Re: [Biofuel] Thoughts on the Bush Admninistation

2006-04-20 Thread Michael Redler
Bobby,   I agree that the legacy of past presidents includes contributions to today's foreign policy disasters. However, Keith is right about an abundance of information in the archives. We've been through this before.   There is an abundance of information that supports the position that our c

Re: [Biofuel] You were saying?

2006-04-20 Thread Michael Redler
It's from playing the Bob and Doug Mckenzie Christmas album over and over and   :-)   MikeMike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I always wondered why you sound so funny when you talk...Michael Redler wrote:> Don't worry Fred.> > Todd certainly has a talent for

Re: [Biofuel] You were saying?

2006-04-19 Thread Michael Redler
Don't worry Fred.   Todd certainly has a talent for stringing words together and having it mean something. But, as long as you get your point across, it's all good.   BTW, I've always felt that in order to use the full range of a language, one needs to look beyond their dictionary and incorpora

Re: [Biofuel] You were saying?

2006-04-19 Thread Michael Redler
Let's give Bobby the benefit of the doubt.   He's had negative comments about the Democrats. I'm waiting to see if he has something good to say about Bush and the Republicans.   Personally, I have no loyalty toward either and I sometimes find it difficult to see the difference between the two,

[Biofuel] Manufacturing in the US

2006-04-19 Thread Michael Redler
  For someone who has made a career in manufacturing, I find Bush speeches on the economy especially hard to listen to.   My opinion:   An empire benefits from it's conquered lands by exploiting it's resources - usually in the form of labor and durable goods. It does this until it becomes dep

[Biofuel] Manufacturing in the US

2006-04-19 Thread Michael Redler
  For someone who has made a career in manufacturing, I find Bush speeches on the economy especially hard to listen to.   My opinion:   An empire benefits from it's conquered lands by exploiting it's resources - usually in the form of labor and durable goods. It does this until it becomes dep

Re: [Biofuel] A little (more) clarification

2006-04-18 Thread Michael Redler
When you Google "white mans burden", you simply end up with a list of acts committed in the name of...which has grown since Rudyard.   Today, the motives for hegemony are hidden and given names designed to confuse people (i.e. "humanitarian intervention").   Those who are most confused, swallow

Re: [Biofuel] You were saying?

2006-04-18 Thread Michael Redler
nt.>>Took some time to catch, but I guess that it is expected from>ignorant foreigners like me.>>Hakan>>>At 18:17 18/04/2006, you wrote:> >Redler,> >> >why do you hate freedom so much?> >> >Get with the program.> >> >Michael Redle

Re: [Biofuel] You were saying?

2006-04-18 Thread Michael Redler
ich are the parts that US lacks at the moment.Took some time to catch, but I guess that it is expected from ignorant foreigners like me.HakanAt 18:17 18/04/2006, you wrote:>Redler,>>why do you hate freedom so much?>>Get with the program.>>Michael Redler wrote:>> > &quo

Re: [Biofuel] CHEERS study

2006-04-18 Thread Michael Redler
Bobby,   You wrote: "For one thing the study has been cancelled."   I provided my source for people to read more on their own. There was no deception. I pointed out the program as an indication of what the EPA Environmental PROTECTION Agency) is willing to do. (IMO), the fact that it was cancel

Re: [Biofuel] A little clarification

2006-04-18 Thread Michael Redler
Mefford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael Redler wrote:> I just wanted to chime in here.> > Keith wrote: > > "It reached a stage here where the list would not have > survived unless we'd formulated the rules, which were already there, > we didn't just make th

Re: [Biofuel] You were saying?

2006-04-18 Thread Michael Redler
...sorry.   I don't know what came over me.   :-)   Mike Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Redler,why do you hate freedom so much?Get with the program.Michael Redler wrote:> "The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world."> > - George W. Bush, Speech to United Nat

Re: [Biofuel] You were saying?

2006-04-18 Thread Michael Redler
"The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world."   - George W. Bush, Speech to United Nations General Assembly (September 21, 2004)   1.) 1% testing of US cattle for mad cow disease/"shares" risk with Japan 2.) World Health Organization ranks US 37 in health care quality

Re: [Biofuel] A little clarification

2006-04-18 Thread Michael Redler
I just wanted to chime in here.   Keith wrote:   "It reached a stage here where the list would not have survived unless we'd formulated the rules, which were already there, we didn't just make them up."   It's also too common to see a reactionary restriction of _expression_, screening all po

Re: [Biofuel] FWD: Nazis coming to Danbury [was] BYU professor'sgroup...

2006-04-16 Thread Michael Redler
Marylynn wrote: "...perhaps an idea would be to have a rally on the other side of town..."   Done that. There is an equal chance of a counter-demonstration.   Organizing public consent requires persistent and frequent activity. Do what you can, when you can because there is no bad time to expo

Re: [Biofuel] FWD: Nazis coming to Danbury [was] BYU professor's group...

2006-04-16 Thread Michael Redler
Hallo Gustl,   Well, after participating in peaceful protests for the past three or four years in Connecticut and New York, I have to strongly disagree with you assessment.   Neither me or anyone of my brothers and sisters demonstrating with me would see any gain in becoming violent. Ironically

[Biofuel] FWD: Nazis coming to Danbury [was] BYU professor's group...

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Redler
Since "peaceful demonstrations" have been a lively topic lately, here's what's happening in my neck of the woods.   I'll let you know how it turns out.   MikeNaveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To: Chris T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], Al-Awda-CT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,[

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S.officialsoflyingabout 9/11

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Redler
Keith,   Thanks for correcting my sentence, missing the word "only". Yep, peaceful protests do happen and I didn't articulate that very clearly. Kinda funny since I participate in them from time to time.   MikeKeith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>I have to agree that social change does

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S.officialsoflyingabout 9/11

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Redler
I was in New York City on the second anniversary of the invasion in Iraq. There was a sea of people that stretched for as far as one could see. The estimates were around 80,000.   80,000 loud and angry protestors and it barely made the news!   Mike"D. Mindock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Gar

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S.officialsoflyingabout 9/11

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Redler
I have to agree that social change does not happen with peaceful protests. The people benefiting from the imbalance that causes peaceful protests won't let go so easily (especially when they pay someone to fight their battles).   The fight ends up being between the only two forms of power that me

Re: [Biofuel] Revolution!? [was] BYU professor's group accuses...

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Redler
LOL!   What will they do when they encounter the likes of you?   People are products of their environment so, perhaps they'll develop a conscience, eh?   Mike "Gary L. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Damn! Be quiet man. That's my retirement strategy.On 13 A

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuels Movement Is A Scam That Needs To Be Stopped

2006-04-13 Thread Michael Redler
E. Allen C.You wrote: "Biofuel, IMVHO, is only a tiny slice of Sustainability, & at best buys us a little time..."I doubt you will find many home-brew biofuel enthusiasts telling you that it's "the" answer to our energy problems. In direct response to the above quote, biofuels will do much more tha

Re: [Biofuel] Bring the Sixties Out of the Closet

2006-04-13 Thread Michael Redler
"Just as long as nobody saves us from Frank Zappa."   Yes! Brilliant!   I'm liking this thread.   :-)   Mike"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Imagine

2006-04-13 Thread Michael Redler
The Fiddle and The Drum By Joni Mitchell (excerpt)   And so once again Oh, America my friend And so once again You are fighting us all And when we ask you why You raise your sticks and cry and we fall Oh, my friend How did you come To trade the fiddle for the drum "D. Mindock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Biofuel] Revolution!? [was] BYU professor's group accuses...

2006-04-13 Thread Michael Redler
A revolution!?   Canada should be watching the Mexican immigration situation unfolding in the US for two reasons.   First, the US is being invaded by a foreign army. This army is especially hard working and socially more aware and educated then the the people they are invading. Most important,

Re: [Biofuel] [Fwd: Re: [DCBiodieselcoop] Police Check Point - fuel dye test.]

2006-04-13 Thread Michael Redler
(IMO) this speaks to how one should advocate biofuels. Although there is risk associated with voicing any opinion that diverges from "conventional wisdom", I'd avoid big bumper stickers that say "This vehicle runs on vegetable oil" (for example).   I find that simple conversations in mixed compan

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S. officialsoflyingabout 9/11

2006-04-12 Thread Michael Redler
"All this is circumstantial and we need hard evidence."   The prosecution of a suspected criminal involves (among other things) finding motive, means, opportunity and a pattern of behavior or modus operandi.   The video made a compelling case for quantifying what the US government is capable of

Re: [Biofuel] [Fwd: Re: [DCBiodieselcoop] Police Check Point - fuel dye test.]

2006-04-12 Thread Michael Redler
"And the day they start making drivers carry current receipts for the fuel in their tank to ensure that the taxes were paid is probably about the time your national military adopts the goose step for its parade marches."   Well done Todd!   I would add that it's also that time that we "let the

Re: [Biofuel] Loose Change -- new video sheds new light on 9/11

2006-04-11 Thread Michael Redler
I've done some research on events discussed in this video. The facts about Operation North Woods was in fact discussed in Noam Chomsky's book Hegemony or Survival. It has a lot of credible information.   In a documentary, it's absolutely critical to be accurate with ALL YOUR RESEARCH.   On July

Re: [Biofuel] NYTimes.com: With Big Boost From Sugar Cane, Brazil Is Satisfying Its Fuel Needs

2006-04-10 Thread Michael Redler
...did you cc Pimentel on this one?   :-)   Mike[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This page was sent to you by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from sender:Hello One and All: I thought this might be of interest to you all. Wishing all much happiness,

Re: [Biofuel] small oil presses, WVO and sustainability

2006-04-10 Thread Michael Redler
I stumbled across this (for what it's worth):   http://www.haywired.com/microfarm/My_Links_Pages/biomass_crops_01.html   MikeKeith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Michael Redler wrote:> > Thanks Jason, Katie and Keith.> >> > The reason for my post had mostl

Re: [Biofuel] small oil presses, WVO and sustainability

2006-04-10 Thread Michael Redler
[Biofuel] small oil presses, WVO and sustainability> >Michael Redler wrote:>> > Thanks Jason, Katie and Keith.>> >>> > The reason for my post had mostly to do with soil degradation. I was>> > researching what crops gave the best yield for ethanol productio

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S. officials of lyingabout 9/11

2006-04-10 Thread Michael Redler
;s an addictive subject. The smoking gun always just seems a little bit out of reach. If only I can put the facts together just right.I finally had to just quit. It was taking over my life.On 10Apr, 2006, at 9:33 PM, Michael Redler wrote:> However, if you simply move the seat where it be

Re: [Biofuel] small oil presses, WVO and sustainability

2006-04-10 Thread Michael Redler
esearch and found a descent site on sugar beets and it seems like sugar beets are actually used as a rotation crop.   http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/sugarbeet.html   Thanks,   Mike   David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael Redler wrote:> Thanks Jason, Katie and Ke

Re: [Biofuel] [SPAM] Re: BYU professor's group accuses U.S. officials of lyingabout 9/11

2006-04-10 Thread Michael Redler
What about the Pentagon?   I have not seen any footage of a plane, no witnesses who saw a plane, no debris from a passenger plane or a manifest of passengers for the flight that was supposed to have crashed into the Pentagon.   The Warren Commission was a joke. However, if you simply move the s

Re: [Biofuel] small oil presses, WVO and sustainability

2006-04-10 Thread Michael Redler
Thanks Jason, Katie and Keith.   The reason for my post had mostly to do with soil degradation. I was researching what crops gave the best yield for ethanol production and began looking at sugar beets as a possibility. However, the research suggests that root crops can't be planted every year bec

[Biofuel] small oil presses, WVO and sustainability

2006-04-09 Thread Michael Redler
I'm glad so see discussions about WVO (supply, sustainability and big business) and methods for pressing your own oil. I always felt that increasing competition for WVO in the future will make that supply unsustainable. That along with the future availability of methanol caused me to shift my inter

Re: [Biofuel] small oil press

2006-04-09 Thread Michael Redler
Very Nice!   Complicated? Yes, the explanation is complicated but, not unusual for a research paper. It not only provides theoretical proof but, also provides the theoretical tools for redesign by the reader.   The bottom line is how to produce a set of prints from this research and start using

[Biofuel] Documentation on Wood Properties

2006-04-08 Thread Michael Redler
I found some good documentation on wood at the USDA Forrest Service.   Properties of wood:   http://tinyurl.com/oyyd5   or   http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr113/ch04.pdf#search='mechanical%20properties%20of%20wood'   Publications list: http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/document-lis

Re: [Biofuel] Suspended delivery

2006-04-08 Thread Michael Redler
Oh crap!   Clear the room! There's gonna be trouble!   I would have preferred a much more civilized topic - like SOCCER.   MikeHakan Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fritz,I have been many times in Beergarten in Munich, very historical. I love the Munich Oktoberfest and the ambiance, been the

Re: [Biofuel] Bring the Sixties Out of the Closet

2006-04-07 Thread Michael Redler
Yes! Yes! Yes!   ...where's my Uncle Sam suit?!   Seriously, the return to a healthy counter-culture would be a really good thing (not that I remember the sixties).   There are a few, less noticeable signs of a government with too much power, bent on bringing "order" to the world and how it's

Re: [Biofuel] Suspended delivery

2006-04-07 Thread Michael Redler
Yea. Me too!   Dude, that's a lot of beer.   :-)   MikeROY Washbish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Have a wonderful trip Joe. Have two beers for me   :-) RoyJoe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am going to commune with the Pacific and will be away from April 8-24th so I'm suspending emai

Re: [Biofuel] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: Donald Rumsfeld Rakes in $5 Million For Tamiflu

2006-04-07 Thread Michael Redler
While I was in Switzerland, there was a news report of wild birds (swans, I think) turning up dead. I'm frustrated because I couldn't determine if they died from a strain of the flu (it was in dialect and my German isn't perfect).   There is a serious effort to fight the bird flu out there and a

Re: [Biofuel] David Ray Griffin speaks on facts of 9/11.

2006-04-07 Thread Michael Redler
Dude! I had no idea!   ...maybe great minds think alike.   :-)   Mike "Gary L. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey! Have you been snooping around my computer? How did you know that?I feel so . ordinary.On 6 Apr 2006, at 20:48, Michael Redler wrote:> can be foun

Re: [Biofuel] [SPAM] Re: New EPA Rules

2006-04-06 Thread Michael Redler
Point taken Gary. Thanks.   Mike"Gary L. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Heartless not mindless.Corporations and their take over of governments, their empire building, is very intelligent indeed.On 6 Apr 2006, at 21:42, Chip Mefford wrote: Michael Redler wrote:

[Biofuel] In Court Filings, Cheney Aide Says Bush Approved Leak

2006-04-06 Thread Michael Redler
In Court Filings, Cheney Aide Says Bush Approved Leak By DAVID JOHNSTON and DAVID E. SANGER Published: April 6, 2006  WASHINGTON, April 6 — President Bush authorized Vice President Dick Cheney in July 2003 to permit Mr. Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr., to leak to a reporter key

Re: [Biofuel] New EPA Rules

2006-04-06 Thread Michael Redler
Keith, Doug,   Can you tell me a little about GB and spare me the time to research him myself? I never heard of him.   MikeKeith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >As Gregory Bateson put it in "Steps to an Ecology of Mind" (1972),>a business corporation is not a group of people, but a group o

[Biofuel] Fwd: Design News: A Friendlier Oil Filter

2006-04-06 Thread Michael Redler
FYI   ...MikeDesign News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:46:37 -0400 (EDT)From: "Design News"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Design News E-Update Fastening e-Newsletter: A Friendlier Oil Filter April 6, 2006   Design N

Re: [Biofuel] David Ray Griffin speaks on facts of 9/11.

2006-04-06 Thread Michael Redler
Evergreen,   I read your post what I saw was a list of observations and opinions about how skeptical you are of virtually all media being able to provide information to form observations and opinions (do you hear an echo?).   It's healthy to question everything, especially "conventional wisdom"

Re: [Biofuel] David Ray Griffin speaks on facts of 9/11.

2006-04-06 Thread Michael Redler
Evergreen wrote: "I'd just like to point out that knowing how to embed media in awebpage does not equal truth or real research, just the same ascarrying around initials after your name does not truly mean  truth or valid research."   True. But that is not where the Internet gets it's strength. It

Re: [Biofuel] New EPA Rules

2006-04-06 Thread Michael Redler
I agree that corporations by themselves have all the attributes of mindless machines. In my opinion, they also have some peculiarities which speak volumes about those who run them.   If we stick to the machine analogy for a moment, we can make some observations:   Corporations are machines with

[Biofuel] Some Observations from Europe

2006-04-05 Thread Michael Redler
Hi everyone,   I'm not sure I mentioned my vacation before I left. I spent some time in Europe last week, starting in Munich and working my way South and West around Lake Konstanz (Bodensee), through, Zurzach, Bern and ending up in Murten, Switzerland.   I have to say that taking the A96 across

[Biofuel] Crower six-stroke engine

2006-03-24 Thread Michael Redler
News: Hot rod engineer makes six-stroke engine 17 Mar 06 15:14   Hot rod builder and former drag racer Bruce Crower has developed an engine that captures the energy usually lost in waste heat. The veteran engineer has been studying this problem for around 30 years, and has now come

Re: [Biofuel] Let me choose

2006-03-23 Thread Michael Redler
lling the military.Canadians hear and watch so much American media, including intelligentprogressives like Mr. Moore lauding Canadian civility, not to mention thepefected state propaganda, that they believe they are 'better' thanAmericans and don't question and challenge their own back

Re: [Biofuel] Let me choose

2006-03-22 Thread Michael Redler
ong NOR free').If Canada ran the whole show, not much would be different than the USrunning the whole show, except Harper Bush would say please, thank you andpardon me a whole lot more. And the propaganda would be much more subtle(standard Canadian state propaganda: "Canada may be in a mess

Re: [Biofuel] National Socialism Triumphs in USA

2006-03-22 Thread Michael Redler
Interesting post BT. I'm just sorry that I don't have a lot of time to respond to the link titled A Layman's Look at The Communist Manifesto.   "The first chapter of the Manifesto is a rambling pseudo-history that rails against the bourgeois as the historically re-incarnated oppressors vis-à-vis

Re: [Biofuel] [off topic]US marines 'massscred Iraqi civilians'

2006-03-22 Thread Michael Redler
g a manager.- Original Message - From: Michael Redler To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] [off topic]US marines 'massscred Iraqi civilians'O.K...so much for giving the benefit of the doubt.   Your response was

Re: [Biofuel] Let me choose

2006-03-22 Thread Michael Redler
ainst the glass and have bench clearing brawls with developing countries who can't afford skates, sticks or proper padding because the IMF repossessed their equipment as part of a loan bailout agreement.   MikeJJJN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Imagine if we could get GW to play center :)Mic

Re: [Biofuel] [off topic]US marines 'massscred Iraqi civilians'

2006-03-22 Thread Michael Redler
O.K...so much for giving the benefit of the doubt.   Your response was better measured than I thought Todd. I read the recent post in this thread and the following quote got my attention:   " E ED" in Montana wrote: "It will be in realitive saftey because of American soldiers that died for you

Re: [Biofuel] [off topic]US marines 'massscred Iraqi civilians'

2006-03-22 Thread Michael Redler
This is certainly a tangled web of deception and accountability.   The left calls it a "poverty draft" when recruiters take advantage of inner city kids and sell them the whole "serve your country and yourself by learning a useful vocation or paying for college in the military". Those on the far

Re: [Biofuel] Let me choose

2006-03-21 Thread Michael Redler
be the equal to a good Canadian Hockey game :)Michael Redler wrote:> What would happen if US voters watched CSPAN with the same enthusiasm > they watch Major League Baseball, the NBA or NFL?> > Your favorite Senator or Congressperson would make a speech and you > "high-five"

Re: [Biofuel] [off topic]US marines 'massscred Iraqi civilians'

2006-03-21 Thread Michael Redler
Todd,   I haven't seen you get switched-on like this in a while.   I have no problem imagining us sipping coffee (or what have you) and continuing this conversation in almost complete agreement. That's why I was a little surprised when you didn't give Ms. Abbott some credit for pointing out cor

Re: [Biofuel] [off topic]US marines 'massscred Iraqi civilians'

2006-03-21 Thread Michael Redler
I don't think that there are serious differences here. Exposing war crimes is a responsibility we all share. The Nationalism being sold to the American people in the form of heroic testimonials is an attempt to remove accountability and encourage contempt for anyone expressing dissent.   Those li

Re: [Biofuel] Let me choose

2006-03-21 Thread Michael Redler
What would happen if US voters watched CSPAN with the same enthusiasm they watch Major League Baseball, the NBA or NFL?   Your favorite Senator or Congressperson would make a speech and you "high-five" your pretzel eating friends on either side. There could even be a cottage merchandising industr

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Bush Didn't Bungle Iraq, You Fools

2006-03-21 Thread Michael Redler
We live in a time when answers to questions require a new vocabulary and a wider field of view.   Sometimes, analogies do a great job when individual words fail. So, here's my analogy:   Hegemony is a key to understanding perpetual war in the same way the hybrid is a key to understanding our en

Re: [Biofuel] Oil shortage threatens military

2006-03-20 Thread Michael Redler
Nice Keith.   Oh...wait a minute! This must be what they mean by MILITARY INTELLIGENCE!   :-)   MikeKeith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:"... the military needs to take major steps to increase energy efficiency, make a "massive expansion" in renewable energy purchases, and move toward

Re: [Biofuel] Mexico discovers 'huge' oil field

2006-03-16 Thread Michael Redler
This will change US-Mexico relations.   The timing is interesting since social democracy is taking hold in South America, putting Mexico between hegemony and democracy with oil hanging as a dangling carrot.   Mike Kirk McLoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 11:44 GMThttp:

Re: [Biofuel] Cross Posted, Re: World Energy Consumption

2006-03-13 Thread Michael Redler
Oops!   ...my bad. Sorry.   MikeKeith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I thought this might be of interest. I thought that Ken made a good >point but, before I posted it, he wanted to be sure that the reader >understood his method so, I included our dialog.>>MikeThanks Mike. Ken's right, th

Re: [Biofuel] Scientists Racing to Ease Painful PTSD Memories

2006-03-13 Thread Michael Redler
Excellent link Keith. Thank you.   You wrote: "It's not like there's not enough BS to get a person all fired up after all."   Although there's a sad flip side to this observation, I like to think of the amazing effect a struggle has on the human condition.   You might be right. We might not b

[Biofuel] Cross Posted, Re: World Energy Consumption

2006-03-13 Thread Michael Redler
I thought this might be of interest. I thought that Ken made a good point but, before I posted it, he wanted to be sure that the reader understood his method so, I included our dialog.   MikeKen Boak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Ken Boak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: &q

Re: [Biofuel] Scientists Racing to Ease Painful PTSD Memories

2006-03-12 Thread Michael Redler
nd lend a voice to reason and light.  Most likely though that won't happen.  Married a woman from another country and she doesn't want anything to do with the USA after living there for 4 years.Peace bro. GaryOn  12Mar, 2006, at 2:39 AM, Michael Redler wrote:By the way,

Re: [Biofuel] Scientists Racing to Ease Painful PTSD Memories

2006-03-12 Thread Michael Redler
Kieth,   When I read the sentence starting with "Maybe it IS working..." and continued with "Now if they'd said anything about torture victims...", I said RIGHT-ON! That's an excellent observation that shouldn't be missed. I focused on the aggressors and missed the important fact that there was n

Re: [Biofuel] Scientists Racing to Ease Painful PTSD Memories

2006-03-11 Thread Michael Redler
By the way, does anyone think that development of this drug represents a failure in root-cause analysis for people effected by killing for their country?   Hmmm...What else could we do to treat traumatic events? Maybe NOT HAVE THEM by not adopting a policy of preemptive strikes toward unproven, "

[Biofuel] Scientists Racing to Ease Painful PTSD Memories

2006-03-11 Thread Michael Redler
PTSD Combat Brew by ilona Scientists Racing to Ease Painful PTSD Memories By ilona | bioScientists are using their growing knowledge of brain chemicals -- and the role they play in saving and accessing memories -- to find ways to help people coping with one symptom of PTSD: the painful replay

[Biofuel] Indian Point Nuclear Facility - FYI

2006-03-09 Thread Michael Redler
FYI: I live 2.6 miles from the Indian Point nuclear facility (one of the country's worst safety violators). Yesterday, the civil defense sirens malfunctioned. I quickly got in my car and started heading away from the Hudson until I realized that it was a false alarm.   Pandora's box is made of le

[Biofuel] Carbon Monoxide in Red Meat - incompetence in the FDA

2006-03-08 Thread Michael Redler
Apparently, the FDA didn't want to feel left out and joined the party.   EPA: C.H.E.E.R.S. program paying poor families to submit children to pesticide testing   FEMA: All I have to say is - Katrina   FDA: see below.   Mike   FDA Asked to Prohibit use

[Biofuel] For Them Indian Mangoes

2006-03-08 Thread Michael Redler
For Them Indian MangoesAnatomy of an Agreement By VIJAY PRASHAD   http://www.counterpunch.org/prashad03082006.html   [snip] The Foreign Policy of Jobless Growth. The US has pioneered jobless growth, with the rent economy creating a uber-class who earn fabulous rents from their patents on what

Re: [Biofuel] Calgary Biodiesel Group

2006-03-08 Thread Michael Redler
Re: "the leading technologies have been extremely expensive and/or cumbersome due to inconsistent production quality."   Besides providing a hefty income to the government, the patent office is overflowing with IP which exists exclusively for the sake of making money.   That said, there are two

Re: [Biofuel] A wealth of manuals

2006-03-07 Thread Michael Redler
I got it guys.   Thanks!   Mike   P.S. I'm MichaelDavid Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David Marquis wrote:> Hello Michael,>> I can host it for awhile. Please send me email> directly and we can discuss it.> I'm not Michael, but I wanted to point out that I'm already hosting it. There's a

Re: [Biofuel] A wealth of manuals

2006-03-07 Thread Michael Redler
FYI - For those of you who downloaded the manual:   I discovered a PhD candidate and Brandeis University who's web site has a free CD image writer in case you don't have or don't want to buy Roxio, Nero, etc.   http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm   Biographical Sketch of A

Re: [Biofuel] A wealth of manuals

2006-03-07 Thread Michael Redler
Update 3 March - DOWNLOADS have been temporaily suspended! Sorry - we are suspending downloads temporarily, since the bandwidth load was too great, and has been adversely affecting browing.   http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD/     Whoa!   ...Mike___

Re: [Biofuel] Interesting Read

2006-03-07 Thread Michael Redler
So...did Monbiot get his "research" for "Feeding Cars, not People" from Lester Brown or, was it the other way around.   It's the same short-sighted promoter of fear that conveniently holds back information on more comprehensive incorporation of biofuel into a diverse, long term energy strategy.

Re: [Biofuel] Bern's buses soon to be powered by sewage gas

2006-03-07 Thread Michael Redler
Oliver,   Thanks you! I'm leaving for Switzerland at the end of the month. My Mother is from Bern and I have relatives in Zurzach and Murten. I go every year and I can't wait!   It's not hard to imagine the Swiss becoming concerned with either energy or environmental issues. I only hope that th

Re: [Biofuel] Party Hacks - The fix is in for 2008

2006-03-06 Thread Michael Redler
Voting is meaningless?   Well, you are part of a very large demographic if you live in the United States (Ironic - United States).   This demographic stays home at election time, leaving the other (roughly) 50% to cast votes on their behalf while they complain that the government is being run b

Re: [Biofuel] The Brutal Christ of the Armageddonites - Religious fanaticism in American foreign policy

2006-03-06 Thread Michael Redler
MY Properties, LLC wrote:   "As I stated, there may be a few so called Christians who believe this way,but Utley's contention that "millions" of Christians are hoping and wishingfor Armageddon is so grossly inaccurate as to totally and completelyinvalidate his entire theory."   First, consider

Re: [Biofuel] Party Hacks - The fix is in for 2008

2006-03-05 Thread Michael Redler
Kirk,   With all due respect, I think that dropping out is a mistake - especially at a time when the voice of public opinion has gained so much solidarity. Dropping out effectively says that you abstain from decisions which effect future generations and that someone will make themselves available

[Biofuel] 15 arrested from Witness Against Torture (the group that marched to Guantanamo in December)

2006-03-04 Thread Michael Redler
Our culture has no problem praising the military for their brave soldiers. I'm OK with that. They come from working families and are (too often) prospective professionals seeking (possibly their only) opportunities under the GI bill.   As a whole, I don't judge them for choosing the military and

Re: [Biofuel] The Brutal Christ of the Armageddonites - Religious fanaticism in American foreign policy

2006-03-04 Thread Michael Redler
"WWWS"   ...What Would (Max) Weber say?   He's most known (IMO) for his work on the Protestant work ethic and it's effect on capitalism. But, would he have estimated it's effect on those with ambitions of global dominance (or am I being redundant)?   "Weber introduces the concept of the Engli

Re: [Biofuel] This is not a joke.

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Redler
Keith,   This is the first time I've heard of a Daniel Pipes connection. It's certainly not difficult to believe. There is definitely an agenda at work, especially having heard of it being reprinted in other European publications. Please share what you know about Mr. Pipes.   Here is a excerpt

Re: [Biofuel] This is not a joke.

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Redler
Absolutely!   I was at a meeting on Wednesday to organize against global racism (Re: Danish cartoon/"Can't they take a joke", ethnic slums in France, etc.). There were people representing chapters of the Campus Antiwar Network and the ISO. At the end of the meeting the discussion shifted to March

Re: [Biofuel] Other people's countries

2006-03-02 Thread Michael Redler
Keith,   You wrote:"Quite a few people are thinking it will be very annoying if Americans impeach their president because he was spying on them (what a big surprise!) rather than have him and the whole bunch of them prosecuted for war crimes, and it might not accomplish much either except busines

Re: [Biofuel] oil bourse..was DO IT till it hurts! LOL

2006-03-02 Thread Michael Redler
Here is a sample of what I've been finding on that topic.   From: Selling Oil for Euros By Ryan McGrealAug. 22, 2005   [snip]   "One of the major unstated reasons the United States invaded Iraq was to stop Saddam Hussein from trading oil for euros, which he had begun in 2000. Hussein actually

Re: [Biofuel] DO IT till it hurts! LOL

2006-03-02 Thread Michael Redler
True but, what's legal anymore?   Turkey and Israel committed more UN security council violations than Iraq at the time of the invasion.   I'm sorry I don't remember my source. I think Chomsky mentioned it in one of his books or papers.   MikeChris Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I must hav

Re: [Biofuel] A wealth of manuals

2006-02-28 Thread Michael Redler
Absolutely.   Nice find.   Mike- Original Message - From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:34Subject: Re: [Biofuel] A wealth of manuals> Hi Kirk>> Nice finds! Thanks.>> This one seems to be in Christmas Island - cx - and it's very slow!> Download

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-28 Thread Michael Redler
I find it incredible that people with the knowledge and experience to know otherwise, don't simply look at the philosophy behind hybrid vehicles, which are proving economical in transportation (despite limited innovation in their development) and see them as scalable and a microcosm of future, glob

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-28 Thread Michael Redler
Thanks Keith.   You wrote: "We've had these stories before from him, since end-2004..."   That seems to coincide with what I've been finding.   MikeKeith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hello Julian, Mike and all>You really should just ignore George Mombiot. He's just a silly little>man

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-28 Thread Michael Redler
Thanks Julian,   You wrote: "What surprises me is that there are Editors out there willing to publish his drivel."Yes. I'm surprised too. I was surprised to see that kind of op-ed appearing in The Guardian. Then, I found it amazing to see him appearing over and over again in sources that I've alw

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Redler
eems low for rapeseed. Jeffrey Dukes' article regarding replacing the energy content of oil per year can be found here:  (PDF)http://globalecology.stanford.edu/DGE/Dukes/Dukes_ClimChange1.pdf I think Monbiot takes his quote out of context and rambles from there with scare mongering. On 2/27

Re: [Biofuel] Nissan banks on new transmission to compete in hybrid auto market

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Redler
he Prius (60/51 with CVT) could get with a 5 spd...source = fueleconomy.gov On 2/27/06, Michael Redler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Isn't ironic. There is (was?) a lot of innovation coming from Japan and especially Honda. I agree Paul. I was hoping for more.   Maybe the bigge

Re: [Biofuel] Nissan banks on new transmission to compete in hybrid auto market

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Redler
Isn't ironic. There is (was?) a lot of innovation coming from Japan and especially Honda. I agree Paul. I was hoping for more.   Maybe the bigger ambitions leave you guessing for a while, until they finally unveil them.   ...lets hope so.   By the way, if anyone has the scheme for their CVT,

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