Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-29 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 04:11:04PM -0700, kirk wrote: They don't want you hooking into the grid. There is discussion on this topic at distributed generation. Of course they don't, you're a competitor -- it's like all the small phone companies that are around now that use the big phone

Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-29 Thread motie_d
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pepu2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The members that represent power companies say other customers have to pay more because of you. They flat don't want you on line. I don't understand that argument at all. By reducing the Peak Load, I should be saving ALL

Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-28 Thread Greg and April
Go for it! Greg H. - Original Message - From: motie_d [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 00:03 Subject: Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota Or should I legally change my name to 'None of the Above' and run

Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-28 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 07:03:36AM -, motie_d wrote: They agree that by law, they have to buy the power. It's meeting the equipment specs that seemingly can't be done. No one has yet connected to them, so they have done NO studies as to what will be needed to satisfy them, that I am

Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-28 Thread motie_d
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Harmon Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's why you need to have an attorney talk to them -- they are just giving you the run around, hoping you'll go away. But first I would set up the system, with an induction motor/generator and a relay to insure that if

RE: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-28 Thread kirk
] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Harmon Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The regs here are being redone this year tho, and there's hope that they will raise the limit. And install some intelligence too? Or is that too much to hope for? In my dream world

Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't think ADM and Big Ethanol are in the same league as Exxon-Mobil, the WSPA and the like. I'm no fan of Mr. Andreas, but he's not even close to the record of Big Oil in the energy field. It's taken him how long to get his ethanol and biodiesel into our vehicles? Around here (San Diego) ,

Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-27 Thread motie_d
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think ADM and Big Ethanol are in the same league as Exxon-Mobil, the WSPA and the like. I'm no fan of Mr. Andreas, but he's not even close to the record of Big Oil in the energy field. It's taken him how long to get

Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-27 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 09:53:13AM -, motie_d wrote: I've been trying for several months to interconnect a generator to the grid, and have been stonewalled at every step. The temptation is very strong to just hook it up without their permission or authority, but I know they would

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2002-03-27 Thread MH
murdoch - I don't think ADM and Big Ethanol are in the same league as Exxon-Mobil, the WSPA and the like. I'm no fan of Mr. Andreas, but he's not even close to the record of Big Oil in the energy field. It's taken him how long to get his ethanol and biodiesel into our vehicles? Around here

Re: Fw: [biofuel] Biodiesel bill becomes law in Minnesota

2002-03-26 Thread Keith Addison
Nice, but now the Gene Mod. people will have another reasion to tamper with nature. Greg H. They need reasons? Yes, but that's the trouble, eh? We find ourselves in bed with some strange partners. Big Biofuels isn't that different to Big Oil. Big Ethanol = ADM, Cargill, Monsanto, soy-based