Re: [Biofuel] Kyoto City's biodiesel plant

2005-10-19 Thread Keith Addison
Someone just posted this on another list: I would love to buy a complete system to make the B100, something idiot proof and as simple as running a washing machine just add the soap and out comes B100 ready for the tank, no measuring, titration, filtering, washing or checking the PH. Anyone know

Re: [Biofuel] Prep for winter

2005-10-19 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Robert, Darryl, Keith, We've just finished pressing pink insulation into the headers in the basement., sealed the basement door, which leaked water in a storm anyway, and plastic'd the basement windows. Clearly these were the areas we had not addressed before. Let there be no more $500/month

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-19 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Brian I knew I should have kept my mouth shut. Hehe Sorry I am being silly again. Keith you do have a great web site and now that you have explained the layered information technique I will go back again and read it all again. I actually knew there was a great depth to the JTF site because

Re: [Biofuel] Pelly's Model A

2005-10-19 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Juan Hello everyone, I have been looking to all the reactors and model that exists in the JFC website. I finally manage to get high quality BD. So the next step is to make BD in big quantities. I have a farm that uses about 5000 Gallons of petro diesel a week so I want to change

Re: [Biofuel] Pelly's Model A

2005-10-19 Thread Juan B
Hello Keith I tryed to Contact Mike couple of weeks ago ,but No reply ... maybe you can help me to get in touch with him thank you JuanOn 10/19/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello JuanHello everyone,I have been looking to all the reactors and model that exists in theJFC website.I

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-19 Thread Brian Rodgers
Thank you so much Keith The final line in your previous letter gave me a full blown laugh out loud as I was getting ready for work. On the other hand some people are really hard to help, and I don't have any clear idea of how many of them there might be either. Take for example the leading

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-19 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I stopped by one of the small town hardware stores on my way to work this morning. I was hunting for the 99% Isopropyl alcohol I had bought there years ago. No luck they don't carry it any longer. They did have other alcohols which I am unfamiliar with. methyl ester ketone? (sp) I have no

[Biofuel] Elsbett Vegetable Fuel Conversion Workshop

2005-10-19 Thread Rachel Burton
Elsbett Vegetable Fuel Systems Workshop this weekend in Pittsboro, North Carolina with special guest, Alexander Noack from Elsbett Technologies in Germany. We will be converting 10 vehicles (mostly VW and Mercedes) over the weekend. Come participate in a Straight Vegetable Oil conversion

Re: [Biofuel] best oil to make BD

2005-10-19 Thread Tom Irwin
Hello Juan, I have found animal fat converts really easy to biodiesel. The main obstacle is that it is primarily a summer only fuel as it solidifies at about 10-14 C. A lot depends on what resources you have and your local climate. If you have a farm with animals that need feed, perhaps

Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-19 Thread Ken Provost
On Oct 19, 2005, at 11:12 AM, Zeke Yewdall wrote: Methyl Ethyl Ketone is used as the hardening agent in fiberglass work. NASTY stuff. Ketones aren't technically alcohols anyway, if I remember my organic chemistry right. That's right, but the hardener is methyl ethyl ketone peroxide -- a

Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-19 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I stand corrected. On 10/19/05, Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right, but the hardener is methyl ethyl ketone peroxide -- a very different thing from simple MEK. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Americans ugly and otherwise...

2005-10-19 Thread Mike Weaver
I'd probably be an Independant except then you can't vote in the primaries in most states... JJJN wrote: Hi Mike, I am responding to this post as a matter curious interest. I wonder if this country would be in better shape if there were no such thing as the Party system. For example,

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-19 Thread Brian Rodgers
Thanks Zeke I was planning on going to the dreaded WalMart this afternoon as they are the only store left in this small town. I will be looking for denatured alcohol there. Brian On 10/19/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stopped by one of the small town hardware stores on my way to

[Biofuel] Jatropha Curcas

2005-10-19 Thread isabel taylor
We are thinking ofplanting Jatropha Curcas treesusing earth worms to compost waste, the compost we get from the worms we will use for the Jatrophatrees. We are think of only planting Jatropha because of the following reasons: 1. Once planted the Jatropha trees bear for approximately 50 years.

[Biofuel] Jeep Liberty CRD

2005-10-19 Thread wrench797
After doing some (about 3 hours worth) of research, I have not found any straight answers regarding the use of bio-diesel in the Jeep Liberty with the VM 2.8 liter CRD (common rail diesel). As a state and ASE certified master mechanic at a Chrysler/Jeep dealership, my coworkers and I have alot

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-19 Thread Greg and April
HEET for diesels is almost pure ( 98% or so ) Isopropanol from what I understand. Greg H. - Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:12 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale I

Re: [Biofuel] best oil to make BD

2005-10-19 Thread francisco j burgos
Dear Mr. Tom Irwin: Did you find by your own experience that tallow is a good raw material for producing biodiesel? or there is any bibliography that you can indicate me on the subject?. Your help will be the most appreciated, thanks in advance. Cordially, Mr. F.J. Burgos - Original

Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-19 Thread Brian Rodgers
Very good thanks Ken Now that you jog my memory I recall buying methanol at the parts store last week and right next to the Heet brand de-icer I saw isopropyl alcohol. next, I need to look in the archives for ethylene glycol as I remember talk of it here last month. At the time I was interested

Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-19 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yes, Ethylene glycol is your normal green antifreeze for cars. Propylene glycol is a non-toxic antifreeze used in solar thermal systems and some of the new car antifreeze formulations. It's usually pink when I've seen it, although I'm not sure if this is natural color or dye. Why are you looking

[Biofuel] Jeep Liberty CRD

2005-10-19 Thread Andy Karpay
Interesting post. I was looking at the Jeep Liberty diesel, (back when ...) and have just thrown out the literature I collected. The glossy they (the dealer) supplied me stated compatibility for B20. In fact, the units were shipped with (B20) in the tank, I think to make the exhaust smell less

Re: [Biofuel] Jeep Liberty CRD

2005-10-19 Thread Mike Weaver
It'll run fine on 100. I've seen at least two now. Andy Karpay wrote: Interesting post. I was looking at the Jeep Liberty diesel, (back when ...) and have just thrown out the literature I collected. The glossy they (the dealer) supplied me stated compatibility for B20. In fact, the units

Re: [Biofuel] Jeep Liberty CRD

2005-10-19 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Wait. Are you are running unheated WVO?? I have heard that you can do this with the old mercedes because they have a much stronger injector pump design than most everything else. But I don't think it's generally recommended in anything else, especially in anything with Lucas injector pumps. The

Re: [Biofuel] oil price gouging poll

2005-10-19 Thread KinsleyForPrez08
John, I completely agree with your first point that corporate welfare should be stopped. However, I have to disagree with you on your second point. Labor laws and government-mandated worker safety standards have had a crippling effect on many small-to-medium sized companies. Many of these

Re: [Biofuel] Jeep Liberty CRD

2005-10-19 Thread Marty Phee
I have a CRD. From the factory it comes with B5. I have run B11 without problems. Unfortuantly they don't sell any blends near me so I don't get to run it very often. This is my first diesel. My friend and I are getting ready to make our own bio soon. He has an F-250. Andy Karpay wrote:

Re: [Biofuel] Lye - Metric to Imperial Unit Conversions

2005-10-19 Thread miki de mla
A direct way of converting metric to english and vice versa is touse "Master Converter". You canuse google to search the url.This is better than to use approximations.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember that water weighs 1 kilogram per litre, by the originaldefinition of the litre. If Joe's specific

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-19 Thread Kenji James Fuse
Please don't shop at WarMart! Despite the problems with the labour movement, i think all of us progressives on this list would agree the hostility shown by WarMart against organized labour is downright unacceptable. At least up here in kanada ie, a Quebec WarMart store's employees voted this past