Re: [Biofuel] Acids

2007-03-13 Thread Jan Warnqvist
Hello Robin et al. The acidic step is necessary for neutralisation of the biodiesel. But, basically any mineral acid can be used. The most common (and efficient ?) is concentrated sulphuric acid. Even hydrochloric acid can be used, however usually available as 35-36% solution. For

[Biofuel] Introduction to tropical homegardens: time-tested agroforestry

2007-03-13 Thread Keith Addison
Publication date: March 12, 2007 The Overstory #186--Introduction to tropical homegardens: time-tested agroforestry by P.K.R. Nair and B.M. Kumar Contents: : INTRODUCTION : THE CONCEPT OF HOMEGARDEN : GENESIS AND GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF HOMEGARDENS : -- Temperate

Re: [Biofuel] man pays $520 electric bill in pennies

2007-03-13 Thread Paul S Cantrell
Darryl, I tend to agree with you. Instead of taking personal responsibility for his USAGE of a service, which he now must pay for, he blames the service provider. What would he do if CIPS turned off his power tomorrow for being a PITA customer? He'd freeze, but I bet he'd never take personal

Re: [Biofuel] man pays $520 electric bill in pennies

2007-03-13 Thread darryl
I expect the reality is somewhere in between. I would be surprised if everyone in Illinois was facing a 2.7 times increase in their electrical bills, if there was not something close to open revolt. According to the stories I read around this, the rate increases were approved by a

Re: [Biofuel] kind of interesting

2007-03-13 Thread Joe Street
Really Jesse? Mark knows Bill Lishman? What a small world. You know I was standing down at the mouth of wilmot creek where it blows into Lake Ontario trout fishing when the ultralight went directly over me with the classic V formation of geese. It was just after Dawn and I had been fishing

Re: [Biofuel] man pays $520 electric bill in pennies

2007-03-13 Thread Kirk McLoren
I posted a blog of horror stories earlier. He is not just one selected case. That was the point of the blog. They were sharing horror stories. I still suspect some manipulation. I can cite numerous predatory practices. Conservation is definitely needed. Better yet personal energy

[Biofuel] Fwd: RE: [SOLAR] Evacuated Tubes In Trough (Was US renewable energy policy)

2007-03-13 Thread Kirk McLoren
crosspost from Solar-concentrator mailing list If you look into solar collectors this is high technology and gets excellent reviews. Efficiency is good even with diffuse light. Expect to pay contractors 1500 -2500 for this performance. 318 from www.tec-solar.com is most definitely a good

Re: [Biofuel] kind of interesting

2007-03-13 Thread Jesse Frayne
Hi Joe, Why yes (she said modestly), Mark knows Bill. I have forwarded your note to him so he can tell you all about it. Your story is so cool!! Imagine seeing that formation fly over, yipers. Mark is proud to be part of a group who is organizing to green up the IATSE film union activities

Re: [Biofuel] Cheese Whey to Ethanol or tagatose sugar? ;)

2007-03-13 Thread Dimas Ramirez
It is the same whey and cheese whey. I get 25,000 liters of cheese whey for free each day. I make a project to convert cheese whey to ethanol, but the tagatose sugar is very interesting. I am located in Panama, Central America. A program of the Europe Union grant me a few euros to make it

[Biofuel] GRAIN: Bird flu: a bonanza for 'Big Chicken'

2007-03-13 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=22 GRAIN | Against the grain | 2007 | Bird flu: a bonanza for 'Big C Bird flu: a bonanza for 'Big Chicken' GRAIN Against the grain Available in PDF: (62k) http://www.grain.org/articles_files/atg-8-en.pdf Author: GRAIN Date: March 2007 See also the GRAIN Bird