[biofuels-biz] Manitoba to make ethanol-blend gasoline mandatory

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20600/story.htm Manitoba to make ethanol-blend gasoline mandatory CANADA: April 28, 2003 WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian Prairie province of Manitoba will make it mandatory for gasoline sold there to be blended with ethanol by September 200

[biofuel] Manitoba to make ethanol-blend gasoline mandatory

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20600/story.htm Manitoba to make ethanol-blend gasoline mandatory CANADA: April 28, 2003 WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian Prairie province of Manitoba will make it mandatory for gasoline sold there to be blended with ethanol by September 200

[biofuels-biz] Stricter rules against diesel polluters

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
FYI - Sent to me by Capt. Samai www.bangkokpost.com Stricter rules against diesel polluters Vehicles with diesel engines that pollute the air could be banned from city streets under a new regulation. Fines were no longer good enough, said Supat Wangwongwatana, deputy chief of the Pollution Co

[biofuel] Stricter rules against diesel polluters

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
FYI - Sent to me by Capt. Samai www.bangkokpost.com Stricter rules against diesel polluters Vehicles with diesel engines that pollute the air could be banned from city streets under a new regulation. Fines were no longer good enough, said Supat Wangwongwatana, deputy chief of the Pollution Co

[biofuel] Anti-war carnival arrives at BP AGM

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
"BP Chairman Peter Sutherland denied that the Iraq war was fought over oil..." Er... "Lord Browne, chief executive of BP and one of New Labour's favourite industrialists, has warned Washington not to carve up Iraq for its own oil companies in the aftermath of any future war." [more] "BP chief f

[biofuels-biz] California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20579/story.htm California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals USA: April 28, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO - Faced with tough auto industry opposition, California officials voted last week to further scale back the nation's first mandate requiri

[biofuel] California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20579/story.htm California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals USA: April 28, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO - Faced with tough auto industry opposition, California officials voted last week to further scale back the nation's first mandate requiri

[biofuel] Human gene expert to take on Sargasso Sea

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
The project ... "may lead to the development of new methods for carbon sequestration or alternative energy production and will work to engineer a particular type of microbe that could produce hydrogen, an important component in our clean energy future"... http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstor

Re: [biofuel] Re: Possible Elsbett Workshop in Berkeley July 4-6

2003-04-27 Thread craig reece
Keith, Oops. I've had trouble pasting long URL's into my browser's window, so I wanted to spare others this kinda grief - and the original URL was really long. Am I the only one that has such problems? I've noticed some people will post a blue hypertext "Here" (usually underlined) and you click

[biofuel] Re: Possible Elsbett Workshop in Berkeley July 4-6

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Craig > > I did a long writeup of the install I did on the '84 300TD wagon and > > posted it few months ago on the InfoPop SVO Forum aka the Maui Board - > > check it out if you're interested: > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?N53512C54 Good grief - makeashorterlink.com??? How clunky can you

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-27 Thread paul van den bergen
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 01:52 pm, murdoch wrote: > As I mentioned last month, I am in favor of looking into greater > computer control of vehicles, or, more accurately, gradually increased > automated vehicle driving and warning systems, integrated with driver > command, to reduce traffic deaths. I b

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-27 Thread Greg and April
- Original Message - From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 19:05 Subject: Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002 > Ahlrighty then, > > Just for conversational purposes, what might be the rights of US individuals > and internationals as you see

[biofuel] Re: Possible Elsbett Workshop in Berkeley July 4-6

2003-04-27 Thread craig reece
> Alexander Noack, the senior engineer with Elsbett, was in town about a > month ago to discuss possible summer workshops in Northern California - > where they sell most of their US-bound kits. > > He's doing one in Santa Rosa the last weekend in June, and if there's > enough interest, he'll sti

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-27 Thread Hakan Falk
What is average in US. I have done very high average almost all my life, it is around 60-70,000 km/year. When I was young and financed my studies by driving Taxi and then because my work Internationally. But the average for Swedish drivers is 20-25,000 km per year, I have a vague memory of that i

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-27 Thread Steve Spence
I tend to put on 25k miles / year. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Alan Petrillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 27, 200

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-27 Thread Alan Petrillo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To compare driving fatalities of the USA with other countries on a per capita > basis is worthless. There needs to be consideration of the higher > miles/person > driven in a year. This is true. It wouldn't surprize me in the least to find out that Americans drive

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-27 Thread Hakan Falk
Dear Derek, Such info is not available and it is therefore I am saying that for the top 20 industrial countries, the population per accident is probably the best. If you go beyond the top 20, the information is definitely not correct. So we are back to agree that Andrew's assumption when compari

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-27 Thread desertstallion
Dear Hakan, For the US, accidents per vehicle would not be valid, since many drivers own and operate two, three, or more vehicles. When I used to live and work in the US, I put around 30,000 miles/year on three vehicles. Wouldn't my risk of an accident, as a driver, have to based on my 30,000

[biofuel] US - Details on renewable fuels grant - proposals due June 6, 2003

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
FYI - Sent to me by Mike Pelly. [Federal Register: April 8, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 67)] [Notices] [Page 17009-17018] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr08ap03-38] --- DEPARTMENT OF

[biofuels-biz] US - Details on renewable fuels grant - proposals due June 6, 2003

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
FYI - Sent to me by Mike Pelly. [Federal Register: April 8, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 67)] [Notices] [Page 17009-17018] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr08ap03-38] --- DEPARTMENT OF

[biofuels-biz] Australian Nation Standards for Bio Diesel Discussion Paper

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
FYI - Sent to me by Kevin Finney. Australian Nation Standards for Bio Diesel Discussion Paper http://www.ea.gov.au/atmosphere/transport/biodiesel/pubs/paper.pdf Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Impor

[biofuel] Australian Nation Standards for Bio Diesel Discussion Paper

2003-04-27 Thread Keith Addison
FYI - Sent to me by Kevin Finney. Australian Nation Standards for Bio Diesel Discussion Paper http://www.ea.gov.au/atmosphere/transport/biodiesel/pubs/paper.pdf Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Impor

[Biofuel] Night life & the populous

2003-04-27 Thread MH
Another view of energy resource distribution amongst the global populous -- Earth at Night This is what the Earth looks like at night. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html Where People Live on Planet Earth The above color-coded map was produced from populations estimates m

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-27 Thread Hakan Falk
Martin, You are very right, the most common professional way to compare is accidents per vehicles and/or distance driven. For those countries that we have been talking about, it does not make a very large difference. It would be very skewed if we started to include countries like India or China,

Re: [biofuel] News Flash!!!

2003-04-27 Thread martin
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