Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees *#

2007-06-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Robert As far as composting is concerned, perhaps I've not put ENOUGH around the drip line. With compost enough probably means more. No such thing as too much compost (as long as it is real compost). If I dig in that area I find many rootlets, but the soil is not nearly as deep as it is

Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees

2007-06-08 Thread Andres Secco
If trees seems to be strong and other like citrus are healthy, I don´t think is an infection problem. In fact when trees are infected fruit production is higher than usual, since it is a way to use chitin and chitosan to cheat the trees to yield more. I sustain that your problem is a temperature

[Biofuel] Fwd: Biofuel Industry Turns Violent and Bloody in Colombia

2007-06-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
* Biofuel http://www.freeenergynews.com/Directory/Biofuel/index.html Biofuel Industry Turns Violent and Bloody in Colombia http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060707P.shtml - Armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of palm oil, a

[Biofuel] Best before date

2007-06-08 Thread Svenne Larsson
With a lot of frustration I just read an article about using biodiesel in marine engines. They (the engine manufacturers) claim that the diesel will get old an clogg the pipes and the tank, like it would get sour - like milk! And on top of that the common lie about biodiesel (and ethanol) being

Re: [Biofuel] Best before date

2007-06-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
Big oil, large transportation companies. One big happy family. I think there are organisms that eat hydrocarbons though. If I were going to store for a long time I would look into compatible biocides. Svenne Larsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With a lot of frustration I just read an article

Re: [Biofuel] Best before date

2007-06-08 Thread Chip Mefford
Kirk McLoren wrote: Big oil, large transportation companies. One big happy family. I think there are organisms that eat hydrocarbons though. If I were going to store for a long time I would look into compatible biocides. There are critters that like diesel fuel, and other such stuff like

Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees *#

2007-06-08 Thread robert and benita rabello
Keith Addison wrote: Hi Robert With compost enough probably means more. No such thing as too much compost (as long as it is real compost). My compost runs about three weeks from start to finish, and the bin IS doing better now that the weather is warmer and a bit less rainy. The

[Biofuel] Natural Gas Deregulation

2007-06-08 Thread robert and benita rabello
The provincial government has opened up the natural gas market to several companies that have supply agreements, and right now representatives from these various firms are going door to door trying to get people to sign long-term (five years or more) contracts that guarantee a $9.00 per

[Biofuel] Fwd: FDA warns over dangerous products from China while ignoring dangerous products from the U.S.

2007-06-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
Since I posted about China I thought US should get equal exposure. I hope you take this to heart as we need you all. You are a very special group of people doing work that otherwise might not happen. If you lose your health you have nothing. FDA warns over dangerous products from China

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: FDA warns over dangerous products from China while ignoring dangerous products from the U.S.

2007-06-08 Thread John Mullan
If you are into conspiracies, perhaps the U.S. government has a purpose in ensuring that China's exports are reduced significantly. I think Bush is worried about them taking over. Kirk McLoren wrote: Since I posted about China I thought US should get equal exposure. I hope you take

Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees

2007-06-08 Thread robert and benita rabello
Ok, I'm feeling REALLY stupid now . . . I took a sample of the insect I've seen all over my trees in the last day or so to a local nursery. One of the women who works there said: DON'T kill those! Those are lady beetle larvae, and they're feasting on your aphid infestation! So I've been

Re: [Biofuel] Best before date

2007-06-08 Thread Marc
I’ll tell you what they are so afraid, biodiesel will take a big bite out of their crude oil profits and make crude oil an antiquity. Thank you, Marc Hoflin _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Svenne Larsson Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:04 AM To:

[Biofuel] Speaking of Research ...

2007-06-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
There is an entire discipline known as Regulatory Science. In a nutshell: Regulatory Science is designed to get your products past regulators If readers of this list would like a more in depth explanation of this modern version of twisting the truth until it screams, as well as examples,

Re: [Biofuel] Natural Gas Deregulation

2007-06-08 Thread Darryl McMahon
Yes, these folks are entertaining, at the door and on the phone. We have signed up for both electricity and natural gas in the past. I elected to let the electrical contract lapse when it expired this month, but it was an adventure to actually get the thing to end. You see, the folks that

[Biofuel] Acres USA

2007-06-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/articles.htm - Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

[Biofuel] Terra Preta - Magic Soil of the Lost Amazon

2007-06-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/Feb07_TerraPreta.pdf - It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees *#

2007-06-08 Thread Bruno M.
Hi Robert, you wrote: My compost runs about three weeks from start to finish That is not compost then. When you put up a pile, with brown = woody material, mixed with green stuff grassclipings and leafy material, and enough water, within 3 day's it will heat up, and be hot for 3 weeks, ( no