Re: [Biofuel] Price Of Oil Will Double

2008-06-17 Thread willapapacific
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Re: [Biofuel] A Norwegian alchemist

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas Kelly
Ove, Your titration procedure: 1. Heating and swirling 1 ml palm oil (measured with a 1 ml syringe), 10 ml isopropyl alcohol (10 ml syringe) and 2 drops of 1 % phenolphthalein in a shot glass in hot water bath. 2. Adding the titration solution (0,1% NaOH/distilled water) drop

Re: [Biofuel] Obama's Chicago Boys

2008-06-17 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Jason chicago economics is just as bad as keynesian economics. It's much worse. You should have a closer look at what Naomi Klein has to say about Friedman etc in her book Shock Doctrine. Try this: http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2008/01/why-right-loves-disaster Why The Right Loves A

[Biofuel] Greenpeace publishes pesticides industry ranking

2008-06-17 Thread Keith Addison
Greenpeace publishes pesticides industry ranking Greenpeace, 16 June 2008 http://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/press-centre/press-releases2/greenpeace-publishes-pesticide *Bayer pesticides are most damaging for humans and the environment Brussels/Hamburg - Pesticides manufactured by German chemical

[Biofuel] Energy Department grants $30M to plug-in vehicle projects

2008-06-17 Thread Keith Addison
PNGV, FreedomCAR... Early in 2002 the PNGV program was axed by the Bush administration, to be replaced with the FreedomCAR program focusing on hydrogen fuel-cells -- not expected to produce tangible results for a decade or more. See Driving In Circles: New Fuel-Efficiency Initiative Is More

[Biofuel] Non-GM Crops Dominate in World Agriculture

2008-06-17 Thread Keith Addison
See: http://www.gmfreeze.org/uploads/GM_crops_land_area_final.pdf --- Non-GM Crops Dominate in World Agriculture GM Freeze, 17 June 2008 Non-GM crops bred using traditional plant breeding methods still provide most of the food and animal feed in the world, covering more than 97% of agricultural

[Biofuel] How to Enter the Global Green Economy

2008-06-17 Thread Keith Addison
Lots of hotlinked refs in the online version. - http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5299 FPIF Commentary How to Enter the Global Green Economy Jonathan Rynn | June 16, 2008 Editor: Miriam Pemberton Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org When New York City wanted to make the biggest purchase of

[Biofuel] South Korea's Beef with America

2008-06-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5298 South Korea's Beef with America Christine Ahn | June 13, 2008 Editor: John Feffer On June 10, one million South Koreans from all walks of life poured onto the streets of Seoul, the nation's capital, to protest the newly elected President Lee Myung Bak's deal

[Biofuel] Candle Night

2008-06-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.candle-night.org/english/ Candle Night, Summer Solstice, 21 June 2008 Turn off the lights, take it slow On the other hand... http://www.theecologist.org/pages/archive_detail.asp?content_id=1858 Behind the label: Candles 06/06/2008 ... In research by the US Environmental Protection