[biofuel] New pollution regulations set for trucks

2000-12-24 Thread Keith Addison
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/12/12212000/ap_pollution_40940.asp New pollution regulations set for trucks - 12/21/2000 - ENN.com Thursday, December 21, 2000 By Associated Press The Clinton administration has approved new regulations that are expected to cut air pollution from heavy-du

[biofuel] Fuelish vehicles

2000-12-24 Thread Keith Addison
http://enn.com/news/enn-stories/2000/12/1000/newsbytes_40949.asp News Bytes - 12/22/2000 - ENN.com Fuelish vehicles - Averaging 28.1 miles per gallon, 2000 model vehicles in the United States show the worst fuel economy since 1980, according to a recent report by the Environmental Protectio

[biofuel] US to issue clean diesel fuel, engine rules

2000-12-24 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=9367 US to issue clean diesel fuel, engine rules USA: December 22, 2000 WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration on Thursday will unveil controversial rules to dramatically cut the sulfur levels in diesel fuel and require diesel engines to run

[biofuel] Happy holidays

2000-12-24 Thread stephen lakios
I hope all have a good holiday.stephen eGroups Sponsor Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[biofuel] ENERGIES... week of 12/17/00

2000-12-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ENERGIES... week of December 17, 2000, HYBRIDS FOR THE BIG APPLE. Impressed with the performance of its 10 diesel-electric hybrid buses now in revenue service, MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) has decided to order an additional 200 full-sized hybrid buses from Orion Bus Industries. Fitted i

Re: [biofuel] Re: sugarcane

2000-12-24 Thread Alan S. Petrillo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From the posts that I have read I'm given the impression that sugar cane > is no longer a major crop in Florida, is this so? I had some relatives who > worked for US Sugar in the past, one a foreman in the research plots, so I'm > sure they knew how to grow the cr

Re: [biofuel] Engines

2000-12-24 Thread Alan S. Petrillo
> Fwd from Dave Elliott (Dave UK) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Take alook at www.zoche.de and www.dair.co.uk > > These are aircraft engines so for maximum reliability, are more heavily built > and deliver less power than a road engine of similar design could > easily manage. I wouldn't bet the farm on

Re: [biofuel] B.r.david

2000-12-24 Thread skaar
ok, odd in either case. stephen lakios wrote: > We were not paid to "not" grow crops.We grew the crops and a > government agent would come at harvest time and watch us plow it under > or checked the plowed ground to certify the crop was plowed under.It > mainly benifitted the large corp. farms.

[biofuel] B.r.david

2000-12-24 Thread stephen lakios
We were not paid to "not" grow crops.We grew the crops and a government agent would come at harvest time and watch us plow it under or checked the plowed ground to certify the crop was plowed under.It mainly benifitted the large corp. farms. We had a choice to sign up or not to sign up for t

[biofuel] Skaar-leaves

2000-12-24 Thread stephen lakios
Compost them or chop them up for a digester.What size plot do you have? Cane is a modified grass,Most of the sugar is in the stalk,a litte is in the leaves.Not enough to bother with.If you have access to bagasse,the crushed stalks after milling,you might be able to chop them and soak them in

[biofuel] New technologies in steam emerging

2000-12-24 Thread keith
Fwd from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Two things that I see on the very near horizon that puts steam back on top both efficiency and cost wise in bio fuels. First is catalized refractory. For years, I have been getting a wonderful catalytic reaction using 'cera-blanket' as a liner in my wood burning fir