Re: [biofuel] Methanol Hazards - provocative mail

2004-03-06 Thread gobie
x-charset ISO-8859-1Whilst I in no way advocate carelessness when handling chemicals the dangers should be put into perspective. A comparison of the Material Safety Data Sheets for methanol and petrol (gas in US) show some similarities in dangers. Chemicals can be handled safely. Be forewarned

Re: [biofuel] ox2engine

2004-03-06 Thread Ash Sawhney
That is one of the things that caught my attention also. They seem tohave no technical information about their engine. This is one of the reasons I posted the web address here so that I could get some feedback since I am not mechanically inclined. I would love to read other peoples

[biofuel] Biodiesel Development Grants

2004-03-06 Thread Tilapia
Here is a current grant program that might be useful for a biodiesel development project. My one track mind recently. 1. http://www.science.doe.gov/production/grants/fr04-01.html Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program - Notice DE-FG01-04ER04-01

[biofuel] Brazil sees NYBOT contract boosting ethanol market

2004-03-06 Thread murdoch
IMO there's no good reason to keep trading in ethanol so insulated from other market forces. Let it be more transparent and part-of-the-process, is my thought. http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2004/03/05/rtr1288312.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

[biofuel] Other Ethanol News and PR

2004-03-06 Thread murdoch
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-gas4mar05,0,7797590.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040304/cgth036_1.html http://www.agrinewsinteractive.com/fullstory.htm?ArticleID=5741ShowSection=Front%20Page

[biofuel] Bush Administration Concerned About Gasoline Price

2004-03-06 Thread murdoch
How does one preface this? I think just a quiet Oh? Really? http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNewsstoryID=4499358 By Chris Baltimore WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is extremely concerned about soaring retail gasoline prices, which recently topped $1.70 per

Re: [biofuel] Methanol Hazards - provocative mail

2004-03-06 Thread robert luis rabello
Go Hoff wrote: I remember buying an USA made hammer in the 70*s it was hung with labels and stuff saying to wear protective glasses, gloves, overalls etc and to keep children and pets away, not to leave it unattended and to hide it or lock it up from potential thieves - failure to do

Re:[biofuel] Methanol Hazards - provocative mail

2004-03-06 Thread qwertymin
x-charset ISO-8859-1Hi This, hopefully, is my first successful post. My 3 previous ones never appeared. Anyways. Methanol is not a major problem, provided you take reasonable precautions. We go through a fair bit of the stuff (several drums every month). We ground the drums, ventilate

Re:[biofuel] Methanol Hazards - provocative mail

2004-03-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Paul Hi This, hopefully, is my first successful post. My 3 previous ones never appeared. Anyways. See previous about Lost posts. Methanol is not a major problem, provided you take reasonable precautions. We go through a fair bit of the stuff (several drums every month). We ground the

Lost posts - was Re:[biofuel] Methanol Hazards - provocative mail

2004-03-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Paul Hi This, hopefully, is my first successful post. My 3 previous ones never appeared. Anyways. Yahoo has no record of any previous posts from you. Yahoo doesn't actually lose any posts. Either your previous posts didn't get as far as Yahoo (in which case any problem is at your end) or

Re: Re:[biofuel] Methanol Hazards - provocative mail

2004-03-06 Thread Tilapia
x-charset ISO-8859-1I've been trying to set up this experiment, which has not been done to date by anyone I know of. My experience is that it takes about a month of driving to get the engine noise back to full blast after using any portion of biodiesel. So if you do this, maximize the

[biofuel] WVO Aging Test/ Finished Fuel Aging

2004-03-06 Thread Randal Son
Greetings List: I think an Aging Test on WVO would be a good idea. Use one set of same source WVO kept at eg: 45 degrees, another at 80. Subsets exposed to light, and not. (Assume air exposure is bad, and limit that.) Kept for 30, 90, 180 days. Then processed, and evaluated for

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Good Mercedes Diesel Engines

2004-03-06 Thread ernest breakfield
hi Brett! kinda' late because i've had mail problems, but i'll take a crack at this,...;-) (there are many other models available in other countries, but i'll stick to what we got in the USofA.) the 4-cyl 240D and the 5-cyl non-turbo 300D share many parts and are generally

[biofuel] gasoline

2004-03-06 Thread brainchild0069
x-charset ISO-8859-1Hey all.I know that ethanol is alot cleaner burning than gasoline,and is renewable.Those are its good points.On the downsinde,it has a much lower heat value than gasoline,making it necessary to use more at a time for the same amount of power.Does any one know of a way to

Re: [biofuel] gasoline

2004-03-06 Thread murdoch
Well, it's an interesting question. As a side-issue I have to say that I have never quite understood why the energy content per Gallon of Ethanol is such a big deal. A so-called Downside. So you have to build a slightly bigger fuel tank. Big deal. It's only about 27%-29% less, or so, in