Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 223

2000-12-19 Thread John Harris
Thanks David My still column is 6.25 inch ID. I have Silicone rings used to join the tubing which I will attemp to use to seal around the rounds inside the tubing. I was toying with the idea of running a rod through I think 10 x 2 thick rounds with a large (perforated) washer top and bottom so I

Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 223

2000-12-19 Thread DAVID REID
John, Will probably work well on this size column. A few words of advice though and a few questions. Dont expect a long life out of the cores so dont spend a lot of money on them. I say this from experience as owning a number of old cars over the years and recoring the radiators because

Re: [biofuel] Water content of ethanol

2000-12-19 Thread DAVID REID
Ken, Your right. Ideally ethanol should be anhydrous when mixed with gasoline (likewise with ethanol by itself as a fuel) otherwise left to sit they will separate out over a period but in reality most cars if properly tuned will run better and slightly hotter (hence better firing) and

[biofuel] Water content of ethanol

2000-12-19 Thread Ken Provost
A question for the experts from a new guy -- I'm pretty sure ethanol has to be nearly absolute when you mix it with gasoline, or the EtOH and water separate out together. But it seems like if you're burning just ethanol in an internal combustion engine, it could have a lot more water in it. How

[biofuel] Fermentable grains

2000-12-19 Thread DAVID REID
Skaar, As Geoff has pointed out they need to be broken down to simple sugars Yeast while they can even take in and absorb more complex sugars like dextrose (a dimer or two molecule sugar) in order to utilize sugars need these available in the form of glucose. With the process of

Re: [biofuel] Yields

2000-12-19 Thread skaar
my agreement jumps down from a balcony and sissy slaps you around(in other words, gotcha). are there any grains which are direct fermented? Geoff Pritchard wrote: > Also remember that in addition to the moisture content of the various > feedstocks, some of those (wheat, corn, other cereal

[biofuel] Re: Water content of ethanol

2000-12-19 Thread Keith Addison
Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A question for the experts from a new guy -- I'm pretty sure ethanol has to be nearly absolute when you mix it with gasoline, or the EtOH and water separate out together. But it seems like if you're burning just ethanol in an internal combustion engine, it

[biofuel] Car Makers Face Fuel Economy Fight

2000-12-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001218/bs/ye_autos_2.html Monday December 18 6:56 PM ET Car Makers Face Fuel Economy Fight By JUSTIN HYDE, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - After a year of touting their efforts to make cars and trucks more environmentally friendly, U.S. automakers will face

[biofuel] Lawsuit Claims Execs Plotted To Drive Up Energy Prices

2000-12-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/sddt/20001218/lo/lawsuit_claims_execs_plo tted_to_drive_up_energy_prices_1.html San Diego Daily Transcript Monday December 18 09:15 PM EST Lawsuit Claims Execs Plotted To Drive Up Energy Prices Charged with a massive conspiracy and the largest gouging of

Re: [biofuel] Car Makers Face Fuel Economy Fight

2000-12-19 Thread Bryan Fullerton
These carmakers are obviously in bed with the oil companies.. They make so few of these cars and price them so high only the rich can afford to go green. It is ridiculous... --Bryan - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@egroups.com Sent: Monday,

Re: [biofuel] Yields

2000-12-19 Thread Geoff Pritchard
I can't think of any grains right off hand that don't store their NRG as starch. If you catch these grains before they're fully mature, then you may find some simple sugars present. But not for long. That's the story with sweet corn. Sweet=sugar ie. readily available and mobile NRG source but

[biofuel] Re: Yields

2000-12-19 Thread Keith Addison
I can't think of any grains right off hand that don't store their NRG as starch. If you catch these grains before they're fully mature, then you may find some simple sugars present. But not for long. That's the story with sweet corn. Sweet=sugar ie. readily available and mobile NRG source but

[biofuel] Australia Draws Energy, Carbon and Oil from Eucalyptus Trees

2000-12-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/dec2000/2000L-12-15-01.html Environment News Service: Australia Draws Energy, Carbon and Oil from Eucalypt Trees Australia Draws Energy, Carbon and Oil from Eucalyptus Trees PERTH, Australia, December 15, 2000 (ENS) - A unique process of biomass energy production will

[biofuel] India - Emission check ultimatum may fail, again

2000-12-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.indiaserver.com:80/thehindu/2000/12/18/stories/0418401s.htm The Hindu Monday, December 18, 2000 Emission check ultimatum may fail, again By N. Ravi Kumar CHENNAI, DEC. 17. City residents are inhaling poisonous levels of automotive emissions, but the scheme to get vehicles

[biofuel] Sweet Deal Mirrors Australia's Changing Fuel Policy

2000-12-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec2000/2000L-12-15-10.html Environment News Service: Sweet Deal Mirrors Australia's Changing Fuel Policy Sweet Deal Mirrors Australia's Changing Fuel Policy SYDNEY, Australia, December 15, 2000 (ENS) - Australia has finally caught up with the rest of the developed

[biofuel] Website Helps Diesel Truck, Bus Fleets Run Cleaner

2000-12-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/dec2000/2000L-12-18-09.html Environment News Service: AmeriScan: December 18, 2000 Website Helps Diesel Truck, Bus Fleets Run Cleaner WASHINGTON, DC, December 18, 2000 (ENS) - A new website from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -

Re: [biofuel] Re: half brained idea

2000-12-19 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Keith and All, If you want a drag racer you need light weight. Start with the lightest vehicle you can . Use a 10 -20 hp biodiesel gen to charge a 196 vdc optima or hawker battery pack . 1 or 2 adc 9 or Ge motors to the rear diff controlled by a DCP1200 or 2. Axe the 4x4