Re: [Biofuel] Lawn question off topic

2006-06-18 Thread robert and benita rabello
JJJN wrote: Hello folks, any organic lawn experts out there? I have been encroaching out 75% of my lawn with food plants for both wildlife and humans, but I still have this 25% and living in town I need to keep it lawn. the question is how does one raise a great lawn without weed

Re: [Biofuel] Lawn question off topic

2006-06-18 Thread robert and benita rabello
Chris Lloyd wrote: Some compost has virtually no ability to fertilise anything, I got caught out this year with the half ton I got for growing tomatoes in. It was supposed to be composted household waste and tree leaves, looked good, smelt good and will probably make a good soil improver but I

Re: [Biofuel] Lawn question off topic

2006-06-19 Thread robert and benita rabello
lres1 wrote: Will this kill the bugs busy eating away my precious grape vines and shade area without harming the vine. That is used tobacco and some soap liquid mixed with water and pump it from a hand sprayer? Got sunlight soap here for the dishes, lemon scent even. Summary.

Re: [Biofuel] Lawn question off topic

2006-06-19 Thread robert and benita rabello
Keith Addison wrote: Nicotine will kill everything else too, including the bugs that eat the bugs eating your grapevines. It won't kill the vines though. Best Keith This is why the whole pest management approach is fundamentally flawed. Plants should be able to tolerate mild

Re: [Biofuel] Freakonomics

2006-06-19 Thread robert and benita rabello
Darryl McMahon wrote: There is an oblique reference to this in the archives. I have just finished reading the book, and recommend that people put it on their reading lists. (No time like the present to get on your public library's waiting list.) Yes, I think I'm the one who

Re: [Biofuel] Freakonomics

2006-06-21 Thread robert and benita rabello
Darryl McMahon wrote: Actually, I've done some x-y correlation research in my day, and while it's been a while, the text of the book rings true with my experience. It strikes me that Levitt has done a reasonable job of substantiating his conclusions, as much as anyone can in the social

Re: [Biofuel] Worldwide oil consumption seen soaring

2006-06-24 Thread robert and benita rabello
chem.dd wrote: The bottom line is that the world has to go Hydrogen. Are you SURE you want to go there in this forum? I'd be laughing if your proposition wasn't so sad. robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project

[Biofuel] [Fwd: Re: Freakonomics]]

2006-06-24 Thread robert and benita rabello
are still getting through. Thanks, Darryl Original Message robert and benita rabello wrote: Darryl McMahon wrote: Actually, I've done some x-y correlation research in my day, and while it's been a while, the text of the book rings true with my experience. It strikes me

Re: [Biofuel] Worldwide oil consumption seen soaring

2006-06-24 Thread robert and benita rabello
chem.dd wrote: I would think this is the ideal forum for discussing any aspects and options for reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, particularly in terms of sustainability. What is truly sad is closed mindedness. Closed mindedness? You've GOT to be kidding! You start off with the

Re: [Biofuel] Worldwide oil consumption seen soaring

2006-06-26 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: WHy would you advocate hydrogen with all its losses. Supercaps are the perfect battery for transportation. More efficient than lead acid too (and no lead) - as for hydrogen who needs 25% system efficiency? Only people building nuclear power plants who think they've

Re: [Biofuel] water-fuel system

2006-06-26 Thread robert and benita rabello
Will Kelleher wrote: Hello, I always thought it would be really cool to power an internal combustion engine with hydrogen derived from electrolysis powered by the engine itself, but doesn't it take more energy to split the hydrogen/oxygen that the hydrogen is able to produce when

Re: [Biofuel] compost

2006-06-28 Thread robert and benita rabello
Jason Katie wrote: will clay cat litter (used as directed on package...) hurt compost? I use cat litter for the lavatory of our rabbit cage and routinely dump the contents into my composter. When its all done, I can't even tell there had been any litter in it at all. I don't do the

Re: [Biofuel] breakthrough - store CH4 at 500psi instead of 3600

2006-07-19 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=20176 I had to let this settle for a day or so before I could reply. The article is very misleading, beginning with this little gem: Natural gas is also easier to procure: 85 percent of the current U.S. consumption is

Re: [Biofuel] breakthrough - store CH4 at 500psi instead of 3600

2006-07-19 Thread robert and benita rabello
Zeke Yewdall wrote: Isn't that interesting that the North American driver is willing to sacrifice the world and condemn billions of people to a slow painful death, rather than accept a 10% decrease in how fast they can go in their car Although I suppose they don't think of it that

Re: [Biofuel] Our cash is becoming trackable

2006-07-27 Thread robert and benita rabello
bob allen wrote: see http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2004/03/02/the_burning_20_dollar_bills.html and references therein That makes way more sense. On my recent trip to California, I was dismayed to learn that gasoline purchases with a credit card now require the

Re: [Biofuel] Our cash is becoming trackable

2006-07-27 Thread robert and benita rabello
bob allen wrote: naw, just a cheek swab for DNA analysis So if we invest in DNA labs, would we be complicit, or just smart? robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/

Re: [Biofuel] Have You Hugged Your Hummer Today?

2006-07-30 Thread robert and benita rabello
Alan Petrillo wrote: The good folks at Reason.org are at it yet again. :-( http://www.reason.org/commentaries/dalmia_20060719.shtml What a load of crap! Nowhere NEAR the EPA fuel economy estimates? My hybrid runs within spitting distance of its fuel economy estimates, even at

Re: [Biofuel] Have You Hugged Your Hummer Today?

2006-07-30 Thread robert and benita rabello
Andrew Lowe wrote: I can remember seeing an episode of the English show Top Gear, www.bbc.co.uk/topgear where the consumption of hybrids was mentioned. One of the presenters said that he drove a hybrid from point A to point B and got about 40-45 miles/gallon. He subsequently drove a

Re: [Biofuel] Have You Hugged Your Hummer Today?

2006-07-31 Thread robert and benita rabello
Simon Fowler MADUR-SALES wrote: I beg to differ. There is nothing to stop you switching the engine off when standing still. We have signs requesting you to do so at some level crossings as well. You're right, and I concede that point. However, I've never seen anyone do this at a stop

Re: [Biofuel] Subject: Re: Have You Hugged Your Hummer Today?

2006-08-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Simon Fowler wrote: I feel a hybrid only becomes interesting if you have a good regenerative braking system and you have driving conditions (not to mention driving habits!) that can make proper use of it. The Toyota system is fully regenerative. Our fuel economy has been steadily

[Biofuel] Food Miles

2006-08-04 Thread robert and benita rabello
I was innocently listening to NPR this afternoon, when lo and behold, they had a feature on food miles! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5618390 Any story on NPR that even MENTIONS food miles illustrates that there IS hope! robert luis rabello "The Edge of Justice"

Re: [Biofuel] foreign car commercial

2006-08-24 Thread robert and benita rabello
It's like trying to drive in Vancouver . . . robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-28 Thread robert and benita rabello
MK DuPree wrote: I'm with you Kirk on this one. Look at the educational system in the U.S.A., maybe anywhere. For the most part, folks are not taught how to think, only what to think...from kindergarten through high school. Add to that many kids social background, parents who were

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-29 Thread robert and benita rabello
Michael Redler wrote: "Many students, especially those who are poor, intuitively know what the schools do for them. They school them to confuse process and substance. Once these become blurred, a new logic is assumed: the more treatment there is, the better are the results; or, escalation

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-29 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: Perhaps Michael achieved this insight in spite of going to school. I learned more on my own than in the school system. So you learned how to read, write and become numerate on your own? You can evaluate ideas presented in written form on the basis of informal,

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-29 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: You employed in the school system? No. As I said I had to unlearn the social indoctrination I was fed in school And the inaccurate history. And I suffered through science classes where I knew more than the instructor. And - and -and - School was mostly a waste

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-29 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: I blame the schools for turning out a generation that cant pour piss out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel. The lack of education - at a higher cost per student than anywhere else in the world- has made them victims and I am not so sure it is

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-29 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: DId you miss where I was failing? Were you illiterate at that time? Did you know NOTHING about letter / sound correspondance? Were you unable to write your name? Had you no understanding of mathematics at all? You wrote that you endured science classes in which

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-29 Thread robert and benita rabello
Zeke Yewdall wrote: Come on, I've seen Dazed and confused, and there doesn't seem to be much learning to read and write going on there And we are to believe everything we see on TV, so that must be the truth. Ha! (Misplaced energy) Yes, we did start out talking about

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-29 Thread robert and benita rabello
"educators" will get their distorted input into his world. Been there done that and hated it. Kirk robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kirk McLoren wrote: DId you miss where I was failing? Were you illiterate at that time? Did you know NOTHING ab

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-29 Thread robert and benita rabello
Mike Weaver wrote: Homeschoolers represent 20% of those being schooled (the) last time I checked the statistics(.) Homeschoolers represent 80% of the high achievers. Doesnt (doesn't) speak well for your system. I think you are in denial. Our school system suks (sucks) and you know it. -Miss

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-30 Thread robert and benita rabello
Michael Redler wrote: I read all the responses initiated by the Illich quote. (IMO) Kirk is one of the few who really gets it. If you're coming into this with the preconceived notion that "public schools are bad", then no amount of reason will dissuade you. Claims of the problem

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-30 Thread robert and benita rabello
Jason Katie wrote: i have seen some very foolish things in the local school districts here in the kansas city area. people cry because their kid is not doing well in school, and they say the district needs more money to help fix the problem and help pay for a better education. and this is where

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-09-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Joe Street wrote: So why was it a disaster? Because in every case I've known in my career, parents lacked the requisite discipline to get their children to work. (Some of them boasted that they could accomplish EVERYTHING they needed to do in a day within a single hour!) In some

[Biofuel] Sunflower Woes

2006-09-10 Thread robert and benita rabello
Hello everyone! I have a FOREST of sunflowers in my garden this year. (The tallest one measured over four meters in height when I finally cut it down.) But now I have dozens of seed heads laying next to my compost pile. I don't know what to do with them, and my saintly mother-in-law is

Re: [Biofuel] Sunflower Woes

2006-09-10 Thread robert and benita rabello
Ken Provost wrote: Get yourself a seed press and make sunflower oil -- great on salads, and makes good biodiesel! I like my salads naked, and I don't own a diesel. But, where can I find a seed press? Better yet, ship them all to ME and I'LL make sunflower oil :-) Wouldn't there

Re: [Biofuel] Sunflower Woes

2006-09-10 Thread robert and benita rabello
Keith Addison wrote: DIY, cheap as junk: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/oilpress.html The Sunflower Seed Huller and Oil Press I've been to the JTF site dozens of times. Why have I never seen that??? You're a wealth of info, Keith, and I'm printing as I write. Thank

Re: [Biofuel] Sunflower Woes

2006-09-11 Thread robert and benita rabello
Keith Addison wrote: :-) You are most welcome. I'm going to build the huller and the press! Robert, we loved your amazing sunflower! It's a tribute to building soil. I learned most of that reading in this forum, and the Small Farms resources on JtF. No Miracle Grow. No

Re: [Biofuel] Disney

2006-09-11 Thread robert and benita rabello
bob allen wrote: Who's god? As in who IS god? Or whose god? The answer to that question is different in both cases! : - ) robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page

Re: [Biofuel] Disney

2006-09-11 Thread robert and benita rabello
bob allen wrote: oops, I meant whose god. Ah, it's certainly not the one I know and honor! : - ) robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/

Re: [Biofuel] Disney

2006-09-11 Thread robert and benita rabello
MK DuPree wrote: snip interesting soliloquy Maybe all of this israndom meaninglessness. Maybe.I'm satisfied, however, whatever it is or is not,all of usareconnected and that it is only "the devil in the details" that deceives us and blinds us to, perhaps,a reality more

Re: [Biofuel] Disney

2006-09-11 Thread robert and benita rabello
Gregg Davidson wrote: Themain reason that so many civilians in Iraq were killed is because cowardly terrorist hide among them, which gives them their "15 minutes of Al Jezera Face Time". The military is a blunt instrument, at best. robert luis rabello "The Edge of Justice" Adventure for

Re: [Biofuel] Disney

2006-09-11 Thread robert and benita rabello
Gregg Davidson wrote: While I do not subscribe to your theory that all presidents are idiots, I do think that some are a lot smarter than others. When you run away froma bully, you only embolden him that much more. That's why so much of the world is angry with us. Who do you think the REAL

Re: [Biofuel] Disney

2006-09-12 Thread robert and benita rabello
Paul S Cantrell wrote: [VIDEO] Please watch.. Keith Olbermann's special commentary on the 5th anniversary of 9/11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmmV_M0LzZceurl= "We have not forgotten, Mr. President, you have." There's a song on a recent Rush CD whose lyrics are

Re: [Biofuel] Personal Reflections on 9/11

2006-09-12 Thread robert and benita rabello
Joe Street wrote: On sept. 11, 2001 I was isolated in the wilderness about half way through a 10 day hike on a 100 km trail. snip beautifully-written personal account I was in Maryland that day, visiting with my aunt and uncle. I'd flown in for a convention the night before, but

Re: [Biofuel] Disney

2006-09-12 Thread robert and benita rabello
Jason Katie wrote: is it possible to be both? Only if you're Libertarian . . . : - ) robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/

Re: [Biofuel] This why i want to get rid of my wood stove and heat with BD

2006-09-14 Thread robert and benita rabello
Mike Weaver wrote: ??? Personally, I wish I still heated with wood! robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ ___ Biofuel

Re: [Biofuel] This why i want to get rid of my wood stove and heat with BD

2006-09-14 Thread robert and benita rabello
Mike Weaver wrote: Kidding - I still do, much to the chagrin of my neighbors... There was nothing in your message, hence the question marks. We have in-floor hydronic heating that is fueled by natural gas. I would LOVE to have a gasifying wood boiler! I could heat my house on

Re: [Biofuel] This why i want to get rid of my wood stove and heat with BD

2006-09-14 Thread robert and benita rabello
Mike Weaver wrote: Oh, it was a funny picture a tree falling over a pickup. Ah, but you can't post photos in this forum! Look at a Tarm boiler... Look at $10 000 . . . Maybe if I were smart enough to be in Mensa I'd be smart enough to build one myself. Alack! I'm foiled

Re: [Biofuel] WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON SEPT 11

2006-09-19 Thread robert and benita rabello
Andrew Lowe wrote: WHAT UTTER CRAP. One of the main causes of failure was that the steel that comprised the floor trusses elongated due to heating. It didn't melt, the heat caused its tensile strength to reduce until the floor trusses failed causing lateral forces on the core which

Re: [Biofuel] Science

2006-09-19 Thread robert and benita rabello
Ken Provost wrote: After a long life in the sciences and engineering, I've come to believe that the scientific method has some basic flaws, two of which are as follows (there are others as well) I'm composing this message with advance apologies to Bob Allen . . . : - ) I once

Re: [Biofuel] WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON SEPT 11

2006-09-19 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: To fall straight down means the failures supposedly caused by heat all happened at the same time. In the real world they lean to the failed side and then forces cause more failures. It is a very tricky business making them fall straight down. But the dust

Re: [Biofuel] WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON SEPT 11

2006-09-20 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: There was no falling until the first failure. This means nothing, Kirk. Of COURSE there was no falling until the first failure. A little logic would go a long way here. Indeed! And it fell straight down. If it hadnt the rubble pile would have extended in the

Re: [Biofuel] WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON SEPT 11

2006-09-20 Thread robert and benita rabello
D. Mindock wrote: Robert, The towers and bldg 7 are just part of a larger puzzle. You want to believe the buildings all fell down the same exact way, go ahead. They didn't fall in the exact same way, but the reasons they collapsed are similar. I've explained this in another post.

Re: [Biofuel] Science

2006-09-20 Thread robert and benita rabello
Joe Street wrote: Hey Robert; That's a fun message but aren't you using fiction to support your argument? Not to support it, but to illustrate it. That's an important function of literature. Uhhh fiction you wrote! Kewl. I didn't know one could do this. I enjoy writing. The use

Re: [Biofuel] WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON SEPT 11

2006-09-20 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: Unfortunately since you arent qualified to judge what you read you accept information based on authority. What nonsense!!! Wrap your mind around something written by an engineering firm: "DID THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS ACTUALLY IMPLODE? No. They

Re: [Biofuel] WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON SEPT 11

2006-09-20 Thread robert and benita rabello
Marylynn Schmidt wrote: Well, actually it has been the subject of this topic and has been asked in at least 3 separate posts .. one post separately and two posts discussing the three buildings .. two buildings hit by planes and one building Not hit by planes. I've posted info for your

Re: [Biofuel] WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON SEPT 11

2006-09-20 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: The rubble pile and its angle of repose is consistent with a vertical collapse. Simple fact. Your struggle with reality is something to behold. I think you've got either a reading comprehension problem, or you're just being obstinate! Please read this AGAIN:

Re: [Biofuel] WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON SEPT 11

2006-09-21 Thread robert and benita rabello
D. Mindock wrote: Bldg 7 fell in the same controlled fashion even though of different construction method. You're going to believe what you wish to believe, despite the physical evidence. It was hit by debris but not an airliner. Bldg 7 was not mentioned in the 9/11 commission

Re: [Biofuel] This why i want to get rid of my wood stove and heat with BD

2006-09-22 Thread robert and benita rabello
Mike Weaver wrote: How about a Kuma? After trying to find a Kuma online and getting an error message, I was finally able to get through today. Kuma makes wood stoves, and there are a lot of really good wood stoves available in Canada. What I need is a gasifying boiler, like this

Re: [Biofuel] 2 new additions

2006-09-23 Thread robert and benita rabello
Jason Katie wrote: i have some fantastic news this week. on sunday, september 17th at 16:42 and 16:45 my small (yet excessively loud) twin sons Ryken and Xavier were born. katie is healthy, albeit tired, and the boys are on a steady track to coming home next week. (theyre in the nursery until

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Bush Owes Us an Apology

2006-09-30 Thread robert and benita rabello
D. Mindock wrote: This will be important history someday. Everyone should read it. Pat Yesterday, the US Senate approved "detainee" legislation that essentially hands dictatorial power over to the president. Once this bill is reconciled with the House

Re: [Biofuel] Passive solar home

2006-09-30 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9152621504090937299 cost seven percent more than conventional to build but elimiated 90% of utility bills. It's impressive. We did a lot of similar things when we built our current house, but didn't have the money for triple

[Biofuel] Closing Down the Garden

2006-10-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Hello Everyone! It's been an interesting year in our garden. We're getting more and more produce each season, and it's taking less and less work to increase the yields. This summer was very hot, but we used less water than we've used in the past--to the likely detriment of squash and

Re: [Biofuel] Closing Down the Garden

2006-10-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Fred Finch wrote: Did you show your guests the most personal way to apply your "organic compost enhancement liquid?" No. I am discreet about it. (I use a milk jug that's wrapped in paper, and I don't take it outside until it's dark.) My garden is working well also. I do not tell my

Re: [Biofuel] Closing Down the Garden

2006-10-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Doug Foskey wrote: Dosen't it make the milk taste in the morning?? Does your milk have a tongue??? (Two can play that game!) robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/

Re: [Biofuel] Automakers Targeted by Lawsuit in California

2006-10-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
D. Mindock wrote: snip And yet car companies are fighting the state's landmark regulations requiring them to offer vehicles with 30 percent lower emissions by 2016. They've been doing this as long as I've been alive. Business as usual . . . Be subversive. Don't buy a business as

Re: [Biofuel] Closing Down the Garden

2006-10-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: He was very lucky to have grown there. Very beautiful. It is. He likes to tell us that it was nothing but bitter cold in the winter and swarms of mosquitoes during the summer, though. (And the mosquitoes are STILL terrible there!) What's really sad, is that my

Re: [Biofuel] Automakers Targeted by Lawsuit in California

2006-10-02 Thread robert and benita rabello
Jonathan Schearer wrote: Good idea. Who's going to tell everyone in California they have to walk now?:) Don't you know? Only a nobody walks in LA . . . Wasn't that line from a Platinum Blonde song? robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind

Re: [Biofuel] Automakers Targeted by Lawsuit in California

2006-10-02 Thread robert and benita rabello
D. Mindock wrote: I've got a VW Golf TDI. The wife has one too. Love 'em. I put the Fitch catalytics in the fuel tanks and think that the mileage is slowly improving. It was never that bad with 43 mpg combined. We live in the 'burbs and taking a bike to the store is dangerous. Motorists here

Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia Was Testimonials as Evidence)

2006-10-04 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kurt Nolte wrote: On the one side we have Bob Allen, who seems in my mind to be making a perfectly reasonable claim: he just wants to see some numbers, some real evidence to convince him that herbs are only efficacious as herbs, and not as their constituent compounds. I agree that

Re: [Biofuel] Electric Bikes Now Legal in Ontario

2006-10-04 Thread robert and benita rabello
Darryl McMahon wrote: After a multi-year campaign spearheaded by the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa (EVCO), the province of Ontario has agreed to establish a pilot project under the auspices of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO). That's REALLY good news, Darryl! I hope

Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia Was Testimonials as Evidence)

2006-10-05 Thread robert and benita rabello
Joe Street wrote: Hi Robert; See my rudely injected comments below I want to get a bumper sticker for my truck made that reads: "Injection is nice. Being blown is nice. Why can't I have both?" Well, I do . . . : - ) (Conflicts of interest in the pharaceutical industy)

Re: [Biofuel] Happy Thanksgiving everybody

2006-10-06 Thread robert and benita rabello
Joe Street wrote: Enjoy the long weekend. I'm STILL not used to Thanksgiving in October . . . It doesn't seem right! But thank you for the well wishes! robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page

Re: [Biofuel] THE TRUTH BEHIND THE VACCINE COVER-UP

2006-10-15 Thread robert and benita rabello
Marylynn Schmidt wrote: Quite long but interesting. Quite long, indeed! Here's a quote: Dr. Johnson says on page 17, We agree that it would be desirable to remove mercury from U.S. licensed vaccines, but we did not agree that this was a universal recommendation that we would

Re: [Biofuel] THE TRUTH BEHIND THE VACCINE COVER-UP

2006-10-15 Thread robert and benita rabello
Jason Katie wrote: they made my wife sign the papers for the boys' vaccinations when she was in labor. just exactly how in the hell is someone supposed to read all that legal garbage when they are in recurring intense pain? That's ridiculous! Where did this happen? they wouldnt

Re: [Biofuel] Closing the Garden - Ottawa version

2006-10-17 Thread robert and benita rabello
MK DuPree wrote: Hi Darryl...and Robert...your posts on the garden are beautiful...please let us hear more, whatever thoughts you may have, experiences, tips, meditations on the wonderments (and sorrows) of gardening, etc etc. The weather has finally turned cool and rainy up

Re: [Biofuel] Secound document

2007-03-26 Thread robert and benita rabello
MK DuPree wrote: Hi Keith...was not able to open Second Doc attachment due to following message. Mike It's a spoof. Keith doesn't write that way, nor would he misspell the word second. robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long Journey New Adventure for Your Mind

Re: [Biofuel] Brix levels (was Nice Table of Vitamin C)

2007-03-27 Thread robert and benita rabello
Thomas Kelly wrote: (snip excellent commentary on food miles / local markets / quality of food) My brother grows grapes for his wine making hobby. I suspect the instrument he uses to check sugar levels may be a refractometer . good reason to give him a call. I'm

Re: [Biofuel] Brix levels (was Nice Table of Vitamin C)

2007-03-27 Thread robert and benita rabello
Thomas Kelly wrote: Robert, Thanks. As a homebrewer (beer) I'm familiar with hydrometers. They are used to tell alcohol levels ... whether or not fermentation is complete . in beer and wine by comparing changes in density. My brother uses something (refractometer?)in the

[Biofuel] If It Weren't for Worms

2007-03-28 Thread robert and benita rabello
. . . I'd be a complete failure at composting! After doing some weeding this morning I thought I'd check my new compost bin. The 200 liter food grade plastic bin has multiple holes drilled into it for air circulation and a two piece lid that screws onto the top. (It's kind of like a

Re: [Biofuel] If It Weren't for Worms

2007-03-29 Thread robert and benita rabello
Fritz Friesinger wrote: Hi Robert, try to get some dry sawdust or shavings of wood (rip),this is composting very well. I can do this, as my father-in-law enjoys woodworking and always has a sawdust collection available. I had in Montreal a sawdustbin,wich was not tite on top,so a lot

Re: [Biofuel] John Cleese's message to the USA:

2007-03-30 Thread robert and benita rabello
Simon Fowler wrote: To the citizens of the United States of America: snip Thank you for your co-operation. John Cleese. Yet another urban legend . . . http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long

Re: [Biofuel] For all list members in the Americas

2007-04-10 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UpJnQ_NPlU They make this sound like it's a threat to the United States. However, from my perspective it looks far more like a power grab by the American government than a threat to it. robert luis rabello The Edge

Re: [Biofuel] Water instead of gas - CSC inventor devises hydrogen fuel generation system

2007-04-15 Thread robert and benita rabello
AltEnergyNetwork wrote: I know that we've seen these types of systems and announcements before but this guy seems to be taking a different approach regards tallex Not really. Using plasma electrolysis became an in vogue idea among hydrogen enthusiasts back in the 1980's. It doesn't

Re: [Biofuel] Tamba diary

2007-04-22 Thread robert and benita rabello
Keith Addison wrote: G'day all Strange weather caused much confusion and fits and starts by broody poultry. Spring started early in February after a very mild winter - only one day of snow, and the ground didn't even freeze, everything went right on growing, though very slowly. But then it

[Biofuel] Fruit Trees and Compost

2007-05-02 Thread robert and benita rabello
Hello Everyone! Although the weather around here has been warmer than it was a couple of months ago, it's still quite cool, rather cloudy and we've had a lot of rain. It's warm enough, however, to warrant selection of desired plants over Keith's beloved deep rooting herbs--a task I

Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees and Compost

2007-05-02 Thread robert and benita rabello
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert, is this really supposed to be an insecticide or is it an anti-fungal agent? He said it would kill aphids. I've used ordinary dish soap for this in the past, and it works, but I worry about my friends, the wasps. By the way, I think the word you're

Re: [Biofuel] Free Market

2007-05-06 Thread robert and benita rabello
Thomas Kelly wrote: There's no apostrophe in its as used below: A car company can move it's factories to Mexico and claim it's a free market. That would be the first its, ; right Miss Grundy.? Possessive its in Standard English does not have an apostrophe, to distinguish

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Gas Station Owner Told to Raise Prices

2007-05-09 Thread robert and benita rabello
Keith Addison wrote: Different point I know, but US gasoline prices are currently $2.87 to $3.37 a (US) gallon, very cheap! Indeed! I just filled my tank yesterday and paid $1.29 per liter. I've heard other customers moaning about the prices, but I just shrug and said: It's still

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Gas Station Owner Told to Raise Prices

2007-05-09 Thread robert and benita rabello
Mike Weaver wrote: William bellowed. That's a bunch of vegan tree-hugger doom-saying nonsense! Where did you get that idea, Al Gore? Are you trying to cause panic? Why do you liberals hate America? We will have oil for centuries to come if we just look for it. We have heard this nonsense

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Gas Station Owner Told to Raise Prices

2007-05-09 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: How do you manage? I have reached the point in life where I dont suffer fools gladly. I am not out much though. Social gatherings with them was a PITA anyway. I don't choose to whom I'm related. We ascribe to the psychical distance theory of relationships among my

[Biofuel] Canadians Gouged at the Gas Pump?

2007-05-10 Thread robert and benita rabello
Given the recent, inexplicable increase in fuel prices, I found this article interesting: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070509/gas_gouging_070509/20070510?hub=TopStories

[Biofuel] Working in the Garden Again

2007-05-11 Thread robert and benita rabello
There's nothing quite like the smell of soil and the wonder of watching things grow. I've written before that I find the optimism of this season altogether refreshing when contrasted against the myriad of woes the world is facing, and what's most distressing about our problems is that they

[Biofuel] [Fwd: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein responding to your message]

2007-05-15 Thread robert and benita rabello
I keep pestering this woman in the hope that she'll actually DO something about the debacle in Iraq--a war she voted to support. Though I still disagree with the concept of leaving American troops in Iraq, as it just seems like a pretext for permanent occupation, she has more say in this

Re: [Biofuel] The statistical invisibility of Islamist 'terrorism' in Europe

2007-06-04 Thread robert and benita rabello
Keith Addison wrote: Nobody seems to be asking, but nonetheless it's becoming very noticeable that there hasn't been another Islamist attack on the US since Sept 11 2001, though the alleged causes or reasons for the attack are much more serious now than they were then. - K That's just

Re: [Biofuel] poison free pesticides

2007-06-05 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: The nettles are very good, the growing tip. Just trim 2 inches off the top. They're delicious, as long as you don't eat them raw!!! robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long Journey New Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger

[Biofuel] Fruit Trees

2007-06-06 Thread robert and benita rabello
Why is it so hard to grow fruit trees? I grew up in a place where oranges, avocados, lemons and grapefruit trees thrived. I have fond memories of climbing the mango tree in my grandmother's back yard (this in Minas Gerais, Brasil) with my friend, Marcos, and eating mangos until we were

Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees

2007-06-06 Thread robert and benita rabello
Kirk McLoren wrote: Blistered? Yes. Fungal infection? I suspect Taphrina deformans, which thrives in this cool, wet climate. If I'm right, then I'm supposed to spray my trees with lime sulfur in order to treat the problem. How does this impact the trees, their fruit and the

Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees

2007-06-06 Thread robert and benita rabello
Andres Secco wrote: I think it is because you need a number of hours of the complete tree at cold temperatures. The average temperature an the temperature range are important. How many hours at the range below 5 ÂșC you have in your place? Peach and cherry needs many days at temperatures

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