Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread
CSH Can spec it to resist up to 320 mph winds, maybe more if you have the funds to do it, but that is the highest number I have heard so far. http://customsuperhomes.com/video.wmvMyk Hill--- On Mon 07/04, Nancy Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:From: Nancy Canning [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:

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2005-07-05 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Alex Hello All Thanks for all the advice in the past. After a year of making Biodiesel and not being able to use it i purchased a 1994 Discovery (at the Right price ) I wanted somthing after 1996 but couldnt afford it so 1994 is it.I have checked for all the normal stuff eg cracked

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2005-07-05 Thread malcolm maclure
Hi Alex, your asking your question in the right place! I have a 90 Range Rover Classic that was converted from 3.9 petrol to 300TDi before I got it, not very well I might add, I suspect the previous owner had run it on kero too as the diesel pump was knackered (clouds of black smoke)

Re: [Biofuel] Will Brazilian Flex Fuel Device work on American Cars?

2005-07-05 Thread FRANCISCO
Robert Rabello Flextek can be used in most repeat in most engines not all of them. Instead increasing compression ratio it changes ignition timing. Potential problems are fuel pump "erosion" type unless changed to typical alcohol fuel pump and winter time ignition. This part is solved by using

Re: [Biofuel] Will Brazilian Flex Fuel Device work on American Cars?

2005-07-05 Thread FRANCISCO
I forgot to inform Flextek will work in most _*injected*_ engines FRANCISCO wrote: Robert Rabello Flextek can be used in most repeat in _*most*_ engines not all of them. Instead increasing compression ratio it changes ignition timing. Potential problems are fuel pump erosion type unless

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2005-07-05 Thread FRANCISCO
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Re: [Biofuel] Will Brazilian Flex Fuel Device work on American Cars?

2005-07-05 Thread robert luis rabello
Luis Eduardo Puerto wrote: I don't know very much of E85 or E100, I know that in Brazil it is being produced in big quantities as well as in USA. I don't know where exactly you can get it in Canada. It's not available here, at least on the west coast. We have a company that

Re: [Biofuel] Will Brazilian Flex Fuel Device work on American Cars?

2005-07-05 Thread robert luis rabello
FRANCISCO wrote: Flextek can be used in most repeat in most engines not all of them. Instead increasing compression ratio it changes ignition timing. I think, perhaps, a language issue is cropping up here. The Flextek device plugs into the automobile's fuel injector harness. It

[Biofuel] Symbiosis with nature, or at least less competition

2005-07-05 Thread r
With the global warming looming over us and animal species disappearing every day, I think humans should work towards a more symbiotic relationship with nature. Humans cut down trees to make room for houses to live in. Human activity creates CO2, which is (should be) absorbed in large part

[Biofuel] cast earth versus flyash concrete

2005-07-05 Thread MALONEKR
A good foundation is a must,but the roof is what most people consider last.If your roof will not withstand global warmings "off-the-scale"weather,everything will be ruined!Most of the home types mentioned have the same type roof that a tornado or typhoon or whatever will tear off.A tire or straw

Re: [Biofuel] Symbiosis with nature, or at least less competition

2005-07-05 Thread John Nelson
That is a start - Original Message - From: r [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 11:09 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Symbiosis with nature, or at least less competition With the global warming looming over us and animal species disappearing every

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Chris
Todd, of course you are correct that energy is used to recycle steel. However, no more land is strip mined, and no new land is disturbed to bury the old broken washing machine that got melted down. Were the electricity generated in a sustainable way, it would be all good. Chris K Cayce, SC

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Joe Street
Hard to say where the truth is in all of this debate regarding cutting trees. In Canada forest is one of our largest natural .ahemresources. Currently more forest area is lost to natural causes than logging. Trees are renewable and the lumber industry now replants more trees than it

RE: [Biofuel] Hybrid Diesel

2005-07-05 Thread Bill Vaughn
To me the VW diesels sold in America are the best bang for the buck. They get 50mpg and they can be ran on biodiesel. My total cost per gallon for biodiesel is way less than $1 US. As long as I can make my own fuel I will be making it and I buy nothing but diesels. To me a diesel hybrid is

RE: [Biofuel] cast earth versus flyash concrete

2005-07-05 Thread
CSH Had done something similar with their flyashe and tests showed the same results with a longevity of something like 300 yrs.Myk --- On Tue 07/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:From: [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgDate: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:02:28 EDTSubject: [Biofuel] cast

[Biofuel] US close to climate change concessions

2005-07-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1521054,00.html Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | US close to climate change concessions Ewen MacAskill and agencies Monday July 4, 2005 The United States is edging towards important concessions on climate change at this week's G8 summit, it

[Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/03/g8.bush.ap/index.html CNN.com - - Jul 3, 2005 Bush wants to shift global warming debate Sunday, July 3, 2005; Posted: 11:24 p.m. EDT (03:24 GMT) Bush: You can grow your economy and at the same time do a better job of harnessing greenhouse gases. LONDON,

[Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5117756,00.html Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Schwarzenegger Urges Global Warming Action Schwarzenegger Urges Global Warming Action Monday July 4, 2005 6:16 PM AP Photo NY109 By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) - California Gov. Arnold

[Biofuel] No favours on climate change, says Bush

2005-07-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news __international_newsarticleid=244473 : Mail Guardian Online No favours on climate change, says Bush 04 July 2005 02:51 United States President George Bush will on Monday warn that he will not make concessions on climate

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread r
I think that trees are a (renewable) resource that should be harvested. Otherwise, trees, like other resources, will get depleted, no matter the quantity of trees. The more there is of the resource, the more time it takes to deplete it and the more the hurt after it is gone. I ordered this

Re: [Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-05 Thread Michael Redler
OK, I've been a little preoccupied lately and haven't been able tocontributions to recent discussions. However, one of Kieth's recent postscaught my attention. Please allow me to vent. ...I'm quoting parts of Kieth's post in reverse order. "My hope is -- and I think the hope of Tony Blair is --

[Biofuel] 45 gallons of cream

2005-07-05 Thread Brent S
I made a batch of diesel a couiple days ago that went perfect. I made another batch the same as the first that sepparated good. I added about 5 gallons of water to the 40 gallons of diesel that I had to wash, and heated it to about 90F as I did for the first. When I went back to change the

Re: [Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-05 Thread Hakan Falk
Mike, It is an excellent example on how it goes, when you try to hide and not acknowledge that the mad cow decease hit US a long time ago. Not being able to keep the balance is a clear sign. Cannibalism is also recognized as a root cause. I am not saying that Bush is one of the victims,

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Appal Energy
U Chris, that's not quite correct. New steel is generally added to recycled steel to maintain structural integrity. Otherwise it begins to get to tinny. Not only do more mining energies go into the new fraction, but fossil fuels are still consumed in refining. This means more mining of

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Appal Energy
Ditto. De-evolution anyone? I'm sure Southern Baptists, et al, would fight the teaching of that in the U.S. public school systems every bit as staunchly as they oppose evolution. How about a three-sixths compromise.? Intelligent de-evolution. :-) Todd Swearingen What is really

Re: [Biofuel] Will Brazilian Flex Fuel Device work on American Cars?

2005-07-05 Thread Luis Eduardo Puerto
Hey Robert Luis, thank you very much for your answer man Now I understand the implications of ethanol. Until next. Luis Eduardo Puerto wrote: I don't know very much of E85 or E100, I know that in Brazil it is being produced in big quantities as well as in USA. I don't know where exactly you

Re: [Biofuel] 45 gallons of cream

2005-07-05 Thread Appal Energy
Any Ideas? Yup. But you're not going to like 'em. 1st) Your batch didn't go perfect if you got that heavy of an emulsion. 2nd) Best to always do a quick swirl wash of only an ounce or two prior to comitting to washing an entire batch. 3rd) Remove several 100 ml samples of the emulsion. Label

[Biofuel] Hydrogen: Seperating the Wheat From the Chaff

2005-07-05 Thread Michael Redler
Remember our discussion on "above unity" devices? Well, our president in his profound wisdom has been selling the idea of a "hydrogen economy" without telling anyone where the hydrogen is coming from -- passing it off as a clean and renewableenergy "source". Whilehe was babbling, I was reminded

Re: [Biofuel] fuel efficient cars and motorcycles

2005-07-05 Thread Busyditch
Ha I guess this is called Synchronicity. I just won this diesel engine on ebay and plan on installing it in a motorcycle frame. I do not have a donor bike yet, but I do have some ideas. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=29520item=4367731706rd=1 - Original Message -

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-05 Thread capt3d
i've never heard this term of 'the bilderbergers' before, butidon't find teh notion too farfetched. more likely to me that their idea of safeguarding supply is simply to make it more expensive, regardless of whether it provokes economic downturn or depression. take the fact that oil prices spiked

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-05 Thread Ken Provost
on 7/5/05 6:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: isn't it interesting that left wing parties and labor movements were far more widespread and mainstream *prior to (and during)* the great depression than *after* (this is especially true of the situation in the u.s.a.).?

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Appal Energy
Essentially, even recycled steel products are entirely carbon negative. Less energy than virgin steel, but entirely carbon negative. Uh., make that carbon positive. (Knew I should have taken that speed thinking course instead of the speed typing one.) Todd Swearingen Appal Energy

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread capt3d
hi, joe. a few counterpoints to some of your observations. Currently more forest area is lost to natural causes than logging. well, truly this is how it should be, so long as the 'natural' causes are not anomalously numerous due to 'unnatural' i.e. human-made environmental imbalances.

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-05 Thread Michael Redler
"left wing parties and labor movements were far more widespread and mainstream *prior to (and during)* the great depression" Eugene Debs: Socialist andPresidential Candidate Debs ran in 1900,1904,1908,1912 and 1920, the last race from Atlanta Prison. The slogan on a campaign poster in 1920

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-05 Thread Hakan Falk
Chris b, The fact is that the oil price has gone up very much thanks to the Iraq venture. The oil production in Iraq, before the occupation, was almost as large as what they call the swing production, or with other words the cushion that evened out production and demand. The biggest problem

RE: [Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-05 Thread Frank Dungan
Before you throw up... Can you tell us the solution? Bio-fuel, wind, and solar are great starts on energy, but all combined are still a tiny drop in the bucket up against fossil fuels. If the oil stops - we starve. Ties to middle east oil are likely to drag us into WWIII (consult your

[Biofuel] Biofuel as a rural community developement project in Belize

2005-07-05 Thread dennis james
I am in the process of doing the same in Belize, Central America. I have some land and want to grow Jatropha and encourage the local people to grow it as a cash crop to help the local economy and ease the high price of fuel there. Anyone know of where to find a good seed oil press for a third

[Biofuel] 45 gallons of cream(part 2)

2005-07-05 Thread Brent S
Just a note from my last post. I took the temp of my failure to 140F and then had a brainwave to add more methanol. I added 4 liters to the 45 gallons. I had almost imediate separation down to about 4 from the top. A thin layer also was floating on top. Any ideas? Brent

Re: [Biofuel] Will Brazilian Flex Fuel Device work on American Cars?

2005-07-05 Thread Skipperx
Dear Ethanol users, The below information (re: modifications to car to run on ethanol) is incorrect in my experience. I live in Brazil and I export conversion kit (petrol to ethanol) to Australia. Kits in Australia are being used in both vehicles manufactured by both Holden (GM) and Ford.

Re: [Biofuel] fuel efficient cars and motorcycles

2005-07-05 Thread Chris
Wow, cool. Thats really interesting, i'm big into engines and mechcanics in general. Will 6HP be enough, or by motorcycle do you mean large scooter? What about gearing? what bike are you planning on putting it in? - Original Message - From: Busyditch To:

Re: [Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-05 Thread Ryan Hall
Ha, very true. It is quite annoying that the American public is so blinded by television that if they tell you there's no mad cow you better believe it. I fear it is also this sense of American bravado that says, it won't happen to us, we're American. People have already forgotten we said

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Rich I think that trees are a (renewable) resource that should be harvested. Yes, but how? Good ways and bad ways... there are some interesting discussions (and arguments) about this in the list archives. Otherwise, trees, like other resources, will get depleted, no matter the