Re: [Biofuel] Any beekeeping contacts in Switzerland?

2014-08-19 Thread DOUG SWANSON
be able to put you in touch with people who are informed in the areas of your interests doug swanson - Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdall zyewd...@gmail.com To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:39:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Biofuel] Any

[Biofuel] Paraguayans 'ill through GM crop pesticide' - 24 Aug 2008

2008-08-25 Thread doug swanson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKCqmuu5sag ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the

[Biofuel] Paraguayans 'ill through GM crop pesticide' - 24 Aug 2008

2008-08-25 Thread doug swanson
Scores of Paraguayan say that they are being driven from their communities by pesticides, but the government denies the claims. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from San Pedro del Norte, Paraguay where locals are complaining that mass spraying of toxic chemicals on genetically modified crops

Re: [Biofuel] Paraguayans 'ill through GM crop pesticide' - 24 Aug 2008 *#

2008-08-25 Thread doug swanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Doug, I see you bought into Al Jazeera's headline. What is the Connection between the crop being GM and the harm caused by the pesticide? Regards, Wendell Nope, I've not bought into anything, merely copy and pasted the title into the email.

Re: [Biofuel] Wind whips up health fears

2008-08-15 Thread doug swanson
Keith Addison wrote: http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/1218250522129010.xmlcoll=7 Wind whips up health fears snip Just watched some footage of a wind generator in Denmark that didn't hold up to a hurricane strength storm... it was very dramatic. The announcer is

Re: [Biofuel] Wind whips up health fears

2008-08-15 Thread doug swanson
Zeke Yewdall wrote: Yeah... I've seen that one before. Looks like they lost the controls or the brake or something. I've seen smaller ones (like 8 foot diameter) get destroyed in high winds here in Colorado, 120mph gusts coming off the divide type stuff, but never the big ones. Usually they

Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from cellulose

2008-05-16 Thread doug swanson
Kirk McLoren wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV58tYfeature=user fuel bit is near the end The termite proofing sounds great. Kirk That was one to forward to several associates! One of whom works diligently to keep old growth forests from being sold to logging

Re: [Biofuel] 1980 Mercedes problems

2008-03-06 Thread doug swanson
To all who responded to my request for assistance on the Mercedes, My greatest appreciation! Today I expect to get back on it, (the last couple of days were either busy working in the garden, finishing up last winter's stuff, and preparing and planting early spring stuff... then it rained..

[Biofuel] 1980 Mercedes problems

2008-03-03 Thread doug swanson
for any information that will help me get my friend's car running again... Thanks in advance! doug swanson -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations are false. Including this one

Re: [Biofuel] mercury is good for you - yes, thats what they said

2008-02-23 Thread doug swanson
if that works... doug swanson -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations are false. Including this one. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email

[Biofuel] Is Walmart Good For America?

2008-01-14 Thread doug swanson
Frontline did an in-depth report on this, and it's available for online viewing: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/ -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All

Re: [Biofuel] War Paint and Lawyers: Rainforest Indians versus Big Oil

2007-11-30 Thread doug swanson
some... Most people I've talked to have no problem with gas guzzlers, on either an economic, or ecological perspective... But when it hits their wallets, then they take note... doug swanson BBC Television Newsnight has been able to get close-in film of a new Cofan Indian ritual deep

Re: [Biofuel] Something called nanodiesel what's the deal with this?

2007-10-14 Thread doug swanson
Andy Karpay wrote: Doug, see this http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_April_27/ai_73706352 I worked on this project, in this field. It is entirely possible to break down carbonaceous materials in an oxygen free or deficient atmosphere, to gas, oil, and carbon. I never was a

[Biofuel] Something called nanodiesel what's the deal with this?

2007-10-13 Thread doug swanson
I'd like to get the opinions of those on this list, regarding the info on the following site: http://www.cleanenergyprojects.com/ from their first page: A new technology of global importance now offering unrivalled potential for energy recycling, waste management and optimized environmental

Re: [Biofuel] Twentynine steps to the unthinkable

2007-09-29 Thread doug swanson
, and the photos in their museum, that it wasn't just an elaborate hoax... the link is: *http://tinyurl.com/3c9yua for those that want to check it out. It is quite disturbing... doug swanson * -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less

Re: [Biofuel] Power harnessed one step at a time

2007-09-29 Thread doug swanson
, (or 240 watts per second) every second.I've used a stereo that can make 240 watts of sound output, but I don't walk as loud as that stereo is... Where is all that sound coming from? Do people really walk that loud? doug swanson -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from

Re: [Biofuel] FW: Live from congress

2007-09-16 Thread doug swanson
did you notice the Onion logo in the lower right? Kirk McLoren wrote: http://www.forgetfoo.com/?blogid=8401 I have not heard of anything like this here in the west. In fact if anyone did it around here I know he wouldnt live long enough to make jail. I thought I had heard of

[Biofuel] I'm tired of being afraid...

2007-08-16 Thread doug swanson
The following is my attempt at a chain letter sort of email. Feel free to add to this incomplete list of things not to be afraid of. Pass it on to someone if you think it's worth the while. Or flame me if you think I'm being unpatriotic for not maintaining a patriotic sense of fear. Maybe I'll

[Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread doug swanson
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/24/veggie.patch.ap/index.html A dedicated group of vegetable gardeners is ripping out their front lawns and planting dinner. Their front-yard kitchen gardens, with everything from vegetables to herbs and salad greens, are a source of food, a topic

[Biofuel] Old wisdom unites to solve global dilemmas

2007-07-19 Thread doug swanson
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/19/1983170.htm Old wisdom unites to solve global dilemmas Most people solve the world's problems with some old friends and a good bottle of wine over dinner. But when former South African president Nelson Mandela brings his old friends

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: water and electricity as fuel!

2007-07-17 Thread doug swanson
without a stop at the battery charger or gas station... ever. doug swanson Jason Mier wrote: looks like a neat little toy, maybe i need to try some when i next come across a cheap welder? From: Jeromie Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: water and electricity as fuel!

2007-07-17 Thread doug swanson
From all I have read, it makes a great welding setup. I'd like to see it live and in person, some of the claims are so remarkable... doug Jason Mier wrote: i didnt mean in a car. i wanted to use it to weld with. its a waste of time trying to put hydrogen in a car. From: doug swanson

Re: [Biofuel] The Truth About Recycling

2007-07-09 Thread doug swanson
shouldn't ever need paint, once the oxide layer has formed... then again, perhaps acid rain deteriorates the layer also, or helps the oxide layer to form. doug swanson Dawie Coetzee wrote: (snip) Similarly there is much scope for reduction in the use of aluminium. It is used for so many

[Biofuel] cheap DIY digital thermometer

2007-07-07 Thread doug swanson
on... http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/computers/thermometer/thermometer.html doug swanson -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations are false. Including this one

Re: [Biofuel] 'What the World Eats'!

2007-06-20 Thread doug swanson
grown in, hence a higher level in nutrients. doug swanson Kirk McLoren wrote: There are two different really good links for this with different info at each site: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5005952 http://www.time.com/time/photogallery

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Mike Pelly on the radio in Boston, Hear the podcast.

2007-06-05 Thread doug swanson
http://frugalyankee.com/node/109 Keith Addison wrote: Subject: Mike Pelly on the radio in Boston, Hear the podcast. Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:58:51 -0500 From: Mike Pelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike had a good time being interviewed on the Frugal Yankee radio show Sunday May 27th. Find the

Re: [Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:))

2007-05-31 Thread doug swanson
Trailer for the movie coming out this summer The Real Dirt on Farmer John http://youtube.com/watch?v=sqP1SC5Tr7U I want to see it! doug swanson frantz DESPREZ wrote: Keith Addison a e'crit : No downside. We have a wwebpage on CSAs: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_csa.html Community

Re: [Biofuel] BBC Greg Palast Rove Voter Fraud Story

2007-05-26 Thread doug swanson
what's the link? doug s Mike Weaver wrote: This interview conducted on May 26, 2007 on the Alex Jones Show exposes criminal behavior in our government that should be on every major news media program in America . . . but it is conspicuously absent. Our media is so massively controlled

Re: [Biofuel] Great Collection of PDF files about farming, agriculture and more

2007-05-15 Thread doug swanson
Sorry about that lead, I downloaded several, and didn't see the rights reserved paragraph in the ones I had looked at... I did see on the main download page that Librum owns the electric copyrights, and didn't track it down to find the proof of the statement. doug swanson Chip Mefford

[Biofuel] Great Collection of PDF files about farming, agriculture and more

2007-05-10 Thread doug swanson
http://www.librum.us/pdfs/index.htm Page contents: The Librums PDF Collection Free, the Librum owns the electric copyrights. So, Enjoy! backyard composting.pdf http://www.librum.us/pdfs/backyard%20composting.pdf 2,841,146 bytes barnacle parp's chainsaw guide.pdf

[Biofuel] removing water from ethanol / methanol

2007-05-03 Thread doug swanson
I've been wondering about a reverse osmosis filtering system, whether or not it would be able to remove water from ethanol or methanol. Maybe it would take a different membrane from the one commonly used to filter impurities from water, if it would work at all. Seems like there might be less

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Wireless internet via your toilet?

2007-04-01 Thread doug swanson
It must be April Fools' Day! Kirk McLoren wrote: http://www.google.com/tisp/ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49938/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/

[Biofuel] Water _ (Was Re: 6 stroke motor)

2007-01-31 Thread doug swanson
won't vaporize at water-distillation temperatures, however, I expect that a number of volatile hydrocarbons could end up with the distilled water. Reverse Osmosis comes to mind as a secondary filtration stage... doug swanson Jason Katie wrote: heres where a solar still would come in handy

Re: [Biofuel] 6 stroke motor

2007-01-26 Thread doug swanson
are also contributing to the evaporation of ground water as it is drawn up through the trunk, branches and leaves, bringing the earth's minerals through every part of its being, before finally evaporating from it from the surface of its leaves... doug swanson Doug Younker wrote: Interesting

Re: [Biofuel] Inline Refractometer?

2007-01-25 Thread doug swanson
I'd say that using a laser diode would work, putting the sensor at right angles to the beam, would let you know how much dissolved or particulate material is reflecting light. In perfectly clean water (liquid) the beam should not be visible. doug swanson Will Kelleher wrote: Hey everyone

Re: [Biofuel] Dr Strangelove Saves The Earth

2007-01-22 Thread doug swanson
to go, and I can imagine how one day, the earth's solid crust will eventually become thinner, resulting in tectonic activity not seen since the planet was much younger. doug swanson Terry Dyck wrote: The science sounds similar to Chem Trails, an inert alluminum partical spread by aircraft

Re: [Biofuel] The American Chemistry Council on Chemical Body Burden

2007-01-11 Thread doug swanson
undoubtably interact with each other, hence being handled differently by the body's organs that keep the body clean. I'd be interested in seeing studies that take this action into account! doug swanson Keith Addison wrote: Many studies now confirm that the average human has been invaded

[Biofuel] This Week on NOW: A Home Grown Biofuel

2007-01-11 Thread doug swanson
and farmers at the same time. Learn more about BioWillie both on television and in our web-exclusive video interview with its creator and namesake, Willie Nelson. end quote doug swanson -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less

Re: [Biofuel] Threats of Peak Oil to the Global Food Supply

2007-01-11 Thread doug swanson
I get that movie out occasionally, check it out again. one of the few that I'll watch again from time to time. Like Powder, or The Green Mile for different, and yet related reasons... doug swanson Jason Katie wrote: anyone see that old movie waterworld ? i kind of like the idea

Re: [Biofuel] pendulum/lever

2007-01-07 Thread doug swanson
Wes Moore wrote: Hi Keith snip N.B. over unity and free energy are not the same. While the energy to pump the lever is not considered free energy it can be considered over unity just as a person with a car jack can use perhaps 20 lbs of force to lift a 2 ton car. I agree with being

Re: [Biofuel] permanent magnet alternators

2006-12-08 Thread doug swanson
://www.otherpower.com/20page1.html doug swanson Kirk McLoren wrote: http://www.hydrogenappliances.com/powerpmas.html Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt

Re: [Biofuel] testimonials as proof

2006-10-04 Thread doug swanson
I'd bet that if the strong skepticism applied to deny alternative medicine's effectiveness by western science were also applied to western medicine, many of the drugs which have been recalled in recent history probably wouldn't have made it to market... doug swanson Kirk McLoren wrote

Re: [Biofuel] Ants in South America

2006-09-25 Thread doug swanson
will starve off within a week. And it works! doug swanson Marylynn Schmidt wrote: Some documentary I saw once about ants in the South American amazon .. they help clean up and clear out whole areas. .. and while I try to respect all life forms I don't necessarily want to share my space

Re: [Biofuel] Ants in South America

2006-09-25 Thread doug swanson
no doubt, but some of them don't understand the dialect of antese that I know... ds Joe Street wrote: It's less work to just ask them to build a house somewhere else. J doug swanson wrote: Acting upon the advice of a local organic farmer/teacher, I've eradicated a few anthills

Re: [Biofuel] Why the U.S is a broadband ghetto

2006-09-16 Thread doug swanson
The conspiracy theorist in me (and perhaps the cynic) believes we are limited in our internet connection speeds because the FBI and NSA can't read your data transmissions that fast. Now, if they'd stop moving their lips while reading they could read faster! doug swanson D. Mindock wrote

Re: [Biofuel] Why the U.S is a broadband ghetto

2006-09-16 Thread doug swanson
transmissions that fast. Now, if they'd stop moving ds their lips while reading they could read faster! ds doug swanson ...snip... -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations

Re: [Biofuel] Decrease in fuel prices

2006-09-15 Thread doug swanson
November elections! doug swanson Anthony Austin wrote: Anyone who has not recently noticed the large decrease in the price of fuel at the pump would do well to think about it. I suggest that this administration in cahoots with the oil cartels is behind the drop for strictly political

[Biofuel] Election Voting Machines . NOW | PBS

2006-09-07 Thread doug swanson
/now/shows/236/index.html doug swanson -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email is constructed entirely with OpenSource Software. No Microsoft databits have been incorporated herein. All

Re: [Biofuel] Old Peugeots

2006-08-13 Thread doug swanson
was told about the fuel lines way back when I started using (and making) biodiesel, but being the experimenter, I wanted to watch it happen. It's not instantaneous... doug swanson EMRE ELMAS wrote: Hey Bob, Why don't you cut just an inch or two of the fuel line and drop in B100 to see

[Biofuel] ad: what does your car say about you?

2006-08-01 Thread doug swanson
If the right people would watch this, and take the clue! http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/gasguzzler/index.html doug swanson -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email is constructed entirely

Re: [Biofuel] EV is not dead

2006-07-28 Thread doug swanson
And then there's Tesla Motors, with a convertible! http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php?js_enabled=1 doug swanson Joe Street wrote: Yy! http://news.en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/article.aspx?cp-documentid=673300 Joe ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] Our cash is becoming trackable

2006-07-27 Thread doug swanson
just nuked all my 20s. no sparks, no pop, no flames... jackson's eyes look the same as before cooking... Phone rang, helicopters are landing in my yard. They're still ahead of us! doug swanson D. Mindock wrote: It seems that the new $20 bills have an RFID chip embedded in the right

Re: [Biofuel] WVO

2006-07-20 Thread doug swanson
.) Just heating that layer, not necessarily to water's boiling point will facilitate the separation though. doug swanson WM LUKE MATHISEN wrote: The waste veg oil (wvo)I collect has three different layers after it settles. A clear (translucent) layer on top and a brown non-translucent layer

Re: [Biofuel] Home energy system ...re castings

2006-07-18 Thread doug swanson
I did that last night, a lot of info that Google hadn't displayed is available there. Maybe google doesn't catalog Yahoo group pages. Anyway, it kept me busy looking at ideas and tweaks, information, etc. Thanks! doug Kirk McLoren wrote: If you are serious about that endevour join

Re: [Biofuel] Home energy system ...solar and wind

2006-07-18 Thread doug swanson
no thermometer that can actually give me the temperature of its focus, but I do know that I have no desire to feel the heat with my hand! LOL doug swanson Kirk McLoren wrote: years ago I penciled a 20x20 section of a parabola (cassegrain) and proposed storing thermal energy as latent heat in a m3

[Biofuel] Home energy system ...was Re: {Disarmed} Telegraph - US could be going bankrupt

2006-07-16 Thread doug swanson
candidate for a hybrid vehicle, and I've been working on something along that line also, but first things first... Any ideas are welcome, anything I can do to help pull us out of the mess this planet is in, I will do. doug swanson Jason Katie wrote: you dont need money if you can supply a need. i

Re: [Biofuel] Home energy system ...was Re: {Disarmed} Telegraph - US could be going bankrupt

2006-07-16 Thread doug swanson
The acronym stands for the end of the world as we know it doug JJJN wrote: Excuse me Doug but could you let me know what TEOTWAWKI is and what happens when it happens? I feel perfectly ignorant, Jim doug swanson wrote: I agree that in tight times, basic or even primitive skills

Re: [Biofuel] Home energy system ...was Re: {Disarmed} Telegraph - US could be going bankrupt

2006-07-16 Thread doug swanson
? Ironic Florida should be one of the first states under water. Ok thanks,excuse my folly and ignorance, carry on. Jim doug swanson wrote: The acronym stands for the end of the world as we know it doug JJJN wrote: Excuse me Doug but could you let me know what TEOTWAWKI is and what

Re: [Biofuel] Pimentos... was ... Pimento rears his ugly head again. :-(

2006-07-08 Thread doug swanson
from www.wikipedia.org: The *Pimento* or *Cherry Pepper* is a variety of large, red, heart-shaped chile pepper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile_pepper (/Capsicum annuum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum/) that measures 3 to 4 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide (medium, elongate).

Re: [Biofuel] The truth about where to stand on global warming

2006-07-08 Thread doug swanson
If you're going to look at the Bible for prophecy, one tale often overlooked by the Revelation doom sayers is the story of Jonah, who, after prophesying the destruction of Nineveh, was disappointed when the people changed their ways and hearts, and the city was spared. I think the story is

Re: [Biofuel] satellite dish collectors

2006-06-26 Thread doug swanson
occasionally by hand to keep it within range throughout the year. doug swanson Zeke Yewdall wrote: I'm not sure exactly how the satelite dishes are set up mechanically. Solar tracking is easiest if you have a tilted NS axis, around which it can rotate. That way the tilt of the NS axis

Re: [Biofuel] Worldwide oil consumption seen soaring

2006-06-24 Thread doug swanson
infringement... LOL doug swanson chem.dd wrote: I would think this is the ideal forum for discussing any aspects and options for reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, particularly in terms of sustainability. What is truly sad is closed mindedness. David - Original Message - From: robert