RE: [biofuel] Breakthrough Purports Answer to Global Warming

2004-02-13 Thread Bryan Brah
Maybe we could use all that carbon for printing and writing. We could fill our toner cartridges with it, or make pencils from it! This revolutionary invention will not only save the environment, but it could possibly usher in a new golden age of literacy for the peoples of the world!

Re: [biofuel] Extractors and distillation of Jatropha

2004-02-13 Thread pinky 22in
x-charset ISO-8859-1 hi i am vidhyaI from India.I have completed M.Sc in Environmental sciences In PSG college India, and completed my M.E environmental engineering in Griffith university Australia and MBA in Alagappa University India. now from KCT coimbatore working on biodiesel from

Re: [biofuel] Foolproof method

2004-02-13 Thread Appal Energy
x-charset ISO-8859-1Try a warehouse for commercial/municipal pool/water treatment. You should be able to get either for less than $20 a gallon, more like $12 for sulfuric and $18 for phosphoric. If all else fails, contact Aqua Science in Columbus, Ohio, 614-252-5000 and ask if they know of any

[biofuel] Re: source of chemicals

2004-02-13 Thread glenne1949
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Re: [biofuel] Extractors and distillation of Jatropha

2004-02-13 Thread Equipment Engineers
Dear Rajesh, We are working on Biodiesel from Pungam seeds oil, We are located in Chennai India. We are yet to standardise the process. Please let me know how efficient is Jatropha, in terms of raw oil price and the cost of inputs. Howmuch final product we get from Jatropha. Please note we can

Re: [biofuel] Extractors and distillation of Jatropha

2004-02-13 Thread Equipment Engineers
Hi, I am from Chennai. Do you have any test results on Pungam oil. i will be grateful if you can send me, your test comparison on Pungam and jetropha based biodiesel production. Regards Girish - Original Message - From: pinky 22in To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL

Re: [biofuel] Extractors and distillation of Jatropha

2004-02-13 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
See: http://www.jatropha.de Very good site run by German researcher Reinhard Henning Edward Beggs http://www.biofuels.ca - On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 07:42 PM, pinky 22in wrote: hi i am vidhyaI from India.I have completed M.Sc in Environmental sciences In PSG college

Re: [biofuel] Re: OT: Opinions On Faucet Water Filtration Systems?

2004-02-13 Thread murdoch
Makes me wonder if an un-discussed benefit of a hydrogen economy (other detriments and benefits aside) might be an increased availability of purified water. I don't know if H2O coming out of a typical H2 fuel cell is necessarily clean, but maybe it is? I have used Brita in the past, and am

[biofuel] Ethanol distillation

2004-02-13 Thread j_schearer
x-charset ISO-8859-1My question is about registering with the Federal gov't for legal distillation for fuel alcohol. If the individual goes through all the proper paper procedures and obtains the distillation permit, what can one expect from the gov't after this? Are you only allowed to

Re: [biofuel] Breakthrough Purports Answer to Global Warming

2004-02-13 Thread Ken Richardson
No you don't You will have a black house,barn,car dog and cat . it will be in every little crack in your skin as well. it is a great cheap pigment but it is attracted to every thing else as well Ken [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

[biofuel] Re: Jatropha

2004-02-13 Thread suman sharma
namaskar, we want to cultivate the jatropha plant . can anybody tell us that direct planting from seeds would be better or through nursery operation in terms of oil contains. thanks suman Yahoo! India Education Special: Study in the UK now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[biofuel] Hydrogen Reactor

2004-02-13 Thread Frederick E. Finch
Personally I am not a big believer in a hydrogen economy but this did get the interest of our local paper. fred http://startribune.com/stories/1592/4374132.html Associated Press University reactor shows promise for `hydrogen economy' Researchers at the University of Minnesota say they

Re: [biofuel] Extractors and distillation of Jatropha

2004-02-13 Thread Sumit
x-charset ISO-8859-1Jatropha, Based on the information I've seen the seed oil yeild is 0.21. under normal cultivation there is a yeild of around 2,000 litres of oil per hectare. Cetane on the oil is 64-67 making it more efficient than #2 Diesel. Although the trees bear

Re: [biofuel] Ethanol distillation

2004-02-13 Thread Greg and April
If I remember right, inspections of the property that the permit is for, anytime the BATF, wants to look around. Greg H. - Original Message - From: j_schearer To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 05:00 Subject: [biofuel] Ethanol distillation If

[biofuel] Re: Scientists create fuel source

2004-02-13 Thread npat1
HB, (owner of powertothepeopleyahoogroup.com) I'm trying to keep up with global warming subjects but not the many technology related posts. However, since I'm from Minnesota, I decided to forward this post to your powertothepeople group from the Global Warming group. I did a Cc to the

[biofuel] Global Warming

2004-02-13 Thread Pedro Victor Cuesta/LABEIN
Hi all Look at this article: Water, Energy and Global Warming D'Aleo, M. and Edelglass, E. http://www.netfuture.org/ni/misc/pub/daleo/warm/warm.html#daleo Put a (or more) tree in your life. Pedro Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list

Re: [biofuel] My second batch - questions

2004-02-13 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Scott I made a small batch of biodiesel using Alek's 2 stage process that seemed to work pretty well. So now, I've tried to make a 3 gallon batch. I'm using (unused) Canola oil. All told, I got about 2 quarts of glycerine out of both stages. I used 6g of lye per liter of oil. Is this

Re: [biofuel] Extractors and distillation of Jatropha

2004-02-13 Thread Keith Addison
x-charset ISO-8859-1There's information on jatropha and other yields here: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html Vegetable oil yields, characteristics: Journey to Forever It also includes links to two online databases that will tell you a lot more: NewCrop SearchEngine at the Center

[biofuel] Global Problems, Local Solutions - Wendell Berry

2004-02-13 Thread Keith Addison
x-charset ISO-8859-1http://resurgence.gn.apc.org/issues/berry206.htm Resurgence issue 206 Economics GLOBAL PROBLEMS, LOCAL SOLUTIONS Wendell Berry If governments fail to protect their citizens, then those citizens must protect themselves by developing local economies. May / June 2001 LET US

Re: [biofuel] Extractors and distillation of Jatropha

2004-02-13 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Sumit Jatropha seems to be something of the flavour of the month in India at the moment, and for awhile - I've been getting more and more enquiries about it from there. Might have something to do with this: NEW DELHI: The Government is mulling investment of over Rs 17,500 crore to

[biofuel] Re: Global Warming Alarmists Are the Ones Filled with Hot Air

2004-02-13 Thread Patrick Neuman
x-charset ISO-8859-1--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Could you do that, by checking the historical humidity, or dew point? Greg H. From: Jeff I think that one of the bench marks of global warming would be to see how much more water vapor is in the air now, then 20 years ago. It would

Re: [biofuel] My second batch - questions

2004-02-13 Thread Scott Alexander
On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 11:53, Keith Addison wrote: Hello Scott I made a small batch of biodiesel using Alek's 2 stage process that seemed to work pretty well. So now, I've tried to make a 3 gallon batch. I'm using (unused) Canola oil. All told, I got about 2 quarts of glycerine out of

Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Reactor

2004-02-13 Thread murdoch
It would be interesting if this apparatus could be fit in a car on a small scale. Folks in Brazil and elsewhere, already carrying some ethanol on board, would have a choice, something new to experiment with, to see what gets the best mileage and power and reliability and other

[biofuel] Re: Global Warming

2004-02-13 Thread Patrick Neuman
x-charset ISO-8859-1--- Pedro Victor Cuesta/LABEIN wrote: Look at this article: Water, Energy and Global Warming D'Aleo, M. and Edelglass, E. http://www.netfuture.org/ni/misc/pub/daleo/warm/warm.html#daleo Pedro Pedro, at your suggestion, I reviewed the article titled 'Water, Energy and

Re: [biofuel] Extractors and distillation of Jatropha

2004-02-13 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Good point Keith Sumit, take a look at Honge perhapsor one of the other 300 seeds identified in India! http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=1433lang=English Edward Beggs http://www.biofuels.ca On Friday, February 13, 2004, at 08:53 AM, Keith Addison wrote: Hi Sumit Jatropha

[biofuel] Gold In The Shadow - Paul Hawken

2004-02-13 Thread Keith Addison
http://resurgence.gn.apc.org/issues/hawken201.htm Business GOLD IN THE SHADOW by Paul Hawken It costs more to destroy the Earth and less to maintain it. Interview by Satish Kumar from Resurgence issue 201 July/August 2000 SK: IN THE PAST twenty-five years, on the one hand there has been a

[biofuel] Natural Economy - Amory Lovins

2004-02-13 Thread Keith Addison
x-charset ISO-8859-1http://resurgence.gn.apc.org/issues/lovins213.htm Technology Natural Economy Design as if nature matters. Amory Lovins from Resurgence issue 213 July / August 2002 In the 1950s, the Dayak people of Borneo had malaria. The World Health Organization thought they had a

[biofuel] Eating Oil - Andy Jones

2004-02-13 Thread Keith Addison
x-charset ISO-8859-1http://resurgence.gn.apc.org/issues/jones216.htm Agriculture : Eating Oil Food supply in a changing climate. Andy Jones from Resurgence issue 216 January / February 2003 EVERY TIME WE eat, we are all essentially 'eating oil'. Virtually all of the processes in the modern

Re: [biofuel] Foolproof method

2004-02-13 Thread Pieter Koole
x-charset ISO-8859-1Hi all, Maybe a stupid question, and with all respect to Aleks, but I am making BD now for allmost two years, using the single base methode, without titration, just use 150 liter methanol and 4.5 kg NaOH per 1000 liter used vegatable oil. Let it sit for at least a week and

Re: [biofuel] Foolproof method

2004-02-13 Thread Pieter Koole
Hi Todd, What prices are you mentioning ?? In Holland I pay 0,80 per liter acid, which can be sulfuric acid (98%) or posphoric acid (80%). I think you should try to find an industrie where they use a lot of this stuf and buy some from them. Met vriendelijke groeten, Pieter Koole Netherlands