Re: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...?

2004-11-25 Thread Richard Statter
the article doesn't address the potential for algae based fuel. http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html algae pools don't displace cropland like rape or palm, and algae grows much faster. On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:32:57 +, martin williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim Do you

Re: [Biofuel] Gardening and Compost

2004-11-25 Thread Rick Littrell
Another suggestion. If you are composting woody plants or tree trimmings add some ammonium nitrate or urea fertilizer. The micro organisms that break down this material take up a lot of nitrogen so if you increase the available nitrogen you can speed up the process. Also, if you mulch

RE: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...?

2004-11-25 Thread Tim Ferguson
Hello Martin, I don't have any specific numbers concerning banana leaves and their yields other than Bananas and Banana waste run roughly 15% less than potatoes and potato waste for sugars and starches. Yields for potatoes and other feedstock's can be compared here

[Biofuel] VW Response to US Engine Warrantee using Biodeisel

2004-11-25 Thread Michael Wagner
I submitted the following to VW and recieved the expected response. Unless you're sipping from a European biodiesel pump the US engine warrantee is considered void. Sounds like there's lots of work to be done to win them over to the ASTM spec. Is there really that much of a difference between the

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...? Part II, energy conservation

2004-11-25 Thread Hakan Falk
With the considerable waste in the energy used for tertiary and residential buildings, it is no doubt that well over 50% can be saved by energy efficiency. One example is hot tap water, were 80% could be produced by thermal solar, by a both modest and profitable investment. A 50% savings

Re: Re[4]: [Biofuel] Powell 'Pushed Out' By Bush For Seeking ToReinInIsrael

2004-11-25 Thread Anti-Fossil
It is frustrating dealing with technology that is clearly light years beyond my capacity to understand. I thought I had already composed, and sent, my final reply regarding this particular topic. However, either my mind is going faster than I thought, or I sent said reply to the same place my

Re: [Biofuel] market for crude glycerol

2004-11-25 Thread bob allen
oops, I need to correct myself, the proper formula for propylene glycol is:HOCH2CHOHCH3. propylene glycol is HOCH2-CH2-CH2OH and could be made from glycerol but your talking a some pretty sophisticated procedures. Heck, why not use the glycerol as antifreeze?

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...? Part I. switch to biofuels.

2004-11-25 Thread william lemorande
fuel be used in all states by the year 2007. This would in essence reduce the US dependence on foreign oil by under 10%. It would put the American Farmer back to work rather than see him subsidized by the government and in general put many people back to work. It would literally stop the

[Biofuel] Calculating the Solar Budget for any place

2004-11-25 Thread Randal
I've been working on how to calculate the solar budget for any number of square feet in anyplace. Well, my place. Do people buy that an average figure of 636 watts of solar radiation /sq. meter reach the surface? I have that in an illustration I found, but it does not give the frequency. Would

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Gardening and Compost

2004-11-25 Thread addy abslew
HELLO, AAL OUT THERE, This is just what happens in city rubbish piles here in Africa where farmers go to pack compost soil from under. Nobody turns the piles and everyday there is compost fot the urban farmers. But i want to do composting of mainly sawdust

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...? Part I. switch to biofuels.

2004-11-25 Thread Hakan Falk
Bill, You are late. The 10% ethanol target is going to happen as you say, but for an other reason than the urge of introducing biofuel. It is happening right now and is necessary for replacing MTBE. I do interpret your post that you agree the 50% of current gasoline volume could be available

Re: [Biofuel] Calculating the Solar Budget for any place

2004-11-25 Thread Jonathan Dunlap
Hey there, Siemens are daily. I would only guess that yours would be the same. Happy holidays, Jonathan Randal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been working on how to calculate the solar budget for any number of square feet in anyplace. Well, my place. Do people buy that an average figure

Re: [Biofuel] Calculating the Solar Budget for any place

2004-11-25 Thread Hakan Falk
Randal, US have some great maps on this and If I remember right, the North of US have an yearly average of 5kW per sqm. Average means that you are going to have storage enough to utilize it. Which will be a difficult task. With the 35% efficiency for thermal panels, it means that the average

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Gardening and Compost

2004-11-25 Thread Jonathan Dunlap
Hey! What part of Africa? What Country??? Jonathan addy abslew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HELLO, AAL OUT THERE, This is just what happens in city rubbish piles here in Africa where farmers go to pack compost soil from under. Nobody turns the piles and everyday there is compost fot the urban