Re: [Biofuel] Seeds of Hope, Monsanto and Mercatus Center

2006-09-18 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Duncan I believe there's quite a lot about Mosnanto et al's previous antics in Africa and South Africa in the list archives, worth a look. This might be of interest: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mercatus_Center Mercatus Center - SourceWatch Lots of links to further resources,

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds - importing foreign plants

2005-12-31 Thread Sten Armstrong
good point bob.  the world has lots of foreign plant problems already... australia has lantana, prickly pear, camphor lauryl and dozens of others.  florida has an invasion of aussie tea trees i think.so its something that should always be considered and if its something that has not been introduced

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-12-31 Thread lres1
is a reasonable risk to grow it.   Doug - Original Message - From: Robert Carr To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Seeds ***No virus was detected i

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-12-31 Thread Robert Carr
has anyone on this forum considered the long term implications of importing/planting foreign plants? in many countries this practise is illegal, and restricted for many more. This is for very good reason, initally the import of a new plant or tree may seem to solve a problem, but when it sta

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-14 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Mike, John John, There is an article from Homepower magazine that gives detailed information on biodiesel production which includes oil extraction. I don't have enough experience to determine it's validity. But it seems to indicate that there is "table top" equipment available for ext

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-14 Thread Keith Addison
on 7/13/05 4:20 PM, John Wilson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Mike, > Extracting the oil from seed requires a process that is quite > expensive. Harvest equipment you could probably contract out > but unless you are somewhere where you can sell the cake or > have livestock to feed the cake

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-13 Thread Michael Redler
John,   There is an article from Homepower magazine that gives detailed information on biodiesel production which includes oil extraction. I don't have enough experience to determine it's validity. But it seems to indicate that there is "table top" equipment available for extracting the oil.   I f

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-13 Thread Ken Provost
on 7/13/05 4:20 PM, John Wilson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Mike, > Extracting the oil from seed requires a process that is quite > expensive. Harvest equipment you could probably contract out > but unless you are somewhere where you can sell the cake or > have livestock to feed the cake t

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-13 Thread John Wilson
Hi Mike, Extracting the oil from seed requires a process that is quite expensive. Harvest equipment you could probably contract out but unless you are somewhere where you can sell the cake or have livestock to feed the cake to an on site extractor I don't think would pay. Trucking the beans

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Hixson
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=diesel+motorcycle&btnG=Google +Search I also saw this one mentioned on another forum recently. http://tinyurl.com/b3ylx -M@ On Jul 13, 2005, at 2:21 PM, r wrote: Try "diesel motorcycle" on Google. I got a few hits when I tried it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread Appal Energy
Rebuilt VW long and short blocks. www.vwdieselparts.com Reasonable pricing. Fairly good service. Probably something similar to this somewhere at a theatre near you so you wouldn't have to pay a freight bill. Todd Swearingen bob allen wrote: Michael Redler wrote: Bob, I don't disagree

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread r
Metaefficient's web page is in Dutch.  Altavista's Babel Fish translation web page translates web pages between different languages, for free.  Enter the url of the web page (www.startwin.com) which you want to translate from (in this case, Dutch)  into the "Translate a web page" field, select

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread r
check out http://www.metaefficient.com/metaefficient/archives/news/efficient-diesel-motorcycle-created.html.  A diesel-engined motorcycle that is said to do 150 MPG and potentially run biodiesel. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try "diesel motorcycle" on Google.  I got a few hits when I tried

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread bob allen
Michael Redler wrote: Bob, I don't disagree that there is an abundance of waste vegetable oil out there. My curiosity in making it from scratch, comes from the same ideology that drives me to join this forum. Although I'm sure that I'll eventually be tapping into this source, I'm not convin

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread r
Try "diesel motorcycle" on Google.  I got a few hits when I tried it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob,   I don't disagree that there is an abundance of waste vegetable oil out there. My curiosity in making it from scratch, comes from the same ideology that drives me to join this foru

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread Michael Redler
Bob,   I don't disagree that there is an abundance of waste vegetable oil out there. My curiosity in making it from scratch, comes from the same ideology that drives me to join this forum. Although I'm sure that I'll eventually be tapping into this source, I'm not convinced of it's sustainability

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread bob allen
Howdy Mike, why not used vegetable oil? Even small burger joints generate 10 or so gal a week. Around my parts the small operators have to pay to have the stuff hauled off, so they are more than willing to give it to me for free. Michael Redler wrote: Hi everyone, I know we've already disc

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-05 Thread Legal Eagle
s you are now a potential "terrorist". Insanity can be cured, but it first takes the will to cure it... Luc - Original Message - From: "Andrew Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:58 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel]

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Lowe
inal Message - From: "mark manchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Seeds crack me up. thanks. Jess [snip] Regards, Andrew p.s. Hi to the CIA/NSA/FBI bloke who's

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-04 Thread Legal Eagle
. It boggels the mind eh? Luc - Original Message - From: "mark manchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Seeds crack me up. thanks. Jess From: "Mel Riser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-04 Thread Anti-Fossil
ECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:36 PM Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Seeds > Sorry, I don't have any recommendations for you. But I did want to mention > that I use normal store bought pre-sprouted plants every year. This year I > had horrible time with my veggies. Tomatoes

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-04 Thread mark manchester
crack me up. thanks. Jess > From: "Mel Riser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:50:28 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Seeds > > Remember just donÕt carry your almanac around o

RE: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-04 Thread Mel Riser
Remember just don’t carry your almanac around on the dash of your car. Then you are a terrorist. :) -Original Message- From: Peggy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 7:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Seeds Try a farmer's almanac. It

RE: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-04 Thread Peggy
Try a farmer's almanac. It can't hurt and it could help. Peggy Sorry, I don't have any recommendations for you. But I did want to mention that I use normal store bought pre-sprouted plants every year. This year I had horrible time with my veggies. Tomatoes especially took it hard this year.

RE: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-04 Thread John Mullan
Sorry, I don't have any recommendations for you. But I did want to mention that I use normal store bought pre-sprouted plants every year. This year I had horrible time with my veggies. Tomatoes especially took it hard this year. Looked diseased. Sweet green and hot peppers did fine. String b

RE: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-03 Thread Peggy
Hello Robert Luis, Ah, the spring garden. We start many of our seeds early on in sprouting cups, then gingerly move them into larger plastic cups with rich soil (The colored drinking cups can be used for about three years before they need to go into the recycling bin.) Plant the started plant in

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-03 Thread Legal Eagle
Send Ken an email. He does sapplings, seeds and other stuff until the organics from the garden are ready. http://www.windmillpointfarm.ca/isapi/isapi.dll?page.home&language_id=1 is the path to their site. Luc - Original Message - From: "robert luis rabello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[

Re: [Biofuel] Seeds

2005-01-03 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Robert, Try these folks: http://www.seedsofchange.com/ Happy Happy, Gustl Monday, 03 January, 2005, 01:44:16, you wrote: rlr> Hello everyone! rlr> My sweetheart and I have been planning our garden for this year. rlr> Last year's vegetables were, by far, the most successful we