Trust us - we're experts! "An engine that Rudolf Diesel showed at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris ran on peanut oil, and biodiesel has been in small-scale use here and there since the 1930s. You can make it from animal fats, oilseeds, used cooking oil, sugar, grain and more." http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3960775 Biofuels Stirrings in the corn fields May 12th 2005 The Economist
That must be the angle we're all missing - sugardiesel. Not only that, we get the old Rudolf and the Peanuts fairytale again. George Monbiot also did that: "This, in fact, was how Rudolf Diesel expected his invention to be used. When he demonstrated his engine at the World Exhibition in 1900, he ran it on peanut oil." -- "Fuel for nought -- The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster", George Monbiot, Daily Comment, The Guardian, November 23, 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1357370,00.html But then so did the NBB, Willie Nelson, the Voice of America and just about everyone else. Stephan Helbig checked it out some time ago: "It WASN'T him! I recently borrowed his book "The Development of the Diesel Engine" -afaik the last one he published until he drowned himself in the Channel. All kinds of fuels that had been tested are described there, from coal dust over weird chemical mixtures that had been sent to Diesel by the industry to all sorts of crude oil and even tar-oil. Vegoil just got about 4 lines- remarking that it was the French "Otto-Company" (yes the Otto-engine!) that ran Diesel's engine on peanut oil: "The engine was built for crude oil and was used without any modification on vegoil."..."it worked so well that only a few insiders took notice of this insignificant circumstance." (Diesel, Rudolf. 1913. Die Entstehung des Dieselmotors" 1st reprint by Braun, Hans-Joachim (Ed). 1984. Moers: Steiger. Page 115.)." Best Keith > >>Michael Redler wrote: > >> > >> > >>> > >>>Schizophrenic/Procrastinating/Clueless economists: > >>> > >>>They concede to: > >>> > >>>The rising costs of oil exploration > >>>The eminent peak and subsequent end to oil as a main source of fuel > >>>The fact that for every three barrels used there is only one barrel of > >>>newly discovered oil to replenish it. > >>> > >>>At the same time they seem to feel that new technology and techniques > >>>in exploration and the resulting increase in yield allows you to delay > >>>the peak. > >>> > >>>They also make the sweeping statement that "the World is not about to > >>>run out of oil". > >>> > >>>What does "about" mean and when will they have the foresight to see > >>>the value of doing something sooner rather than later? More > >>>importantly, who is "the World" and when are they going to count > >>>countries (i.e. Iraq) who are slowly losing control of their oil. > >>> > >>>What a bunch of crap! > >>> > >>>Weaver!! You couldn't leave well enough alone, could you. > >>> > >>>Mike > >>> > >>> > >>>*/Mike Weaver /* wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6823506 > >>> _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
