoint that invalidates Andrew's assertion. Vern may be right or wrong in his support of this war, but in this post all he did was provide evidence that

[biofuel] In Iraq Crisis, Networks Are Megaphones for Official Views

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
FAIR-L Fairness Accuracy In Reporting Media analysis, critiques and activism ACTION ALERT: In Iraq Crisis, Networks Are Megaphones for Official Views March 18, 2003 Network newscasts, dominated by current and former U.S. officials, largely exclude

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS INIRAQ-innocent lives will be lost!

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Well put. I am old enough to know a few veterans of Viet Nam. Some will not talk about what they did. Some do. After returning home, one went 'down the pike' to the lowest levels on drugs and alcohol. A streeter. Most of the guys he went with died over a few years, as the lowest dregs of

Re: [biofuel] VW diesel into small rear wheel drive pickup conversion

2003-03-18 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Take off the Mazda body and mount on a wrecked Dodge Cummins frame. Now that would be fun, and give you about 35mpg, while pulling Oak stumps. ;-) On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 07:59 PM, Stanley Baer wrote: Where I live in Canada, there are very few small pickups with diesel

Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen

2003-03-18 Thread robert luis rabello
Doug Allbright wrote: At what tempature does hydrogen seperate from water, I was told around 900 degree's but this does not seem right to me. But I am totally clueless anyway. Any help would be apprciated. Thanks Doug Allbright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

Re: [biofuel] Water injection

2003-03-18 Thread robert luis rabello
water_jerry wrote: I have been looking for any and all info about water injection for gas engines. I used water injection for high compression gasoline and propane engines for many years. The unit I owned was an Edelbrock VariJection model that relied on a vacuum signal and engine rpm

[biofuel] Activist's memorial service disrupted

2003-03-18 Thread Appal Energy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,917178,00.html Activist's memorial service disrupted Chris McGreal in Jerusalem Wednesday March 19, 2003 The Guardian Israeli forces fired teargas and stun grenades yesterday in an attempt to break up a memorial service for Rachel Corrie, the

[biofuel] Cheap chow

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1621733 Economist.com Food safety Cheap chow Mar 6th 2003 From The Economist print edition Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism By Marion Nestle University of California Press; 366 pages; $27.50 and £19.95 How the

[biofuel] Lots of Guns - No Butter!

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
Lots of Guns - No Butter! Draconian Cuts in School Lunch, Food Stamp and Farm Bill Programs to be decided this Week by the US House of Representatives Call your representatives this week if you care about nutrition and farm program gains from the last Congress. Urge them to protect our

[biofuel] Waiting for the Bombs to Drop

2003-03-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://news.gilbert.org/Waiting Nonprofit Online News: Waiting for the Bombs to Drop by Michael Gilbert We are on the verge of a war with Iraq, the impact of which on civil society will be devastating and I am appalled at the lack of collective action from the sector. Already, our war

[biofuel] EERE Network News -- 03/19/03

2003-03-18 Thread EERE
== EERE NETWORK NEWS -- March 19, 2003 A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). http://www.eere.energy.gov/