Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil

2007-04-26 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Hi, FYI, Pongamia seed residue after oil extraction is also used as manure in India. I find usage of the same in home garden also quite effective. Best regards, Am. Sivaramakrishnan - Original Message From: Pagandai Pannirselvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha in India

2007-05-05 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Good reading http://www.biodieselsociety.org/news_international.asp - Original Message From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:53:57 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Jatropha in India Comment at the stoves list on jatropha by Dr. A.

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel from Algae

2008-05-28 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Keith, I tried some experiment with algae: I had algae in a plastic container with some naoh and cow dung (for methane) and applied some pressure through cycle pump and applied some ultrasonic vibrations to the plastic container ( tried all combination by reading net). I have tried couple of

Re: [Biofuel] Algae In Storage Tank?

2008-06-04 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Roger, Formula for algae is (water + nutriant + co2). If there are possibility of all this in Biofule storage we can find algae. On preventing the algae you can use ultrasonic vibrator similar to one used in swimming pools if biofuel storage tank is a plastic tank. Best regards, Siva. ---

[Biofuel] navadarshanam

2008-06-09 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
http://www.navadarshanam.org/ Please check this initiative near Bangalore , India. Within this 50 hecter land setup they do not have power grip coming in and energy needs (cooking and lighting) are satisfied by cobar gas and pongamia seeds run engine. Also see their low cost environment

[Biofuel] YOUR EFFORT CAN BRING THE OIL PRICE DOWN

2008-07-11 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
PLEASE DO YOUR EFFORT AND PASS ON THE MESSAGE TO LOWER THE PRICE OF OIL Nice Logic - It May Work !! THINK ABOUT IT…… A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the Kirana store he pays Rs. 12 a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two dozens at a

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Ph.D in Biodiesel

2004-09-30 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Dear sukumar and sashi kumar, I am siva a software and telecommunication engineer from Bangalore. I am also very much interested in bio-diesel as a hobby for now, but want to get into that more seriously as years go. Please let me know i what way I can start contributing in the effort staying

Re: [biofuel] EREN Network News -- 12/04/02

2002-12-05 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Hi all, I recently joined this group as a person interested in promoting Bio-Fuel awareness in India. I just read a article in Internet about a small group in bangalore, India promoting BIO-Fuel. Hope the information provided are are some help. Some figures in the article 1US $ = 50 India

[biofuel] Indian bio fuel drive

2003-01-07 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Hi all, India the second largest sugarcane producer has at last kick started the BIO fuel revolution in India. Government has made it mandatory to add 5% of Ethanol in petrol sold in 9 of 25 states from jan 1st 2003. Remaining states will also be included may be in a years time. Other

Re: [Biofuel] Diwali - Festival of Lights

2006-10-22 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Thanks Keith, Happy diwali (as applicable). Best regards, Am. Sivaramakrishnan, Bangalore, India. - Original Message From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:57:58 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Diwali - Festival of Lights

[Biofuel] Useful link

2006-10-31 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Hi, http://www.arti-india.org/content/view/12/28/ ARTI institute is specialized in sustainable rural development. Specific interest to the group will about the compact biogas plant which can be build around appro $100 (Methane from house hold waste). They have a $3 (Indian Rs

[Biofuel] Methane from food waste/starchy food

2006-10-31 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
For methan production best source is starchy food materials like , 1 kg of starchy food material can produce methane equal to methane that be produced from 40 cows dung and in couple of hours. for more detail on this and other rural sustainable energy source refer www.arti-india.org. best

Re: [Biofuel] Lokpal: Anna Hazare 'ready' to die for country as Team urges him to end fast

2011-12-28 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Anna Hazare's fast and his resolve to bring about a new legislation which is tough on corruption is a welcome sign in India and probably can set an example in other countries to have common man have a big say in policy formation.   In India in last 65 odd years this is the first time Anna and

Re: [Biofuel] Grubs wreck India's dreams

2011-12-28 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
Kevin like many others has a mind set that does not understand India (my point of View):   1) First he says that there are lot of middlemen who make lot of money. The truth is these middle men are part of the system. You will have to work inside the system to improve that rather than telling