Re: [Biofuel] Fuel grade ethanol

2011-04-01 Thread Christopher Morris
Hey Keith, I'm sorry, but I can't buy into this. Even on a small scale algae will out produce anything out there. Even if it's harder to do at the beginning; it can actually solve this problem. I can't see any good reason to go for another crop that really doesn't have a chance to do it.

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel grade ethanol

2011-04-01 Thread Keith Addison
Hey Keith, I'm sorry, but I can't buy into this. You certainly can't buy into algae. Even on a small scale algae will out produce anything out there. Sigh... Let's try it again. I'll SHOUT this time. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BIODIESEL FROM ALGAE. FULL STOP. You're living in a fantasy.

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2011-04-01 Thread Fritz
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[Biofuel] Topic Morphing was Fuel grade ethanol

2011-04-01 Thread Tom Kelly
Apologies if I'm out of line. Would it be better if, when one wants to change one topic to an entirely different topic Ex Thread on Fuel Grade Ethanol to an entirely different topic, Ex Biodiesel from Algae, they would change the title in the subject? Yesterday I searched the list

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel grade ethanol

2011-04-01 Thread Tom Kelly
Anyone interested in the compatibility of hydrated ethanol with gasoline might want to look at Figure 14-14 on p 357 of David Blume's Alcohol Can Be A Gas. The figure is entitled Fuel Compatibility Among Water, Ethanol, and Gasoline. It is a diagram produced by the Society of Automotive

[Biofuel] Flex Fuel Ford Ranger and methanol

2011-04-01 Thread Tom Kelly
In an earlier post I asked about using a methanol/ethanol blend in my flex fuel Ford Ranger. It has been brought to my attention that Ford recommends against such a blend: Do not use fuel containing methanol. It can damage critical fuel systems components.

Re: [Biofuel] Flex Fuel Ford Ranger and methanol

2011-04-01 Thread Jan Warnqvist
Hello all and Tom especially. There is a saying explaining that methanol is like ethanol but more. This is used to point out that the disadvantages of ethanol is more with methanol. I suppose that Ford is too mean to equip the fuel system for methanol.. Methanol is corrosive, even more that

Re: [Biofuel] Flex Fuel Ford Ranger and methanol

2011-04-01 Thread Dave Hajoglou
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Jan Warnqvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apart from this is methanol an excellent fuel, especially if there was methanol from biological sources available. You could always skip the methyl alcohol and just use biogas. About as biological as it gets with far less