Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Digest, Vol 5, Issue 129

2005-09-23 Thread capt3d
so the 1s and 0s fuse to become. . .what, imaginary numbers? well, no wonder then! if only i could tap into the magical power of my imaginary friends;surely that'd resolveall the technical barriers my perpetual motion machine keeps running into. cheers, -chris b. mike weaver wrote: Uh,

Re: [Biofuel] Dear Bob Allen was Re: There's no proof of global warming

2005-09-22 Thread capt3d
well said, joe. this is the imo tragicdepth we have reached. not that this precludes the possibility of diabolical plans, however. the big wankers that run things are inflicting diabolical plans on us all the time (the existing status quo is itself a diabolical plan if there ever was one).

Re: [Biofuel] engine swapping /was Debatable statement?

2005-09-19 Thread capt3d
bob, be sure to check into this if you haven't already. illinois law, as in most states if i'm not mistaken, only exempts older vehicles if they are driven less than a set number of miles annually (in illinois, 5000 m/year). -chris b. Zeke Yewdall wrote: Being a 1979, you are probably exempt

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Morality Question

2005-09-18 Thread capt3d
i'd have to go for the high-contrast color. you can always digitize it later and convert to grey-scale. -chris b. In a message dated 9/17/05 6:17:17 PM, dougwrites: We did? Looks like my vote got ignored yet again. I'd choose the black and white, color film leaves nothing for the

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel can be made from dead cats

2005-09-16 Thread capt3d
anybody ever see the episode of the odd couple where felix gives a frog hydrotherapy by putting its injured leg (it had supposedly sprained an ankle or something) in a blender full of warm water? aah, good times. . . . -chris b. In a message dated 9/16/05 9:42:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] Using stored co2 energy (was: Shooting Down the Breeze)

2005-09-13 Thread capt3d
well, if you're anything like me you probably won't be too excited by the prospect, but a "cheater's method" involves chilling the bottles to near freezing before final bottling. the cold temp allows the gas to remain in solution while you transfer the wine to fresh bottles (to which you can add

Re: [Biofuel] Using stored co2 energy (was: Shooting Down the Breeze)

2005-09-12 Thread capt3d
chris l., i assure you i was not mistaken. wiring down the cork is no guarantee. even if it holds the cork, the bottle itself might explode. sparkling wines can be made by a number of methods. the more refined of which rely either upon very precise control of sugar content (so that at final

Re: [Biofuel] Bush: What didn't go right?

2005-09-09 Thread capt3d
the answer to that question goes all the way back to a certain dec. 12, 2000 supreme court decision. . . . -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina and Income Inequality

2005-09-09 Thread capt3d
my first post was written in the context of the two commentary pieces which had been posted. the first being the very insightful piece about the racial aspects of news coverage. the second, the piece which gave title to this thread. -chris b. taryn wrote: Hi all,Ok, I think I've finally caught

[Biofuel] Using stored co2 energy (was: Shooting Down the Breeze)

2005-09-09 Thread capt3d
hey! i just remembered, homebrew champagne makers are cautioned to make sure that all yeast has been killed before finla bottling, lest continued fermentation generate so much pressure that it pops the cork. so i should think that mannick's idea is definitely worth exploring. go for it

Re: [Biofuel] Who is setting oil prices?

2005-09-08 Thread capt3d
it is precisely this mechanism which allows the petrogiants to control prices while seemingly divorcing themselves from the process. -chris b. In a message dated 9/7/05 2:31:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In 1983, the New York Mercantile Exchange began to trade oil futures on its

Re: [Biofuel] U.S. vs. Canada (was Iran's Nuclear Program)

2005-09-08 Thread capt3d
i think the u.s. govt will feel it has no choice but to invade canada once the draft gets reinstated. a haven for draft dodgers must not be allowed (yet another aspect of the counter-counter-culture hysteria which has characterized the reagan era). -chris b. In a message dated Wed, 07 Sep

Re: [Biofuel] Shooting Down the Breeze

2005-09-08 Thread capt3d
hmm. you could be right, kirk, but i must say that i've done some home brewing of wine and don't recall ever reading anything about having to pay attention to ph for high yeast productivity. there's also the question of pressure, though. nevertheless, if this only slows the yeast down,

[Biofuel] New Catalyst Produces Hydrogen from Water

2005-09-08 Thread capt3d
hmm. you'd think there's one obvious way the stuff could be obtained in larger quantities, but only if the current paradigm changes. -chris b. In a message dated Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:59:18, Kirk McLoren writes: The big question is, of course, whether it would be economically viable to create

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina and Income Inequality

2005-09-08 Thread capt3d
hi duncan. um, send who to gitmo? if you mean the ones who succumb to the twisted, hateful triple-think which i describe, then, you might be onto something there. . . . -chris b. In a message dated Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:45:45, Duncan writes: You then say there is a level on which, for many

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina and Income Inequality

2005-09-08 Thread capt3d
Hi Chris, hi, taryn. I'm surprised to see you take these positions you've often disparaged corporate and government abuse of power indeed i have. and spoken up for the underdogs. as i did with my earlier post to this thread. duncan is not an american but he summed up the meaning

Re: [Biofuel] Shooting Down the Breeze

2005-09-08 Thread capt3d
hi, kirk. hi, mannick. The percentage in solution is very pressure sensitive and. . . . the percentage of what? yeast? co2? . . .champagne is hardy a pneumatic source. obviously, end-stage co2 generation, by definition, is only going to provide a single shot of pressurized gas per batch.

Re: [Biofuel] U.S. vs. Canada (was Iran's Nuclear Program)

2005-09-08 Thread capt3d
mike(s), only if you use different language. promise to wage peace on the canadians, by force if necessary. -chris b. In a message dated Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:22:12, Mike Weaver writes: Another reason to vote for me - I will declare perpetual peace on Canada!

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Digest, Vol 5, Issue 51

2005-09-07 Thread capt3d
'soldiers' with a capital 's'? nice touch. so, these doctors castro has offered to send, since they were at one point in their youth soldiers by virtue of universal conscription, they are condemned to be forever regarded as such? i guess that means that all cuban immigrants since 1959 should

[Biofuel] aaargh! subject line!!!!

2005-09-07 Thread capt3d
i think just posted another reply and forgot to edit the subject line again. my apologies to all, i know how frustrating that can be. won't do it again. -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina's Real Name

2005-09-07 Thread capt3d
ok, 37 of rain in one day? i just can't wrap my brain around that one. chris b. In a message dated 9/6/05 4:34:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And when the Indian city of Bombay (Mumbai) received 37 inches of rain in one day -- killing 1,000 people and disrupting the lives of 20 million

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina and Income Inequality

2005-09-06 Thread capt3d
Perhaps that accounts for the difference between the way the governmentresponded. . . not quite . . .at 9/11 - where mostly White and rich people were the victims offoreign anger. . . more than this. they were victims of crazed, uncivilized, america-hating (and therefore

Re: [Biofuel] US Intelligent Design Campaign and natural disaster hits oil prices.

2005-09-04 Thread capt3d
ok, i'm getting really confused. it's been forever since my sunday school days, but i thought the real story had something to do with klingons and uranus. . . . -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Cohabitation

2005-09-04 Thread capt3d
i say you both should go up against one another in a run-off. you with your slogan, and redler with his (see below). let the people decide! -chris b. In a message dated 8/30/05 7:42:16 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am the one and true Mike. This other fellow is clearly an imposter. Do

Re: [Biofuel] Iran's Nuclear Program

2005-09-04 Thread capt3d
no disrespect joe, but but you're assuming here that a given government wouldn't replace the lost aircraft. rather a naive notion. high attrition conflicts occur precisely because the opposing governments are determined to carry on fighting despite the losses. -chris b. In a message dated

Re: [Biofuel] BP loses money?? Yeah, right.

2005-09-04 Thread capt3d
this is so off base it's not even funny. i could go on at length about this, jeromie, but i think i can boil that message down, adn save a lot of bandwidth, by agreeing with you on one point: you're right, definitely not a humble opinion. -chris b. In a message dated 8/30/05 11:26:33 PM,

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Digest, Vol 5, Issue 39

2005-09-04 Thread capt3d
whispered through clenched teeth shoot, mike(s), come on. if i'm going to shill for you, you've got to let it play out. we've got a great scam going, and if all goes as planned you'll win no matter who the people vote for. but your provocative smart aleck remarks could sabotage the whole

Re: [Biofuel] Another use for glycerine

2005-09-03 Thread capt3d
lol, yeah. the volume from this list to my mailbox this past week has totally overwhelmed me. even now i'm trying to catch up. i'm going to have to switch my mail option to digest or something. that item came to my mailbox and i just turned around and forwarded it right away. as i browsed

Re: [Biofuel] Iran's Nuclear Program

2005-08-30 Thread capt3d
no doubt under the pretext of liberating the canadian people from the injustice of a universal health care system. -chris b. In a message dated 8/24/05 7:46:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Suppose Canada decides that it will demand (which is our right) what it wants for that oil?. . .How

Re: [Biofuel] Iran's Nuclear Program

2005-08-30 Thread capt3d
actually, from a strategic military standpoint, this is an extremely wise practice. in any high attrition conflict (read: protracted a/o bloody war), the human resources are depleted well before the hardware. trained pilots are about the most difficult personnel to replace and their loss

[Biofuel] Another use for glycerine

2005-08-26 Thread capt3d
the subject of glycerine by-product, and what to do with it, seems to come up quite frequently so i thought i'd pass on this bit of news. cheers, -chris = From: Steve Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: biodiesel - glycerin - propylene glycol Renewable Alternatives, has developed a

Re: [Biofuel] Chemical engineer's letter

2005-08-20 Thread capt3d
i gave this site a quick browse. looks to me a lot like a portal for bogus think-tank "science". andy wrote: I have followed this project for a fewyears, and it looks like they are doing it.http://www.cfact.org/site/view_article.asp?idCategory=7idarticle=459 -chris b.

Re: [Biofuel] Chemical engineer's letter

2005-08-20 Thread capt3d
marilyn, i guess i wasn't paying close attention the first time around, but clearly your freind is not a non-beleiver, as someone suggested. otherwise he wouldn't be researching ethanol from cellulose. the surliness of his email seems directed at the biomass sector's equivalent of snake oil

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-19 Thread capt3d
i don't think there's anything about the context which implicitly leans toward either legitimate government involvement from any number of agencies, or downright censorship. it was simply stated that the game had been banned on ebay. most people would probably read that as suggesting that

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-19 Thread capt3d
i think you need to check your facts. :^) -chris Heck, most Americans don't even know the proverbial Franklin stove (round and made of steel) has nothing to do with Ben Franklin. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-17 Thread capt3d
hi michael. I don't think I'm off base on this. not sure specifically what you're referring to. but i wasn't trying to suggest that by associating the two ideas (lone individual and anarchist) you were maligning anarchists or anarchism. My statement/opinion simply said that an anarchist

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-17 Thread capt3d
i don't see how that statement would lead one to believe it was government censorship. it has a certain conspiratorial ring to it, no doubt. not entirely unfounded, since there's a ton of stuff sold electronically/via download on ebay. sounds as if not even the copyright holder(s) of the

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-15 Thread capt3d
mike, in spite of common folklore, anarchism does not mean every man for himself. sometimes referred to as 'libertarian' socialsim (as opposed to 'authoritarian' models such as communism), the basic tenet is the abolition of the detached, alienated authority of government and its

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel College Courses

2005-08-15 Thread capt3d
paolo: waht is the history of this car? who were the previous owners? it's possible the car was modified for enhanced performance. there's a jazillion aftermarket products out there including engine control computers for that generation of civic. -chris b.

Re: [Biofuel] de-polymerizing cellulose not practical at this point

2005-08-15 Thread capt3d
i wondered about the layout and terrain of your property while writing the previous. but since you are always referring to it as the ranch, one forms a certain idea. :) just to clarify one point, while i did comment on smaller boilers to serve separate buildings, my remark about a smaller

Re: [Biofuel] de-polymerizing cellulose not practical at this point

2005-08-14 Thread capt3d
brian, i would seriously encourage you to look into a solar rather than wood power to run your boiler. i don't know the capabilities or limitations of solar boilers, but i know they're out there and your location, well, isn't that kind of like solar paradise? battery banks can provide your

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-11 Thread capt3d
hi tom. yes, you have the right picture, though it actually went further. it wasn't just a matter of *trying* to reach consensus before acting. unanimous consensus was essentially mandatory (an artifact of their particular brand of imperial government perhaps: disharmony/discord could not

Re: [Biofuel] Feeling of humiliation and lack of power

2005-08-11 Thread capt3d
hakan, sorry to hear the news. i've been there myself. i still remember very clearly how the intruder's grimy fingers left several very distinct fingerprints on a windowsill, which i pointed out to the police. they didn't bother to collect them. -chris b.

Re: [Biofuel] ASTM, was ... Diesel Won't Solve...

2005-08-11 Thread capt3d
or just using different data, or more complete data, or representing it more honestly. to suggest or imply dishonesty on the part of dod would hardly be a stretch. this is the same dod that so incredibly (intentionally?) mishandled the invasion/overthrow. the same dod that suppresses or

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-10 Thread capt3d
i think so as well, i'm afraid. if they can seriously pursue projects like Total Information Awareness without compunction, then filtering the telecommunications of a governmental property would be like, at the autonomic nervous system level. what do you do at the school, tom? teacher?

Re: [Biofuel] ASTM, was ... Diesel Won't Solve...

2005-08-10 Thread capt3d
sheesh, this is so not true. we just recently had a thread along precisely these lines. it is extremely easy for an employer to terminate an employee. the employer does not have as much lattitude with a unionized workforce, but even there it is not nearly as hard to fire someone as is

Re: [Biofuel] Check out Diesel Won't Solve Our Gasoline Woes

2005-08-10 Thread capt3d
er, sorry, but were you being sarcastic or serious? -chris In a message dated 8/10/05 8:56:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The American way of life is not negotiable. I personally feel I need a huge SUV for my lifestyle. Why, just the other day I drove my V10 Excursion to WalMart to

Re: [Biofuel] Check out Diesel Won't Solve Our Gasoline Woes

2005-08-10 Thread capt3d
there's actually a fair amount of activity in this area. try a google search with the keywords 'diesel' and 'motorcycle', or diesel motorcycle. there's also some info compiled on the JTF site: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_bikes.html -chris b. In a message dated 8/10/05 5:57:29 AM,

[Biofuel] move over vw tdi?

2005-08-10 Thread capt3d
if they offer the diesel in the states, biod users may have a new favorite small car: http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=communiquenewsid=9097 -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] ASTM, was ... Diesel Won't Solve...

2005-08-10 Thread capt3d
those are very conservative (not in the right-wing sense) numbers. there are already close to 1800 killed, and even mcglaughlin--hardly a liberal or a dove--repeats figures in excess of 25000 for woulded/maimed/incapacitated. -chris b. In a message dated 8/10/05 3:47:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-09 Thread capt3d
typical think-tank rubbish. an opinion piece masquerading as serious (and unimpeachable, of course!) historical analysis. the thing is, the piece is desperately short on analysis, though long on subtext. he rather selectively piles up a bunch of data about the tactical situation in the

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-09 Thread capt3d
i forgot to mention, if you hadn't figured out what that weekly standard piece was all about by the time you'd reached the author's fifth coded reference to the pro-communist, pro-gay agenda, tree-hugging, tax-and-spend, anti-patriotic, anti-american, anti-life, terrorist-loving liberal elite,

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-08 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 8/6/05 10:31:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think that you are looking at the picture in the same light as the planners were. Actually greg, we haven't been talking about what was in the minds of the planners. The subject has been the wholly abitrary statements

Re: [Biofuel] Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Worst terror attacks in history

2005-08-08 Thread capt3d
tom, I grow a little weary of revisionist history. this is precisely why this thread started in the first place. there are those of us who are weary of the revisionist official history woven almost entrely of whole cloth to justify the first use (and, incidentally, first use) of the atomic

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-08 Thread capt3d
doug, *Part* of the Japanese government was trying to find a way to surrender, before the atom bombs. you've been misinformed. this is a misrepresentation of the facts. it was hirohito himself, quite on his own, that asked the soviets to mediate a peace. later, the government junta voted

Re: [Biofuel] saddam and sanctions (was: Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Worst terror attacks in history)

2005-08-08 Thread capt3d
robert, there is a lot of myth swirling around this issue. the sanctions did result in severe hardships for the people of iraq. however, once the oil for food program got under way, things really started to turn around. by the time 'shock and awe' started, the UN-administered program had

Re: [Biofuel] Seed terrorism

2005-08-08 Thread capt3d
no doubt, eventually, one of their gmo's will have the 'accidental' side effect of respiring a specific isotope of oxygen, thus enabling monsanto to hold patent rights on any unit of atmosphere in which this isotope is found. . . . -chris b. In a message dated 8/8/05 12:35:20 PM, [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-06 Thread capt3d
look, this whole thing about an invasion of japan costing a million american lives is utterly ridiculous. that would be four times the american combat deaths in the entire war. the landing at omaha beach is usually described as one of the most horrifically deadly battlefield environments of

Re: [Biofuel] Hey! Let's outsource the pres...

2005-08-03 Thread capt3d
ROFLMAO! keith strikes again. i rather expect sadam would love the job. he could install himself as chief justice and open the doors of all the prisons; pardon the rest of the '52 most wanted'; bomb israel; invade saudi arabia and re-occupy kuwait; etc. not to mention there'd no longer be

Re: [Biofuel] enron and california energy crisis (was: The New Blue States/Country)

2005-08-03 Thread capt3d
mike, try: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/01/eveningnews/main620626.shtml http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/EnronCalifCrisis.html http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/EnronCalifCrisis.html jodi.tamu.edu/Articles/v05/i04/Ekbia/ www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=2530

Re: [Biofuel] Hey! Let's outsource the pres...

2005-08-03 Thread capt3d
roflmao = rolling on floor laughing my @$$ off -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Re: The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-03 Thread capt3d
that's really depressing. but now that you mention it, i thought i'd heard somewhere that a recess appointment meant a pres got their nominee for something like 18 months. six months seemed a little short. so then, the sitting congress doesn't get to pick up the review process again once the

Re: [Biofuel] Re: The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-03 Thread capt3d
john, you're the one exhibiting the bias here. hakan makes pretty straight, oranges to oranges comparisons. you attempt to sidestep this by raising the red herring of higher taxes. taxes are so-o-o-o-o un-american. you've already associated 'un-americanism' with the list member you're

Re: [Biofuel] The Culture Wars and Racism

2005-08-03 Thread capt3d
i don't know, mike. i think she's kind of already there. the chain letter guy plays the instigator. she plays the apologist. -chris-Original Message-From: Michael Redler [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 17:01:48 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Biofuel] The

Re: [Biofuel] The Culture Wars and Racism

2005-08-03 Thread capt3d
ouch! methinks ten million be a pathetically low estimate. -chris b. In a message dated 8/3/05 8:39:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Let's see, How many Muslim extremists killed ten million native north and south americans in the name of freedom of religion ?- Original Message

Re: Jesus was a liberal..., and look what it got him... was Re: [Biofuel]The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-02 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 8/2/05 2:27:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lets take the good old drunk. . .He is ultimately responsible for his actions. . .The alcoholic wants instant gratification and finds alcohol his tool. this perspective is meaningless and stupid. there are 'drunks', as you like

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-02 Thread capt3d
hakan, i'm so glad you saved that document. i was not able to catch the hearing, but fortunately a few u.s. media outlets did give fairly generous coverage. galloway was just awesome; blistering oratory. he tossed them around like a rabid dog would kittens. hopefully i can find the plug-in

Re: [Biofuel] Hey! Let's outsource the pres...

2005-08-02 Thread capt3d
hmmm, perhaps you could somehow arrange to have the u.s. embassy or consulate as your official address of residence. :) -chris b. In a message dated 8/2/05 6:14:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: no one can hold the office of President who is not American born, at least 35 years of age, AND a

[Biofuel] more encouraging solar news

2005-08-01 Thread capt3d
Cost Competitive Electricity from Photovoltaic Concentrators Called 'Imminent' Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Golden, Colo. ? Solar concentrators using highly efficient photovoltaic solar cells will reduce the cost of electricity from sunlight to competitive levels soon, attendees were told at a

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-01 Thread capt3d
how the heck did we get around to thetopic of killing babies?who's 'killing babies'? are you suggesting that environmentalists = baby killers? you really don't want to go there, nancy. you're just wasting your time. -chris b.-Original Message-From: Nancy Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:

Re: [Biofuel] Windwandler

2005-07-30 Thread capt3d
sure is pretty, but the pricing info didn't load for me. -chris-Original Message-From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:34:51 +0900Subject: [Biofuel] Windwandler http://www.windwandler.de/eng/techn_specs.htmlder windwandler gmbH -

Re: [Biofuel] Gangs of America Power and the disabling of democracy

2005-07-30 Thread capt3d
good one robert.the waythe'family' metaphor is used so much in business, is so low. ifgetting rid of thebeast is not an option, thenone obvius path is to regulate corporate governance. put limits on the reward structure. putsome of the old barriers back up that separatedcertain sectors. do a

Re: [Biofuel] Gangs of America Power and the disabling of democracy

2005-07-30 Thread capt3d
good one robert.the waythe'family' metaphor is used so much in business, is so low. ifgetting rid of thebeast is not an option, thenone obvius path is to regulate corporate governance. put limits on the reward structure. putsome of the old barriers back up that separatedcertain sectors. do a

Re: [Biofuel] The Saudi oil bombshell

2005-07-28 Thread capt3d
yes, the oil shales and the tar sands are very dirty sources of energy. presumably, cleaner ways of extracting it will be found, but why bother with it in the first place when there are already much cleaner sources of energy, is my way of thinking. you're right, there is increasing interest in

Re: [Biofuel] Moving to the land was The Saudi oil bombshell

2005-07-28 Thread capt3d
be very careful of the chupacabras! ;) -chris b.-Original Message-From: Tom Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: 'Biofuel@sustainablelists.org ' Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:03:54 -0300Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Moving to the land was The Saudi oil bombshell We have foxes

Re: [Biofuel] U.S., five Asian nations agree to push technology to fightclimate change

2005-07-28 Thread capt3d
not at all, doug. in recent weeks there have been a few stories about australia's increased uraniumcommitments, and india's seeking of nuclear technology from the united states. non-proliferation was seen as a potential snagging point for the latter, so this latest six-nation agreement puts the

Re: [Biofuel] The Tragic Abuse of Corn

2005-07-26 Thread capt3d
hi keith. no i didn't follow your link, but i'm already pretty familiar with health problems that have been linked to high fructose intake. so, no dis. :) still, i do think that the wording of that paragraph was. . .ill-considered. she simplistically (and somewhat inaccurately in terms of

Re: [Biofuel] Re: was...The New Blue States/Country

2005-07-25 Thread capt3d
hi john, i agree with your point about the republican party. but don't be fooled by arnold's initiatives in cali. i was at the EV World website the other day, and found several articles about rules changes at CARB since 2002 or so. not very pretty. i'll try and post the links.

Re: [Biofuel] The Tragic Abuse of Corn

2005-07-25 Thread capt3d
ok, so is pimentel now using current data or not? if the answer is no, then the question becomes is this chick legit? the blurb about corn syrup is pretty over the top. -chris In a message dated 7/25/05 8:04:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: . . .In any case, Pimentel's new report with

Re: [Biofuel] Re: was...The New Blue States/Country

2005-07-25 Thread capt3d
here are the links i mentioned. first, an article published in three parts: http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=articlestoryid=691 http://www.evworld.com/general.cfm?pageIDENT=a_brooks1.cfm http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=articlestoryid=690 below is an earlier article by the same

Re: [Biofuel] The Tragic Abuse of Corn

2005-07-25 Thread capt3d
keith, no doubt refined carbos have their health effects. i was just referring to the implication (whether intentional or not) that hfcs introduction is wholly responsible for the horrible rates of obesity. as though eating and exercise habits, and the whole plethora of other very bad

Re: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky (was Harnessing hurricane/tornado power)

2005-07-23 Thread capt3d
keith, finally got around to following the link you recently provided. very cool. -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
lol. no, you don't. when you have amassed that kind of firepower in a foreign country, the local political process almost becomes irrelevant to your presence. especially so when you've played things as masterfully as these guys have. they (the bush-neocon faction of the right, who

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 7/22/05 12:43:52 PM, keith writes: There's something similar in The Art of War, to the effect that a great general wins his victories by never allowing a war to happen in the first place. War is a failure of strategy, you've already lost by that time and so has everyone

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
oops, forgot to include the materials extraction industries. -chris b. In a message dated 7/22/05 5:48:16 PM, chris b. writes: they (the bush-neocon faction of the right, who represent above all the interests of the energy industries and arms and military-related industries)

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period (was, hurricane/tornado power)

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
this *homebrew* wturbine reportedly withstands 60+ mph winds. i can't see how even stronger ones couldn't be made. i have my own idea of how it could be done. . . . -chris b. In a message dated 7/22/05 6:21:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Power increases to the CUBE of wind velocity.

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period (was, hurricane/tornado power)

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
robert, that's cool as hayil! thanks for passing that along. -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Harnessing hurricane/tornado power

2005-07-21 Thread capt3d
Anyway as another pointed out hurricanes and tornadoes events are so brief and unpredictable to seriously consider them as a power source. tornadoes certainly are unpredictable, but hurricanes follow a much more regular pattern; they last around 10 days (a little less?) from beginning to end,

Re: [Biofuel] Propane - ABio fuel?

2005-07-21 Thread capt3d
i suspect that the lines running from the biogas pit to the storage could beset up kind of like a stil, toremove the water vapor by cooling. best, -chris Malcolm wrote: Would water vapour inthe gas cause problems should it also be removed? Or is all this notneeded when using it as a single

Re: [Biofuel] Harnessing hurricane/tornado power

2005-07-21 Thread capt3d
that's not so big a problem. hurricanes cover thousands of square milesof area. it's just a matter of shaping your approach according to those variables. -chris -Original Message-From: Greg Harbican [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:06:22

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period (was, hurricane/tornado power)

2005-07-21 Thread capt3d
no argument here. but that wasn't the point. yet at the same time, it was. i mean, if we were to let such considerations determine our actions--let alone what we are willing to think or imagine--we wouldn't all be on this list, would we? ;›) cheers, -chris b. on 7/21/05 6:21 PM, Kirk

Re: [Biofuel] Test data on SVO/WVO fuel; better than diesel.

2005-07-20 Thread capt3d
i would definitely like to see test data. -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html

Re: [Biofuel] Harnessing hurricane/tornado power

2005-07-20 Thread capt3d
well, i suppose you could have wind turbines that operate in higher windspeed conditions. -chris b. -Original Message-From: r [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:31:10 -0400Subject: [Biofuel] Harnessing hurricane/tornado power Would it be

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: pocket bike USD85.00 (hot sale)

2005-07-19 Thread capt3d
i'd be curious to know more (specs, pics) about any scooters they have. -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Turd Blossom aka Karl Rove

2005-07-19 Thread capt3d
hi, bud. In a message dated 7/18/05 11:20:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Granted, Wilson is on the opposite side of the political spectrum from the Whitehouse, and probably did have an axe to grind, but does this in any way diminish his findings? yeah. . .well, maybe. . .but not really.

Re: I don't think many people really get it was Re: [Biofuel] Turd Blossom aka Karl Rove

2005-07-19 Thread capt3d
the odds are definitely in his favor. look at what happened to that other long-time close friend of bush's whose name (we won't mention it) is synonymous with the big scandal of bush's first term. and even if he is prosecuted, he has the precedent of that other leaker's plea-bargain. so he

Re: [Biofuel] Re: CUMMINS B5.9TD

2005-07-19 Thread capt3d
is it the assertion, then, that running b100 would yield a 40% loss in power? In a message dated 7/16/05 8:22:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Second, biodiesel has a lower heating value than Petro diesel, therefore the higher the biodiesel blend the lower the available power from the engine.

Re: [Biofuel] Article on Marx from www.commondreams.org

2005-07-18 Thread capt3d
huh, that was a nice little piece (i liked that expression, market fundamentalism). truly, the best indicator of the relevance of socialist thought in general, and the accuracy and penetrating insight of marx's thesis in particular, is the immense intellectual capital invested over

Re: [Biofuel] Burning glycerol for heat / Acrolein

2005-07-18 Thread capt3d
hi rich. i'm not a chemist or engineer. anything beyond the very general and hypothetical comments i made previously are beyond me. this line of inquiry raises so many questions which i really don't consider myself competent to comment on (and therefore didn't). keith is right about how

Re: [Biofuel] Turd Blossom aka Karl Rove

2005-07-17 Thread capt3d
hi bud, this question of whether plame was or was not a covert operative, has already been circulating for at least a week. frankly, it smacks of the typical obfuscation and counter-fingerpointing tactics that these jerk-offs use all the time. i was unable to download the article you linked

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