RE: [Biofuel] Help with animal fats

2005-01-05 Thread Mccall Tom WP US
I would think that the water present would slow down the reaction. And the presence of Fatty acids that are not converted by transesterification but require Fisher (low pH) Esterification would give less than expected results. However, good water removal and Fisher Esterification followed

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Have you tried www.jatropha.org Regards, Edward Beggs B.E.S. M.Sc. Neoteric Biofuels Inc. http://www.biofuels.ca On Jan 4, 2005, at 12:21 AM, crystal wormald wrote: Hello everyone! I want to find out if there is a market for Jatropha nuts (for bio-fuel) within Australia and if

[Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread John Guttridge
might ask if his services would be useful in rebuilding things in tsunami devastated areas, I don't really have those kinds of contacts but I imagine someone on this list might. does anyone know who he would contact to offer to go over there and help rebuild? John Guttridge

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread francisco j burgos
could you please tell me the Jatropha nuts oil production in litres/hect or gallon/acre?. Tks, Francisco. - Original Message - From: crystal wormald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:21 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Jatropha Hello everyone! I

Re: [Biofuel] Tsunami relief Clean water

2005-01-05 Thread Patrick Campbell
difficult to even figure which charity is the most worthy--that is to me, which charity will spend the least money on BS advertising, CEO salaries, etc. and the most of my donation to the actual people who need it. Does anyone have any insight there. I've returned my Christmas toys and will

RE: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines

2005-01-05 Thread Arttu Aula
rubber parts and draw water to itself from the air. Manufacturers have taken the prior into consideration with oxygenated fuels (gasohol) becoming more widely used. Your owners manual should say something about it. They might list a maximum ethanol content (about 10%), but i think it has

Re: [Biofuel] German motors designed for vegetal oil and possible solutions to air quality

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe
Readers, I read the Elsbett website provided by Mr. Deprez. I sent an email to the Eslbett principals to ask for permission to send the their company weblink to my counterparts in my beloved San Joaquin Valley California area. As many of you know my beloved San Joaquin Valley Air Basin is

Re: [Biofuel] Grants

2005-01-05 Thread greg leach
we would like to make between 4000 and 6000 gal a day once we get up and running but we are looking for a little help do you know of any thanks greg From: Legal Eagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Seeds Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005

Re: [Biofuel] Tsunami relief Clean water

2005-01-05 Thread WoodArtStudios
I would like to see money go for solar pannels and other alturnative energy to help restore power. Lets all contact BP, Shell and all the other alturnative energy companys and have them donate., Scott http://community.webtv.net/WoodArtStudios/WoodArtStudios

RE: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Sweat.

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy
Hello Peter, Yes, I too am inclined to do what I can to forward those who show an earnest desire to move forward in my physical location. Fortunately, my world view has the benefit of other juxtaposition-ing. Flying with eagles and crawling with lizards with all the in-betweens allows more

RE: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread Niels Ans¿
www.malifolkecenter.org they have experience and can supply niels Denmark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of crystal wormald Sent: 4. januar 2005 09:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Biofuel] Jatropha Hello everyone! I

RE: [Biofuel] Biomass : a new record for US ethanol industry

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy
Hello Frantz, The really big news is in cellulosic processing and the associated escalated potential! Innovations in enzyme and microbial development will rapidly change the entire fuel ethanol production picture. I recently re-read the charts on JTF about production capacity. They are not

RE: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy
Hello Arttu, Thank you for this information. Peggy Subject: RE: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines Ethanol fuel is known to do 2 things in engines not designed for it: corrode rubber parts and draw water to itself from the air. Manufacturers have taken the prior into consideration with

RE: [Biofuel] Donation Acknowledgements

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy
Hello Gustl, Is it appropriate to ask how we are doing with numbers of responses and contributions? Just wondering if there is a need to repeat the request for help or if goals are reasonable satisfied. Thanks, Peggy Subject: [Biofuel] Donation Acknowledgements Hallo Folks, If anyone who

RE: [Biofuel] agroecological production of biofuel integratingagroforestry, polyculture and mushrooms

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy
Hello Dave, I just got around to reading this post after returning from my leave before Christmas. Paul is VERY interested in pursuing biofuels in relationship to mushrooms and will accept new challenges if they can be fruitful (Excuse the pun). Paul is approachable and has the resources to

RE: [Biofuel] agroecological production of biofuel integratingagroforestry, polyculture and mushrooms

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe
Peggy, Re: your note I (Peggy) wrote a note about his (Paul) work in petroleum-contamination remediation. I plan to scan JTF archives for the petroleum remediation information. Thank you ahead of time for any response. --- Peggy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Dave, I just got

RE: [Biofuel] Help with animal fats

2005-01-05 Thread Adenike Adebanjo
thanks a million. Nike Mccall Tom WP US [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think that the water present would slow down the reaction. And the presence of Fatty acids that are not converted by transesterification but require Fisher (low pH) Esterification would give less than expected

Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread nbvillarruz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] At 01:06 AM 1/5/05, you wrote: My father is in the construction trade and he asked me last night who he might ask if his services would be useful in rebuilding things in tsunami devastated areas, I don't really have those kinds of contacts but I imagine someone on this

Re: [Biofuel] Tsunami relief Clean water

2005-01-05 Thread Wynn S.
For those of us who aren't in a position to do much more than send money, it's difficult to even figure which charity is the most worthy-- Yes Patrick, that IS a big concern. Two agencies that I have confidence in are: AFSC -American Friends Service Committee Oxfam I'm sure there are many

Re[2]: [Biofuel] Donation Acknowledgements

2005-01-05 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Peggy, Tuesday, 04 January, 2005, 20:50:04, you wrote: P Hello Gustl, P Is it appropriate to ask how we are doing with numbers of responses and P contributions? Just wondering if there is a need to repeat the request P for help or if goals are reasonable satisfied. P Thanks, P Peggy

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Donation Acknowledgements

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe
Dear Gustl, Still awaiting my first consulting agreement check and as soon as it arrives will send you a little bit. WOlfe --- Gustl Steiner-Zehender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo Peggy, Tuesday, 04 January, 2005, 20:50:04, you wrote: P Hello Gustl, P Is it appropriate to ask how we

Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread Legal Eagle
Luc - Original Message - From: John Guttridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts My father is in the construction trade and he asked me last night who he might ask if his services

Re: [Biofuel] Tsunami relief Clean water

2005-01-05 Thread John Miggins
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit December 31, 2004 AID TO TSUNAMI SURVIVORS On this last day of 2004, Sally Fallon and I wish you a most empowering and profound of New Year's. With the devastation and

[Biofuel] The Straight Up on Biodiesel - Can you dig it?!

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe
Here's a great biode definition from a real thinker on another bioblog: Straight Up Eric over at Schoebiz posted an easy-to-understand piece on the composition of biodiesel: http://www.schoebiz.com/archives/80.php I guess they use the word bio because the ingredients come from biological

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] The Balfour Decision Reconsidered

2005-01-05 Thread Ken Riznyk
In American schools they emphasize the Battle of New Orleans, which incidently was fought after the war ended. Being rebuffed in Canada was more or less ignored. Every country has their own bias. I read some more about the war on the internet and indeed most of the sources give the victory to

Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread Kirk McLoren
all charities leave something to be desired. The red cross for example Marsha Johnson Evans President, CEO Compensation: $621,435 http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/3277.htm Rating page is

Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread Legal Eagle
The question was where the man could adress himself so he could make use of his talent with his hands, not his wallet :-) The best bet financially is to find someone(s) and send it direct, otherwise you end up paying for the bureaucracy's expenses.Still, something is better than nothing, and

[Biofuel] odd story re quake

2005-01-05 Thread Kirk McLoren
Nicobar tribals refuse to come out from jungles — as per their predictions, fresh earthquakes strike the islands January 4, 2005 India Daily Indian Government finally confirms that threatened tribal aborigines are safe in Andaman – Nicobar islands – they sensed it coming and moved to

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Lowe
Hello everyone! I want to find out if there is a market for Jatropha nuts (for bio-fuel) within Australia and if so how do I go about planting my own crop so to say? I want to plant htem from cuttings as I have found out that this way has a higher survival rate than that of crops

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Lowe
Dear Crystal: could you please tell me the Jatropha nuts oil production in litres/hect or gallon/acre?. Tks, Francisco. Have a look on Journey to Forever, http://www.journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html. The values here correspond with values I've seen from a few other sources.

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Lowe
G'day Mel/Jess; Mel wasn't being funny, he was being factual. The FBI actually, and seriously, had that as a pre-requisite for identifying a terrorist. The Farmer's Almanac contains a whole whack of vitals that could be used . you know the rest of the drivel. No, being in Australia,

Re: [Biofuel] tsunami relief, construction efforts

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Lowe
My father is in the construction trade and he asked me last night who he might ask if his services would be useful in rebuilding things in tsunami devastated areas, I don't really have those kinds of contacts but I imagine someone on this list might. does anyone know who he would contact to

[Biofuel] Jatropha Curcus

2005-01-05 Thread crystal wormald
After reading your reply to our question, we had a good giggle and decided that your gooogle search wasn't that good. Mr. Tim Heard of the CSIRO Entomology department in Brisbane has assured us that it is only Integrated management of bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia L.) in

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-05 Thread Legal Eagle
Yup, that'll get you on the list for sure. And for the latest loon from the loonies ? Wrist watches with altmeters attached are now considered terrorist paraphenelia. So if you do any parachute jumping and have one of those thousand dollar jumpo meter watches you are now a potential

[Biofuel] etanol:gasolin ratio

2005-01-05 Thread Niels Ans¿
How much bio ethanol do you need for direct replacement of one litre gasoline(B100) Kind regards Niels dk ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] The Straight Up on Biodiesel - Can you dig it?!

2005-01-05 Thread Dan Wilde
Hello everyone, I am new to this, I am going to make a Biodiesel unit. My question is,out of all the ideas out there, what unit is giving the cleanest fuel and is there a set of plans I may buy on this unit.I was planning to make it out of stainless steel, and make it right the first time.

[Biofuel] Tripple Purpose Genset

2005-01-05 Thread Legal Eagle
After having checked about with guys running refridgerated trailer units I am happy to learn that my suspicions were correct. They can keep foddstufs frozen or reduce the ambient temperature or they can also heat to a maximum of 27C, more than plenty for any application I could have hoped

[Biofuel] nissan diesel

2005-01-05 Thread ken murphy
I have recently acquired 1982 (Datsun)Nissan diesel wagon. If anyone knows how well this vehicle will operate on vegetable oil and what conversion might be necessary, I will appreciate the information. I live in the Phoenix, Arizona, USA area where temperatures range from hot in the summer (110

[Biofuel] storing vegetable oil

2005-01-05 Thread ken murphy
If I want to use vegetable oil as fuel, I want to be able to have a month's supply in reserve. How well will vegetable oil store? How is it done? Will new and Used oil store the same? thanks Kemp __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what

[Biofuel] Fwd: Grants under the Biomass Research and Development Initiative

2005-01-05 Thread Rob Hayes
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:58:49 -0800 (PST) From: Rob Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Grants under the Biomass Research and Development Initiative To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Certainly someone in this group will bite on this. How about grants from $200,000 to $2M directed toward

Re: [Biofuel] biodiesel processor

2005-01-05 Thread David Frykeras
I sell biodieselprocessors ready for production from 400 litres/day to 4 litres/day. Please have a look at www.carryon.se Best regards David - Original Message - From: Gabriel Proulx [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 1:58 AM Subject:

Re: [Biofuel] etanol:gasolin ratio

2005-01-05 Thread FRANCISCO
Using energy as the key indicator == we can say ( roughly) ethanol has about 30%to 33% less energy than gasoline. So ethanol unit price per volume has to be 30% to 33% less than gasoline ( grossly ) in the event you use monetary definition. Using energy == energetically speaking 1 liter of

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread FRANCISCO
1) I am please to share with you my views about Jatropha after a detailed literature research during the last 2 years. We are about to start a work to domesticate Jatropha here in Brasil. 2) Those are the figures I am using for a local project using Jatropha curcas L. *Planting*: 2 a 3 kg

RE: [Biofuel] etanol:gasolin ratio

2005-01-05 Thread Niels Ans¿
Thanks a lot Chico I asked because our government charges mineral oil tax for all Biofuels. The tax is calculated litre to litre and related to the fossil fuel we substitute. So SVO and Biodiesel is taxed like sulphur free diesel, and ethanol I suppose like sulphur free gasoline. We work for

RE: [Biofuel] storing vegetable oil

2005-01-05 Thread Niels Ans¿
Hello Kemp Store it cold, dark and with limited access for atmospheric air(Oxygen). Then 1-2 years is no problem for new VO. We just used about 5000 litres 3 years old VO. Worked fine, but we observed some grease layer on Zink coated steel, like on the fuel level sensor in the tank, and a few

Re: [Biofuel] biodiesel processor

2005-01-05 Thread Phillip Wolfe
Dave - What size would you recommend for a typical gas station/C-store in the United States? There are orphan gas stations that can be potentially converted into a biodiesel/clean fuel gas stationmaybe a neighborhood gas station of the future will have a WVO biorefiner in back of the

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha

2005-01-05 Thread francisco j burgos
Many thanks, Francisco. - Original Message - From: Andrew Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 3:47 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha francisco j burgos wrote: Dear Crystal: could you please tell me the Jatropha nuts oil production in