thanks for the info. I guess we wil have to buy methanol. We have a home in Eritrea, in the highlands, and working on a pilot project in the lowlands of the gash barka region to demonstrate a practical solution to the energy crisis. Eritrea has banned all personal gasoline and diesel purchases since last november and the biodiesel/ethanol project is timely, once the threat of another US backed Ethiopian invasion is dealt with. The government is extremely proactive environmentally with major water conservation projects focusing on building thousands of microdams, reforestation and the award winning Manazar mangrove project on the Red Sea in Massawa (with a time release fertilizer package buried at the base of the mangroves lasting 10 years) mangroves are the future of salt water farming, providing both seed and foliage in desert regions to support animal husbandry, as well as humidifying the desert and soaking up tons and tons of co2. To see the amazing soil conservation and reforestation efforts nationally in Eritrea is really an inspiration and example of what a real national service program for the youth can do. What is needed now is rain and peace and biodiesel/ethanol to free up hard foriegn exchange for water, electricity, health and education development. The good thing about Eritrea is the lack of corruption in the government, the close connection the leadership of the country has with the people and the high level of unity and consciousness of the people. The main problem facing Eritrea, as in much of the world, is the US...even the terrible drought is a much smaller problem with all the ground water the country has... selam and rain for the Horn of Africa, tom
> From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 03:46:01 +0900 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible? > > Hello Tom > >> As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was wondering if it was possible to >> make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak? > > No. We've been discussing this since the list was founded five years > ago, but nobody's found a solution yet. Dr Tom Reed, who probably > knows more about methanol than most, told me we just aren't there > yet. Walt Patrick of Windward posted some interesting information > some time ago and said his organisation would be working on it, but > we've heard nothing since. You can check it in the archives if you > like. > >> And the other question is it >> possible to make biodiesel with ethanol? > > Not for novices: > > Ethyl esters -- making ethanol biodiesel > http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#ethylester > >> I am putting together a proposal >> for an East African country to follow Brazils lead and have to do some >> homework first. > > There have been enquiries and initiatives from quite a few African > countries concerning ethyl esters, but we've never heard anything > further. I'd investigate it thoroughly first before recommending > anything if I were you. > > Best wshes > > Keith > > >> selam, >> tom mountain > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
