Progress - was Re: [biofuels-biz] Coconut Crazy

2003-07-08 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Martin: Here is an excerpt from a letter to family member the other dayyou tell me...I guess I like to think it's progress...not just business or technical progress, but other kinds as well... :-) I am still going non-stop. Got the other Jetta licensed yesterday (my beater, the old one

Re: [biofuels-biz] Coconut Crazy

2003-07-08 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Michael: In regard to: Incidentally, there is no great secret in the Neoterics claim: You can run diesel engines directly on refined coconut oil just as you can on refined palm-oil: You just have to melt and pre-heat the oil! We have done this by passing the exhaust pipe up through

Re: [biofuels-biz] The Hydrogen hype, the scam artists at work.

2003-07-08 Thread Michael Allen
Sorry Murdoch, Didn't realise you had some questions in here. I forget what the escape velocity is for Planet Earth. But I know that normal hydrogen molecules exceed it. That is why free hydrogen does not exist in our planet's atmosphere. Like free water on the moon, it just keeps going.

[biofuels-biz] Can't bring my Lupo back to the US...

2003-07-08 Thread M. Bjorn Ansbro
No news, just whining. After two years of driving my VW Lupo 3L (Diesel 1.2 TDI) in the Netherlands, I can't bring it home with me to the U.S. Sadly (and curiously), he's not on the list posted by the National Highway Transportation Safety Assoc. (NHTSA) of vehicles certified for import.

[biofuels-biz] Coconut Crazy

2003-07-08 Thread Marc de Piolenc
Message: 6 Michael Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We can take this correspondence off-line if you prefer. All you have to do is reply to my personal e-mail address. (I'm not sure how interesting coconut oil is to those folk wrestling with the US bureaucracy anyway!) Please include me in your

Re: [biofuels-biz] Coconut Crazy

2003-07-08 Thread Sam Jai-In
Hi Group Members, A ferry fleet operator has used coconut oil instead of diesel for the past three years on Samui Island. This is another example of successful SVO story. I read a paper on the emissions bebefits of biodiesel published by EPA, they showed a result that if we use saturated fatty

Re: [biofuels-biz] Can't bring my Lupo back to the US...

2003-07-08 Thread Appal Energy
Check into the possibility of bringing it through Canada. - Original Message - From: M. Bjorn Ansbro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com; biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:20 AM Subject: [biofuels-biz] Can't bring my Lupo back to the US... No news,

Re: [biofuels-biz] Can't bring my Lupo back to the US...

2003-07-08 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Contact a US-based auto broker. They can sometimes find a way. No news, just whining. After two years of driving my VW Lupo 3L (Diesel 1.2 TDI) in the Netherlands, I can't bring it home with me to the U.S. Sadly (and curiously), he's not on the list posted by the National Highway

Re: [biofuels-biz] Can't bring my Lupo back to the US...

2003-07-08 Thread Thomas Stoskus
Hi , Great story-- I guess US does the same thing as Germany does to US or Japanese cars- does not allow to import a car that does not have official homologation for that car from the manufacturer. I faced same problem when I tried to drive Acura integra in germany-- I couldn't, because Honda

RE: [biofuels-biz] Can't bring my Lupo back to the US...

2003-07-08 Thread brucebrownlee
http://www.lupousa.com Give up. It's not worth all the hassle and cost you will have to go through before, during, and after getting that car imported. If you are in love with the TDI... 1st...I hope you are aware of http://www.tdiclub.com 2nd...In the US right now we only have the 90HP TDI

Re: Re[2]: [biofuel] Re: Stop the crazy son of a Bush!

2003-07-08 Thread Bill Pizer
Could someone explain to me why any one on this list uses a previous unrelated subject for a new topic. Such as: Subject: Re: Re[2]: [biofuel] Re: Stop the crazy son of a Bush! It would be clearer to the other readers if the old topic was left out of the title. When the old title is left in,

Re[2]: [biofuel] Stop the crazy son of a Bush! - was: WMD Poll Finds...

2003-07-08 Thread Hakan
Dear Gustl, I did not know that he changed nationality. When he was in the Social democrat government of Sweden, he was for sure still a Swedish citizen. Hakan At 06:39 PM 7/7/2003 -0400, you wrote: Hallo, Monday, 07 July, 2003, 03:36:47, you wrote: H Keith, H At 04:02 PM 7/7/2003 +0900,

Re: [biofuel] Re: Stop the crazy son of a Bush!

2003-07-08 Thread Hakan
Guy, Explanation please, offenses does not explain in what sense I am wrong and why. It does not really contribute to any kind kind of knowledge other than about an insight in your thinking. Hakan At 08:39 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: It also happens that the Muslims, Jews and Christians,

Re: [biofuel] VW brake vacuum pump used to recover methanol

2003-07-08 Thread mark schofield
Dear Stan Why not an air conditioning service pump? They create high vacuum levels. Mark Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/ Biofuel at Journey

[biofuel] Islam vs Christians vs Jews Was: Stop the crazy son of a Bush!

2003-07-08 Thread csakima

Re[2]: [biofuel] Re: Stop the crazy son of a Bush!

2003-07-08 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Guy, Monday, 07 July, 2003, 23:39:21, you wrote: Islam also preaches non violence. Hakan Baloney. -Guy- It also happens that the Muslims, Jews and Christians, all actually share the same God. Hakan G More baloney. Do you have an advanced degree in Baloney? G -Guy- Hakan is

Re[3]: [biofuel] Stop the crazy son of a Bush! - was: WMD Poll Finds...

2003-07-08 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Hakan, Tuesday, 08 July, 2003, 01:44:25, you wrote: H Dear Gustl, H I did not know that he changed nationality. When he was H in the Social democrat government of Sweden, he was for H sure still a Swedish citizen. H Hakan I could certainly be mistaken. It is reported that he is

Re: [biofuel] Dead car???

2003-07-08 Thread Stanley Baer
If the Jetta has the turbo diesel motor and the transmission really is wrecked, I'd be intereested in buying it. stan Grahams wrote: We were just given a VW Jetta. It had 25 miles, but ran fine. My daughter, 19, who was to get the car, seems to have killed the transmission

[biofuel] Religious Violence Was: Stop the crazy son of a Bush!

2003-07-08 Thread csakima
I believe the whole kill and die in the name of God (in ALL religions) are a result of 3 statements that were made (By God ... but that's a subject of a different thread (LOL)... whether he did ... or not). 1. Moses/Ten Commandments - Thou shalt not shed innocent blood. Thus guilty blood

[biofuel] Meaning what?? Was: Stop the crazy son of a Bush!

2003-07-08 Thread csakima
Please correct me Guy. Your statement has an undercurrent of more baloney the other guy's are of the devil ... and therefore have positioned themselves as our enemy. Case closed. I'm wrong right?? Curtis Get your free newsletter at http://www.ezinfocenter.com/3122155/NL - Original

[biofuel] Meaning what?? Was: Stop the crazy son of a Bush!

2003-07-08 Thread csakima
Please correct me Guy. Your statement has a undercurrent of Baloney, those Islamic @#$%$#'s are bombing, shooting terroristic violence makers AT THE CORE. Please explain yourself or as I'm probably wrong ... please correct me. Curtis Get your free newsletter at

Re[3]: [biofuel] Stop the crazy son of a Bush! - was: WMD Poll Finds...

2003-07-08 Thread Hakan
Dear Gustl, I looked if I could find something in search engines , but only found articles in Swedish that spelled out his nationality. Found a lot of material in English, but non mentioned his nationality. His name could be mistaken for any Germanic origin. Hans is common in Scandinavia as

[biofuel] Rental Car Economics

2003-07-08 Thread murdoch
Greg and April: I also have been put off over the years when contemplating the economics of car rental, and often have come away feeling ripped off, whether from having had to rent one in an emergency, or from having wanted to consider avoiding buying a car, but the costs of occassional rental

Re: Re[2]: [biofuel] Re: Stop the crazy son of a Bush!

2003-07-08 Thread dcande01
Hi I could talk for hours but my fingers can't type that much. Judism and christianity( the Jesus version, not the Paul/Bush (in that bush uses the same techniques now as Paul did then to further his own agenda) version) are not the same, or much of a continum or evolution. The god

Re: [biofuel] Tracking a car's mileage Was: The Hydrogen hype, the scam artists at work. and more idea's

2003-07-08 Thread Greg and April
The GPS means nothing if the vehicle spends much of it's time in unmapped territory, or off road. Because then you have miles logged, but, not spent on public streets were the funds would go. Same problem applies to odometer readings. Don't get me wrong I think that people should be charges

Re: [biofuel] Islam vs Christians vs Jews

2003-07-08 Thread mark schofield
Firstly, I thought we are here to learn about biofuels but since the subject has come up then I'll put my pennies worth in. The Old Testiment (OT) is written so as to reach back to the start time, Genesis meaning Origin. Working through the OT, we find many reasonings that Jesus would in fact

Re: [biofuel] Dead car???

2003-07-08 Thread dcande01
what year jetta? I would be interested in buying it too. fred If it is a 92 jetta, and the rest is ok, I would put in a used transmission. about $600 for parts and the same for labor. This is a very collectable car. you should check it out on carguys.com. also, it may not be the

[biofuel] Mercedes Diesel Engine for Sale

2003-07-08 Thread Bryan Brah
For Sale, make me an offer! Mercedes Benz 3.0 Liter 5 cylinder Turbo diesel engine (617.952) This unit includes the turbo, and the fuel rail. It came out of a 1982 300TD. I planned to rebuild it and convert my 280GE to diesel, but don't have the time, space, or resources. I obtained the engine

Re: [biofuel] Tracking a car's mileage Was: The Hydrogen hype, the scam artists at work. and more idea's

2003-07-08 Thread dcande01
Hi I didn't think a GPS could be tracked as it is only a radio RECIEVER. I have heard this paranoid fantasy before however, what did I miss? Fred On Tuesday, Jul 8, 2003, at 13:08 US/Eastern, Greg and April wrote: The GPS means nothing if the vehicle spends much of it's time in unmapped

Re: [biofuel] Islam vs Christians vs Jews Was: Stop the crazy son of a Bush!

2003-07-08 Thread William Clark
Curtis, I concur with your historical analysis of Judeo-Christian-Islamic ties. Your belief that all do not worship the same God is another matter. I am not chastising, only trying to make a point. Whatever God or Gods exist, He, She, It or They are what they are. Men from all races and

Re: [biofuel] Tracking a car's mileage Was: The Hydrogen hype, the scam artists at work. and more idea's

2003-07-08 Thread Robert Mills
Hey !!, have you been asleep for the last 10 or so years If you think you are not tracked daily as it is you must never go anywhere or spend any money using atm's and the like. Don't worry, big brother knows all about you and keeps his finger on the button at all times. It won't be too

Re: [biofuel] Rental Car Economics

2003-07-08 Thread mark manchester
We have a little company here in Toronto AutoShare www.autoshare.com Looks like they've solved some of the problems. Jesse From: murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 08:37:05 -0700 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Rental Car Economics

[biofuel] Re: [renewable-energy] Re: [evworld] Photovoltaic article in Sacramento bee today

2003-07-08 Thread Robert Mills
It is possible that his statement of oversubsidizing it's use is referring toward the Bush tax breaks and ultra fast write off, ( 1/2 the value first year, rest next 5), being presently out there. It is too bad that he doesn't see it as job and income stimulation for today's needs which was

Re: [biofuel] Tracking a car's mileage

2003-07-08 Thread murdoch
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 22:39:33 -0500, you wrote: Actually, I was just thinking, you could have every car required to be manufactured with a on-board, built in GPS. Then have that GPS tracked from X month to the same registration month the next year. Then have that file cross-referenced

[biofuel] Photovoltaic article in Sacramento bee today

2003-07-08 Thread murdoch
I definately agree with you when you say to throw more money at RD is an easy way to stifle any growth as people will take the wait and see approach to solar of any kind. Another effect of Government Funding of R+D is the removal of the profit-incentive from individual inventors. How the hell

[biofuel] Solar Power, $1.00 a watt !

2003-07-08 Thread Greg and April
August issue of Discover, has an article about a company that thinks they are going to be able to meet $1.00 a watt, for solar power. Greg H. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Coral Calcium for

[biofuel] Vehicle Durability News

2003-07-08 Thread murdoch
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20030708/ts_nm/autos_durability_dc_1 Top Stories - Reuters Japanese Top Auto Quality Study; GM Gains Ground Tue Jul 8, 1:05 PM ET Add Top Stories - Reuters to My Yahoo! By Justin Hyde DETROIT (Reuters) - While Japan's largest automakers

Re: [biofuel] Tracking a car's mileage Was: The Hydrogen hype, the scam artists at work. and more idea's

2003-07-08 Thread Robert Mills
Do you know any truck drivers or any of the major trucking firms nearby? They can tell you the exact location of their truck and how long it has been there if it is sitting still. They can also send messages and the like via computer through the same system in both directions. Bob [EMAIL

[biofuel] Musings on Hydrogen economy and real estate considerations

2003-07-08 Thread murdoch
I've seen setups where industrious homeowners had installed solar energy not only to power their homes, in part or in whole, but to power their EVs. To this I want to add that, if a Hydrogen EConomy, or something like it, does emerge, then I wonder as to property considerations. To make

Re: [biofuel] Tracking a car's mileage Was: The Hydrogen hype, the scam artists at work. and more idea's

2003-07-08 Thread Greg and April
Then how does Lojack Onstar work? Greg H. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:54 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Tracking a car's mileage Was: The Hydrogen hype, the scam artists at work. and more idea's Hi I didn't think

Re: [biofuel] Tracking a car's mileage Was: The Hydrogen hype, the scam artists at work. and more idea's

2003-07-08 Thread Greg and April
They can only currently track by video cam, not to many except with in major cities, and then mostly near intersections. Even now they are trying to track cell phones, but even that is proving some what problematic, and is only accurate to with in a 150 yards or so. No, we still have a few more