[Biofuel] Herbal Garden Sprays
Hello All, I've been reading the organic gardening/farming/composting areas on JTF. They are great places to visit on cold winter days. One of the links had recipes for herbal garden sprays. One of the ingredients for an insect spray is liquid paraffin. It seems to have many synonyms, one of which is mineral oil. Are liquid paraffin and mineral oil the same thing? What is the reason for adding paraffin wax? (I'm concerned that it may be harmful to the beneficial insects that I try to encourage in the garden.) Tom ___ 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/
[Biofuel] Fwd: [12VDC_Power] Re: EEStor ceramic battery to revolutionize electric cars
crosspost from 12v Lots of battery info. The ecar is the solution It will revolutionize the military as well. Always a mixed blessing. Kirk davewheeling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps something will give on this Energy Storage problem soon. Seems like it's a shame that if they have working models that our Government has stood back and let them struggle with such limited financing. For a Texas Company to have to go up to Canada and beg some (nice) but nickle and dime Auto Company to get involved speaks volumes about the politics involved. If this pans out there should be be a whole lot of shame. One drawback is the -4 degrees F limit which may require insulation and a warmer in certain applications. Guess it's either snake oil or going to lead to a lot less dependence on Terrorist Oil. Big US Corporations can't stop it now. Ha,ha,ha. I love it. Perhaps that's why they Had to get Canada into the act. I'm no expert but my personal view is that Canada doesn't sell their own people down the drain over a Buck very easily. Last I heard they might not have as deluxe of a big money health network as the US does - but then again they aren't throwing people out on the street to die over no insurance either. Big buck system only works if you have the bucks. Health Insurance is so crooked now that you can't trust that either. Cost a fellow I know $380,000 to be saved. He didn't want 4th rate Surgeons and facilities so he went out of network. Usual and Customary was $77,000 the Insurance company says. The other $303,000 was on him. The fifth link down is from (secretive) EEStor themselves dated Jan. 16th, 2007. You may have to manually type in any part of the links that remain black. Dave http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2006/01/eestor_ultracap.html http://www.plasticlabels.ca/index_files/compareEVbatteries.htm http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/03/eestor_capacito_1.php http://blog.tmcnet.com/beyond-voip/green-technology/eestors-amazing- battery-that-isnt.asp http://www.zenncars.com/investor/releases/Certification_EEStor_01_16_20 07.pdf http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2005/09/kleine r_perkins_1.html http://www.zenncars.com/ Here's the nickle and dime that this technology had to resort to. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=znn.vd=t --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], tallex2002 wrote: EEStor ceramic battery to revolutionize electric cars sounds interesting but we'll see regards tallex http://www.thelightisgreen.com/2006/09/ceramic_battery.html To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please don't email the entire list with your unsub request. TNX Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/12VDC_Power/ - The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.___ 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/
[Biofuel] Biodiesel guy: More Reasons to Avoid Potato Chips
This is a very interesting letter that Dr. Mercola received from a reader about America's favorite fried junk food: potato chips. http://www.mercola.com/2007/feb/10/more-reasons-to-avoid-potato-chips.htm More Reasons to Avoid Potato Chips One of our readers works with a company that converts used vegetable oils to biodiesel fuel. He read the potato chip article in the January 20 newsletter. His inside information will make you want to avoid potato chips even more. After speaking with potato chip manufacturers, I would like to comment on potato chips, and I hope this is a working email for you. My company is researching the production of biodiesel from used vegetable oil, and has contacted manufacturers which we suspected would produce the most waste oil. What comes to mind? Well, greasy potato chips (just look at your fingers after you eat them!) and donuts came to mind, after contacting the obvious home-run hitters, McDonald's and KFC. Contrary to what you might think, it seems the worst abusers of vegetable oils were not McDonald's, but potato chip and donut manufacturers. One manufacturer replied to my offer to purchase their used oil with the explanation that they hardly have any used oil left-over after the process. Tens of thousands of gallons come in, barely hundreds come out. The reason? This manufacturer recycles the oil until it is entirely absorbed by the food. All that dirty oil eventually ends up in the potato chips themselves. One problem that occurs after re-using vegetable oils is that FFA's (free fatty acids) concentrate. The manufacturer volunteered this fact and noted that their solution is to chemically treat the oil to reduce the FFA's, after which it is sent back to produce more potato chips. Mmmm -- re-used vegetable oil treated with chemicals to reduce free fatty acids! It turns out that these oils are so bad that biodiesel manufacturers shun them! In other words, they are difficult to catalyze into methyl-esters (biodiesel) and producers are reluctant to use them for engine fuel, yet people still eat the potato chips! That brings us to the last time I ate a donut, those nicely-colored sweet confections. If you only saw the waste products. My offer to pick up one donut shop's used oil for free was met by much enthusiasm by the management, and they told me that I could pick up a 55-gallon drum once every 6 months. Did you ever go inside the donut shop and look at how much oil they have in those vats? Now consider that they only dispose of 55 gallons every 6 months! They would have given me more if they had it because I offered to pick it up for free, while they have to pay a renderer over $ 200 / month for disposal. One closed-down shop asked me to pick up their barrel of used vegetable oil from their parking lot because it was leaking and causing ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. I tried to drain the oil out, but it was so thick and sludgy that it clogged my pump. I was considering using a heavy-duty sewage pump to drain it, but decided not to, because the thick, smelly contents of that barrel were not usable as an ingredient for fuel, and refining it would be too expensive. The material had an uncanny resemblance to sewage. The only reason I knew it wasn't, was that it had a sweet, donut-like smell to it, but entirely unpleasant. Scientific facts like knowing the carcinogen content of these foods is interesting, but if you want real motivation to avoid junk foods, go to the back of the restaurant were they dispose of their environmentally-harmful by-product and take a look. Also, you can ask them why they have to keep the stuff in barrels and wait for an expensive disposal service instead of just sending it down the drain? The reason: the Environmental Protection Agency does not allow it? The utility companies know that one of the reasons that raw sewage leaks out of the sewers and into our public water supply is that restaurants still illegally dump their used oil down their sinks, causing build-up and clogs to occur. I saw a picture of the clog once -- it looked like a blocked artery. Go ahead, have another potato chip -- you are doing our environment a favor by disposing of that garbage with your own internal garbage disposal system. Your sink's garbage disposal system will wear out every five years and can be replaced for about $80, but how will you replace your stomach, liver and kidneys and arteries? Regards, Dennis Meizys Maryland Green Power Co. ___ 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/
[Biofuel] 25 million for good idea
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Re: [Biofuel] A New Fast Track For Unfair Trade
war and disappearing jobs... sound familiar? when do the riots start? when did they start last time? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.17.36/681 - Release Date: 2/11/2007 6:50 PM ___ 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/
Re: [Biofuel] USDA Tells Ranchers Non-Corn Ethanol a Priority
i seem to have a problem with the slash aspect to begin with. why not selective harvesting? cut out the scrub and give the healthy trees room to grow. - Original Message - From: Terry Dyck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] USDA Tells Ranchers Non-Corn Ethanol a Priority Hi Keith, Using wood waste to create bio-fuel will kill 2 environmental birds with one stone. The air pollution from burning slash left over from logging operations is causing health problems from poor air quality. If we produce biofuel from the slash instead of burning it there will be 2 benefits to the environment. Terry Dyck From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] USDA Tells Ranchers Non-Corn Ethanol a Priority Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 01:58:07 +0900 Let them eat grass... Ooops, they're going to make ethanol out of all the grass too. The ethanol production process can use grasses, woody plants, and wood waste, he said. Anyone know where you can actually buy some cellulosic ethanol? Or biodiesel from algae? LOL! -- http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/40154/story.htm USDA Tells Ranchers Non-Corn Ethanol a Priority US: February 5, 2007 NASHVILLE, Tenn., - US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns assured US cattle producers on Friday that the government will work hard to encourage other ways of making ethanol to give them relief from high corn prices. The price of corn, an important cattle feed, have sped higher as more of the grain goes to making the biofuel ethanol. That is why the Farm Bill proposes a very strong federal commitment to accelerating our research into cost-effective ways of producing cellulosic ethanol from biomass, Johanns said during his address at the convention here of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the largest US cattle group. The ethanol production process can use grasses, woody plants, and wood waste, he said. The proposed 2007 Farm Bill released last week recommends US$1.6 billion in new funding over the next 10 years targeted at the development of cellulosic ethanol. It also proposes US$2.1 billion in guaranteed loans for cellulosic projects and construction of plants in rural areas. This constitutes a strong commitment to nailing down the knowledge and building the infrastructure we must have to meet a much larger share of our energy needs, said Johanns. A US$500 million portion of that US$1.6 billion will be used for grants to develop new energy sources, possibly methane gas from livestock waste, he said. All of that could be a part of this initiative, he said. In a press conference following his speech, Johanns said he supported exploring the use of sugar cane and sugar beets to make ethanol. SOUTH KOREA FRUSTRATING Reopening export markets for US beef has been a priority for the NCBA. Overseas markets closed in December 2003 after the United States reported its first case of mad cow disease. Many markets have reopened, with some restricting the type of beef they will accept. South Korea, once the third largest overseas buyer of US beef, is one that remains closed. Last year, South Korea lifted its ban on US beef, but tight restrictions on bone chips and other material has prevented imports from reaching consumers. The United States has been in talks to restart beef sales to South Korea, and more talks are scheduled next week. The situation in Korea has been frustrating. I'm not giving up. Our beef is safe and should be in Korea, said Johanns. The beef issue has been a major barrier in establishing a bilateral trade deal between the two countries. Story by Bob Burgdorfer REUTERS NEWS SERVICE ___ 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/ _ Don't waste time standing in line-try shopping online. Visit Sympatico / MSN Shopping today! http://shopping.sympatico.msn.ca ___ 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/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked
Re: [Biofuel] 25 million for good idea
interesting concept. the X-prize worked (sort of), maybe this will drag some useful ideas out of the woodwork? - Original Message - From: fujee01 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:37 AM Subject: [Biofuel] 25 million for good idea http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/branson-32m-to-fix-global-warming/2007/02/10/1170524347037.html -- Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. -- ___ 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/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.17.36/681 - Release Date: 2/11/2007 6:50 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.17.36/681 - Release Date: 2/11/2007 6:50 PM ___ 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/
