Re: [biofuel] % diesel used versus amount of wvo available

2004-08-04 Thread rob crowley
hi steven hakan falk recently posted a useful link in reply to the hybrid vehicle thread. the link is: http://energysavingnow.com/biofuels/dieseltech.shtml at the bottom of the page is another link to a talk given by an exec of Bosch USA that discusses the impact on U.S. fuel consumption and

Re: [biofuel] % diesel used versus amount of wvo available

2004-08-04 Thread steven mesibov
Thanks Rob! Those are some excellent links with good overview points. I'll try to incorporate some of that in my next talk. Tonight's presentation to the Sierra Club went extremely well. They let me ramble on for over an hour while interrupting many times to ask some excellent questions.

Re: [biofuel] % diesel used versus amount of wvo available

2004-08-03 Thread steven mesibov
Keith, John, Thanks for the response. Hopefully the Club Sierra will be fairly well controled, if for no other reason than I was invited by one of the directors! :-) As far as the right questions to ask: My approach is that no one solution is going to fix the problem. The problem is far to

[biofuel] % diesel used versus amount of wvo available

2004-08-02 Thread steven mesibov
I'm preparing a presentation to the local Sierra club and I can't seem to find the statistic on the amount of wvo available in the US versus the amount of diesel fuel used. The total vegetable oil that could be made into diesel would be a nice figure too. Anyone have that around? Thanks!

Re: [biofuel] % diesel used versus amount of wvo available

2004-08-02 Thread John Hayes
steven mesibov wrote: I'm preparing a presentation to the local Sierra club and I can't seem to find the statistic on the amount of wvo available in the US versus the amount of diesel fuel used. The total vegetable oil that could be made into diesel would be a nice figure too. Actually, I

Re: [biofuel] % diesel used versus amount of wvo available

2004-08-02 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Steve I'm preparing a presentation to the local Sierra club and I can't seem to find the statistic on the amount of wvo available in the US versus the amount of diesel fuel used. :-) If you mention the D-word there the sky will fall on your head. Actually, if you can even get them to