Re: [biofuels-biz] Recombining fatty acid and glycerine

2002-10-28 Thread David Preskett
For details of the process Marc mentions below, see: www.fischer-tropsch.org Dave Marc de Piolenc wrote: What I think is neither here nor there. The place to find actual results from attempts to reconstitute glycerides is the German Ersatz literature from the two World Wars. Germany

[biofuels-biz] Diesel Car Emissions May Increase Global Warming

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2002/2002-10-22-09.asp Diesel Car Emissions May Increase Global Warming WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2002 (ENS) - Diesel cars, which emit less carbon dioxide than gasoline fueled cars, may still encourage global warming, argues a Stanford University professor.

[biofuels-biz] Methanex to file new NAFTA case on Calif MTBE ban

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18285/story.htm Methanex to file new NAFTA case on Calif MTBE ban CANADA: October 23, 2002 VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canadian chemical producer Methanex Corp has not given up its fight for $970 million in damages over California's ban on

[biofuels-biz] Spain studies dropping renewable fuel subsidies

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18294/story.htm Spain studies dropping renewable fuel subsidies Mail this story to a friend | Printer friendly version SPAIN: October 24, 2002 MADRID - Energy Minister Jose Folgado said this week Spain was considering the removal of

Re: [biofuels-biz] Diesel Car Emissions May Increase Global Warming

2002-10-28 Thread David Teal
This flies in the face of conventional wisdom, which maintains that aerosols like soot actually reduce warming by reflecting solar radiation back into space. Even black particles do this by re-radiating infra-red having been warmed themselves. I don't like to discuss conspiracy theories, but

Re: [biofuels-biz] Diesel Car Emissions May Increase Global Warming

2002-10-28 Thread David Preskett
If you want the paranoid conspiracy theory, see; http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Chemtrails.html and a method of using the reflectance: US5003186: Stratospheric Welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming Inventor(s): Chang; David B. , Tustin, CA Shih; I-Fu , Los Alamitos, CA

Re: [biofuels-biz] Diesel Car Emissions May Increase Global Warming

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
This flies in the face of conventional wisdom, which maintains that aerosols like soot actually reduce warming by reflecting solar radiation back into space. Even black particles do this by re-radiating infra-red having been warmed themselves. I don't like to discuss conspiracy theories, but

[biofuels-biz] A Couple of Detroit Doyens Go From Gas to Electric

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/23/automobiles/23PHIL.html?tntemail1=p agewanted=printposition=top October 23, 2002 A Couple of Detroit Doyens Go From Gas to Electric By BRADEN PHILLIPS BOB STEMPEL and Lee Iacocca, former leaders of American carmakers, spent their years in the corner office

Re: [biofuels-biz] Methanex to file new NAFTA case on Calif MTBE ban

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Spence
the whole sordid tale (or at least a good part of it) can be found at http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/mtbe.htm Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original

Re: [biofuel] Re: Pro-privacy, pro-environment senator dies in crash

2002-10-28 Thread Tad Johnson
At 04:17 PM 10/27/02 -0500, you wrote: I'm being totally honest here. We don't kill our political adversaries in this country. I'm offended at the very accusation. The accusation is total horseshit, and I have no respect for those who encourage it. Take a reality pill, and leave the conspiracy

Re: [biofuel] E= mc^hammer

2002-10-28 Thread Tad Johnson
At 08:58 AM 10/27/02 -0800, you wrote: Howdy. I read your diatribe on nuclear energy and got a good chuckle out of it. First of all that light is the oscillating lines of force between charges was first advanced by Farady in the mid 1800s. LMAO! Maybe we should take science lessons from this

Re: [biofuel] OT: everything in their power

2002-10-28 Thread Hakan Falk
Congratulations Steve, you have just solved the American energy problem! Giving back land to people who owned it thousands/hundreds of years ago and accept ethnic cleansing, will reduce the population and solve the energy use of the whole American continent to sustainable levels. You must

[biofuel] Diesel Car Emissions May Increase Global Warming

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2002/2002-10-22-09.asp Diesel Car Emissions May Increase Global Warming WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2002 (ENS) - Diesel cars, which emit less carbon dioxide than gasoline fueled cars, may still encourage global warming, argues a Stanford University professor.

[biofuel] Methanex to file new NAFTA case on Calif MTBE ban

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18285/story.htm Methanex to file new NAFTA case on Calif MTBE ban CANADA: October 23, 2002 VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canadian chemical producer Methanex Corp has not given up its fight for $970 million in damages over California's ban on

Re: [biofuel] Report: Vegetable Oil as a Fuel

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Hakan and all Some comparisons: What the federal government says Canadians can do to reduce emissions by one tonne per person annually: Reduce motor vehicle use by 10 per cent. Savings: .5 tonne Buy a vehicle that is 25 per cent more fuel efficient. Savings: 1 tonne Lower the thermostat

[biofuel] Spain studies dropping renewable fuel subsidies

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18294/story.htm Spain studies dropping renewable fuel subsidies Mail this story to a friend | Printer friendly version SPAIN: October 24, 2002 MADRID - Energy Minister Jose Folgado said this week Spain was considering the removal of

Re: [biofuel] Governmentium

2002-10-28 Thread Doug Foskey
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 04:30, you wrote: Motie, I liked this very much and published it on, http://energysavingnow.com/ Hakan I forwarded it to my Moto-Guzzi motorcyclist list as they have been moaning about our illustrious govt being more more Moronic. Thanks, Doug PS you will be

Re: [biofuel] Report: Vegetable Oil as a Fuel

2002-10-28 Thread Hakan Falk
I have no doubt about that the Canadians will meet Kyoto with ease. Being the largest energy user per capita in the world, the effect of relative modest energy saving, will meet Kyoto, since it is a reduction in percentage of historical pollution. It is a win-win situation for the Canadians,

[biofuel] I Went Down to the Demonstration...

2002-10-28 Thread Harmon Seaver
From John Perry Barlow. Interesting. -- -- 100, 000 March in San Francisco. Media Fail to Notice. So I went down to the demonstration yesterday. Instead of getting my fair share of abuse - the San Francisco police were as non-confrontational as

Re: [biofuel] Spain studies dropping renewable fuel subsidies

2002-10-28 Thread Hakan Falk
The only thing Spain have done is to pay the companies who put up wind generators. Spain have no other history of support of any other renewable. I did not know that wind generators was renewable fuel, but it does explain why he talk about electricity. It is pathetic and one of the reasons why I

Re: [biofuel] Diesel Car Emissions May Increase Global Warming

2002-10-28 Thread Hakan Falk
Detroit is mounting some defenses. It is odd that the country that is among the smallest in using diesel technology (1% of cars, compared with Europe 25% to 40%), seems to have such a problem with it. The comparison of particular matters and carbon dioxide is not really relevant. If you do not

Re: [biofuel] Grass for fuel

2002-10-28 Thread Beth Rosen
I think that your friend is probably talking about Switchgrass. This is a native prairie grass (in the Midwestern US amp; parts of Canada) that can be used as an energy crop. It has many ecological advantages over crops like corn amp; soybeans. It requires little (or no) pesticide/herbicide

Re: [biofuel] OT: everything in their power

2002-10-28 Thread Andrew Preston
Thought you might be interested in this. I became aware of it quite a while back, and first saw it referenced in mainstream Western media by Robert Fisk of The Independent newspaper, UK, a week or so ago. -- A CBS Sixty Minutes interview between Leslie Stahl and Madeleine Albright, on 12 May

[biofuel] EPA: A Comprehensive Analysis of Biodiesel Impacts on Exhaust

2002-10-28 Thread Ryan Morgan
Found this on tdiclub.com this morning, and thought many of you would be interested. My apologies if this has already been discussed. The Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft report entitled, A Comprehensive Analysis of Biodiesel Impacts on Exhaust Emissions. This draft

Re: [biofuel] EPA: A Comprehensive Analysis of Biodiesel Impacts on Exhaust

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
Found this on tdiclub.com this morning, and thought many of you would be interested. My apologies if this has already been discussed. The Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft report entitled, A Comprehensive Analysis of Biodiesel Impacts on Exhaust Emissions. This draft

Re: [biofuel] Grass for fuel

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Beth Oh, switchgrass. Clever you, sweet grass had me puzzled. Blaird, there's been quite a lot of discussion of switchgrass here. Do an archive search for switchgrass: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Info-Archive at NNYTech Best Keith I think that your friend is

[biofuel] Re: Pro-privacy, pro-environment senator dies in crash

2002-10-28 Thread motie_d
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Harmon Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds a lot like somebody put an altimeter device on the planes controls. Dubbya would have excellents motivation to have him killed. I think this is a bit over the line! It is just as likely that the Democrats had him

[biofuel] A Couple of Detroit Doyens Go From Gas to Electric

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/23/automobiles/23PHIL.html?tntemail1=p agewanted=printposition=top October 23, 2002 A Couple of Detroit Doyens Go From Gas to Electric By BRADEN PHILLIPS BOB STEMPEL and Lee Iacocca, former leaders of American carmakers, spent their years in the corner office

[biofuel] Re: Pro-privacy, pro-environment senator dies in crash

2002-10-28 Thread Harmon Seaver
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], motie_d [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Harmon Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds a lot like somebody put an altimeter device on the planes controls. Dubbya would have excellents motivation to have him killed. I think this is a bit

[biofuel] Re: Grass for fuel

2002-10-28 Thread Harmon Seaver
Yes, sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata) is a very fragrant native praire grass that is widely used as a sacred, ceremonial plant. It's indeed burned, but usually only as incense and smudges for cleansing. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Beth Rosen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that your friend

[biofuel] Re: [biofuels-biz] Methanex to file new NAFTA case on Calif MTBE ban

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Spence
the whole sordid tale (or at least a good part of it) can be found at http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/mtbe.htm Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original

Re: [biofuel] refitting an 82 rabbit diesel to burn biodiesel

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Spence
we have pushed a few thousand gallons of biodiesel through our 2 rabbits. about halfway through we switched the fuel lines to a viton replacement. now we run waste veggie oil. We currently buy hoses from www.greasel.com Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion

Re: [biofuel] Dodge Ram Cummins Bio diesel

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Spence
It's a good match. But then, most diesels are. It's a good engine for WVO as well. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: matthew ensner