Re: [Biofuel] Damage . . .
Hi Robert and Kirk, We have had a garden on public land for 5 years, the first year everything was stolen. I saw a guy leaving with a grocery bag full of my tomatoes. I said, say, I hope you enjoy my garden. He says, oh, gee, I thought this was the schoolkids' garden. Like that make it okay! It's puzzling how most people don't understand how much work it is to grow stuff, they only see, wow, I love swiss chard! My daughter put a string around the garden last year, with a sign: Please, until we make our garden bigger, and can share with more people, leave us some of the produce. We had 30 apples on our young tree, someone took them all in one night, and broke branches too. Tree was so pissed off it put out only one blossom this spring. We have had no theft this year EXCEPT THE CORN! So your letter struck me. I think it's finally sinking in. Perhaps also due to the surveillance of a great family of little Muslim kids who live near the garden and who come to help me putter around sometimes. They're very invested and mourn each loss. Anyway, very sorry about your marauders. They just don't know what they're doing, eh? Stealing stuff before it's even ripe. I shrug my shoulders. Best Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre --- On Sun, 8/31/08, robert and benita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: robert and benita [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Damage . . . To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Received: Sunday, August 31, 2008, 3:09 PM Kirk McLoren wrote: No they wontcontinue to grow. That's what I figured! Immature corn is a delicacy. The bottom half of the ear should have something. Most of them do. I planted two rows every two weeks, so we've got a range of maturity happening in there. Worse, I decided to use the aboriginal method of maize planting this year. Once the corn stalks came up, I planted pole beans, and once I saw the pole beans come up, I planted squash. The beans have climbed all over the maize, so now that the stalks have been damaged, a lot of the beans are ruined, too! Trampling the maize also had the effect of trampling the squash, so really, whoever did this has ruined THREE crops for me! If someone did something like that to me they would have bad luck. If only I could strike such terror into the heart of whomever did this . . . robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long Journey New Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ __ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Damage . . .
Thanks for your note Robert. I have always enjoyed your info about your garden. Yes, very frustrating, when the stuff stolen or damaged isn't even ready to eat. But onward and upward, I say. Yup, there will be more, not less theft, as food prices rise. It's part of the deal, I guess, for urban gardening. Cheers Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre --- On Tue, 9/2/08, robert and benita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: robert and benita [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Damage . . . To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Received: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 11:59 AM Jesse Frayne wrote: Hi Robert and Kirk, We have had a garden on public land for 5 years, the first year everything was stolen. I saw a guy leaving with a grocery bag full of my tomatoes. I said, say, I hope you enjoy my garden. He says, oh, gee, I thought this was the schoolkids' garden. Like that make it okay! It's puzzling how most people don't understand how much work it is to grow stuff, they only see, wow, I love swiss chard! I've told the neighborhood kids that they can help themselves to whatever we've got growing, as long as they EAT the fruit and vegetables rather than using them as ammunition. Once the temptation to wreck everything is gone, they're actually rather gentle with my garden. We have no fence and I don't really want to put one up, either. It just seems unneighborly . . . My daughter put a string around the garden last year, with a sign: Please, until we make our garden bigger, and can share with more people, leave us some of the produce. We had 30 apples on our young tree, someone took them all in one night, and broke branches too. Tree was so pissed off it put out only one blossom this spring. Maddening, isn't it? We have had no theft this year EXCEPT THE CORN! So your letter struck me. I think it's finally sinking in. Perhaps also due to the surveillance of a great family of little Muslim kids who live near the garden and who come to help me putter around sometimes. They're very invested and mourn each loss. Part of me would be LESS upset if the person who destroyed our maize plants had actually taken the pods for food. That didn't happen, though. I don't mind feeding people who are hungry because I'm affluent enough that I can afford to buy food WITHOUT growing it, if necessary. We've been eating the not quite ripe cobs over the past two days, and while they're delicious near the bottom, I can't help but fret that we would have really enjoyed our maize this year if it weren't for the person who wrecked our crop. Anyway, very sorry about your marauders. Thanks. A little sympathy goes a long way! They just don't know what they're doing, eh? I suspect that it was one of a group of young teens playing tag or hide and seek during the night. The unsuspecting person probably figured hiding in my maize patch was a great idea, but got caught in the tangle of pole bean strands, tripped and fell. Because the pole beans created an organic web within the maize patch, when one section of stalks fell over, many neighboring plants also got pulled down. Stealing stuff before it's even ripe. I shrug my shoulders. Perhaps this sort of thing will worsen as food prices rise. I guess we can only be grateful that we've still got carrots, potatoes, beets, zucchini, lettuce and several other plants that didn't get damaged . . . robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long Journey New Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto
Thanks for the giggle. You, you international travellers! You have ALL the fun. Cheers, Jesse --- Bob Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jesse, When I was last in Toronto it was below zero and still plunging, I was stuck in an airport going nowhere, my baggage had gone missing, I'd fallen out with my girl friend, I had a cold coming on and yes I could hear more than five languages around me but only one resembling mine. Spoken - no, gabbled at high speed and higher decibels - in an unintelligible Belfast accent. The speaker, according the notice above her head, was quaintly termed an Information Desk. . Desk I could accept, at a stretch. In reality it was a counter. But Information was clearly an oxymoron. At third attempt I deciphered the words. She was telling me to be careful of my baggage and that my flight had been cancelled, again. However, there were hopes of something in a boot tew ires. I didn't want to travel in a boot. I wanted what I'd paid for - a regional airline seat I told her. She assured me that I'd get one, this time she did'nt say it was in a boot but at a boot sicks aclack. I gave up. I'd be there still if my girlfriend hadn't taken pity on me. Today I live in paradise but enjoy visiting cities. The most recent was Maputo in Mozambique where the potholes can take a whole bus. It was a helluva buzz. But you want me to believe it's darned fun living in a tower of Babel which boasts 300 square feet houses in an atmosphere that in your own words varies from chilly to infernal? Come off it Jesse, either you're dragging my chain or you've missed your last counselling session. Regards, Bob. PS: that wasn't a screen freeze, it was Yahoo's oxymoron catcher. They're on to you. - Original Message - From: Jesse Frayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 5:49 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto I'm having a horrible time with Yahoo. I have to type really fast because any second my screen is going to freeze. I fished your adroit comment out just now, Bob, and phooey on youey, we Torontonians are a stalwart and loyal race! It's darned fun here. Though chilly! Luckily in summer it's infernal! But where else can you hear five different languages on your way to the bank? Wait a sec, I have to pass this on to the group.. a cool project.. sustainable housing.. wait for it. --- Bob Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why would anyone, including Torontoans, want to live in Toronto? Bob. - Original Message - From: Jesse Frayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:53 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto Say, in Toronto, that's a BIG house. We're rather small people, you know. And just look at the landscaping possibilities! --- Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Boulder, that wouldn't be a bad price per square foot... On Jan 14, 2008 5:31 AM, Bill Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 300 seems kind small that's like 15' X 20'. A standard Mobile Home is about 900. Something special about this house? Kirk McLoren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto http://deathby1000papercuts.blogspot.com/2008/01/for-sale-300-sq-ft-house-in -toronto.html For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto They're proud of it the asking price is $179, 900.00. - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20080114/b2d6c72b/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ Wildbill Sutton.VT - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20080114/bbb1bcea/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Re: [Biofuel] For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto
Okay, okay, your 9 national languages trumps my 5 heard ones.. Whew! Nice to meet you, Charles! --- Charles Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But where else can you hear five different languages on your way to the bank? Maybe we can beat you at that - we have 9 OFFICIAL Languages in our country ! Why would anyone, including Torontoans, want to live in Toronto? Good question ;-) Regards, Charles (South Africa) ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto
I'm having a horrible time with Yahoo. I have to type really fast because any second my screen is going to freeze. I fished your adroit comment out just now, Bob, and phooey on youey, we Torontonians are a stalwart and loyal race! It's darned fun here. Though chilly! Luckily in summer it's infernal! But where else can you hear five different languages on your way to the bank? Wait a sec, I have to pass this on to the group.. a cool project.. sustainable housing.. wait for it. --- Bob Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why would anyone, including Torontoans, want to live in Toronto? Bob. - Original Message - From: Jesse Frayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:53 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto Say, in Toronto, that's a BIG house. We're rather small people, you know. And just look at the landscaping possibilities! --- Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Boulder, that wouldn't be a bad price per square foot... On Jan 14, 2008 5:31 AM, Bill Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 300 seems kind small that's like 15' X 20'. A standard Mobile Home is about 900. Something special about this house? Kirk McLoren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto http://deathby1000papercuts.blogspot.com/2008/01/for-sale-300-sq-ft-house-in -toronto.html For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto They're proud of it the asking price is $179, 900.00. - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20080114/b2d6c72b/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ Wildbill Sutton.VT - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20080114/bbb1bcea/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel
[Biofuel] Designing for Climate Change: Disaster Resistant Classrooms in Hotspots in the Developing World
Sent to Jock, at FullBelly, from his buddy who is finishing his thesis for Harvard doing sustainable architecture in the Phillipines. Which Jock forwarded to us, and I thought you guys might find it interesting. Subject: Designing for Climate Change: Disaster Resistant Classrooms in Hotspots in the Developing World Dear Jock, Here is the revolutionary idea that I have been spending most of my nights putting together. What I am looking forward to is to find broadcast tv, newspapers and magazines who might find interest in the results of this competition. As early as now we have some 40 international architecture firms competeing,and we are hoping to hit 100 before the deadline on February 29, 2008 happens. This is the effort of a Kennedy School of Government student that we should do more to aid those afflicted already by climate change much more than just individually lowering our carbon foortprint by turning off lights and biking to to campus. This exiting project is found on the website ( www.millennium-school.org http://www.millennium-school.org ). The Millennium School is a design competition for school buildings in developing countries located in the tropics dealing with the new impact of climate change. The competition aims to solicit the best architecture-for-humanity designs from all over the world and create a forum for change where architects in a collective effort will find solutions to the problems of school buildings in the developing world, and in particular those that are constantly faced by natural disasters like typhoons and earthquakes. This will facilitate the emergence of new sustainable design solutions and appropriate technologies that will improve the quality of school buildings being destroyed by 250km/hr winds and built with cheap materials. The competition will offer a new venue for the practice of architecture for a client group that would otherwise have no access to design professionals that can solve their problems. Schools are not for education, but because these are the shelters of last resort in the yearly typhoon and storm surges that are escalating in region. At least this area be built better. I got to gather the prize amounts ($10,000,1st)($5,000, 2nd)($3,000, 3rd prizes ) and a year of work, all departments in the Philippine Government to allow me to build with land and construction funds to rebuild a distroyed school facility in the Bicol Region (1,300 classrooms destroyed in 5 hour of the storm Reming) The output of this is : 1. A Pioneer Architectural Blueprint for developing nations that architects in these regions can get new ideas to building safer and more sustainable school facilities. Each comes with an additional $2000 prize for best in category. · Alternative Design · Alternative Power · Alternative Cooling · Alternative Materials The dates of the competition are as follows : FEB 29, 2008DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION FEB 29, 2008DEADLINE OF SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS MAR 7, 2008 DEADLINE OF DISPATCH TO ANSWERS APR 3, 2008 DEADLINE OF RECEIPT OF ENTRIES APR 7-18, 2008 JUDGING APRIL 25, 2008 AWARDING AND EXHIBITION There will be an awarding at the Harvard University on the 30th of April to celebrate and exhibit the results. Thank you for always supporting my ideas. Illac Diaz My back ground links : Nominated in 2006 as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World ( Jaycees International) Winner of the presigious MIT $100 K Businessplan competition which made designed dormitories that make the tenants assemble the rooms for a few free days stay. The conept is built like an IKEA system using the same skill they use for shanties, but now with designed and prepared matterials. And the breakthrough was the grouping of the marginalized community not by income, but by professional skills and stimulate employers to know were to find them. These has been a better system to take them out of shanties by alowing them to move to better livelihoods. To date it has grown from 40 beds to 2000, having served as a second home to 110,000 migrants. ( http://illacdiaz.multiply.com/video/item/31 ) Also founded the MyShelter foundation building earthen schools in several islands devastated by typhoons with no budgets ro adaptability to reconstruct them. This foundation has built its 5th clinic and 40th classroom in the rural areas. ( http://harvard.facebook.com/album.php?aid=85691id=619975533 http://harvard.facebook.com/album.php?aid=85691amp;id=619975533 ) Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo
Re: [Biofuel] For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto
Say, in Toronto, that's a BIG house. We're rather small people, you know. And just look at the landscaping possibilities! --- Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Boulder, that wouldn't be a bad price per square foot... On Jan 14, 2008 5:31 AM, Bill Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 300 seems kind small that's like 15' X 20'. A standard Mobile Home is about 900. Something special about this house? Kirk McLoren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto http://deathby1000papercuts.blogspot.com/2008/01/for-sale-300-sq-ft-house-in-toronto.html For Sale: 300 Sq. Ft. House in Toronto They're proud of it the asking price is $179, 900.00. - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20080114/b2d6c72b/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ Wildbill Sutton.VT - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20080114/bbb1bcea/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] The ongoing saga: Jatropha in Mali
Forward from Jock.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since we have the machine that husks jatropha, and 800,000 lbs of jatropha is a lot to do by hand, we are starting a converstion on how our machines will be made in Mali. Mr. Verkuijl has already talked with our other jatropha project in Uganda and got a big `thumbs up' on how the farmers liked it. Since Mali already has 17,000 linear kilometers of jatropha hedge, used a a natural cattle fencing, Mali Biocarburant doesn't even need to plant any new trees to meet it's 600,000 liter goal. The farmers simply have to collect what traditionally has gone to waste. . Jock Here in Mali, a Dutch entrepreneur, Hugo Verkuijl, has started a company with the backing of investors and assistance from the Dutch government, to produce biodiesel from jatropha seeds. Mr. Verkuijl, 39, an economist who has worked for nonprofit groups, is part of a new breed of entrepreneurs who are marrying the traditional aims of aid groups working in Africa with a capitalist ethos they hope will bring longevity to their efforts. An aid project will live or die by its funders, Mr. Verkuijl said, but a business has momentum and a motive to keep going, even if its founders move on. His company, Mali Biocarburant, is partly owned by the farmers who will grow the nuts, something he said would help the business to succeed by giving the farmers a stake. It takes about four kilograms (about 8.8 pounds) of seeds to make a liter of oil, and Mr. Verkuijl will sign contracts with farmers to buy the seeds in bulk. The fuel he produces will cost about the same as regular diesel, he said more than $1 a liter, which is about 1.06 liquid quarts. He will also return the nutrient-rich seed cake, left after the seeds are pressed for oil, to the farmers to use as fertilizer. He said he hoped to produce 100,000 liters of biodiesel this year and 600,000 a year by the third year. Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Hydro Quebec....
Does sound cool, Fritz. Could you provide the French language link? Thanks, Jess --- Fritz Friesinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just received a Brochure from HQ anouncing their sustainable development!!! I translate from french: Take an example the new hydroelectric centrale of :Rocher-de -Grand-Mere on the river St.Maurice,built in an resraint urban milieux. Hydro Quebec installed ramps to access the river with boats,Bycicle paths and Belvederes to favorice Recreotourism.And this in respect to the environment! Sounds good eh??? Fritz -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20071006/6cb56805/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Allergies
Here in the Big Smoke we don't HAVE pollen, GMO or otherwise... Chip's comment about increasing allergies certainly rings a bell, however. Nowadays, everybody has something, not just peanuts anymore, boys. LOTS more people can't tolerate gluten, and a variety of nuts and fruits. Lots more people are not consuming sugar, which exacerbates oodles of skin problems. Sensitivites run the list of plants that are genetically modified, though not corn, that I've noticed, in my little catering world. This is a change over the last 15 years. Jesse --- Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Chip I have been thinking along lines not quite the same but related. Has anyone else noticed this year a step change amongst your circle of friends in the amount of respiratory complaints? I have and have had some sysmptoms myself and I know I am mildly allergic to ragweed but it is not the season yet for that and in the spring this year (when I am never bothered by allergies) I had some allergy like symptoms. I'm wondering if the increase in GMO pollen is having an effect?? Joe Chip Mefford wrote: I suppose most folks are aware that there is a radical increase in food allergies or sensitivities worldwide, that is growing all the time. Folks becoming intolerant to food products in ways never even heard of just a generation ago. I've heard conjecture that the base causality may possibly be traceable to the radical increases in worldwide personal hygiene and the strong trend to urbanization with folks being exposed less and less to regular ole dirt. While that kinda makes sense to me, I keep thinking that it may be at least as likely that the root cause may be found in the decrease in the quality of the food supply. Not in calories or even in proteins and vitamins, but the drastic increase in 'artificial' toxins (pesticides and herbicides) in the food supply around the world. Has anyone read or heard of any developing hypothesis along these lines? Just curious. -- ___ 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/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=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/
[Biofuel] measurable outcome
To me, this is beginning to be a big deal. We have one daughter in Namibia, on a university research grant, who half-way through her alloted time finally has been assigned her project. This is a kid with a 3.9 GPA, hello, you'd think they might give her something to DO. I was beginning to think her project would be how funds could be wasted, or at least how NGO's dick around! Many exclamation marks. Something is not right here. I'm the cartoon of the stick figure with frustration sweatdrops flying off the forehead. God knows how SHE feels. Grr. She says, however, she's meeting great people and it's amazing how much we all have in common. Another daughter has just arrived in Cambodia, helping to relocate an orphanage, funded by a nice American heiress. They want it to be as sustainable as possible, as tech-appropriate as possible. Quite a lot of help from the J2F files! She has medical and engineering background, and her boyfriend has been doing immigrant councelling here in Toronto, specifically for torture victims. Kids today! Great aspect on this project is the hands ON, clearly every day is accountable and they're just volunteers. Okay, yay for the new generation who are meeting people and thinking new thoughts. Sub-text is along the lines of-- humm-- in 20 years, how will the picture be different. Not travelling, unless you know how to sail? Unless you have millions of $'s. And how will that change our enlightenment on how we are indeed all on the same planet and dealing with the same stuff. I love the trend toward agricultural localization, and I'm wondering how it will pan out, um, culturally and psychologically, for those who LIVE locally. Will we forget that our province/ state/ country is the only one like this in all the world? AND that we share our species' experience in every other possible way? I donno. Today I dumped out my compost bin, because it was stinky, too wet, and un-mixed. I hope to achieve heat therein. Perhaps I'll report. Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] happy news
Jock's peanut/ jatropha/ lulu sheller... it goes on and on. http://www.usaid.gov/stories/sudan/successstory_sudan_lulu.html Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=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/
Re: [Biofuel] Might is right?
and the interconnectedness, expression and sharing is happening. Networks of connections between people with common interests are forming as a result of the investments these agencies are making in the infrastructure. I am wondering if there is less cause for alarm? If a monopoly was to come about trying to control the information network what would be the result? If it became unreasonably expensive or information was somehow censored or restricted, would the multitude allow it? Concerned hackers have already shown there are ways around any effort to centrally control the e-world. Is it possible that the greedy efforts of these corporations are building a system which will inevitably defeat thier aims of total control? I hope so. The mightiest power of all is the power of the collective. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. LOL Thoughts? Joe ___ 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/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com ___ 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] uTube: Dave Deppner and Trees for the Future
Hi Joe, Yes, Guelph rocks. Almost every year we attend their organic farmer's workshop series weekend, always interesting. I love how U.of Guelph keeps in touch with the local producers. Crossing guards for frogs, now, that is a new one, isn't it? Mind you, we're looking forward to Waterloo's Dandilion Festival, though I hear the Twelfth Night production was cancelled. Cheers, Jesse --- Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey thanks for that very inspiring video link Jesse! Yesterday ( for Earth day) my daughter and I planted some ash and sugar maple along the banks of the Speed river and pulled out a mountain of trash. Sure felt good. The tree planting was kinda an extension of the guerrilla gardening movement but this time the city was aware of the action and even provided some help with the tree planting on the public property. What an awesome day too. Later that evening the toads were migrating downslope to the mud flats and the local activists of Guelph came out with official looking reflective vests and pylons moderating trafic where the march of toads crossed the roads. Some great folks in Guelph I must say. Joe Jesse Frayne wrote: Hello everyone. It's a ridiculously beautiful day here in Southern Ontario and here is a happy video for all to enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdoe_gI_fSs Best. Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=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/ ___ 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/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. Start today at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=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/
[Biofuel] uTube: Dave Deppner and Trees for the Future
Hello everyone. It's a ridiculously beautiful day here in Southern Ontario and here is a happy video for all to enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdoe_gI_fSs Best. Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=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/
Re: [Biofuel] kind of interesting
Hi Joe, Why yes (she said modestly), Mark knows Bill. I have forwarded your note to him so he can tell you all about it. Your story is so cool!! Imagine seeing that formation fly over, yipers. Mark is proud to be part of a group who is organizing to green up the IATSE film union activities here in Toronto, on-site recycling, the reuse of building materials: all stuff that the biz has been doing for years and is now integrating with the general community. There's a big new studio going up that is squeeky green. Jess --- Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really Jesse? Mark knows Bill Lishman? What a small world. You know I was standing down at the mouth of wilmot creek where it blows into Lake Ontario trout fishing when the ultralight went directly over me with the classic V formation of geese. It was just after Dawn and I had been fishing since 4 am and I know I had imbibed but I stood there in disbelief first wondering why in heck the ultralight jockey would venture beyond gliding range of the shore and second what the heck was wrong with these geese who decided to form up on the ultralight and wondering if I was actually losing my mind. Later the story was on the news. It gets richer, the movie Fly Away Home which chronicles Lishman's work ( hollywood style of course) has all the flying scenes done by Michael Robertson a long time hang glider and Canadian icon of sorts ( he flew a hang glider from the top of the CN tower) and he is a local activist trying to stop the expropriation of farm land in the GTA for the proposed new airport. He is a real great down to earth guy just like Bill. They cut their teeth on the old home made rogallo wing hang gliders back in the late 60's and 70's. He lived with a red tail hawk up in Locust hill when I met him back in '85 when I bought my first wing. What a sweet guy. He will be building one of my biodiesel reactors this summer. He has an open petition you can sign if you want to add your voice to the protest over the land issues. I think you can find a link to it on his page http://www.flyhigh.com/index.php This is a big issue as the area has primo fertile land and wetlands which stand to be harmed if the airport goes in. The area I used to fish is all suburbia now.:( Caught a 40 pound chinook there once upon a time.sigh. Joe Jesse Frayne wrote: Thanks for this completely engaging picture of your nutty feathered friends. What lucky birds to be closely observed and respected. My husband worked on a film years ago about birds who imprinted on a guy who showed them how to migrate, leading them south with a pair of ultra-lights. Came home from work with wonderful stories about the social life of geese: their hard-working natures, how they would play and relax at the end of a long film shooting day, their community interaction and supportiveness... but especially their sense of humour! Damn! I used to love to eat a goose, but boy, you can't do that to someone who can crack a joke. As a cook, I'm dismayed to read that the chickens I prepare regularly are also in the wide-awake species category... humm. Not to resurrect the vegan theme. We all know we must be grateful for anything that sustains us (broccoli!), and try to make something worthwhile with it. --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jesse Thanks Keith, and I loved reading about your birds! No flirting, just the fanning of feathers. -J :-) I've had a day fraught with birds, especially broody females getting bad-tempered with everyone else because they think it gives them the moral high ground. Marilyn the duck came out of her nest-box where she's sitting on 11 eggs, had an enormous shit, had a large meal, attacked poor Lucy and Spot and beat them up, snarled at the others, and went back to her eggs, making weird squeaking noises. She's a sweetie, is Marilyn, when she's sane, which she's always been up to now. The two big drakes stood off all the while and huffed a lot, left the womenfolk to it, very wise. Anyway Lucy and Spot weren't exactly beaten up, Muscovies are built like those special rubber balls that bounce 10 times higher, it's hard to make an impression. The geese, though, are being sweet and reasonable about it all, for once. Well, they're always extremely sweet, unless you happen to be not a goose (we're sort of honorary geese), but they're not always reasonable. They argue about everything, they're terrible busybodies. They untied all the knots holding up the pasture fence netting, we had to retie everything with strong plastic cord. They didn't want to get out, they just really enjoy untying knots. They're really good at it. Very hi-tech gear, those beaks of theirs. Anyway there are two nests of eggs in their hutch, lots
Re: [Biofuel] kind of interesting
mother I'm sure you're not old enough to be my mother and if you are you're smart enough not to admit it. :-) Regards Keith Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre ___ 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/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Manufactured Landscapes (China)
This documentary feature film, produced in part by TV Ontario, is about the industrialization (rape) of (China) the world, and very hard viewing, beware! Wonderful bleak images, Edward Burtynsky clearly a very cool young man. Just saw it tonight and I'm not going to be sleeping. Jesse __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] manufactured landscapes
Oops , here's the link http://www.mongrelmedia.com/films/ManufacturedLandscapes.html Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Bush and Chavez Spar at Distance over Latin Visit
with Mr. da Silva, he stressed that he had doubled aid to the region to $1.6 billion annually though that figure will drop below $1.5 billion in the next fiscal year. Mr. Bush described it as social justice money that ultimately helped the poor. Speaking about the ethanol deal, he said, When youre growing your way out of dependence on oil, youre dependent upon people who work the land. He added that the distribution of wealth, the distribution of opportunity to farmers, particularly the smaller farmers in our respective countries, will enable the economy to be more on a firm foundation. Under the ethanol agreement signed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Brazilian foreign minister, Celso Amorim, earlier on Friday the United States and Brazil will share technology to enhance ethanol production and push its development in other Latin American and Caribbean countries. But despite the agreement, some strains were visible between Mr. da Silva and Mr. Bush. Mr. da Silva is hopeful that the United States will reduce its tariff of 54 cents a gallon on Brazilian ethanol, which is made primarily from sugar cane a trade barrier that protects the American farmers who produce corn for ethanol. But when Mr. da Silva was asked about the possibility of eliminating the tariff, Mr. Bush jumped in. Its not going to happen, he said, noting that it is congressionally mandated through his term. Mr. da Silva joked: If I had that capacity for persuasion that you think I might have, who knows? I might have convinced President Bush to do so many other things that I couldnt even mention here. The Brazilian president is caught in the middle of the fight between Mr. Chávez and Mr. Bush, balancing his desire to expand trade with the United States to staying true to Latin Americas Mercosur trade alliance, which has Venezuela, among others, as a member. In his opening comments he pledged his allegiance to an integrated South America, seeming to send a message that Mr. Bushs fight with Mr. Chávez has nothing to do with him. We respect the political and economic options of each country in the region, he said. Jim Rutenberg reported from São Paulo, and Larry Rohter from Buenos Aires. Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] kind of interesting
My husband's union is looking into this. Anyone dealt with them? http://www.carbonneutral.com//pages/whyweareinbusiness.asp Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] The Carbon Neutral Myth - Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins
Oops, I guess is the reply to my question. I must read faster! Jesse --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.carbontradewatch.org/ Carbon Trade Watch homepage NEW PUBLICATION: The Carbon Neutral Myth - Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins Carbon offsets are the modern day indulgences, sold to an increasingly carbon conscious public to absolve their climate sins. Scratch the surface, however, and a disturbing picture emerges, where creative accountancy and elaborate shell games cover up the impossibility of verifying genuine climate change benefits, and where communities in the South often have little choice as offset projects are inflicted on them. This report argues that offsets place disproportionate emphasis on individual lifestyles and carbon footprints, distracting attention from the wider, systemic changes and collective political action that needs to be taken to tackle climate change. Promoting more effective and empowering approaches involves moving away from the marketing gimmicks, celebrity endorsements, technological quick fixes, and the North/South exploitation that the carbon offsets industry embodies. The Carbon Neutral Myth - Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins http://www.carbontradewatch.org/pubs/carbon_neutral_myth.pdf ___ 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/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] kind of interesting
Thanks Keith, and I loved reading about your birds! No flirting, just the fanning of feathers. -J --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] They get a thumbs-down in these two posts: http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg69025.html [Biofuel] Carbon Offsets Challenged http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg69062.html [Biofuel] The Carbon Neutral Myth - Offset Indulgences for your Climate I like your website. General joie de livre eh? Can't be too much of that can there? You're not thinking of doing a bit of catering in our neighbourhood are you? I mean you even have a civilised way of spelling neighbourhood. Now don't you go accusing me of flirting with you Jesse, I never flirt with anyone except Midori, and anyway even if you're old enough to be Darryl's mother I'm sure you're not old enough to be my mother and if you are you're smart enough not to admit it. :-) Regards Keith Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Localize Me
food can do a body good. At least, thats what worked for 29-year-old Daniel Fisher. On Jan. 25, the self-proclaimed fast-food junkie quit his habit, replacing chain restaurants with Lawrences Local Burger. The downtown restaurant specializes in locally grown, organic meats and produce. Ive lost 23 or 24 pounds, and I can feel it. I feel great, Fisher said. I have a lot more energy than I used to. Local Burgers owner, Hilary Brown, recruited Fisher for the project, which she calls Localize Me, a play on Super Size Me, a movie in which the filmmaker eats only McDonalds fast food for a month. He was wonderful about sticking to the program and just being committed to this journey, Brown said. That journey was to eat only Local Burger, three meals a day, for an entire month. At first, Fisher worried the healthy fare would not satisfy his super-sized appetite. I thought I was going to starve to death eating little tiny portions, but I had a lot of food to eat, Fisher said. Brown taught him not to eat less, but better. I think its time for people to be aware === message truncated === ___ 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/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Localize Me
This thread is just so ME!! I shop and cook for my neighbourhood, they pick up their dinners up on the way home from work. I feed some single moms, bachelors, a few couples who work ridiculous hours, a few housebound people (deliveries). It's quite a nice community thing too, since the neighbours come in and sit around. Organic and local produce when possible, definitely all fresh... recycled containers (sanitizer on the dishwasher) Eventually everything will be local. Jesse --- Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If one chooses not to keep appliances for cooking or storing food, eating out all the time could make sense. If one lives alone, or the schedule means they are seldom at home for meals, this could even make financial sense. No refrigerator, no freezer, no stove, no energy bill associated with those activities, no grocery bill, no worries about food spoiling. No need for a kitchen, saves living space. Just skipping the trips for groceries appeals to me, not to mention cooking for others with dynamic schedules. Actually, most dormitories I have experienced are based on this premise (no kitchen, all meals taken at food service locations of some kind). May apply to other situations as well. Just my 2 cents. Darryl Jason Katie wrote: eating at a restaurant three times a day doesnt really make sense to me. seems that the benefits of localized food would be somewhat diminished when it is produced in large amounts like that, because even with the best quality stock, they are still on a time budget, and would have to at least skim corners, if not cut them entirely. i think good food is best prepared in the home, or at least in a place where there isnt such a rush to finish cooking. i dont mean what they are reporting is bad, just a little off kilter. Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Localize Me
Flirt! You KNOW I'm old enough to be your mother. I'm practically old enough to be Darryl's mother, fercryinoutloud. Cheers. --- Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You rock Jesse! Has there ever been a marriage proposal on this list? Oh yeah someone already got to you first.damn ;) Joe Jesse Frayne wrote: This thread is just so ME!! I shop and cook for my neighbourhood, they pick up their dinners up on the way home from work. I feed some single moms, bachelors, a few couples who work ridiculous hours, a few housebound people (deliveries). It's quite a nice community thing too, since the neighbours come in and sit around. Organic and local produce when possible, definitely all fresh... recycled containers (sanitizer on the dishwasher) Eventually everything will be local. Jesse --- Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If one chooses not to keep appliances for cooking or storing food, eating out all the time could make sense. If one lives alone, or the schedule means they are seldom at home for meals, this could even make financial sense. No refrigerator, no freezer, no stove, no energy bill associated with those activities, no grocery bill, no worries about food spoiling. No need for a kitchen, saves living space. Just skipping the trips for groceries appeals to me, not to mention cooking for others with dynamic schedules. Actually, most dormitories I have experienced are based on this premise (no kitchen, all meals taken at food service locations of some kind). May apply to other situations as well. Just my 2 cents. Darryl Jason Katie wrote: eating at a restaurant three times a day doesnt really make sense to me. seems that the benefits of localized food would be somewhat diminished when it is produced in large amounts like that, because even with the best quality stock, they are still on a time budget, and would have to at least skim corners, if not cut them entirely. i think good food is best prepared in the home, or at least in a place where there isnt such a rush to finish cooking. i dont mean what they are reporting is bad, just a little off kilter. Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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 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/ Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Fund new technology to curb climate change: oil executive - CBC.ca - 2007.02.20
Yes, voting for you Robert! --- robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Randall wrote: Robert, Unless I am just missing something basic...if you are over 35 years old, a natural born citizen of the US, and have lived in the US for 14 years, you are qualified. I don't read anywhere that it says that you have to be a resident for the last 14 years prior to running for election. Plus, don't forget...there are other national offices. :-) --Randall US Constitution, Article II, Section 1 No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States. Ok, I looked at my copy of the Constitution and you're right. I'd read the 14 years' residency requirement to mean 14 years immediately prior to running for office. Vote for me!!! Although, I don't really WANT the job . . . Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Being Australian
I donno, Leo, This sounds exactly like Canada Jesse --- leo bunyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MAATE! Being Australian is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. Oh and.. Only in Australia ... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in Australia ... do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. Only in Australia ... do people order double cheese-burgers, large Fries and a DIET coke. Only in Australia ... do banks leave both doors open and chain the Pens to the counters. Only in Australia ... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage. Only in Australia ... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place. Only in Australia ... are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink. NOT TO MENTION...3 Aussies die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. 142 Aussies were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins From new shirts. 58 Aussies are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers. 31 Aussies have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in. 8 Aussies had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth. A massive 543 Aussies were admitted to Emergency in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their Teeth. And finally In 2000 eight Aussies cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet. IF YOU'RE PROUD TO BE AUSTRALIAN SEND THIS ON! HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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[Biofuel] Businesses Call for Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Foundation Centre newsletter item
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006087/story U.S. Businesses, Environmental Groups Call for Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1/26/07) An alliance of U.S.-based businesses and environmental org- anizations has called on the federal government to quickly enact strong legislation to achieve significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions so as to avoid consequences that would necessitate steeper reductions in the future. The nonpartisan U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) ( http://www.us-cap.org/ ) consists of market leaders Alcoa, BP America, Caterpillar, Duke Energy, DuPont, FPL Group, GE, Lehman Brothers, PGE, and PNM Resources, as well as four leading non-governmental organizations -- Environmental Defense, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and the World Resources Institute. USCAP member companies have a combined market capitalization of more than $750 billion, while their environmental counterparts have global policy influence and more than one million members worldwide. In a recently released report, A Call for Action (9 pages, PDF), USCAP lays out a blueprint for an economy-wide, market-driven approach to climate protection, with recommendations based on principles that underscore the urgent need for a policy framework on climate change. The group's recommendations are based on the following principles: acknowledgment of the global dimensions of climate change; recognition of the importance of technology; an emphasis on environmental effectiveness; the need to create eco- nomic opportunity and advantage; a desire to be fair to sectors disproportionately impacted; and recognition of the need to encourage early action. The report is the result of a year-long collaboration motivated by the shared goal of slowing, stopping, and reversing the growth of greenhouse gas emissions over the shortest period of time that is reasonably achievable. The time has come for constructive action that draws strength equally from business, government, and non-governmental stake- holders, said General Electric chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. These recommendations should catalyze legislative action that encourages innovation and fosters economic growth, while enhancing energy security and balance of trade, ensuring U.S. leadership on an issue of significance to our country and the world. Major Businesses and Environmental Leaders Unite to Call for Swift Action on Global Climate Change. Pew Charitable Trusts Press Release 1/22/07. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Waking up and Catching Up-- from The Economist, Jan.25/07
From the print edition, sorry I don't have the link. Jesse Waking up and catching up Jan 25th 2007 | AUSTIN, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES AND WASHINGTON, DC From The Economist print edition Belatedly, and for many reasons, America is embracing environmentalism Getty Images WHEN Jim Webb, the new Democratic senator from Virginia, replied to George Bush's state-of-the-union message, he could bear to endorse only one of the president's proposals. This was the idea of cutting America's petrol (gasoline) consumption by 20% in ten years, by increasing ethanol production to 35 billion gallons a year and raising fuel-efficiency standards for cars. Such a plan would reduce America's dependence on imported oil from dangerous places (as would Mr Bush's plan to double the country's petroleum reserves). But it would address global warming only tangentially. The Democrats in Congress are weighing much more dramatic measures, including across-the-board cuts to the greenhouse gases that are heating up the planet. At the state level, politicians of all stripes are already taking more radical steps. Even big business is coming round. Mr Bush may be dragging his feet, but America is greening fast. The Democrats' victory in last year's elections means that Congress's stance on environmental issues has changed dramatically. In one race for the House of Representatives, a Democratic consultant on wind power defeated a Republican ally of the oil industry. Barbara Boxer, an ardent advocate of firm action on climate change, has taken over the chairmanship of the Senate Environment Committee from James Inhofe, who often described global warming as the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. Since Congress convened earlier this month, the Democrats have got to work fast. The House has passed a bill that would eliminate a tax break for oil production in America, and would impose penalties on firms that refuse to renegotiate the absurdly generous leases the government accidentally granted them in the late 1990s. The proceedsperhaps $15 billion over the next decadewould be used to fund renewable energy schemes. Nancy Pelosi, the new speaker of the House, is now turning her attention to global warming. She is setting up a committee to address both that issue, and America's dependence on imported fuel. She wants to see legislation before July 4th, so that she can declare energy independence on the same day that the founding fathers severed political ties with Britain. Meanwhile, some half-dozen bills on global warming are circulating in the Senate. Several propose cap-and-trade schemes, whereby the government would create a fixed number of permits to produce greenhouse gases and then auction them or allocate them to businesses. Firms without enough permits to cover their emissions would either have to pollute less, or buy up spare ones from firms that had managed to cut back. John McCain, a leading Republican presidential candidate, and Joe Lieberman, a former Democratic one, are behind the most prominent cap-and-trade scheme. Barack Obama, one of the Democrats' current presidential aspirants, is a co-sponsor. It is the most ambitious of the bills with serious backing: it would cut carbon emissions to 2004 levels by 2012 and then mandate further reductions of 2% a year until 2020. Although these targets are less onerous than those of the Kyoto protocol, the United Nations' treaty on climate change, most analysts reckon they will prove too exacting for Congress. An alternative cap-and-trade scheme, sponsored by Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, suffers from the opposite problem: excessive modesty. His plan would aim to slow the growth of emissions, and ultimately stabilise them at their 2013 level by 2020. It includes a safety valve, under which the government would automatically issue more permits to pollute if the price of those permits rose too far. The economic impact would be much smaller than under the McCain-Lieberman plan but so, too, would the reductions in emissions. Dianne Feinstein, a Democratic senator from California, is proposing a third approach. She wants to create cap-and-trade mechanisms within industries rather than across the economy as a whole. She has, for instance, proposed legislation that would cut power companies' emissions by 25% of their projected levels by 2020. All these initiatives face an uphill battle. The previous Senate rejected the McCain-Lieberman plan twiceby a bigger margin the second time around. Any bill that involves mandatory caps on greenhouse-gas emissions would need 60 of the chamber's 100 votes to succeed, since Mr Inhofe has pledged to filibuster all such measures. In the House the Energy Committee is chaired by John Dingell, a Democrat from the carmaking hub of Detroit who has long opposed mandatory caps. Mr Dingell, who says Ms Pelosi's new committee is as useful as feathers on a fish, will still have a big say in any
[Biofuel] any info about Namibia?
No, this is not a travel agency list. Sorry! Here's the deal: One of our many daughters has just scored a research grant for credit in her undergrad science degree at U. Of Toronto, two months centred in a hospital in Namibia Many exclamation marks. Does anything we should know just spring to mind, anyone?? First thing I did was run out and rent a copy of Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony, which ROCKED, but was not actually the right country. Jesse __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] a different holiday
Definitely, Joe. Surprising, in a Swiss guy... Wrong to make a generalization but those guys are usually so very energy conscious. I'm sending a note today (politely, of course, I'm Canadian). Jesse --- Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Jesse; I saw a more recent video by Yves on youtube where he has a slightly larger wing and 4 engines. Those turbines can definitely run on B100 but I know he uses kerosene. Should write to him eh? Joe Jesse Frayne wrote: Okay, you pleasure seekers... Check out this guy. (Dang, I hope that's biofuel he's burning...) http://www.jet-man.com/actuel_eng.html scroll down and play the video. Jesse __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] a different holiday
Okay, you pleasure seekers... Check out this guy. (Dang, I hope that's biofuel he's burning...) http://www.jet-man.com/actuel_eng.html scroll down and play the video. Jesse __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] The Death of a Compost Bin
Joe, What a great exchange!! Worms at the ready. Pumpkin soup raising it's head ONE. MORE. TIME! (whew) Jesse --- Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kewl! So would I be able to snag a pound of worms from you guys when I have my bin finished? I could barter with B100. Joe Jesse Frayne wrote: Hi Joe, Keith and Tom have this information all covered, but we have a little website here in the 'Smoke that might also be helpful? One of our daughters set up vermiculture bins in her U. of T. rez, (a bin per floor!) transferring hundreds of our red wigglers. The kids have accepted the idea really well. www.city.toronto.on.ca/compost Jesse --- Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Luke; Any wisdom to share on the best way to set up a vermicomposter? I'd like to start one and I'd be the type to make my own rather than go out and buy something ready made, but I haven't a clue about the realities of doing it. I have read some info on the web about it though. If you could share some of your first hand knowledge it would be great. Joe Luke Hansen wrote: It sounds like you're all talking about a kinda large-scale operation here, so I'm not sure how useful this will be...but I just built a worm-bin for the place I work, and have one at home as well...and I find that they work faster and better for my composting needs than a conventional composting bin. I crafted my latest bin out of untreated cedar siding leftover from a construction project. However, I suppose that for larger volume applications such as lawn trimmings, I'd second the pallet idea. Good luck, Luke --- Paul S Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pallets are particularly useful. Usually you can pick up 3 for free and either have an open side or I had some leftover window screen, which allows air flow. Also, if you have room you can get 5 pallets and make a double bin...using a UU shape. On 12/9/06, Tom Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Robert, I use wood posts stacked like a log cabin. It´s open on one side. I don´t use treated wood anywhere. So avoid that poison. If the wood rots in time I replace it. Tom Irwin -- From: *robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED]* Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *[Biofuel] The Death of a Compost Bin* Date: *Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:01:49 -0800* Although I don't do all of my composting in a bin, nearly all of our household table scraps and the entire collection of waste from our bunny cage went into a black plastic compost bin. Please note the past tense verb . . . About a week or so ago, we had a blast of arctic air sweep through this === message truncated === ___ 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] The Death of a Compost Bin
Hi Joe, Keith and Tom have this information all covered, but we have a little website here in the 'Smoke that might also be helpful? One of our daughters set up vermiculture bins in her U. of T. rez, (a bin per floor!) transferring hundreds of our red wigglers. The kids have accepted the idea really well. www.city.toronto.on.ca/compost Jesse --- Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Luke; Any wisdom to share on the best way to set up a vermicomposter? I'd like to start one and I'd be the type to make my own rather than go out and buy something ready made, but I haven't a clue about the realities of doing it. I have read some info on the web about it though. If you could share some of your first hand knowledge it would be great. Joe Luke Hansen wrote: It sounds like you're all talking about a kinda large-scale operation here, so I'm not sure how useful this will be...but I just built a worm-bin for the place I work, and have one at home as well...and I find that they work faster and better for my composting needs than a conventional composting bin. I crafted my latest bin out of untreated cedar siding leftover from a construction project. However, I suppose that for larger volume applications such as lawn trimmings, I'd second the pallet idea. Good luck, Luke --- Paul S Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pallets are particularly useful. Usually you can pick up 3 for free and either have an open side or I had some leftover window screen, which allows air flow. Also, if you have room you can get 5 pallets and make a double bin...using a UU shape. On 12/9/06, Tom Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Robert, I use wood posts stacked like a log cabin. It´s open on one side. I don´t use treated wood anywhere. So avoid that poison. If the wood rots in time I replace it. Tom Irwin -- From: *robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED]* Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *[Biofuel] The Death of a Compost Bin* Date: *Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:01:49 -0800* Although I don't do all of my composting in a bin, nearly all of our household table scraps and the entire collection of waste from our bunny cage went into a black plastic compost bin. Please note the past tense verb . . . About a week or so ago, we had a blast of arctic air sweep through this area. Temperatures plummeted and with the outflow winds howling out of the east, windchills of -20 C lasted for two or three days. (I know that some of you further east will probably laugh at this, but for those of us who live near the ocean, -20 is pretty cold!) The moisture in my compost bin expanded as it froze, literally warping or shattering the plastic bin. The whole thing actually fell over this morning. I went out to clean up the mess and found the top third of the contents completely preserved and uncomposted (big surprise, it's been cold, right?), the middle third consisted of a singular mass of partially composted, frozen material, while the bottom third remained warm enough to keep on decomposing. But the composter is toast. I'll have to construct another one because I'm NOT going to use plastic again . . . What do the rest of you use for compost bin construction material? robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long Journey New Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project === message truncated === ___ 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Fw: Allah or Jesus?
I have read the Koran and tried to understand it, but without help from a Muslim person. Interpretation is always terribly important, yet those who interpret are human. Stratification of civilization has included holy men who had a private thing going with (whichever) God. Those who didn't have the private thing going, who were farming and supporting the upper classes, relied on these massive brains for their sense of security and meaning in their hard lives. Religion has been blamed for war. Religion has been misused in every way since the beginning of human history. People who are scared and vulnerable are the tools of those who might not be virtuous. Yet there are virtuous religious people. The letter that started this thread sounded so triumphant: would you rather a god who asked you to kill or one who asked you to accept and love? It's just so much more complicated than this bit of raving. My two cents. Jesse --- Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/15/06, Bobby Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can tell from the responses that none of the people here have read any of the Koran. There is a particular passage known as the Sword Passage that promotes violence against all infidels, particularly jews. Even the foremost experts on Islam are beginning to see that it is a religion of violence. Is Islam a religion of violence, or is the violence related to the fact that a large portion of the world's islam population is in opressed third world countries where there is little hope of changing their government (or the US government) that is opressing them and people turn to religion instead, in this case Islam, picking and choosing the portions of it that help them resist their opression, which are often the violent portions. My impression of christianity is that it is a particularly violent religion as well. At least the way many so called christians choose to practice it. I have had christians tell me how good GWB is and how they know he's a good born again christian. So either they're wrong, or christianity too has a place for extreme violence as well. And, how about all of the family values preachers who quote bible passages that are then used to support beating gay people to death. Or the KKK who purport to be following good christian teachings too. I always thought that Jesus preached tolerance and forgiveness, but this doesn't seem to be too in vogue in many christians. ___ 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy - a book by Darryl McMahon
Yay Darryl, you ROCK. Jesse --- Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fellow listers, my book, The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy, is now in print. For those wishing to conserve trees, an eBook version is also available. From the back cover: The perfect storm is approaching for energy in North America. World peak oil production has arrived. North American peak natural gas production is knocking on the door. The electrical generation and transmission system is suffering from years of under-investment in the wake of deregulation, corporate mergers, market gaming and cost cutting to boost short-term share values. Demand continues to rise. Analysts forecast dramatic increases in energy prices for the next decade and more. The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy shows in detail why the much-heralded Hydrogen Economy wont work as advertised, and even if it could, it wont be ready in time to help most of us. You can improve your situation as the North American energy crunch unfolds. You can keep your quality of life, and not revert to the Dark Ages as oil supplies diminish. Understand why you need your own personal energy plan, so you can maintain your lifestyle, improve the environment and save money doing it. Learn how from an author who shares his personal experiences and sees light at the end of the path ahead, not blackouts. The book embodies more than four years of research and writing (and logistics associated with producing a physical book for sale in a competitive market). It stems from my work in the field of electric vehicles, and the original promise of hydrogen fuel cells circa 2000. As I dug into the subject, I found there were significant issues. Since 2002, I have presented talks, written articles, and had a Web page dedicated to the subject. The book is an extension from that, and the result of exhortations from others that I should present the material in this format. The first half of the book examines the issues surrounding the hydrogen economy in some detail. The second half explores why we need to become more self-sufficient, and various means at our disposal to do so. That includes many of the things with which I have some first-hand experience: electric vehicles, conservation, efficiency, solar space heating, solar water heating, etc. within a survey of proven, ready-now preferred alternatives. Given the discussions I have enjoyed here over the past few years, I am sure many of you will be interested in the content. Without question, this list has opened my eyes to some potential opportunities I would not have known about otherwise. It has also introduced me to some people who encouraged me with the endeavour, and with material. Thank you. Naturally, JtF merits a mention in the book (page 250). More information on the book is available at my Web site, at http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/ The book is available from several sources, including the following. The publisher, iUniverse (eBook) http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-83619-4 Trade paperback http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-39229-6 Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Emperors-New-Hydrogen-Economy/dp/0595392296/ Barnes and Noble http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=yEAN=9780595392292 Chapters.Indigo.ca http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/item/books-978059539229/ In the event you want a signed copy, please e-mail me directly. I'm currently out of stock, but should receive more next week. -- Darryl McMahon It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy (now in print and eBook) http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/ ___ 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] peanut sheller for jatropha seeds
Hello everyone, I'm forwarding a letter from a guy in Cimarron who is distributing peanut shellers, I think on a grant through M.I.T, but I may have that wrong. Possibly of interest to Jatropha growers? Kirk posted this pictorial last summer but in view of the new application I'm popping it on here again. http://www.instructables.com/id/ERSV3ZTAA8EP287HYR/?ALLSTEPS another link is www.fullbellyproject.org Jesse This is great news that our peanut sheller can aid in Jatropha processing. It appears to be verified by what I am reading about Jatropha. Its sounds very similar to peanut harvesting, take a look at this booklet on Jatropha processing from Zambia: http://www.jatropha.de/documents/jcl-booklet.pdf 2.2.4.2.2 Drying Before dehulling, the seeds have to be dried. The best method is a thin layer of fruits on a plastic sheet or on a surface of concrete. If the seeds are to be planted they should not be dried in full sunshine, because the heat can reduce the germination rate. If the seeds are going to be used for oil extraction, they may be dried in full sunshine on a black plastic sheet. It is important to keep the seeds free of sand or small stones, because they are very bad for the extraction process of the Yenga press, they can even destroy the worm of the Sundhara expeller. 2.2.4.2.3 Decapsulation (Shelling) Decapsulation by hand is a time consuming process. A small tool makes this task much easier. The dry fruits are placed in a thin layer on a hard surface, i. e. on a table or on a concrete slab. If you move a small wooden board over the dry fruits while pressing it down, the fruit hulls split and the seeds come out. Fruit hulls and seeds can be separated by winnowing or sieving. Roey __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Closing the Garden - Ottawa version
Hi gardeners, Our yard at home is small, in the middle of the city, and shaded by a big tree. So we were looking for somewhere to grow vegetables. In the last three years we have had some space on public land that was contested over, puzzled over, dog-run over by our differing neighbourhood uses. We have put in years of meetings to secure this greenspace. We dug deeply through the sod and put in manure from the downtown farm (it used to be a zoo), turned over our little square, put in an apple tree and two grape vines... etc. Okay, the earth is pretty great. LOTS of worms and although in Toronto we surely have clay, not so bad, put the mulch in there for three years and it's starting to break up nicely. Okay, here's the deal. This is a public place, there are dogs, school kids and everyone else walking past the garden. I saw a guy walking away with a big grocery bag of my roma tomatoes. I say to him, Hi, I hope you're enjoying my garden? He says Oh, I thought it was school-kids put this in. Like that would make it okay, humm, and he keeps walking. Interesting. So my daughter put up a sign: Until we have dug a big enough garden to feed the whole neighbourhood, could you please leave the produce to the gardeners? (She has a thing that if anyone would be so hungry as to take food from someone else's garden, it must be okay.) Guys, I'm thinkin', this is the way it's going to be. I feel cranky now. Our new sign, for next spring, is: Here are 5 tomato seedlings. Plant and tend them and enjoy your gardening. I don't want to fence. I want straight-ahead. But I'm wondering what is coming. Thoughts? Jesse --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Appropriately, I spent a few hours on Thanksgiving day clearing most of the plant matter from the garden and putting it on the compost pile. Robert, your recent posts have been an inspiration. Thank you. Our garden did not fare as well this year as in past years. Mostly due to lack of attention on my part, although not enough rain followed by too much rain wasn't helping either. Still, we had more tomatoes than we knew what to do with, even after giving them away to neighbours and taking them to work for barbecues and so on. The yellow cherry tomatoes were a special success. So sweet. My son took away a good haul of carrots, which he is enjoying immensely. Enough beets to make into baby food for my grandson, several feeds of peas in the garden and enough yellow beans to even make it to the dinner table a couple of times (after some serious consumption in the yard first). Squash was a disappointment - lots of fruit, but none big enough to justify harvesting. The radish and lettuce either drowned or were scavenged by local fauna. The spinach did not take at all. The jalapenos were bountiful, and I had been told I couldn't grow those this far north. The raspberries did well in the spring, but no autumn crop to speak of. I think the squash needs more sun, which means I need to find some vegetables and fruits that can do with less sun for certain parts of the garden. I'm also going to have to trim back my beautiful maple tree (a rescued weed from years ago), to let more sun reach the garden. Still, it will continue to provide good shade over the park bench we have outside the fence so neighbours can sit and rest if they so desire. After reading Robert's posts, I wonder if I should have gone for a fruit tree instead, perhaps cherry. However, the responsbility for the failures is all mine. The garden simply did not get the time it needed, as I elected to focus on other things much of this year. (Perhaps more on those in days to come - I have already told you about the electric bicycle victory, and a related campaign has already been joined.) This year, I have been reading the Square Foot Garden by Mel Bartholomew (Rodale). So full of small truths, I think it will transform how I garden from now on. The line about typical residential gardening just being industrial gardening on a small scale really hit home. I have not finished the book yet (priorities again), but already I feel comfortable recommending it. As did the being overwhelmed by harvest when it's ready, but having nothing fresh to eat before and after. While I'm making compost, I'm still hauling it in by the pick-up truck load each year to continue amending the soil. And at least two trips a year go to gardens other than my own. At least the truck is now running on 20% biodiesel from a local supplier. This summer, we managed a vacation in Nova Scotia, with a quick trip to Prince Edward Island. We visited Vesey Seed, and I have a whole array of new seeds to experiment with for next year. Any recommendations on materials to build the raised beds (4 feet square and a foot high)? Cost and appearance are both concerns. Too wet now to go out and finish the job, and rain is
Re: [Biofuel] No need for a Kyoto debate: It's over - Globe Mail - 2006.10.06
How did you feel about this one, Darrly? First reaction was something about journalism. Big Headline, then three columns of stuff about how we are all going to lose our shirts. Finally, somebody says Hey, she's just scaring people!!! Hello? How about reducing use? And how did she find her statistics, anyway. Humm. Fuzzy journalism, I think. Jesse--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JEFFREY SIMPSON Environment Minister Rona Ambrose was correct: Canada will not, and cannot, meet its Kyoto greenhouse-gas reduction target. Opposition MPs were outraged at her assertion yesterday, as they often are when truth smacks them in the face. Any politician who argues that Canada can meet its Kyoto targets consciously abuses the facts, or doesn't know them. Here they are: Under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, Canada pledged to reduce emissions by 2008-2012 to 6 per cent below those of 1990. Emissions in 1990 were 599 megatonnes of carbon dioxide and other climate-warming gases. Canada needed to cut 6 per cent from that total. Instead, by 2003, emissions had jumped to 740 megatonnes and, in 2004, to 758 megatonnes. This week, Natural Resources Canada predicted that emissions would be 828 megatonnes by 2010. Therefore, to fulfill Kyoto, Canada would need to reduce emissions in the next two to six years by 265 megatonnes: from 828 megatonnes to 6 per cent below the 1990 level of 599 megatonnes, or 563 megatonnes. That reduction is absolutely impossible -- unless Canada did something extremely stupid. Canada could buy emission credits from other countries, but the cost would be billions and billions of dollars. Nothing would have changed in Canada. A stupider public policy choice would be hard to imagine. Having said that, Canada's greenhouse-gas-emissions record remains a national, even international, scandal. If nothing is done, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy predicts that emissions will reach a staggering 1,300 megatonnes by 2050. The Liberals presided over the policy scandal, so have no business criticizing anyone but themselves. Their terrible record was documented last week by Canada's Environment Commissioner. The Conservatives have not done anything except scrap a few modest programs. Nothing suggests that Ms. Ambrose and the Harper government will get really serious about carbon emission reductions. Everything suggests that, when the Conservatives reveal their policies, these will only slow down the increase in emissions, not reduce them. Slowing down increases won't cut it. When Ms. Ambrose insists that Canada will remain part of Kyoto, what does that mean? It must mean changes beyond anything the government has contemplated. As a Kyoto signatory, Canada in the post-2012 period would have to make up for all the emissions it had failed to reduce in the pre-2012 period -- plus an extra 30 per cent! In other words, Canada would need to (a) make up for the roughly 35 per cent by which it missed the Kyoto target, and (b) add another 30 per cent reduction. The subsequent reduction of about 65 per cent by the early part of the 2020s is supposed to occur while energy use continues to rise and more and more oil is produced from the tar sands. Just yesterday, EnCana and ConocoPhillips of Houston announced plans to spend $10.7-billion (U.S.) to produce and upgrade 400,000 barrels a day of raw oil sands crude by 2015. A barrel of oil from bitumen produces about two to three times the carbon from conventionally pumped oil. By 2020, 80 per cent of Canada's oil will come from the tar sands. If nothing is done to radically change the capturing of carbon from producing all that oil, Canada's greenhouse gases will rise, and rise sharply. And what does Ms. Ambrose propose to do about that? How Canada, or more precisely Alberta with its constitutional control of natural resources, is developing oil sands is environmentally crazy: using relatively clean natural gas to produce heat that allows the oil to be extracted from the sand. We are using a clean fuel to produce a dirtier one. We are doing this when conventional gas supplies are declining. These must be replaced in part by coal bed methane or gasification of coal, both of which can be greenhouse-gas unfriendly. We also know, as the Natural Resources report underscored this week, that the future mix of oil in Canada will be heavier, thereby requiring more processing, which, in turn, will produce more emissions. So the debate over whether Canada will meet its Kyoto commitments is a false one, because it's over. Those targets will not -- cannot -- be met. Every sign points to this country's emissions continuing to rise for years, short of an upsurge in public concern and the application of sustained political will. ___ Biofuel mailing list
Re: [Biofuel] Closing the Garden - Ottawa version
Darryl, I'm grateful for your response, today and for the last few years. But I must jump in: clearly, I hid my point. Not so much how to get people to stop stealing my garden food, but rather, are we about to have a world where people steal garden food? We are smug about our home gardens, but I think there might ultimately be a change. This was my sense, anyway, from this one guy, in affluent Toronto... Jesse --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesse, I feel for you. I have not done guerilla gardening, intentionally anyway. Here's a story for you. When I first started breaking sod at our house, I put in some flower garden close to the street. My plan was to put some posies on the dining room table for my wife once in a while. Some days, I would head out to work past the flower beds, and see the buds, knowing that by evening I'd have a flower or two for the table. By the time I got home, no flowers, no buds. They had been picked. It took a while, but I finally discovered the neighbourhood urchins were picking the flowers, and taking them home. I hope their mothers got the benefit. This went on for a couple of years. Since then, I have never planted flowers outside the fence again. Instead, I have planted beets, carrots, barley, leaf lettuce, spinach and radish. Basically, root crops or grasses - nothing with visible fruit or flowers. Never had a problem with the local youth since. I even tempted fate and told a small group that the lacy-leafed plants in one patch were carrots. They set me straight in short order. No way was the old guy going to fool them with that one. They know that carrots are orange, and presumably come in plastic bags and tin cans. Issues with by-law enforcement has been another issue. The barley in particular made them pretty crazy. It took a while to convince them it wasn't just unmowed grass. It didn't do well there anyway, not enough sun I expect. Anyway, the message from my story is, if your objective is to harvest for your own use, don't plant things people recognize easily in shared spaces, like tomatoes, cucumbers or yellow beans. Unless your objective is to feed others without regard to who gets the fruit of your labour, go with things that only gardeners will recognize. In addition to the root crops, I expect climbing green beans like scarlet runners might escape casual detection. If it were me, I would probably plant some climbing flowers or sunflowers on the street side of the space as additional camoflage. You'll lose the blooms, but the casual observer will likely ignore the non-flowering plants behind, figuring those flowers aren't ready to pick yet. Even in my own yard, I don't grow tomatoes without hiding them from street view - they're just too recognizable to those that don't respect the labour of others. Some days, I think there's a little too much of the little red hen in me. However, I think I should have some say in how the bounty of my efforts are distributed to others, and not leave it to the self-appointed to liberate it for their own use. Darryl Jesse Frayne wrote: Hi gardeners, Our yard at home is small, in the middle of the city, and shaded by a big tree. So we were looking for somewhere to grow vegetables. In the last three years we have had some space on public land that was contested over, puzzled over, dog-run over by our differing neighbourhood uses. We have put in years of meetings to secure this greenspace. We dug deeply through the sod and put in manure from the downtown farm (it used to be a zoo), turned over our little square, put in an apple tree and two grape vines... etc. Okay, the earth is pretty great. LOTS of worms and although in Toronto we surely have clay, not so bad, put the mulch in there for three years and it's starting to break up nicely. Okay, here's the deal. This is a public place, there are dogs, school kids and everyone else walking past the garden. I saw a guy walking away with a big grocery bag of my roma tomatoes. I say to him, Hi, I hope you're enjoying my garden? He says Oh, I thought it was school-kids put this in. Like that would make it okay, humm, and he keeps walking. Interesting. So my daughter put up a sign: Until we have dug a big enough garden to feed the whole neighbourhood, could you please leave the produce to the gardeners? (She has a thing that if anyone would be so hungry as to take food from someone else's garden, it must be okay.) Guys, I'm thinkin', this is the way it's going to be. I feel cranky now. Our new sign, for next spring, is: Here are 5 tomato seedlings. Plant and tend them and enjoy your gardening. I don't want to fence. I want straight-ahead. But I'm wondering what is coming. Thoughts? Jesse
Re: [Biofuel] No need for a Kyoto debate: It's over - Globe Mail - 2006.10.06
-Darryl, my hero, I'm still reading your note-- I gotta add that while I was living in Switzerland in 1978 I had some eye-openers: Turn off the light when you leave the room, shut off the water in the shower while you are lath'ring up your shampoo, give your leftover salad to the chickens outside... This was normal for them in the way that it is not yet normal for us in Canada. Jess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesse Frayne wrote: How did you feel about this one, Darryl? First reaction was something about journalism. Big Headline, then three columns of stuff about how we are all going to lose our shirts. Finally, somebody says Hey, she's just scaring people!!! Hello? How about reducing use? And how did she find her statistics, anyway. Humm. Fuzzy journalism, I think. Actually, I thought Simpson was taking aim at the feigned hysteria and fuzzy journalism that has already characterized the debate since Ambose opened her mouth, because it certainly seems nobody is listening to what she is actually saying. I think the fact that the Minister is saying this presents the proverbial two-edged sword. There is the danger that it becomes the self-fulfilling prophecy. On the other hand, it could be taken as a challenge and call to action by those that feel more can be done. Pity we haven't seen more of the can-do attitude, and less of the strident hand-wringing for the cameras. It annoys me to see the federal Liberals wailing about Kyoto, when they had years in office and did nothing constructive on the file. It seems a trifle hypocritical to me to see the leadership candidates posture for the media on the subject, while their upcoming leadership conference does not offer delegates the option to make their trip carbon neutral, let alone the conference. I see much smaller events for less affluent organizations buying enough green power credits to make their conferences carbon neutral. Of course Canada could meet the targets. We just won't choose to do so. Because most of us just don't give a darn. Bigger houses, bigger cars and trucks, more consumer goods and status symbols still win out over maintaining a habitable planet for most Canadians, judging by actions. I think the mood is shifting, ever so slowly, but I don't see the momentum building that others claim to see. It's a challenge even in my household, where the time I spend on these issues is resented. In reality, it isn't the government that will meet or miss the target; it's the population of the country. It is our actions and decisions that make the difference. If we want zero-emissions vehicles, it is up to us to buy them. Where they are prohibited, it is up to us to change the rules (e.g., our recent victory to legalize electric bikes in Ontario). If we're worried about the contributions of the oil sands, we can reduce our demand for heating oil, gasoline and diesel fuel. If we're worried about electrical generation from coal, we can reduce our electrical consumption from the grid. If we're worried about depletion of fresh water, we can take measures to reduce our use of it. We're the consumers. We're the demand for those commodities. Canada is committed to Kyoto; I can't imagine that we will withdraw from it. So, instead we'll try to cut a deal to buy credits on the cheap, or get exemptions or delays. The right answer is to start a major campaign to reduce our emissions enough to make those gains at home. What's the hurry to get the oil out of the oil sands in ten years instead of fifty? It's not going anywhere. The demand isn't going to evaporate in 2016. We can become more efficient. Here's an interesting story. I have just started analyzing electrical demand in Ontario since deregulation in May 2002. Despite the Ontario Power Authority's decree that generation capacity must increase by 2% a year forever, the actual demand for electricity in Ontario has *decreased* 0.5% from the year May 2002-April 2003 to the year May 2005-April 2006. That is despite a growing population, a housing boom, increased employment and a growing economy during that period. We can improve efficiency and conserve, and reduce our raw energy consumption without sacrificing our economy or quality of life. We have six years to prove Ambrose and this government wrong? Will we? Only if we think it's important, and judging by our actions over the past decade, we don't think it is important. Darryl Jesse--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JEFFREY SIMPSON Environment Minister Rona Ambrose was correct: Canada will not, and cannot, meet its Kyoto greenhouse-gas reduction target. Opposition MPs were outraged at her assertion yesterday, as they often are when truth smacks them in the face. Any politician who argues that Canada can meet its Kyoto targets consciously abuses the facts, or doesn't know
Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel rental car Toronto?
--- Sam Critchley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Does anyone know if I can rent a B100 biodiesel or E85 ethanol mix powered car in the Toronto area? I'm off there tomorrow for a couple of weeks and we want to rent a car to get around. I run B100 in my car at home here in the Netherlands, but haven't seen any biofuel rental places on the web for Toronto. Thanks in advance, Sam I don't see any specific biofuel car rentals, but AutoShare has smartcars and hybrids... See CarSharing.ca Jesse -- Sam Critchley [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** A2B - the new location-based search engine. See http://www.a2b.cc for details. Great for GPSers! *** ___ 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] breakthrough - store CH4 at 500psi instead of 3600
How much energy does it take to make ground corn cobs into hockey pucks? In this oxygen-free environment. So you can then burn natural gas. Jesse --- Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it's like the hydride storage of hydrogen, you get it out of the sponge by heating it. And when you are putting it in, it released alot of heat (just as if you were compressing gas). I bet small contaminations (such as from biogass produced methane) would poison the sponge -- I know that the hydride storage tanks are pretty sensitive to that. Zeke On 7/18/06, Kurt Nolte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting indeed, but what I don't see is how densely the gas is thereafter stored. As in, for a say 10-gallon gas tank sized bundle of these briquettes, how much gasoline equivalent natural gas is being stored? A gallon per gallon equivalent? Two? Three? How much does the whole assemblage, tank plus briquettes plus gas, weigh compared to a tank of gas or ethanol? For that matter, how's the gas extracted if the carbon pores soak methane up like a sponge? These are the questions whose answers interest me most. -Kurt ___ 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 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Hemorrhagic fever - Megadeath in Mexico
Thanks Kirk for this interesting read. A great follow-up to Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel Thanks also to the Douglas Fir for their part in the sleuthing. --- Kirk McLoren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Discover Magazine Issues Feb-06 features Megadeath in Mexico Epidemics followed the Spanish arrival in the New World, but the worst killer may have been a shadowy nativea killer that could still be out there. By Bruce Stutz DISCOVER Vol. 27 No. 02 | February 2006 | Anthropology http://www.discover.com/issues/feb-06/features/megadeath-in-mexico/ When Hernando Cortés and his Spanish army of fewer than a thousand men stormed into Mexico in 1519, the native population numbered about 22 million. By the end of the century, following a series of devastating epidemics, only 2 million people remained. Even compared with the casualties of the Black Death, the mortality rate was extraordinarily high. Mexican epidemiologist Rodolfo Acuña-Soto refers to it as the time of megadeath. The toll forever altered the culture of Mesoamerica and branded the Spanish as the worst kind of conquerors, those from foreign lands who kill with their microbes as well as their swords. The notion that European colonialists brought sickness when they came to the New World was well established by the 16th century. Native populations in the Americas lacked immunities to common European diseases like smallpox, measles, and mumps. Within 20 years of Columbus's arrival, smallpox had wiped out at least half the people of the West Indies and had begun to spread to the South American mainland. In 1565 a Spanish royal judge who had investigated his country's colony in Mexico wrote: It is certain that from the day that D. Hernando Cortés, the Marquis del Valle, entered this land, in the seven years, more or less, that he conquered and governed it, the natives suffered many deaths, and many terrible dealings, robberies and oppressions were inflicted on them, taking advantage of their persons and their lands, without order, weight nor measure; . . . the people diminished in great number, as much due to excessive taxes and mistreatment, as to illness and smallpox, such that now a very great and notable fraction of the people are gone. . . . There seemed little reason to debate the nature of the plague: Even the Spanish admitted that European smallpox was the disease that devastated the conquered Aztec empire. Case closed. Then, four centuries later, Acuña-Soto improbably decided to reopen the investigation. Some key pieces of informationdetails that had been sitting, ignored, in the archivesjust didn't add up. His studies of ancient documents revealed that the Aztecs were familiar with smallpox, perhaps even before Cortés arrived. They called it zahuatl. Spanish colonists wrote at the time that outbreaks of zahuatl occurred in 1520 and 1531 and, typical of smallpox, lasted about a year. As many as 8 million people died from those outbreaks. But the epidemic that appeared in 1545, followed by another in 1576, seemed to be another disease altogether. The Aztecs called those outbreaks by a separate name, cocolitzli. For them, cocolitzli was something completely different and far more virulent, Acuña-Soto says. Cocolitzli brought incomparable devastation that passed readily from one region to the next and killed quickly. After 12 years of research, Acuña-Soto has come to agree with the Aztecs: The cocolitzli plagues of the mid-16th century probably had nothing to do with smallpox. In fact, they probably had little to do with the Spanish invasion. But they probably did have an origin that is worth knowing about in 2006. A portly man with a full, close-cut dark beard, Acuna-Soto is a devoted scholar of all things Mexican. As we maneuver our way through the crowded streets jammed with taco stands around the General Hospital of Mexico, which serves Mexico City's poor and where Acuña-Soto often visits when not teaching at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, he effuses about everything from pre-Hispanic Mexican history to the quality of street-vendor tacos (stay away from the salsa; it's got nearly as much bacteria as human feces). When he was younger and thinner, Acuña-Soto saysbefore he went to Harvard University to study epidemiology and molecular biologyhe interned as a physician in rural Chiapas, traveling by burro to patients in remote mountain villages. On our drive south to his home in Cuernavaca, he recalls how his life changed after his return to Mexico in 1984. When I came back here from Harvard, there was a big devaluation of the peso. My grant proposals had been accepted, but there was no money. What might a restless epidemiologist do? With an eye toward writing an encyclopedia of Mexican
