Re: [biofuel] Biodiesel plans and cold weather

2004-03-21 Thread Greg Karais
Why you Keith? Because your name seems to be everywhere and on most of the e-mails I receive. Soo... I assumed you were the pro. Anyhow, I've now secured oil from a couple of restaurants and am on the way to a greener truck and less bills in my life. Thanks, and I'll be reading the e-mails.

[biofuel] Deterioration of rubber by biodiesel

2004-03-21 Thread Dave Donnelly
I've read quite a number of things referring to deterioration of rubber and certain plastics by biodiesel. How serious is this problem really? I understand that methyl ester is a pretty good solvent. I know that methanol is a really good solvent. In Aleks Kac's Foolproof method, section on

Re: [biofuel] Media Coverage of Rural Issues in BRAZIL

2004-03-21 Thread pan ruti
Our beloved Kind deicated group leader Keith, observation of small farmers income are simillar and worst in Brasil and South America as the same as in the North America ,where as the big farmers here in Brazil alone is having 400 small aeroplanes built for soya protections

Re: [biofuel] AC vs. DC electricity, was: Electricity storage solutions.

2004-03-21 Thread Martin Klingensmith
Darryl McMahon wrote: I know there are motors called brushless DC, but for my purposes these are effectively AC motors. There are also universal motors, which can run on AC or DC, but in effect, these are AC motors with brushes, and seldom are found in sizes above 1/2 hp. Hi

[biofuel] Smart car Diesel coming to Canada

2004-03-21 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Fall 2004. Sedan and Cabriolet. Only the turbodiesel will be imported! http://www.thesmart.ca/index.cfm Maybe if we all start asking/lobbying now, we can get a clear answer from Mercedes on biodiesel use...and hopefully it will the right answer! Yahoo! Groups

Re: [biofuel] Smart car Diesel coming to Canada

2004-03-21 Thread Tilapia
Wonderful news. This will allow the Smart Car to run on Canadian biodiesel production, which is in advanced development. I'm chagrined to be ignorant of the units that they use to measure fuel efficiency. Please tell, what is the symbol 1/100 mean in metric units, and its conversion to mpg?

Re: [biofuel] Smart car Diesel coming to Canada

2004-03-21 Thread John Hayes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wonderful news. This will allow the Smart Car to run on Canadian biodiesel production, which is in advanced development. I'm chagrined to be ignorant of the units that they use to measure fuel efficiency. Please tell, what is the symbol 1/100 mean in metric

[biofuel] Air-car doesn't work

2004-03-21 Thread Keith Addison
It's been discussed here a few times before, I beleve we were sceptical, mostly. But he nonetheless gets $13 million in investment for something that doesn't work. Well, at least he admits it, sort of. Other people with things that do work get nothing. - K --- Detroit Free Press

Re: [biofuel] Media Coverage of Rural Issues in BRAZIL

2004-03-21 Thread murdoch
Surely we need one INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL RURAL TV channel for the world..Keith , we in the group can think of his Global world contact here we have to move and grow into word dedicated Rural information Media forum , shaping in the format of Brazilian sucessful media

Re: [biofuel] Craking

2004-03-21 Thread Aaron F. Wieler
I wonder if this is similar to fat splitting? Here's a reference to page associated with the USDA (US department of agriculture) that talks about splitting triglycerides into glycerol and FFAs. I looked at the patent (US 5,932,458) at

Re: [biofuel] Craking

2004-03-21 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Aaron These are enzyme processes. These two aren't for biodiesel production, just for literally splitting the oils/fats - removing the glycerine and breaking the fats down into their component fatty acids. There are quite a few patents for biodiesel processes using enzymes, especially by

Re: [biofuel] Media Coverage of Rural Issues

2004-03-21 Thread Darryl McMahon
Hi Murdoch, several threads here now, but taking them one at a time After conversations with my neighbours (one of whom sent city by-law officers to visit me because I had destroyed my lawn) Well, I don't know the context, but it sounds like you pursued another good idea there. I

Re: [biofuel] Media Coverage of Rural Issues

2004-03-21 Thread Darryl McMahon
Hi Keith snip Agribusiness Examiner article and some following text In my experience, mass media coverage is about selling advertising space, so the objective is to cover topics with the biggest audience appeal. That's what the ads managers used to tell us - the content as such is just

Re: [biofuel] Media Coverage of Rural Issues in BRAZIL

2004-03-21 Thread Keith Addison
A most interesting post, P.V., thankyou! But it's very late, I have to sleep now, I'll try to make a sensible reply tomorrow. Our beloved Kind deicated group leader Keith, Please, you make me blush!! Regards Keith observation of small farmers income are simillar and worst in