Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Earth Hour

2007-03-30 Thread doug
I just imagine what Iraq ( countries around it) would have been like if we had waited for Saddam to either leave, or perish. The west could have invested all that Iraq war money into improving the lot of the poor peoples in the Middle East, actually made money from the process, as well as

[Biofuel] Earth Hour

2007-03-30 Thread James Machin
Hi all I forwarded the Earth Hour initiative to various local environmental groups and just received the following message back from one of them... James, Although as with the first power off campaign I think it is a great way to bring reality of climate change closer, nevertheless I still have

Re: [Biofuel] Earth Hour

2007-03-30 Thread Keith Addison
Hello James Hi all I forwarded the Earth Hour initiative to various local environmental groups and just received the following message back from one of them... James, Although as with the first power off campaign I think it is a great way to bring reality of climate change closer, nevertheless I

Re: [Biofuel] Earth Hour

2007-03-30 Thread Fritz Friesinger
Hi James, i suppose there is a certain point in this.The simultanious cutting off consumtion is a way off showing on great scale how many people are ready to cut back 1 hour of consumption! But if everyone continues afterwards with the regular consumption,the point is missed. Real reduction is

[Biofuel] Alberta town set to build ethanol plant - Kimberly Daily Bulletin - 2007.03.23

2007-03-30 Thread Darryl McMahon
Alberta town set to build ethanol plant The Daily Bulletin (Kimberley) Fri 23 Mar 2007 RIMBEY, Alta. (CP) -- A central Alberta town is on track to build a plant that will turn straw and municipal waste into millions of litres of biofuel each year. Rimbey Mayor Dale Barr said construction on the

[Biofuel] John Cleese's message to the USA:

2007-03-30 Thread Simon Fowler
To the citizens of the United States of America: In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical

[Biofuel] Methanol Prices?

2007-03-30 Thread Corey Cauble
I am interested in finding out the going rate for Methanol these days. I found a local distributor but they seem very over priced @ $600+ for a 55 gallon drum. Or $10.90 a gallon Anyone know the going rate per gallon these days? I was expecting around $200 for 55 gallons. Am I dreaming? Corey

Re: [Biofuel] Earth Hour

2007-03-30 Thread Kirk McLoren
Breakers trip, trucks destroy transmission lines in accidents. The grid is designed to automatically correct sudden load changes. Very large ones in fact. Absolutely no worries. Kirk Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello James Hi all I forwarded the Earth Hour initiative to

Re: [Biofuel] John Cleese's message to the USA:

2007-03-30 Thread robert and benita rabello
Simon Fowler wrote: To the citizens of the United States of America: snip Thank you for your co-operation. John Cleese. Yet another urban legend . . . http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long

Re: [Biofuel] Methanol Prices?

2007-03-30 Thread Derick Giorchino
Wow do you get a kiss with that ? I am paying $3.50 a gal from a fuel supplier as off road fuel no road tax. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corey Cauble Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 4:04 PM To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject:

[Biofuel] Methanol prices?

2007-03-30 Thread Robin Pentney
In Alberta, you should be able to find 75 cents / L in drums. One or 2 outfits charge 60 cents but it is in Cube packs , or over 200 gallons per sale. I'm unsure because I suspect the 2 companies are linked as in one owns the other , which makes them the same to me. Where are you ? I could find