Re: [Biofuel] Prions and junk science

2006-06-14 Thread Hakan Falk
Chip, What ever it is, most of it has a tendency to show up in my Eudora Junk Box. LOL Hakan At 20:01 14/06/2006, you wrote: Just in case anyone cares (at all) I, and I know others immediately tune out anything that has the phrase 'junk science' in it anywhere. The phrase was useful for

Re: [Biofuel] smart car coming to US in 2008

2006-07-02 Thread Hakan Falk
They do have a 4 seater model already, it is selling in Europe for quite a while. Hakan At 08:06 02/07/2006, you wrote: Great idea but I think that they better make a four seater for the US market. Smart cars have been out for about a year in Canada and while really cool, I have a hard

Re: [Biofuel] was..smart car coming to US in 2008

2006-07-02 Thread Hakan Falk
---Original Message--- From: Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] smart car coming to US in 2008 Sent: 02 Jul '06 06:56 They do have a 4 seater model already, it is selling in Europe for quite a while. Hakan At 08:06 02/07/2006, you

[Biofuel] What is happening?

2006-07-14 Thread Hakan Falk
I never, I never saw so little activities on the list before. Missing it. Hakan ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] {Disarmed} Telegraph - US could be going bankrupt

2006-07-14 Thread Hakan Falk
Kirk, Kotlikoff is not the first and will not be the last to point out the alarming discrepancies and the Americans are still hiding their heads in the sand. When we last discussed this, many suggested that Iraq and confiscating the second largest oil reserves, would be something of a

Re: [Biofuel] Check Your Beliefs

2006-07-19 Thread Hakan Falk
Bob, I forgot about your ethnic forebears massacres of the native American population. In numbers it is also comparable. Bob, I have a lot to do and have been silent for a while, but this I have to comment. It was clearly under the belt and very insensitive and outright dumb, especially

Re: [Biofuel] Check Your Beliefs

2006-07-19 Thread Hakan Falk
Bob, I have a lot to do and have been silent for a while, but this I have to comment. It was clearly under the belt and very insensitive and outright dumb, especially form an American. US do have their own racism and the internment of Americans with Japanese decent during WWII is nothing

Re: [Biofuel] Your Beliefs

2006-07-20 Thread Hakan Falk
John, I do not know, probably not, if I knew the consequences. Many of the scientists that were drafted to do the development, on both sides, were also against it. In war time the people have few choices. Maybe even some politician would be against the development, but they could not grasp

Re: [Biofuel] Sweden how they do it

2006-08-13 Thread Hakan Falk
Hi Mike, If you look at the private transportation sector in Sweden, Jan is describing fairly correct the situation. This sector is heavily influenced by foreign companies, after the auto industry has been taken over by them and the export situation. An other sector that is the same or

Re: [Biofuel] Secret to cheap petrol is coal

2006-09-11 Thread Hakan Falk
Aussies is now following the South Africans, next will be Europe, Russia, China, US and all coal rich countries. We discussed and predicted this years ago, it is the natural way for the seven sisters and their associates etc.. New dirty technology since more than 80 years back. LOL Hakan At

Re: [Biofuel] NZ Coroners Report on Complementary Medicines

2006-10-15 Thread Hakan Falk
Talking about medicines natural or whatever. My father always said, that if they could make recipes on love and sex, it would be possible to cut the hospital beds in half. I have yet to find the physician that is not very scared to go to hospital and I have many friends who are physician. LOL

Re: [biofuel] Re: [biofuels-biz] The Grid

2003-11-30 Thread Hakan Falk
For connection to an active distribution grid see, Plug-in Solar power. by Hakan Falk, Energy Saving Now http://energy.saving.nu/plugin/pluginsolar.shtml As a complement to earlier, The Grid. by Hakan Falk, Energy Saving Now http://www.energysavingnow.com/thegrid/http

[biofuels-biz] Multifuel diesel with heat pump

2003-12-03 Thread Hakan Falk
I started this discussion on wastewatts as a continuation of an other discussion and think that it could be interesting for the biofuel group also, if not more interesting. I would like to propose to the list that a diesel driven heat pump have an efficiency that is higher than any

[biofuels-biz] Fwd: Re: [wastewatts] Re: Multifuel diesel with heat pump

2003-12-03 Thread Hakan Falk
Yes, most heat pumps that are sold in Europe are using piston compressors from industrial fridge and freezer applications. In fact, many of them comes from a factory in Lyon, France, that are the market leader on those compressors. They work fine and have a life span of 15 to 25 years. One

RE: [biofuels-biz] Multifuel diesel with heat pump

2003-12-03 Thread Hakan Falk
conditioning or up to 66,000 btus heating and 6kw DC electric Bill -Original Message- From: Hakan Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:38 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuels-biz] Multifuel diesel with heat pump

[biofuels-biz] Heat pump considerations

2003-12-04 Thread Hakan Falk
Have written, Moving energy/temperatures for HVAC. http://energysavingnow.com/hvac/energymove.shtml Hakan Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders

[biofuels-biz] Fwd: RE: [solar-ac] State of the art

2003-12-12 Thread Hakan Falk
to see solar ac find some economically feasible markets. Will take some good engineering and creative thinking (to find the right market) David B. -Original Message- From: Hakan Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

[biofuels-biz] Fwd: RE: [solar-ac] AC dimensioning, was: State of the art

2003-12-12 Thread Hakan Falk
David, The last 20 years I bought an AC unit per year on average here in Spain, always reversible to heat pump. I am a little bit lazy and found a very good dimensioning method. Instead of calculating, I have used the known margin of error in existing methods. I ask the sales person what he

Re: [biofuels-biz] Fwd: RE: [solar-ac] Solar Geothermal

2003-12-13 Thread Hakan Falk
geothermal for heating and cooling??? Relies on the constant temperature(about 55 degreesF in NJ) that exists just a few feet in the ground. In terms of energy input, the systems advertise that they are 300% efficient. --- Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David, The last 20 years I bought

[biofuels-biz] Re: Re Volkwagen

2003-12-17 Thread Hakan Falk
Hi Keith, Your mail works fine to me, but I am at the moment sleeping on a guard duty schedule. After my latest eye operation two weeks ago and an eye inflammation as side effect. Have to take drops and creams every 5 hours and am not that fast in reading. Your mail arrived about one hour

[biofuels-biz] Re: [biofuel] resubmitting DOE's Tier I? some next steps?

2003-12-17 Thread Hakan Falk
I followed this discussion a few times during my membership in biofuels discussion groups. Every time the tier blabla testing is discussed with a comical seriousness. This instead of realizing that it is a blatant example on corruption and should really be treated as such. It is designed to

Re: [biofuels-biz] Fwd: RE: [solar-ac] Solar Geothermal

2003-12-18 Thread Hakan Falk
system and 60% of a winf electrci system up to 10kw(dc) in size. It really makes solar and wind much more affordable. Thanks for all of your articles and other information Brian --- Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian, PV is getting more efficient and the 8-10% efficiency cheaper

[wastewatts] Pulsonex Propulsion Burner/Boiler

2003-12-20 Thread Hakan Falk
I posted some info earlier on Pulsonex and here is more, Pulsonex Propulsion Burner/Boiler http://www.energysavingnow.com/products/pulsonex/ 93% efficiency, yearly average 90%!! It works, I have one. Hakan Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink

Re: [biofuels-biz] Diesel or bust

2004-01-03 Thread Hakan Falk
Sounds like the horse breeding business have a future in US. The farmers and others must freeze also, since light heating oil and diesel is the same. But you never know, it is US and maybe the do not know that they can use light heating oil in the tractors and this crises might at the end be

Re: [biofuels-biz] Diesel or bust

2004-01-03 Thread Hakan Falk
Sorry, I got it wrong. It should be Australia. I am so used about all the US problems, that the fingers think by themselves. Hakan At 14:30 03/01/2004, you wrote: Sounds like the horse breeding business have a future in US. The farmers and others must freeze also, since light heating oil and

Re: [biofuels-biz] Diesel or bust

2004-01-07 Thread Hakan Falk
the brain with half the sight. LOL I hope you get your harvest in properly. Hakan At 12:54 07/01/2004, you wrote: Well Hakan, I think even the horses would be in troublethey emit greenhouse gas too you know!! Steven Hakan Falk wrote: Sorry, I got it wrong. It should be Australia. I am so

Re: [biofuels-biz] PLEASE READ: Commercial production - was Re: End of US Biodiesel Research Program

2004-01-18 Thread Hakan Falk
Keith, A good and logical decision. Following both lists I have the following impressions, - The biofuel list is more vibrant and in line with JTF interests. - The biofuel-biz does not offer enough unique value, between the members. - The biofuel.biz might save the members from some very

Re: [Biofuel] Justice? was:General Motors Layoffs

2005-06-09 Thread Hakan Falk
Tim, In some ways you are right, the Bully with the biggest guns will always reign and he refused to subscribe to the Global Court of Justice. This to escape responsibility to any global standard of justice. Despite this the Bully with the biggest guns are active to set up his own global

Re: [Biofuel] Justice? was:General Motors Layoffs

2005-06-09 Thread Hakan Falk
, you wrote: ...the 'Bully with the biggest guns' will always reign Do you really mean that? I'm hoping that I just misunderstood you. Mike Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim, In some ways you are right, the Bully with the biggest guns will always reign and he refused to subscribe

Re: [Biofuel] How would any of you answer this one?

2005-06-10 Thread Hakan Falk
Ken, I do not find it ludicrous at all. 25 to 50% saving of energy nullifies the need to build nuclear power stations. The potential saving of energy, without noticeable effect on living standard is 60 to 70%, that is the size of the energy waste. Considering the 5 to 10 years it take to build

Re: [Biofuel] Re: solar tracking devices

2005-06-17 Thread Hakan Falk
Mike, In that case you should remember to use between 8 to 12%, which is the efficiency of most commercially available PV panels today. PV panels with 30 to 35% efficiency have been developed, but they are not yet available in quantities, on the market today. 20% is an odd number, what

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-23 Thread Hakan Falk
Chris, Doug's writing and references represent a clear overview of only a small part of American policies and relations to towards the global environment. It is a good explanation on why so many hate Americans, which is in reality their representatives (political and business) squandering of

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-23 Thread Hakan Falk
the original document was great, especially toward the end. It was extremely constructive and well written. :) -chris - Original Message - From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Hakan Falk To: mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgBiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:13 PM Subject

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread Hakan Falk
Rich, I think that you put the finger on the reasons why there are a large mistrust in America by saying who wants to play with a cheating bully. Only to complete what you are saying, the US government actively facilitate and support the behavior of their corporations. It is no surprise, if

Re[2]: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread Hakan Falk
Gustl, If anyones comes out clean, I think it is the Swiss. The Swedes had two periods as world bullies, the Vikings (probably ancestors to Roman legions from the part that we now know as Turkey) and during the religious wars. It is not likely that the Swedes will ever get the chance again

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-26 Thread Hakan Falk
I said that too, when someone first pointed out to me that the texts that the Vikings wrote on the Rune Stones was of old Turkish origin. Then I was directed to some web sites that dealt with this and it was very convincing. Too much info and similarities to be a hoax, but I am not sure

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-26 Thread Hakan Falk
Chris, Maybe I am adding more to it than it is, but the connection is there. A very common Viking name, that we know existed from the Vikings and I think that it was a Hakon in the Ericsson crew, that discovered America. The Roman Empire and their conscript armies, was going far up North in

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-26 Thread Hakan Falk
Chris, The Viking era in the Nordic countries, around 800 ac? Hakan At 09:02 PM 6/26/2005, you wrote: btw, hakan, without getting into a whole spiel about the vikings and linguistics/linguistic origins as well as the turks, there was a corps of vikings--the varingian guard--who served the

Re: [Biofuel] Re: New thread - the Vikings.....

2005-06-26 Thread Hakan Falk
behind a lot of their seafaring and fighting genes. Regards, Bob. - Original Message - From: Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 9:57 AM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next? Chris, Maybe I am adding

Re: [Biofuel] vikings, turks and romans

2005-06-26 Thread Hakan Falk
Chris, Look at my mail to Bob. The Vikings had a regular and well established trading relationship with Miklagård, which was Constantinople. This is proven in many ways, by written sagas and also by history from that part. When they visited Constantinople, it was special rules for them and

RE: [Biofuel] Re: New thread - the Vikings.....

2005-06-27 Thread Hakan Falk
to continue off line. Cheers Fred Enga -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hakan Falk Sent: June 26, 2005 6:00 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Re: New thread - the Vikings. Bob, The Vikings are interesting, also

Re: [Biofuel] vikings, turks and romans

2005-06-27 Thread Hakan Falk
, are identical. he went so far as to transcribe viking runic writings to the turk runes, yielding an effective translation. it must be emphasized that this was a strictly phonetic exercise. he did not use the turk language. -Original Message- From: Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Biofuel] maximum MPG

2005-06-28 Thread Hakan Falk
Des, I do not know of any formula, but what you describe is the VW Lupo 3L diesel and that one make around 85-90 mpg or 3 liter for 100 km. It is a vehicle for practical real use and VW did their best on the fuel economy. They also had an experimental 2 seater that made 100 km on 1 liter or

Re: [Biofuel] maximum MPG

2005-06-29 Thread Hakan Falk
Doug, If you look at VW 1 L and make a one person car with top speed 55 mph in line with that concept, you could probably make 0.6 L experiment car , near 500 mpg. This if you still could claim that it is a car and not a covered moped. After all, WV 1 L with one person, did in road tests

Re: [Biofuel] fuel efficient cars

2005-06-29 Thread Hakan Falk
I read at one of the links that you gave earlier, that they went on highway to a show. At average speed around 70 kmph and one person, the consumption was 0.89 l per 100 km, 1.35 l per 100 miles or 281 mpg. If you trim the weight and with a lower average speed, it should be possible to make a

Re: [Biofuel] US oil war game

2005-06-30 Thread Hakan Falk
I am surprised if this is the first time they did this, but is was done by former officials. Maybe this war game was only an alibi, to be able to bring the issues out in the open. It would be enormously if the sitting administration have not done this frequently during the last 20 years and

Re: [Biofuel] fuel efficient cars

2005-06-30 Thread Hakan Falk
Hi, When I did a part of the military service early 1960th 1,100 km north of Stockholm, I did this stretch in my 1955 VW on 80-90 liter. The 500cc one cylinder BSA I had, took about half of it and could do around 160-170 kmh. I also had a Plymouth V8 and it took 4-5 times more than the VW,

Re: [Biofuel] fuel efficient cars and motorcycles

2005-06-30 Thread Hakan Falk
Mopeds are defined by the engine and weight, the weight I do not remember straight off but the engine had to be under 50 cc. I Sweden they had an additional restriction and that was that they would not go faster than 30 kmph, which was achieved by reducing the carburetor intake and I do no know

Re: [Biofuel] fuel efficient cars and motorcycles

2005-07-01 Thread Hakan Falk
You are right, US did not have it in the past and do not have it today. High standard innovated designs, if it concerns safety or fuel efficiency, but also high cost, are European hall marks. I agree with you that the gap might have been widening, between nothing and active research and

Re: [Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-05 Thread Hakan Falk
Mike, It is an excellent example on how it goes, when you try to hide and not acknowledge that the mad cow decease hit US a long time ago. Not being able to keep the balance is a clear sign. Cannibalism is also recognized as a root cause. I am not saying that Bush is one of the victims,

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-05 Thread Hakan Falk
Chris b, The fact is that the oil price has gone up very much thanks to the Iraq venture. The oil production in Iraq, before the occupation, was almost as large as what they call the swing production, or with other words the cushion that evened out production and demand. The biggest problem

RE: [Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-06 Thread Hakan Falk
Frank, Sweden have a higher living standard than US, according to statistics. I am not suggesting that it is a direct relationship between happiness and living standard, as it is between happiness and dumbness. Why I say this, is because the first I will hear when I say this, is something

RE: [Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-06 Thread Hakan Falk
and accident rate so low. -:) Hakan At 01:09 PM 7/6/2005, you wrote: Sweden have a higher living standard than US, according to statistics. I am not suggesting that it is a direct relationship between happiness and living standard, as it is between happiness and dumbness. Why I say this, is

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread Hakan Falk
Joe, Only a couple of complementary things, The Elk an Moose also like clear cut, but they are very bad for forest management. They eat the top of the newly planted trees. Clear cuts are also bad, since it often result in that the top soil is washed down the streams and over fertilize them.

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread Hakan Falk
of inhumane treatment animals experience in thier short lives at our hands. We just don't look carefully enough at what we are doing and we are encouraged not to. Joe Hakan Falk wrote: Joe, Only a couple of complementary things, The Elk an Moose also like clear cut, but they are very bad

Re: [Biofuel] Pimentel is at it again

2005-07-07 Thread Hakan Falk
Ken, There are many samples of orphan babies of one animal, that have been fed and raised by the mother of other different animals. Hakan At 06:15 AM 7/7/2005, you wrote: FWIW - My cat drinks milk from cows. Derek -- Original message -- From: Ken Dunn -

Re: [Biofuel] Pimentel is at it again

2005-07-07 Thread Hakan Falk
Robert, We tolerate milk well, as long as we regularly drink it. If one stop to drink milk for a long period, it is common that the tolerance goes down and often the stomach will react violently against starting again. Often the body develop an allergy against milk products, after a long

Re: [Biofuel] Re: How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread Hakan Falk
Marc, Bears are dependent on vegetarian food, not salmon. On occasion they do feast on salmon, during the short period that the salmon returns to its spawning ground. If bears were dependent in any way on the salmon diet, they would go hungry most of the year and only exist in very small

Re: [Biofuel] Re: How many trees were killed to build your home?

2005-07-07 Thread Hakan Falk
Marc, I wanted to get away from the bear discussion, because clear cuttings are a major menace for nature and the major contributor to dead lakes. Not because the clear cuttings per say, but because of the combination with industrial pollution. The humans are quite stupid, at a time when

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-07 Thread Hakan Falk
this rationale, the price of oil would spike in a manner that would provoke public outrage and a dramatic change of the american public's attitude regarding the iraq war. chris b. -Original Message- From: Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 06:43:31

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-07 Thread Hakan Falk
and India, this is probably one of the reasons behind his aggravations and fixations on them. What rights do they have to buy US oil? -:) Hakan At 03:46 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote: on 7/7/05 6:15 PM, Hakan Falk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bush did in fact completely control the price

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-07 Thread Hakan Falk
Jerry, If you refer to the World Trade Center, please check your numbers. Was it really 2,600 AMERICANS or could it be that it was some foreigners among them? I really would like to know how many AMERICANS that lost their lives, do anyone know a source for this. When it happened, I remembered

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-08 Thread Hakan Falk
who lost a member in WTC and they are not even mentioned on your list. It is often said that the victims represented 115 countries and your list with 36, is the lowest I have seen. It is a mess and I cannot understand why. Hakan At 08:42 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote: Hakan Falk a écrit

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-08 Thread Hakan Falk
Jill, At 03:23 PM 7/8/2005, you wrote: Okay, I joined this list to talk about how to create run engines on biofuel, now I find I'm bombarded with talk show chatter in my e-mail box? This debate runs into our daily lives and affects our thoughts and pocketbooks tremendously. However, it

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-09 Thread Hakan Falk
Ryan, At 05:23 PM 7/9/2005, you wrote: snip What is the probability that they would love and be grateful to the Americans? Why are the Americans surprised, when the Iraqis do not love them? Is it not understandable that some of the Iraqis want to kill Americans, how would you react in their

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid- limbaugh

2005-07-10 Thread Hakan Falk
allows them enough time to do so. Doug - Original Message - From: Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid : : Ryan, : : At 05:23 PM 7/9/2005, you wrote: : snip : : What

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-10 Thread Hakan Falk
Tim, It is amazing that the word terrorist is so often used without any valid definition. Too often it is a label on people who oppose a bully. With the way the label terrorist is used today, US is a product of terrorism against the English and French. During WWII, the poor Germans were

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-10 Thread Hakan Falk
Tim, I am a bit curious, how long have you lived in Sweden or maybe you are Swedish? Did you know that most of todays socialistic governance in Sweden, was modelled after US ideas and governance? What do you know of Napoleonic law, other than that the Hansa and Napolean system was the

RE: [Biofuel] Deconstructing the Nuclear Power Myths

2005-07-13 Thread Hakan Falk
Joey, Biofuel? How did you get to this issue. LOL Do you belong to this group of people that regularly visit energy lists and try to provoke a nuke discussion? I have stopped from a participating in a few lists because of this group, which seems to be roughly the same people all the time.

Re: [Biofuel] Limiting coffee breaks. was: Deconstructing the Nuclear Power Myths

2005-07-13 Thread Hakan Falk
JH, I have not tried to prohibit a nuke discussions, anyone who want to discuss with the nuke gang is welcome to do so. I have the right to limit my participation in any discussion and also to express that. If I take the opportunity to take a pause and a coffee, or whatever, it is my right

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-14 Thread Hakan Falk
Keith, I am sorry if I am bitching about this, but I have not seen anything that indicates that Todd called anyone a bitch. Here in Spain they will maybe say you are a son of a bitch, but at the same time clarify with no offense to your mother. To be or not to be a bitch is the question.

Re: [Biofuel] Abuse [was] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-17 Thread Hakan Falk
Mike, In essence, what you are saying, is that Keith is among the best moderators out there. It might be explained by that he after all is professional, but it is also a skill in dealing with people. So, if you want this as a topic, it will be a well deserved love song to Keith. It would not

Re: [Biofuel] China Stakes Claim for Global Oil Access

2005-07-19 Thread Hakan Falk
Skapegoate, -:)) Not much less and definitely not when you consider consumption. China might even have more, since it is not as fully explored as US. Reserves in thousands million barrels US 30.7, India 5.6 and China 23.7, US 2.7%, India 0.5% and China 2.1% of the world reserves. Use in

Re: [Biofuel] The Homemade Windmills of Nebraska

2005-07-21 Thread Hakan Falk
Pannirselvam, I tried to suggest a mass produced wind turbine that is not sensitive to location and could be very cheap. Connected to the grid in a normal wall socket, to spin the meter backwards or sell electricity. Using Darrieus Rotor design for security and to be able to place almost any

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period

2005-07-21 Thread Hakan Falk
Kirk, We will always have problems with the US payback times. Look at Iraq, According to the Geneva convention, US and UK have the responsibility to create a safe environment for its inhabitants. Instead they created an unsafe environment and by that allowed and encouraged their troops to

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-24 Thread Hakan Falk
The problem with Pimentel is that he does not really understand what he is talking about, or that he deliberately misinform, in order to support a hidden agenda. Also the conversion of crude to gasoline, cost more energy than you get and have no real energy benefit either. Diesel is better

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-25 Thread Hakan Falk
Mike, Maybe you found out the reason why they died out so fast, it is at least a logical explanation. LOL Let us hope that Montsano also will join the list of destroyed species. Hakan At 03:21 AM 7/25/2005, you wrote: In all likelihood, Monsanto would volunteer to provide the huge amount

Re: [Biofuel] The Tragic Abuse of Corn

2005-07-25 Thread Hakan Falk
And all of it because a bad language interpretation at the end of WWII. When the Americans, after winning, asked the Germans what they most needed to avoid starvation, they answered Korn (Rye), which the Americans interpret to Corn (Maise) and started to send loads of it. The Germans was

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-07-25 Thread Hakan Falk
They are those lesbians who play with themselves, to keep the oil profits as high as possible. The worst law breakers of the world, who does not care a yota about laws, since they have the politicians in their pockets, from Bush - Blair etc. and downwards. Hakan At 04:06 PM 7/25/2005, you

Re: [Biofuel] The Tragic Abuse of Corn

2005-07-25 Thread Hakan Falk
that I do enjoy corn on the cob with butter and many foreigners with me. Maize flower is also excellent to use for sauces. Hakan At 03:19 PM 7/25/2005, you wrote: Hakan Falk wrote: And all of it because a bad language interpretation at the end of WWII. When the Americans, after winning, asked

Re: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Biofuel] The Tragic Abuse of Corn

2005-07-25 Thread Hakan Falk
, livestock feed, ethanol fuel and many other products like crayons, paints and paper. Dent corn also is used to make corn syrup sweeteners and other ingredients that appear in all kinds of foods from soft drinks to baked goods. Ray J Hakan Falk wrote: Doug, One thing is viewing corn (maize

Re: [Biofuel] Predictions as to crude oil prices, call for discussion

2005-07-27 Thread Hakan Falk
Unfortunately it is too late for the only genetic engineering that would have produced significant improvements of todays situation. It will also need several significant break through to be able to do such genetic engineering. We are stuck with Bush, Blair and the rest of the current set of

Re: [Biofuel] Predictions as to crude oil prices, call for discussion

2005-07-27 Thread Hakan Falk
To those that say that I am overly optimistic, I like want to mention that it does not take much to be smarter than us and the only ones who will have that opportunity are our grandchildren. Hakan At 01:38 AM 7/28/2005, you wrote: Unfortunately it is too late for the only genetic

RE: [Biofuel] Predictions as to crude oil prices, call for discussion

2005-07-28 Thread Hakan Falk
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hakan Falk Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:11 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Predictions as to crude oil prices, call for discussion To those that say that I am overly optimistic, I like

Re: [Biofuel] The Savonius Super Rotor

2005-07-30 Thread Hakan Falk
Kirk, Whenever you get in a discussion with the wind turbine people, you will hit this discussion about Wind, Horisontal propellers give around 35-45% efficiency and Vertical around 15-30%. The Vertical is less sensitive to turbulence and safe siting, than the Horisontal and will have some

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-02 Thread Hakan Falk
Thanks for saving me the time. It is a quite local problem and it is a bit more people in this world, who cannot even grasp the definition red/blue, if is not a pure color issue. It is however quite interesting to read about US color problem and it is a clear improvement, because it is not

Re: Jesus was a liberal..., and look what it got him... was Re: [Biofuel]The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-02 Thread Hakan Falk
Nancy, Much of what you are saying have a majority following by the world population, but you are simplifying the issues. This in the name of a God that only have a relatively small following. Fortunately, the majority of the Gods or teachings without a God, do adhere to and preach your

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-02 Thread Hakan Falk
Dale, It is difficult and 2% is a very high value. European countries have a 1 % goal and several of them give around 0.8% of GDP. For most European countries, it is a true 0.8% with little hooks, like that they have to spend the money in purchases from the donor Country. US give 0.2% of

Re: [Biofuel] Re: The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-03 Thread Hakan Falk
: Hakan Falk Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Dale, It is difficult and 2% is a very high value. European countries have a 1 % goal and several of them give

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Hakan Falk
Bob A, Pimentels research might be a valid representation of the results from a very well defined process. The problem is that it is a very narrow set of parameters and they look like they are chosen to get a predetermined result and an argument that benefit those that wants to limit

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Hakan Falk
results if a crop like sugar beets was used instead of corn? Tom Irwin -- From: Hakan Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:45:27 -0300 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies Bob

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Hakan Falk
Keith, The financing of University research projects should be official public information. Somebody in US only have to ask for the information about the project at Cornell university. I doubt that they have any obligation to give the information to foreigners, so maybe someone of our US

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energefficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Hakan Falk
Ray, I have no idea why you waste your time on over production of corn, but I will once more tell the story about Germans and the WWII peace. After the peace, the Germans needed food aid to avoid starving, US asked them what they needed and they answered Korn (Rye in German). US started to

Re: [Biofuel] guns

2005-08-07 Thread Hakan Falk
There are nothing to support this BS argument, on the contrary, all statistics and practical experience says the opposite. Jeremy, The only statistics that might have any real and substantive connections to peaceful society is strict gun control and, even much more, a high average

Re: PLEASE READ - MODERATOR'S MESSAGE - was Re: [Biofuel] guns

2005-08-07 Thread Hakan Falk
Keith, Sorry, I was going through email in sequential order and did not see this until after I posted. I think you are right in stopping this thread now, there are not more to say on it. Hakan At 07:36 AM 8/7/2005, you wrote: No more guns, thankyou. This is a subject that, on a global

[Biofuel] Feeling of humiliation and lack of power

2005-08-10 Thread Hakan Falk
26 hours ago, I woke up to the sound of our dogs barking. I slept hard, so she probably gone on for a while. When she would not stop, I went up to tell her of. She was standing in the front door that was open, just as much as she could not get out. After looking in my office, I discovered

Re: [Biofuel] Feeling of humiliation and lack of power

2005-08-11 Thread Hakan Falk
is happening in Iraq and other places. This is why Iraq is a loose, loose situation for US. Hakan At 08:08 11/08/2005, you wrote: Hakan Falk wrote: After looking in my office, I discovered that my computer (a notebook) was gone and so was my wife's, further checking proved that some more

Re: [Biofuel] Feeling of humiliation and lack of power

2005-08-11 Thread Hakan Falk
Mike, I will put locks on internal partition doors. My study will have a reinforced door with security locks, maybe with an electric opener and hidden magnetic switch. It must be easy to live with, otherwise it is not used. Setting up computers are very time consuming. Now, when I have a

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-13 Thread Hakan Falk
Earl, It would be interesting to know how many countries you lived, or worked, in and how many languages you can communicate in? Hakan At 06:45 13/08/2005, you wrote: Mike, Where do I start? First, I have a real problem with any government (U.S., state, local) taking my hard earned

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-13 Thread Hakan Falk
Earl, Why I asked? I am Swedish and have lived and worked in 8 countries including US, worked in 25 and visited 60+ more. I found many things that I liked and some things that I disliked in all of them. I can make myself understood in 5 languages, not including the Danish and Norweigian

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