Ammonia and bleach when combined and heated releases phosgene, once used
as a warfare chemical.
doug swanson
Alt.EnergyNetwork wrote:
Hello,
chlorine gas can be very dangerous and deadly if inhaled in
sufficient quantities.
You may have made some accidentally by mixing ammonia with bleach
Try lower case characters in the link, some browsers are more easily
confused than others... ;)
doug swanson
malcolm maclure wrote:
Keith,
That link doesn't seem to work, Google recognises it but it won't load for
me, shame - I'd be interested to see it.
Best regards
Malcolm
So I guess I ought to rethink my design for a still to reclaim my
methanol from the glycerine byproduct. I've just filled a small drum,
and was thinking of getting into separating my methanol back. Thought I
had everything almost in place. Back to START...
doug swanson
Manick Harris
I've gotten a couple of submersible pump ends (heads?) from a well
drilling outfit that regularly replaces pumps that die after getting hit
by lightning. Only the motor dies, and they had a pile for me to hunt
through. Didn't notice anything for above ground, since that wasn't
what I was
A bit of research on this particular virus indicates that it will spoof
the sender's address, and the virus is more likely on a system that has
Keith's address in its address book.
doug swanson
Joe Street wrote:
Hi Keith;
I got the following warning form symantec about a message I
Looks like the bug's about to bite you! (as in opening doors to another
world...!) I've enjoyed this post, and can feel your excitement. My 3rd
full size (25 gallon) batch is washing quietly at this moment...
Another possible option of buying methanol at retail, but still at a
lower cost, If
In my household of one, recovering the heat in my grey water is as
simple as leaving the plug in until the water has reached room
temperature before draining sinks or tub/shower. In a larger family
size situation, I can see how spacing out showers in the morning before
getting the entire
Similar problem here, though I've processed a couple of batches without
the seal. The barrels I got had foodstuffs in them, and the seal was a
sort of foam that doesn't hold up in methanol fumes. I'm going to try
making a continuous rope of the correct circumference (continuous rope =
Congratulations on the new car!
From my experience, if I were in your shoes, and looking at a foggy
day, I'd be thinking twice about mixing my methoxide today, the NaOH
will turn to liquid before you can blink, drawing water out of the air.
(That might clear out the fog)
Instead, I guess
Indeed... I'd be a lactovegetarian, if I could find unpasteurized milk.
It seems odd that Americans, being one of the top consumers of milk on
the planet also have the highest occurence of osteoporosis. My
suspicion, (I have no scientific proof) is that the pasteurization
process makes the
I spent an hour trying to beat the price of methanol that I bought last
time, from a race car enthusiast, who sold it to me for $3.50 / gallon.
I called the local fuel / oil distributor, who has quite a monopoly in
this small town, and his prices reflect that fact. Their current
pricing is
OK, I'm curious... I've not bought methanol at a dollar store before,
what quantity to you get for .69?
doug swanson
Mike Weaver wrote:
Depending on how much you want to make you can buy dry gas (methanol) -
I get it for .69 at a dollar store and Red Devil Lye at the hardware store.
I'm still trying to get to the sites listed in this post. is everyone
else able to get to them? Just trying to go to http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/
times out.
doug swanson
Jerry Eyers wrote:
What did the photos show?
In the late 1960's, it was a beautiful blue sphere,
clear atmoshpere,
And the magnetized exhaust keeps on sticking to the inside of your
muffler... Arrrgh...
Mike Weaver wrote:
I have a device that costs 39.99 and will give you 400MPG! You hook it
around your fuel line and it magnetizes the fuel as it goes by...
Order Now!!
Cash Only.
Jeromie Reeves
A scientific approach to this would be to eliminate the variables that
can be eliminated, and keep records of those that can't be eliminated.
For example, measuring ambient temperatures and comparing those to the
temperatures in the collector will let you know to some degree what your
I recall that chemistry experiment, (also works with potassium), both
metals were kept under oil to prevent oxidation. They're very unstable
metals, and not found on earth in their pure forms. Hence the question
becomes: How much energy does it take to purify the metal, and once
this is
The biggest determining factor in this, I suppose, is your location. US
laws are going to be different from Mexico's, are different from
Canada's... Your email address indicates you might be located in the
US, but that's not conclusive either.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do I need any special
So you're adding Hydrogen and Oxygen to the intake, ensuring cleaner
burn... Guess I can see that, but if the engine is still burning
gasoline or diesel, the carbon from these molecules has to go somewhere,
but the statement: greatly increasing efficiency and reducing fuel
consumption by 10
I tried pumping the fuel through an inline fuel filter, (mine's a clear
plastic case, so I can see the fuel flow, and watch the filter catch
stuff...) but the salesman at the auto parts store was unable to give me
the micron number that this filter will screen. However, another system
he
We did? Looks like my vote got ignored yet again.
I'd choose the black and white, color film leaves nothing for the
imagination...
doug
Fritz Friesinger wrote:
Hey Malcolm,
we have got this one alredy a while ago and we came to the consensus
that we would save the Bastard if he would
from the site:
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/atmosphere/atmospheric_composition_p2.html
Methane
Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas contributing about 18% to global
warming and has been on the rise over the last several decades. Methane
is a product of the
get
from a given sized pile of wood filled with termites?
On 9/16/05, Juan Boveda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Des.
First, there is a need to separate the oxigen from the gases of the atmosphere
before bottling their exhaust or it is a route for trouble with sparks.
Regards.
Juan
the URL is www.otherpower.com
ashok vora wrote:
Dear All,
I suggest to visit website www.oterpowers.com for
getting good basic knowledge of wind power and its
application.
Thanks
A.P.VORA
--- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sep 12, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Leon
Brent S wrote:
well, I have found a batch of oil that won't sepparate. I have heated it to
220f to make sure there isn't any water in it. It has been at 220f for an
hour or so with no boiling. I have titrated it several times with a result
of 5. I have made test batches at 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am from Crete also.
I go for a walk to knossos almost everyday, nice to hear about this...
Stelios Terzakis
The real Cretan...
So I looked it up in the dictionary, and there _are_ 2 spellings for
this. With completely different meanings and origins.
I thought
virgil sentel wrote:
I'm a newbie here and I live in Ozark, Al. (near Dothan). I'm getting ready
to make a test batc soon was wondering if there was anyone living in the
L.A. (lower Alabama) area who could mentor (guide) me through this when I
start to make the processors. Also I was told today
Busyditch wrote:
I dont think this guy realizes how fraudulent his ad is. This is NOT
biodiesel, just WVO and dino mixed.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Bio-Diesel-Biodiesel-Kit-Fuel-for-15-cents-a-gallon_W0QQitemZ5997737337QQcategoryZ3240QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
For the asking price, he could include the
Ian Theresa Sims wrote:
Hi Folks
I have tried the deacidification method with good results in the test
batch. However when I heat the oil to process it foams agressivly. I
assume this is the water/lye reacting? It leaves a thick layer
of fat/soap? which i skim off leaving good oil,
Thanks for the info. I've read it, downloaded the study reports, read
them, and passed them and your email on to the individual that was
looking for this information. Good solid data. I think that with
modification of the biodiesel transesterification process the TAN might
be reduced, and
A neighbor who recently retired from the airline industry has been
asking me lately if there's a biofuel that can be substituted for jet
fuel, and although I didn't know at the time, I've done some research
since, and see that jet fuel is a variant of diesel.
Any one out there know what kind
Brian Rodgers wrote:
A friend who coincidentally thinks I am a nut job, said he made a
system back in the 'old days' in which a small water turbine powered
by a small stream pumped water into a storage tank as well as generate
electricity. Somehow this system was augmented with a small wind
Garth Kim Travis wrote:
Greetings,
I am a fan of using solar collectors to fire a stirling engine that
can also be fired with methane. Small solar panels for stuff that is
used primarily in the daytime, wind power that can be home repaired.
And the generator that is fire by the
There's been a lot of discussion on this list regarding religions and
politics lately; as well as the diversity in the biofuels subjects. (I
signed up back when I did, not knowing about other fuels, just looking
for more info on biodiesel...) And the expanse of knowledge displayed
regarding
Sir Woody Hackswell wrote:
This is just sad. I can't believe he has the nerve to call himself a
Christian. =shudder= Jesus would never advocate the assasination of
anyone. He'd be more likely to have him over for dinner and tell
parables. :)
He's just as crazy as Al Qaida. =sigh=
But hey...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/23/robertson.chavez/
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Michael Redler wrote:
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Photo in the News: Gas Thief Escapes on Tricycle
*
*August 16, 2005*—Speeding from the scene of the crime, a Chinese boy
tows a floating plastic bag of stolen natural gas last week. Flouting
a government ban, farmers around the central Chinese town of Pucheng
Rumen Slavov wrote:
Dear Friends,
As an electrician I wold propose to use a HV
transformer for neon lighting /you can see a lot of
it
over allmost any restorant entrance/ and a simple HV
diodes to make HV into DC. The transformer supply
3000
to 5000 volts.To avoid
Joe Street wrote:
Ahh ok that makes sense. I thought it must be some exotic type of
caustic used in this radical new process!
I still think it would be less confusing to just say 'methanol' though ;
I am thinking about how I could do a quick test to see what happens.
I am guessing that the
http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/m2028.htm
This is for Dry Sodium Methoxide. *Chemical Formula:* CH3NaO
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Tom Irwin wrote:
Hi Kim,
Thanks for the info, I suppose there are not any bright breeds that
will actually feed themselves. I´ve never had Muscovy ducks. Someone
once told me they taste a little like veal. Any truth to this?
Tom Irwin
Hi!
There are wild turkeys in my locale that are
While researching online re: methanol recovery, and the current thread
on ethanol, I found what seems to be a great site on everything one
would want to know about the distillation process.
It's at:
http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/distil/distil0.htm
I've only gotten part of the way through all
Thank you! That was the first message in this thread I found worth
saving for future reference. Too much out there, (government, business
and religion) has propagated the illusion of separation, competition and
isolation... We could easily forget that we do all come from the same
Source,
Probst, Peter wrote:
Greetings,
I'm collecting the various tools to perform a titration of WVO and see
there are several types of phenolphthalein solutions available. Is there
a certain solution that works better than others? Should I get the most
economical? Thanks in advance for your help,
Hakan Falk wrote:
And all of it because a bad language interpretation at the end of
WWII. When the Americans, after winning, asked the Germans what they
most needed to avoid starvation, they answered Korn (Rye), which the
Americans interpret to Corn (Maise) and started to send loads of it.
Phillip Wolfe wrote:
Keith - I'm still an avid reader of biofuel.com. I
planted corn in my backyard garden this year to better
appreciate corn and mother corn. Is it GMO'd corn
seed. Who knows. But I now understand that if my
family existed on homegrown ag and fruit products we
could stay
In the article, Pimentel is shown pumping gas, most likely plain old
regular unleaded gas...
And it crossed my mind, How much energy was used to provide a gallon of
plain old regular unleaded gas, considering all the energy consumed, not
only in drilling and pumping crude, cleaning,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Happy day List!
I just received that link www.freedomfromoil.com/
http://www.freedomfromoil.com/ and I support their effort. Pass it
on! Declare your independance from oil!
Felix
I've looked around their site, and don't see a proposal on how this is
to be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doug, there are about 20,000 BTUs in a pound of gasoline, about 6 pounds
to the U.S. gallon. A high school physics text and Marks' Handbook for
Engineers (in the reference section of most larger libraries) will
contain a lot of the information you might need.
A text on
I've read of some really fantastic claims of MPG in vehicles that are
either proposed or promised, and my curiosity has been piqued. The
question I have in mind that is bothering me is this:
Let's say for a minute that we're developing a vehicle that doesn't use
any fuel when it's not
Keith Addison wrote:
Hello Filipe
I doubt it very much. Okay, no, it's not true. By 1993 Japanese fuel
pumps did not contain any rubber, especially not those exported to
Europe - compatability issues with the European ULSD
diesel fuel had already ensured that. Our Toyota diesel
Thanks for all the replies!
I guess, being the cautious type that I am, I will try upping the
percentage of Bio to Dino ratio, and keep the spare filter and tools
required to access it handy. As far as what might happen if the pump
goes out, guess I'll coast to a stop and ride the thumb
Michael Redler wrote:
OK folks. For what its worth, here is another crack at it.
1 square meter panel = 1000W * .10 (split the difference between 8 and
12) = 100W
100W * $5.00/W = $500.00 per panel
100W * .30 = energy gained using tracker, based on previous reference
= 30W
Equivalent
Ken Provost wrote:
A question for all you well-washed biodiesel homebrewers...
Regardless of your particular washing methods, when all
is said and done, how much total fresh water have you
used for washing, per liter of fully washed biodiesel?
FWIW, my ratio is about 1.3 water:biodiesel. Is
robert luis rabello wrote:
Keith Addison wrote:
snip
There was an ammonia based refrigeration unit powered by an off axis
solar tracker in Home Power magazine many years ago. It produced
pressure in excess of 100 psi (I think. . . Oh, where ARE those brain
cells???) during its
This may have something to do with the article I saw on the discovery
channel recently about the global change of the earths magnetic field north
to south and vise versa. it seems that this has been going on for well since
the beginning of time as we know it.
I'd agree with that, we've been
test batches, (1 litre), and lurking on this fine list, absorbing
information, and reading a lot on the biodiesel pages.
I guess I've got a decent grip on the process and the chemistry
involved, but I've had a question that I've not found the answer to yet.
If I'm using 20% by volume of
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