http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/38540/
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D. Mindock wrote:
*By Allowing White Racists in the Military, We're Training Domestic
Terrorists*
[snip]
The U.S. government can't sit around, waiting for the next Timothy
McVeigh to reveal himself. By identifying and discharging known
extremists from the military, we can stop future
Jason Katie wrote:
i noticed that there are large numbers of ants in my wife's herb planter,
and i have also noticed a /major/ decrease in bug eaten leaves. do some
species of ants hunt these pest bugs? or is it just because of the aging
cycles of these pest bugs caused them to move on?
Thomas Kelly wrote:
[snip]
He was clearly advocating 2%, 5% blends. Why? Is it simply because
the auto manufacturers will void warrantees at higher blends? If so, why
not just say so.
Not the auto manufacturers. Bosch, the largest manufacturer of diesel
injection equipment. Bosch is
Kirk McLoren wrote:
RFID costs $3 in quantity. They are not used to tag paper money. The
metalized strip in money has precise dimensions and is resonant at a
predetermined frequency. A source at that frequency is placed in
proximity and if resonance occurs it loads the source and the money
The good folks at Reason.org are at it yet again. :-(
http://www.reason.org/commentaries/dalmia_20060719.shtml
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http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/08/Opinion/On_the_brink_of_somet.shtml
Good article on Nigera, and Nigerian oil money by Bill Duryea of the St.
Petersburg (FL) Times.
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Good article, by Jim Verhulst of the St. Petersburg (FL) Times, on corn
and ethanol.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071022-report-evaluates-biodiesel-potential.html
Global potential for biodiesel is enormous
By John Timmer | Published: October 22, 2007 - 10:02PM CT
One of the renewable energy sources that's attracted a lot of attention
is biodiesel, obtained by
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071208150135.htm
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Chris Burck wrote:
omg, what a load of crap. strange, all the critics who condemn bio-d
and ethanol for allegedly low or negative net energy, where are their
voices now?
Well, actually, since the whole process is intended to be solar powered,
energy negativity isn't as important.
and to
Thomas Kelly wrote:
I don't know if the process solves one problem only to cause others,
as is so often the case, but I would like for Sandia Laboratories (a
subsidary of Lockheed and funded, in part, by the US Dept of Energy) to
spend more of its budget on Energy Research (including
Chris Burck wrote:
that a technical challenge might be interesting does not justify
pursuing it.
Why not? Much of the technology we have today came about simply because
someone decided to pursue a technical challenge, and it wound up turning
into a product.
this project is being funded
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Alan and all
Hello, Keith.
but, supposing it were the best approach available, that still only
matters to those who share your clarke-ian view of the importance of
stepping beyond the cradle.
Granted, but I suspect you'll find there are a lot of us.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Uh-huh Allan
However many people it might be, many of them would probably say as you
do, No problem, we can do both things at the same time, plenty of brains
to go round and so on. But I doubt it'd be more than just lip service,
they don't really see it that way,
Chris Burck wrote:
oops, you're right, i didn't represent that entirely accurately.
thanks for pointing that out. my web correspondence is all via phone
these days, and w/o a proper keyboard my thoughts sometimes get
unintentionally compressed.
I hate it when that happens. :-)
but in
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For
Thomas Kelly wrote:
[snip]
I would be hesitant to purchase the zeolite described especially with
the as is label attached. It can be purchased for about the same price (or
less) through reputable suppliers who guarantee their products.
Thanks for the tip.
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I saw a hydrogen fuel cell powered Ford Focus in traffic this afternoon.
It was on I-275 North going across the Howard Frankland bridge going
toward Tampa, Florida.
On the back of a flatbed truck.
:-D
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robert and benita wrote:
Alan Petrillo wrote:
I saw a hydrogen fuel cell powered Ford Focus in traffic this afternoon.
It was on I-275 North going across the Howard Frankland bridge going
toward Tampa, Florida.
On the back of a flatbed truck.
. . . because it didn't have
John Mullan wrote:
Maybe just a research vehicle heading to some testing place?
That possibility does exist. There are several vehicle manufacturers
that test their vehicles in Florida, so maybe Ford is one of them.
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Alan Petrillo wrote:
robert and benita wrote:
Alan Petrillo wrote
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I do sympathise, but what I always look for in these stories and so
seldom find is this:
After Iraq our cities, towns and communities will fill with
them. We will live with these powder kegs for a whole generation.
Nobody mentions the sheer mayhem and
Keith Addison wrote:
[snip]
What I need is a CD of Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium for Mac, which
includes GoLive.
[snip]
Hey, Keith.
Have you found what you need yet?
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James McCain Jr wrote:
I am not that excited about hydrogen fuel cells. Yes it will be
better for the environment, but it is a super inefficient way to fuel
a car. Not to mention it is the same type of setup; you buy your
overpriced car, you now only have one choice on where to get fuel,
John Mullan wrote:
Zeke: Are you talking about $30K to change out a battery pack, or a
whole lithium based vehicle for $30K? Seems to me that would be a real
bargain.
Indeed it would. If I could find a Lithium BEV that cheap that would do
what I need then I might look seriously into it.
Keith Addison wrote:
Hi Alan, and all
Thanks for asking, I was just about to write.
Have you found what you need yet?
Yes I have, thanks to the wise counsel of list members.
Cool.
The package arrived yesterday, I installed it last night, all's fine,
no problem, good deal.
need
to go the whole round trip on a single charge.
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Alan Petrillo wrote:
John Mullan wrote:
Zeke: Are you talking about $30K to change out a battery pack, or a
whole lithium based vehicle for $30K? Seems to me that would be a real
bargain.
Indeed it would. If I could find
Dawie Coetzee wrote:
Hi Robert
I've always thought the ability to think in more than one language a
great aid to understanding what one means by something. You've
doubtless seen how unexpected nuances of meaning come out when you
translate thoughts back and forth between English and
Chris Burck wrote:
75mph is pretty fast! even if that's the limit where you live,
there's also a minimum speed. 50 or 55 in most every state. try it
out, you'll save on fuel.
Saving fuel is one thing, being suicidal is another.
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Chris Burck wrote:
nothing suicidal about it! seriously. i don't mean to sermonize, but
isn't conservation and environmental concern at the heart of this
list?
Well, yes, but there are realities of life. The Howard Frankenstein
Bridge is exciting enough at the best of times. When it's
John Mullan wrote:
I think we're deviating from the original subject, but I'd like to add
that I wish the Chevy Volt was more than a concept car. Would fill the
gap until all electric has suitable range. Topping up at work likely
wouldn't be an issue for me.
I'll wholeheartedly agree
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/09/Homes/This_home_is_so_green.shtml
tampabay.com
This home is so green, it's gold
Building with Earth-friendly materials and reusing water earns
elite certification.
By Judy Stark, Times Homes and Garden Editor
Published February 9, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG -
http://www.thunder-sky.com/pdf/ev-6700.pdf
Is this thing really a product, or is it vaporware?
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Keith Addison wrote:
[snip]
Others had estimated total reserves of about 900 billion barrels.
Does anyone really know?
Matt Simmons says they don't know, and that they tell lies.
How would any of us find out for sure? We can't. So we're left to
take it on faith - true believers vs
Keith Addison wrote:
From: Greg Palast [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:19:37 -0400
Subject: José Can You See? Bush's Trojan Taco
José Can You See? Bush's Trojan Taco
By Greg Palast
Monday April 21, 2008
(for
Realty Projects wrote:
I like you all live for flying and looking forward to a diesel power
plant water cooled for a Vans 10 project. How long before Lycoming or
Continental have a suitable engine?
Don't hold your breath. Continental has had their CITEC engine, they
refuse to call it a
Realty Projects wrote:
I like you all live for flying and looking forward to a diesel power
plant water cooled for a Vans 10 project. How long before Lycoming or
Continental have a suitable engine?
Oh yeah, I forgot one. The Austro Engine:
http://www.austroengine.at/home/
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Hi Darryl, Sivaramakrishnan
The logic assumes, once yet again, that it has something to do with
supply and demand - soaring prices obviously mean supply isn't
keeping up with demand. Nope - there's plenty of oil, there's no
shortage, and demand is falling, yet the
http://www.springerlink.com/content/c8l814q6064m0u75/
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Keith Addison wrote:
If you think I'm going to argue with you about G.I. Joe and Barbie
and what I suppose you see as an election, well, sorry, I'm not going
to do that.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/
Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1
3rd Infantry's 1st BCT
Jonathan Schearer wrote:
I have a question for the group. Would a water distiller like the kind
found at www.waterdistiller.com http://www.waterdistiller.com be
similar to an alcohol still? Usually an alcohol still has a column and
uses water as the coolant for the condenser. These
I caught a piece of something on the news about the US Guvmint wanting
to tax alternate fuel vehicles so they can pay their fair share of
highway maintenance costs.
Anyone know anything about this?
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I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. I'm still not sure I
believe it, frankly. But if it's a web stunt, then at least it's a
_good_ web stunt!
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/
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Evergreen Solutions wrote:
Heh. In other news, the super nice fan club from www.godhatesfags.com
are coming to our town soon...because apparently we're all fags who
are going to burn in hell, regardless of our sexual orientation.
They'll hold up signs on school bus routes and chant,
Keith Addison wrote:
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12155.htm
Party Hacks
The fix is in for 2008.
By Chris Floyd
I still remember in 2004 the voting machine I used forced me to select
GWB, and then deselect him before it would let me select any other
candidate.
I worked
Keith Addison wrote:
Backyard or free-range poultry are not fuelling the current wave of
bird flu outbreaks stalking large parts of the world. The deadly H5N1
strain of bird flu is essentially a problem of industrial poultry
practices.
http://www.grain.org/briefings/?id=194
GRAIN |
I looked at one for sale but found a lot of blowby in the crankcase
(compression loss around cylinder walls resulting in pressure in the
crankcase) The dealer had removed the tube from the PCV valve and there was
oily smoke blowing out. I couldnt get in my car fast enough!
You may have
Mike Weaver wrote:
You can make a perfectly decent router/firewall with a 486.
I think you misspelled 386.
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Ray J wrote:
2000 s-10 had a diesel engine in them???
Perhaps non-US models. I know it is possible to get a Ford Ranger with
a diesel engine, but not in the US. If I find one on the grey market
and I can afford it then I'll buy it. There are all kinds of vehicles
all over the world
I recall some time ago there was a man on the list who was running an
unmodified Ford diesel truck on a mixture of WVO and gasoline. If he's
still here, would he please post an update on how his truck is doing?
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Mike Weaver wrote:
FuelMeister - Voldemort lives...
And we haven't found all of his horcruxes yet. Obviously.
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Keith,
Thank you, Yes I received that email after I sent mine.
Juan G.
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To:
Greg and April wrote:
The short answer is no.
The short answer is _yes_. Baylor University did some testing with B20
in their Beech King Air 90, and found that it did just fine.
The report was available at the biodiesel.org website for a while, but I
can't find it just now. A Google
Mike Weaver wrote:
The short answer is no. Yes is just a little longer than no. Let me
know if you have any other language questions. I do have three degrees
in English and am always glad to help.
chuckle
Sir, I will take English lessons from you anytime.
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Can we have a little perspective here, please?
With all of the media attention so tightly focused on New Orleans people
have totally lost sight of the big picture.
New Orleans is only one tiny spot in a VERY large disaster area, and
many areas are worse off than New Orleans.
New Orleans
virgil sentel wrote:
I'm a newbie here and I live in Ozark, Al. (near Dothan).
When I was in the Army I went to AIT at Fort Rucker, so I know where you
are.
He can get me a gal
to start for 25.00 is this agood price?
Hell no! Tell him to go find another sucker!
Just about any racing
Keith Addison wrote:
[snip]
Copyright 2005 American Chemical Society
I find it interesting that this comes from the American Chemical
Society, when they are one of the organizations that seems to be
intentionally generating uncertainty on this issue. Witness the
Atrazine fight.
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But it was accurate in another way, too, one full of portent for the
future. A decade ago, environmental researcher Norman Myers began
trying to add up the number of humans at risk of losing their homes
from global warming. He looked at all the obvious places -- coastal
China, India,
Scott Brown wrote:
Just another point of view.
It may be that Bush is in the hands of the media and the people who control
the media rather than they are in his control. Does puppet on string
seem applicable ???
Why not? After all, it is they who put him in power.
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http://www.sptimes.com/2005/10/17/Worldandnation/Ethanol__Is_it_the_an.shtml
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Languages
The list language is English, but if you are a non-native English
speaker please don't let that stop you. Many list members write bad
English but it doesn't matter, even very bad English is easy to
understand. Use the language translation programs on the Web if you
like, they're
i suspect that lots of Floridians are suddenly paying attention to the
scientists who have been saying for a decade that unless the
world cuts hydrocarbon emissions (think sign the Kyoto Accords
that are being rejected by Bush and Congress) there would be
increasingly violent, unusual
Hi,
Since i have several trucks, and a tractor that run on diesel was looking at
whether anyone near me makes biodiesel and seeing how you are making, etc.
Thanks,
Where in Florida are you? I'm in St. Petersburg.
Ward Oil in Tampa has biodiesel, but I forget who their manufacturer is.
Is it a coincidence that there is new explorations going on in the
oil industry, or do the high prices have something to do with it ?
Canada had, until now, backed away from further exploration claiming
it was too expensive. Well, I guess they found some money recently
huh? Canada foresees
Something I've been noticeing as the election approaches:
If Americans were actually allowed to UNIFY behind the issues
that they agree upon, regardless of how those issues were
spun by the two parties, they could actually CHANGE the system
in ways that the oligarchy in charge wouldn't like.
i wass wrong, inertialll equity and centraifuagl forsces are not in
balannnce untill 22800 miles, geostationaryy,,,any closer and your
trash pile would needdd velociciaty to maintain orbvit, now for the
enginering feat ofa the milleania desisgne a conveyor to deliver
your
It is 3:32AM EST in Columbus OH, the polls open in three hours.
My team astonished even me last night when we knocked on 535 doors in 5
short hours. we identified nearly 75 more votes last night that we will
turn out today. Kennedy won on less than 1 vote in every precinct, we
are expecting
Yay Air Force.
It looks like diesel electric hybrids are going to happen from the top
down.
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murdoch wrote:
Volvo (Mack Truck Division or Subsidiary) and Enova and SWRI...
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040116/165102_1.html
Press Release Source: Enova Systems
Volvo's Mack Truck
Andrew Lowe wrote:
Hi all,
As Keith points out from time to time, there are members of these two
lists situated all over the world. With this in mind, I was just
wondering the other day what people around the world are paying for
dinodiesel?
US$1.469/US Gallon, with a Walmart
listen to your customers and help them
do what they need to do. Does that sound like a good idea?
Oh, but then I forget, your customers aren't Alan Petrillo, or Morgan
Crawford, your customers are DiamlerChrysler, Volkswagen/Audi Group,
General Motors, Ford, and Cummins. Little guys like us
Hakan Falk wrote:
Alan,
I think it is an awful experience, but you are a bit unfair in
referring to it as a German company experience. I would
say that it is a typical US support person experience and
that is from my experiences. If it would have been a German,
you would generally been
Neoteric Biofuels Inc wrote:
Alan:
What is it you are trying to find out about the pump? I forget.
It's developed a leak at the advancer. I was trying to find out whether
or not this would require a full overhaul to fix, or just the
replacement of a seal. And whether it could be done on
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good rant. You don't say if you investigated on-line sources for
information. If not, look at this link.
-- Jay
Click here: Robert Bosch type VE Diesel injection pump
The text cam through, but not the link. Hate when that happens.
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Biofuel at
Neoteric Biofuels Inc wrote:
1939
Diesel Kiki Co., Ltd. was founded as a joint venture involving
representative engine manufacturers
in Japan. Production of fuel-injection equipment begun under the
technical license agreement with Robert Bosch GmH, Germany.
JV, production under
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Company reps generally have NO tech knowledge,just uninformed
double-talk.Independent pump rebuilding companies or large vehicle service
centers who have
their own in-house pump experts are good sources.I have had sucess receiving
info from GERMAN headquarted
Neoteric Biofuels Inc wrote:
Good to know. Thanks for correcting.
No problem.
This is really what I hate about dealing with international conglomerates.
Conglomerate: Oh we didn't build that. It was built by our Subsidiary,
and you'll have to contact them directly for support.
Subsidiary:
Go Hoff wrote:
Is it the groups general census that Bosh is not consumer friendly - but
worse that they seem to have the monopoly on the diesel/SVO/WVO pumps we
need? So far I've got to agree.
I have written and telephoned, mailed and faxed all the Bosh leads I could
find here (sweden)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's right, it could be because it is a big corporation, with a few
bitter employees whose positions are protected by the union, or it
could be a bosch thing, we don't know. But I believe it is
beyond unfair to say that it is because they are german! It is not
Neoteric Biofuels Inc wrote:
I think it is just the nature of large organizations in general, but to
honour the dude at Bosch, maybe we should start
enviro-crackpots.com and then populate it with stories of things that
are actually the antithesis of crackpotism...i.e. the many times the
Bryan Brah wrote:
What a great idea! I just looked, and www.envirocrackpots.com
http://www.envirocrackpots.com/ is available. It could just be set
up as a redirect to some other website (either friend or foe), or
perhaps a page of links. Imagine how funny it would be if after typing
Is there a reference anywhere that lists the kinematic viscosity of
vegetable oil?
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Hello, Maud.
Maud Essen wrote:
I have had the good fortune to scavenge a Mettler Gram-Matic Balance
model B6 that apparently has a maximum capacity of 99.999g. As I am
still in 2-liter or less experimental scale, its relatively small
capacity is just fine for now. This is what it looks
Dan Maker wrote:
Alan Petrillo said:
I have had the good fortune to scavenge a Mettler Gram-Matic Balance
model B6 that apparently has a maximum capacity of 99.999g. As I am
still in 2-liter or less experimental scale, its relatively small
capacity is just fine for now. This is what
Maud Essen wrote:
A local university tagged it for disposal, not because it didn't work
but because it was old (according to my friend who scavenged it for
me *before* it was hurled into a dumpster).
I've seen a lot of that.
Fortunately, most of the schools around here usually auction
look4bryan wrote:
This is my first post to the Group, hello everyone.
I recall reading recently that Japanese aviation fuel in WWII was
alchohol, not gasoline.
Possibly, but I doubt it. Where did you read that?
Recall that one of the reasons they went to
war was because the US cut
Keith Addison wrote:
-- From: Preface, To Have and Have Not - Southeast Asian Raw
Materials and the Origins of the Pacific War, Jonathan Marshall,
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. (Full text online)
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Hi all,
Got my first washed batch done. (I think) The ph level is about 5.4 I don't
think that is right. What do I do? It looks great a nice golden brown kinda
like honey. Very clear. I think it looks good. But then it is my first
batch. What is the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The best plan for the long-term future of O'Hare is to shut it down.
Shyeah, right.
Close O'Hare. Open a LOT more Meigs Fields.
And prevent morons from building their houses right up to the fence and
then complaining about the airplane noise.
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Biofuel at
Tim wrote:
Flying off to a warmer climate:
Click on the map to calculate the greenhouse warming effect of any
flight! Plus information on aircraft emissions, travel alternatives,
dilemmas etc.
OK, I'll disclaim myself here as having a vested interest, because I'm a
pilot.
This site is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Much simpler. Readjust the aircraft fuel controls to make a smokier exhaust.
It'd take more than readjusting the aircraft fuel controls. You'd have
to replace the fuel injectors with less efficient designs. But if you
do that you have to worry about turbine inlet
Curtis Sakima wrote:
But doesn't the Jew historic line lead up to modern CHRISTIANITY??
Sumerian War-God --- Jews -- Judeo-CHRISTIANS???
But, if you follow the history back to its source, God first revealed
himself in the Sacred Flame to King Zoroaster, and Zoroastrianism is
noted, IIRC,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 2/23/2004 12:07:36 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Perhaps. But don't forget that the particulates in question are soot,
which tends to absorb heat rather than reflecting it.
That's the point. The soot absorbs heat that
Walt Patrick wrote:
About 140 years ago, a group of federalists took over the government
and
waged a war of conquest which destroyed more than a million lives thereby
establishing the principal of rule by conquest as the foundation for the
federal government. If they could kill
Does anyone have any experience with biodiesel made by Griffin Industries?
One of my trucks is sick, possibly fuel related, and both of them blow
big white clouds on startup, and have experienced hard starting since I
got my last batch of B100.
I've put in a call to Aaron at Ward Oil about
skillshare wrote:
It was not Griffin that had the bad batch, it as another supplier
(Imperian Western Products). Griffin fuel was fine as far as meeting
specifications, it happens to also have a high gel point. Gel point
is not on the ASTM specs as a pass-fail number.
the gel point
Appal Energy wrote:
Allan,
Take a fuel sample, match it with equal parts water and agitate vigorously.
I've seen your symptoms before when running fuel laden with incompletely
converted glycerides. They are hydrophylic and would suck up any water in
the bottom of the tank.
Could that
Dave Williams wrote:
Alan Petrillo wrote:
One of my trucks is sick, possibly fuel related, and both of them blow
big white clouds on startup, and have experienced hard starting since I
got my last batch of B100.
Those are typical symptoms of a blown head gasket.
Yes, but those
skillshare wrote:
Griffin's fuel is unusable as B100 in most climates in the winter, at
least the samples of it that I've seen so far. It forms crystals at
45F, which are big enough to block onboard fuel filters. Even in the
San Francisco Bay Area, a very mild climate, it's too gel-prone
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have built several floating draw offs, and I'm not sure which is best. For
the float, one can use polyethylene foam, not styrofoam!, or a sealed air
container, such as a PVC pipe with capped ends. Use a good weight on the
float to
keep it immersed in the
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