Re: [Biofuel] Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

2006-01-25 Thread Greg and April
Our cat's would climb in the crib and snuggle down next to the babies, and the babies would snuggle right back.If the baby started fussing, the cats would sit up and wait for the wife or I to make that noisy thing quiet again. It got to one point that when my son was about 8-9 months, he

[Biofuel] Thousands Throng Streets as Bolivian Leader Sheds Tears but Talks Tough at Inauguration

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0123-01.htm Published on Monday, January 23, 2006 by the Guardian / UK Thousands Throng Streets as Bolivian Leader Sheds Tears but Talks Tough at Inauguration · President insists he will not eradicate coca trade · Warning to US as Morales threatens to turn

[Biofuel] Quantum Dots and Ultra-Efficient Solar Cells?

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
The Institute of Science in Society Science Society Sustainability http://www.i-sis.org.uk This article can be found on the I-SIS website at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/QDAUESC.phphttp://www.i- sis.org.uk/QDAUESC.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SPFTM.phpSolar Power for the Masses

[Biofuel] United States Ranks 28th on Environment, a New Study Says

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0123-03.htm Published on Monday, January 23, 2006 by the New York Times United States Ranks 28th on Environment, a New Study Says by Felicity Barringer WASHINGTON - A pilot nation-by-nation study of environmental performance shows that just six nations -

[Biofuel] When Red Goes Green

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2465/ -- In These Times Features January 18, 2006 When Red Goes Green A burgeoning Chinese environmental movement tries to stem the devastation wrought by the country's massive economic transformation. By Jehangir Pocha · Beijing A

[Biofuel] Venezuela's Chavez hosts World Social Forum as leftist movements unite against Bush

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.wkrc.com/news/world/story.aspx?content_id=8B70B887-BB67-48B 8-BD00-EF3B1CF6E476 WKRC 12 Cincinnati - Venezuela's Chavez hosts World Social Forum as leftist movements unite against Bush LAST UPDATE: 1/24/2006 12:45:06 AM CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez, reveling in his

Re: [Biofuel] Noam Chomsky, 'The War on Terror' - full text available

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
Full text below, in text instead of pdf. http://www.amnesty.ie/user/content/view/full/5051 Annual Amnesty International Lecture: Noam Chomsky, 'The War on Terror', (full text) 18th January 2006 Described by The New Yorker as 'one of the greatest minds of the 20th century', Noam Chomsky gave

[Biofuel] No Discounted Transit for Oil

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2469/ -- In These Times News January 20, 2006 No Discounted Transit for Oil By Aaron Sarver Louisa Rodriguez wears a shirt with a picture of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. As part of a broad PR campaign this winter, Venezuelan President Hugo

[Biofuel] U.S. pushes for more nuclear power

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060115-033745-6090r United Press International - Security Terrorism U.S. pushes for more nuclear power By BRANDON THURNER UPI Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- With energy demand spiraling and markets volatile, the U.S.

[Biofuel] Replacing Poison with Poison: We Can Do Better

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
Replacing Poison with Poison: We Can Do Better Stop the Registration of Methyl Iodide! January 24, 2006 The 1992 commitment by the world's nations to phase out methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol was an historic opportunity to transition agricultural production to non-chemical and

[Biofuel] Organic Solar Power

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/OSP.php ISIS Press Release 18/01/06 Organic Solar Power Solar power could become the next big thing in homes, personal accessories, the battlefield and other military applications New affordable, durable and portable solar devices provide local energy generation for

[Biofuel] Jatropha Bio-Piracy

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
TITLE: Jatropha Bio-Piracy: Appeal from Chhattisgarh Jaiv Suraksha Manch AUTHOR: Suresh Sahu, Rupantar PUBLICATION: Campaign appeal DATE: 18 January 2006 URL: http://www.cgnet.in/FT/Jatropha JATROPHA BIO-PIRACY APPEAL FROM CHHATTISGARH JAIV

[Biofuel] Bolivia: Bechtel surrenders

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.ww4report.com/node/1528 | World War 4 Report Bolivia: Bechtel surrenders Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Tue, 01/24/2006 - 04:28. Days before the historic inauguration of Evo Morales in Bolivia, the Andean nation scored another victory-in its struggle against Bechtel, the California

[Biofuel] Pesticide Tests May Use Pregnant Women, Kids

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0124-09.htm Published on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Pesticide Tests May Use Pregnant Women, Kids by Michael Doyle WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration would allow some limited pesticide testing on children and pregnant

[Biofuel] Partying at Davos

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0123-24.htm Published on Monday, January 23, 2006 by CommonDreams.org Partying at Davos by Jeff Faux The world's rich and powerful are heading this week to their annual meeting in the plush mountain resort of Davos, Switzerland. Hosted by the great global

[Biofuel] Solar Power Comes of Age - Solar Power for the Masses

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
The Institute of Science in Society Science Society Sustainability http://www.i-sis.org.uk This article can be found on the I-SIS website at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SPFTM.phphttp://www.i- sis.org.uk/SPFTM.php ISIS Press Release 17/01/06 Solar Power Comes of Age - Solar Power for the Masses

[Biofuel] Pakistan backs Iran pipeline despite U.S. objections

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNewsstoryID =2006-01-24T213149Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-233551-1.xml Top News | Reuters.co.in Pakistan backs Iran pipeline despite U.S. objections Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:43 PM IST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Tuesday that a plan

[Biofuel] BD ethanol method

2006-01-25 Thread Blas Antonio Guanes
HI all: I am new in making biodiesel. I have some doubts, I read something in Journeytoforever, but I didn't understand well.. I want to make BD with ethanol and NaOH. Everything says that it should be used 3,5 grams of NaOH by liter of Oil.. But Ken Provost says that 7 grams are

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: The Indigo Evolution

2006-01-25 Thread Joe Street
Years ago I met a kid who could not form a sentence verbally but put him in front of a typwriter and he composed the most beautiful poetry.  It was hard to believe. Joe bob allen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I was told that many autistic people who can't speak are able

Re: [Biofuel] BD ethanol method

2006-01-25 Thread fox mulder
--- Blas Antonio Guanes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI all: I am new in making biodiesel. I have some doubts, I read something in Journeytoforever, but I didn't understand well.. I want to make BD with ethanol and NaOH. Everything says that it should be used 3,5 grams of NaOH by

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-25 Thread Mark Kennedy
Thank you all for your input. It really has me considering possibilities. a new line of thinking is growing in my mind :) a few people have mentioned batteries as a storage facility which would allow a more constant provision of power without running the generator (or alternator)

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-25 Thread Zeke Yewdall
MarkNormally I wouldn't recommend using car batteries, because they are not deep cycle batteries, and will fail pretty quickly -- less than a year. But if you can get them for free I'd recommend golf cart batteries at the very least. Stick a bunch of them in the bed of the chevy luv... And

Re: [Biofuel] Pakistan backs Iran pipeline despite U.S. objections

2006-01-25 Thread Michael Redler
Is this an example of political "blowback"? Senator Kerry has been busy getting friendly with India, ready to strike a deal which would bring nuclear energy to the country with the Fissile Material Control Treaty (FMCT). I wonder what they mean by "control".From Wikipedia

[Biofuel] Cross Posted: Green Running for House in Delaware (father of beheading victim in Iraq)

2006-01-25 Thread Michael Redler
From:Green Party-CT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject:{news} Nick Berg's father to seek U.S. House seat in Delaware (as aGreen!) please forwardDate:Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:53:42 -0800 (PST)Posted on Mon, Jan. 23, 2006 Nick Berg's father to seek U.S. House seat in

[Biofuel] gearing up to produce biodiesel

2006-01-25 Thread Mark Kennedy
My brother and I are starting to gather materials for producing biodiesel. he just called me to tell me that he picked up an old used 30 gal water heater that was just replaced in a local building. the owner said it works fine, he just replaced it because of it's age. he gave it to us. :) Now I

Re: [Biofuel] Venezuela's Chavez hosts World Social Forum as leftist movements unite against Bush

2006-01-25 Thread Kenji James Fuse
Chavez must be walking a tightrope, what with greedy Citgo execs, power-hungry generals and zombie CIA agents all plotting his downfall. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-25 Thread Darryl McMahon
Mark Kennedy wrote: Thank you all for your input. It really has me considering possibilities. a new line of thinking is growing in my mind :) a few people have mentioned batteries as a storage facility which would allow a more constant provision of power without running the

Re: [Biofuel] gearing up to produce biodiesel

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Mark My brother and I are starting to gather materials for producing biodiesel. he just called me to tell me that he picked up an old used 30 gal water heater that was just replaced in a local building. the owner said it works fine, he just replaced it because of it's age. he gave it to

[Biofuel] Fwd: organising a farmers awareness campaign on second of february

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Addison
Can any of our Indian list members help anish charles? He's not a list member, so reply direct, or discuss here first if you like. Best Keith Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:55:04 + (GMT) From: anish charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: organising a farmers awareness campaign on second of

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-25 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Good info Darryl. A few additions. There is not much gain from using 24 volts vs. 12 volts as the native voltage. Actually, almost all off grid houses use 48 volts nowadays. Cheaper since equipment is usually limited by the amperage it can take, and if you have a 10kW inverter bank, the

Re: [Biofuel] Venezuela's Chavez hosts World Social Forum as leftist movements unite against Bush

2006-01-25 Thread Michael Redler
Absolutely!People in the US are oftendescribed as "Teflon" when adversity slides right off of them. We need a new word for Chavez. He makes Teflonlook like fly paper.What's really amazing is that heavoids assassination, maintains a popular following, shows no hesitation or fear when

Re: [Biofuel] gearing up to produce biodiesel

2006-01-25 Thread Mark Kennedy
Wow! Thanks, Keith. Great information. The design I was referring to is Dale Scroggin's design. Thanks for jogging my memory. Thanks, Dale for sharing! the name Michael must have come from my son. i have been working in his computer a lot, lately. You wrote: Why do you want to use copper

[Biofuel] Adventures in Composting

2006-01-25 Thread robert luis rabello
Hello everyone! I like what my power shredder does to the organic material around my property, but I HATE operating the thing. It's hard to start, bogs easily and burns an awful lot of fuel for such a small engine . . . Anyway, here's the gist of my post for today. Using the

[Biofuel] water, ethanol and gasoline

2006-01-25 Thread Mark Kennedy
I have read much information that indicates ethanol has to be a higher proof (180+?) if it is to be mixed with gasoline. The reasoning given is that gasoline does not mix with water. I have been in the auto parts business for years and we sell gasoline additives that claim to remove moisture

[Biofuel] ethanol method

2006-01-25 Thread Blas Antonio Guanes
thanks, but the problem is that, methanol costs 4 $ and pure ethanol for car costs 0.52 $, NaOH is gotten in any part.. KOH is sold in bags of 25 kilos for soap industry.. Here in Paraguay it is difficult to get chemical products. for that reason I want know how I can make with

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: The Indigo Evolution

2006-01-25 Thread Marylynn Schmidt
There are several schools and camps in both the United States and England that have been set up by individuals seeking to help these children to: ..(1st) be with their own kind and come to understand that their abilities are not those abilities of a freak. ..(2nd) learn to control, enhance,

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-25 Thread Mark Kennedy
Thanks, Darryl and Zeke! Great information. I agree, now, about the automotive batteries. not good for long term use but i may use a few to test things, at first. hate to invest much money till i see how it will work. I AM on the grid, in a densely populated neighborhood. (try to find a

Re: [Biofuel] water, ethanol and gasoline

2006-01-25 Thread Derick Giorchino
You were right in the first assumption water and alcohol mix to make a flammable blend not as good B T U value as gasoline but much much better that water. Then the water/alcohol mix will blend with the gas thus dewatering the fuel in the tank. It is possible to use isopropyl ethanol or methanol

Re: [Biofuel] water, ethanol and gasoline

2006-01-25 Thread Ken Provost
- On Jan 25, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Mark Kennedy wrote: When 160 proof ethanol and gasoline are mixed, what happens? does the gasoline mix with the ethanol and the water separate out from the ethanol and fall to the bottom? It's complicated. do a Google search on ternary phase diagram

Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method

2006-01-25 Thread Ken Provost
On Jan 25, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Blas Antonio Guanes wrote: the problem is that, methanol costs 4 $ and pure ethanol for car costs 0.52 $, NaOH is gotten in any part.. KOH is sold in bags of 25 kilos for soap industry.. Here in Paragua it is difficult to get chemical products. for that