Re: [Biofuel] ants

2006-07-10 Thread Jason Katie
but wouldnt a "farm" mean more damaged leaves? or is that controlled by a culling of the livestock? JasonICQ#: 154998177MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Fritz Friesinger To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 6:38 PM Subject:

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Dylan
Forgive me... my comments were a little broad, but i was referring to those who cannot fit into fuel efficient vehicles because they are overweight (hence, shedding fat for oil), height is a different matter entirely (which i, actually, hadn't thought of until you brought it up...thank you), and

Re: [Biofuel] Peakoil.com

2006-07-10 Thread Keith Addison
A forum topic is about http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_energy.htmljourneytoforever.org. Most of the peakoil members believes that biodiesel or alcohol is not the answer to our energy needs http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic21495.html Regardless of the pretty picture this happy permaculture

[Biofuel] Peakoil.com

2006-07-10 Thread RU 9
A forum topic is about journeytoforever.org. Most of the peakoil members believes that biodiesel or alcohol is not the answer to our energy needs http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic21495.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Mike Weaver
I'm 6'1 and my 2003 Golf is ok. I have a friend who's 6'3 and he seems ok in the passenger seat...Germans are often pretty big people. Size and fit is one of the reasons I bought the VW. I don't fit into Miatas, tho'. Kurt Nolte wrote: Dylan wrote: Another advantage to this agenda is

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Joe Street
Buy a mini and take out the driver's seat. Sit in the back seat. There was a famous athlete who did this. Joe Kurt Nolte wrote: Snip It's my legs. They're far too long to fit into most of these ultracompact or even compact cars, which are the highest efficiency ones. I usually end up

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Kurt Nolte
Mike Weaver wrote: I'm 6'1 and my 2003 Golf is ok. I have a friend who's 6'3 and he seems ok in the passenger seat...Germans are often pretty big people. Size and fit is one of the reasons I bought the VW. I don't fit into Miatas, tho'. I test drove a Golf before I bought the Lancer

Re: [Biofuel] Gov Auction for pressure filter

2006-07-10 Thread Joe Street
More on dewatering veggie oil; Thanks Keith for the info and links. I would also like to add that heating the oil to reaction temperature (I use 58 degrees C.) and pulling a vacuum to 27 inches of mercury immediately before the reaction has allowed me to remove water beyond what falls out by

Re: [Biofuel] Gov Auction for pressure filter

2006-07-10 Thread Joe Street
I agree Keith; In fact if in collection, you keep ahead of your processing rate, oil has a chance to settle. I have found that oil that has been sitting for several weeks is very dry if carefully decanted. It will always contain at least 1% water even so, which can be removed by heat and

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Mike Weaver
Different strokes for different folks I guess. I have a friend who is 6'6 and 300 lbs...he is struck in a Lincoln towncar... Kurt Nolte wrote: Mike Weaver wrote: I'm 6'1 and my 2003 Golf is ok. I have a friend who's 6'3 and he seems ok in the passenger seat...Germans are often pretty big

[Biofuel] the flat tax

2006-07-10 Thread Kirk McLoren
The Flat TaxConservatives claim to be cutting taxes and creating small government. Thereis no such thing as cutting taxes with deficit spending. The deficits haveto be paid by taxpayers with interest. It means taxes are being increasedfor everyone, while the rich get tax cuts.Reagan's supposed

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Jonathan Hardin
I'm curious about something. In particular the concept of limiting top speed to 55mph. I understand this being important on any car build/imported into the US before the speed limit change in the mid 90's. However, have car companies not modified their timing/ratios on the transmissions of

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Mike Weaver
for whatever reason my Golf seems to get the best mileage at 59 mph. Jonathan Hardin wrote: I'm curious about something. In particular the concept of limiting top speed to 55mph. I understand this being important on any car build/imported into the US before the speed limit change in the

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Zeke Yewdall
It's not just gear ratios, but also the tradeoff between rolling resistance and wind resistance. Obviously the worse the aerodynamics, the lower the optimum speed, no matter if the engine is regeared to operate at optimum efficiency point -- my schoolbus gets much better mileage at 35mph than

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread dwoodard
Some 30 or so years ago I read from several source that the best mileage was obtained from North American cars around 35-40 mph. I understand the the cars in the transcontinental mileage contests that used to be held were specially modified with gear rations and transmissions to accelerate from

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Michael Redler
Hi Jonathan,From what I can tell, there are few logical reasons for a 55mph speed limit. From a mileage point of view, theratings on carsreported by the manufacturer arefrom tests performed at 49mph in order to legally mislead the public and make the numbers look more favorable. That would

Re: [Biofuel] the flat tax

2006-07-10 Thread Jeff Lyles
One thing I would like to add, in the same vein, is that there are no tax cuts. Only tax shifts. The taxes cut at the federal level forthe upper one per cent are made up, in the form of increase fees and property tax, at the state level. Kevin Phillips wrote a book about that. It is called

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread lres1
To a certain degree the engine revolutions pay a part in the economy of an average speed trial. At 55 if the engine is not under load but running at say 4,000 RPM it is not as efficient as the same vehicle and engine set up to run at 2,000 RPM. The "Box" Landrovers SI, SII SIIA and SIII