[Biofuel] from Sydney - balcony gardening

2007-04-30 Thread Kirk McLoren
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/selfsufficiency-on-a-balcony/2007/04/23/1177180569548.html - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible new car smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.___ Biofuel mailing list

[Biofuel] Question about hemp production

2007-04-30 Thread Keith Addison
Hello all It says at our website: An acre of hemp yields 10 tons of biomass in four months, enough to make 1,000 gallons of methanol fuel (by pyrolytic distillation), with about 300 lb of oil from the seed (about the same as soy). That's under Invisible farming in this section: How much fuel

[Biofuel] Jatropha in India

2007-04-30 Thread Keith Addison
Comment at the stoves list on jatropha by Dr. A. D. Karve, president of the Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) in Maharashtra, India (excerpts): Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:51:14 +0530 From: adkarve [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-30 Thread Keith Addison
Thankyou very much, folks, that about wraps it up I think. I'll forward these messages to the Sahel group. By the way: http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5043E/x5043E05.htm Minor oil crops - Individual monographs (Balanites-Borneo tallow nut-Brazil nut-Caryocar spp) Edible - unlike jatropha:

Re: [Biofuel] crosspost [Alternative_Medicine_Forum] EMF-Omega-News 28. April 2007

2007-04-30 Thread Keith Addison
Wow, what a list! Thanks! That'll take a bit of time. cell phones should be reserved for emergencies only. I used one once, only once, a friend's, and it worked out really badly, that phonecall landed me deep in hot water. :-( That was eight years ago, I haven't used a cellphone since. Truly,

[Biofuel] Food boom brings unpalatable truths

2007-04-30 Thread Kirk McLoren
Food boom brings unpalatable truths http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/food-boom-brings-unpalatable-truths/2007/04/28/1177459990913.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 Disaster … a woman cries after thousands of fish died of unknown pollution at her aquaculture farm in Hangzhou a day before

Re: [Biofuel] Question about hemp production

2007-04-30 Thread Kirk McLoren
from seed to seed in 4 months is a bit quick. People I knew in Ca planted inMarch- April harvested oct -nov The plant can be induced to seed by lengthening the night. One fellow I knew (a bucket planter) put them in the garage for the weekend (no light) and that got their chemistry flowering.

[Biofuel] Flying F Bio-Fuels

2007-04-30 Thread DHAJOGLO
Has anyone heard about this company? They make a reactor and are selling it. I was approached by the head of maintenance. He said they are considering purchasing a unit. I'm inclined to think its way over priced. www.ffbiofuels.com -dave ___

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-30 Thread Mike Weaver
Google prior art patent I don't think there is much to worry about Keith Addison wrote: I'd appreciate some opinions on this, if anyone would like to comment. Just to stir it up a bit, a somewhat ridiculous small company in Japan called Someya Shoten which feels it leads the world in matters

[Biofuel] starting seeds with tea

2007-04-30 Thread Kirk McLoren
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/pepper/2002074906031735.html - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible new car smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Flying F Bio-Fuels

2007-04-30 Thread Kirk McLoren
6800 for a 40 gallon batch is well . . . As high as a giraffes tail? Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone heard about this company? They make a reactor and are selling it. I was approached by the head of maintenance. He said they are considering purchasing a unit. I'm inclined to

[Biofuel] Fwd: [thoth-l] Thunderbolts Project

2007-04-30 Thread Kirk McLoren
interesting video Kirk Subject: [thoth-l] Thunderbolts Project THOTH UPDATE--THE THUNDERBOLTS PROJECT This week we will be updating and consolidating several Thunderbolts.info email lists into an automated system. If you have not already signed up for our regular newsletter or

[Biofuel] perchlorate tests on humans

2007-04-30 Thread Kirk McLoren
Reminds me of fluoride Kirk http://www.ewg.org/reports/perchlorate/ Rocket Science: Aerospace contractor pays Californians $1,000 to eat thyroid toxin in first large-scale human test of water pollutant SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- On behalf of military contractor Lockheed Martin,