Re: [Biofuel] I am Not A Christian-was This isn't the real America, by JC

2005-11-16 Thread Joe Street
Good points Todd; I don't want to get a religious debate going here but could one go as far as to say that all organized religion is a hijacking of the truth regardless of who is doing it and what thier particular agenda is? I make a huge distinction between spirituality and religion. I am

Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-16 Thread Joe Street
Sounds good Kurt but you need to take a liter of your hooch and treat it as virgin oil and see if any reaction happens with methoxide. Joe Kurt Nolte wrote: Right, so, I think I may be successful here! Have a batch that I mixed up a few days ago, using a modified for local materials

Re: [Biofuel] I am Not A Christian-was This isn't the real America, by JC

2005-11-16 Thread robert luis rabello
Appal Energy wrote: Robert, Well, actually, it isn't supposed to be a Christian country. And it's supposed to not be that by design. The Constitution specifically prohibits the establishment of religion, so the whole debate in R^3 circles about dominion and the United States

[Biofuel] oil seed feedstock

2005-11-16 Thread d4dallas
keith, i have been following you now for about a year i started collecting used vegtable oil and have itsitting everywhere. i have made a couple small test batchesand have my plans to thecleaner and processor in my head and am waiting for things to slow down to build the this winter in

Re: [Biofuel] oil seed feedstock

2005-11-16 Thread bob allen
Dusty, I am in Russellville AR, about 4 or 5 hours from you. I will be doing another homescale biodiesel workshop in January. You are welcome to join us if you want to drive that far. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: keith, i have been following you now for about a year i started collecting used

[Biofuel] FW: Important, Congress set to gut renewable energy programs

2005-11-16 Thread David M. Brockes
Title: Re: Important, Congress set to gut renewable energy programs Follow-up. David -Original Message-From: Bob Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 3:32 PMSubject: Re: Important, Congress set to gut renewable energy programsImportance: HighI’ve

Re: [Biofuel] 2 articles -- hybrid vehicles - energy efficient computer

2005-11-16 Thread Chip Mefford
Kurt Nolte wrote: On 11/15/05, Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snip I wonder about the actual environmental savings of replacing old vehicles with new, as opposed to, say, moving to alternative fuel sources, with a closer carbon cycle. What if you moved to a new vehicle designed to

[Biofuel] On the Destrutiveness of Corporate Power

2005-11-16 Thread William Adams
Keith Addison's contribution of 11/15/05offersa timely and informative look at the worldwide destructiveness of the uncontrolled wielding of corporate power. For those who would like to explore this social aberration in greater depth, read Thom Hartmann's Unequal Protection: The Rise of

[Biofuel] Has anyone else heard anything about this???? Alert!!

2005-11-16 Thread David M. Brockes
Has anyone heard or seen anything about this?? Maybe time for some action if it is in fact true. David Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:50 AM Subject: Fwd: Important, Congress set to gut renewable energy programs Congress to Terminate National Bioenergy CenterCongress is getting ready

[Biofuel] Rain water for washing biodiesel

2005-11-16 Thread john owens
Hi, I would like to use rain water to wash my biodiesel. We get alot rain in Ireland. I was thinking that I should run it through a 5 micron filter or less befor using it. Any thoughts about this, how clean should it be etc? John ___ Biofuel mailing

Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-16 Thread Kurt Nolte
True, but since I only did a single liter test batch I only can safely pull off about .8L using my present methods. Would a retest of half a liter work? Or should I see how much more I can skim off the top of the bottom layer? -KurtOn 11/16/05, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-16 Thread Darryl West
Sorry just have a question, Joe when you say treat it as virgin oil, do you mean for Kurt to do the whole process again? If so why would that be? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Nolte Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:02 AM To:

[Biofuel] Absolute ethanol

2005-11-16 Thread francisco j burgos
Dear sirs. I have a bottle labeled as: absolute ethanol 95%, and among other things declares Water 0,2%. Would it be good enough for beef tallow transesterification?. I plan to dry tallow at 120ºCduring 15 minutes; use 50ºC; molar ratio ethanol: tallow 6:1; turbulent mix; tallow has 0,25%

Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-16 Thread Kurt Nolte
To check for process completion. Reprocessing, basically; if any more glycerine falls out, the process needs to be refined still. I've been re-reading up. ;p -KurtOn 11/16/05, Darryl West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry just have a question, Joe when you say treat it as

Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-16 Thread Darryl West
So if more glycerine falls out does this mean that you need to adjust the amount of chemical you are using during your initial step? Would you repeat this process every time you make a batch (regardless of the size of the batch)? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Absolute ethanol

2005-11-16 Thread bob allen
Francisco, what is the remaining 4.8%? usually absolute alcohol means 100%. Is this denatured alcohol, if so what is the denaturant? francisco j burgos wrote: Dear sirs. I have a bottle labeled as: absolute ethanol 95%, and among other things declares Water 0,2%. Would it be good enough

Re: [Biofuel] On the Destrutiveness of Corporate Power

2005-11-16 Thread Michael Redler
John Stossel asks if greed is good: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Business/story?id=1304577Give me a break!He side steps the power associated from wealth (obtained through greed) and the attrocities committed to those who labor for that greed.IMHO,when benevolence appears asthe

Re: [Biofuel] Absolute ethanol

2005-11-16 Thread Ken Provost
On Nov 16, 2005, at 5:32 PM, francisco j burgos wrote: I have a bottle labeled as:  absolute ethanol 95%, and amongother things declares Water 0,2%. Would it be good enough forbeef tallow transesterification?. I plan to dry tallow at 120ºCduring 15 minutes; use 50ºC; molar ratio ethanol: tallow 

Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-16 Thread Appal Energy
Kurt, Take a sport cap off of a 1 liter water bottle and put it on top of a 2 liter PET bottle (soda bottle). Invert bottle. Slice off the bottom. Fill bottle with contents of your one liter reaction. Nest inverted bottle into an appropriate sized jar, quart sized or better. Let settle. After

[Biofuel] Australia to take geothermal mainstream

2005-11-16 Thread Kirk McLoren
Reuters is reporting that several Australian firms are experimenting with taking [1]geothermal energy mainstream. Geodynamics Ltd. will be making an investment decision on their first geothermal power station in early 2006. From the article:"Mother Nature has been kind to us. Australia could be

[Biofuel] slashdot - truckers choose hydrogen power

2005-11-16 Thread Kirk McLoren
Wired News is reporting that hundreds ofsemi trucks now on the roads are being [0]partially powered by hydrogen.From the article: "These 18-wheelers make hydrogen as they go,eliminating the need for high-pressure, cryogenic storage tanks orhydrogen filling stations, which, by the way, don't yet