[biofuels-biz] skin on biodiesel

2002-12-11 Thread goat industries
Michael Allen's question: What makes you so sure it is methyl stearate? Do you have a reference for this perhaps? This conclusion is one of my own drawn through my own experiences with making biodiesel from waste oil. There is no research reference that I know of. What do you think it is? By

[biofuels-biz] Quality issues - bad biodiesel and engine damage

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
Hi all I posted this to another list in response to claims that washing your biodiesel isn't necessary and that a less-than-complete reaction, glycs, contaminants, catalyst and excess methanol are good for you. Or something like that. It hasn't been posted anywhere before, AFAIK. I'll cut

[biofuels-biz] Enzymic Production Methods

2002-12-11 Thread Wendell Wait
Does anyone know of any BD being produced using lipase type enzymes that are bacterial/plant derived? I came across a Russian abstract concerning esterification of LCFAâs using enzymes from castor. Surely in our biotech age and where technology is so readily available for the determination and

[biofuels-biz] Secrecy over car-rotting petrol additive (ethanol!!!)

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
Front page of the Sydney Morning Herald today. News And Features - Secrecy over car-rotting petrol additive. By Mike Seccombe. 716 words 11 December 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald (c) 2002 John Fairfax Holdings Limited. Not available for re-distribution. Damning scientific evidence about the

[biofuels-biz] Film on the ethanol issue in Australia

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
I think we should help Mark if we can. Keith Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:29:33 +0900 To: Mark Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: thank you Keith Addison, Thank you for your response. My screenplay is somewhat controversial as it mirrors what is

Re: [biofuels-biz] skin on biodiesel

2002-12-11 Thread Michael Allen
Padraig, Thanks for the information. We have a locomotive in Thailand running 300 kilometres a day on a 50:50 blend of biodiesel:petrodiesel. The biodiesel in primarily methyl stearate because it is made from the waxy solid stearin/palmitin that separates out of the olein in the palm oil.

Re: [biofuels-biz] Enzymic Production Methods

2002-12-11 Thread Michael Allen
Hi Wendell, Try Enzymatic alcoholysis for biodiesel fuel production and application to the reaction to oil processing by Yuji Shimada*, Yomi Watanabe, Akio Sugihara, Yoshio Tominaga Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute, 1-6-50 Morinomiya, Joto-kit, Osaka 536- 8553, Japan The paper

[biofuels-biz] Henry Ford, Charles Kettering and The Fuel of the Future

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
See also: http://www.globalleadnet.org/advocacy/initiatives/nation.cfm The Secret History of Lead, Jamie Lincoln Kitman / The Nation 20mar00 http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/papers/fuel.html Henry Ford, Charles Kettering and The Fuel of the Future in press, Society of Automotive Historians,

RE: [biofuels-biz] skin on biodiesel

2002-12-11 Thread Wendell Wait
Michael, thanx, In some research into used oil I have been perfoming, the source and use it has been put has a great bearing over the content. I noticed the supply of oil had come mainly from fish and chip shops. The oil may well contain an amount of more highly unsaturated fatty acid such as

Re: [biofuels-biz] skin on biodiesel

2002-12-11 Thread rpg
Michael, have noticed that raw biodiesel from tallow readily forms a skin as it cools, but the same BD after washing does not. Paul Gobert. Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List

Re: [biofuels-biz] Film on the ethanol issue in Australia

2002-12-11 Thread David Teal
I have only limited experience of ethanol as motor fuel. Mine was hydrous (around 165 deg. proof) and immiscible with petrol. The car ran well enough after opening out the carb. jet, but the corrosion of metal and plastic components was very severe (just as decribed in the article). I have

[biofuels-biz] Article about biofuel business

2002-12-11 Thread Hakan Falk
Hi Keith and others, I am now close to publish, http://energy.saving.nu/biofuels/biofuelorg.shtml I am still insecure about Ethanol, big or small? and will probably take this as a separate issue all together. Politics and perceptions are very important for a business, so I am not sure yet.

[biofuels-biz] EREN Network News -- 12/11/02

2002-12-11 Thread EREN
= EREN NETWORK NEWS -- December 11, 2002 A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN). http://www.eren.doe.gov/ = Featuring:

[biofuel] Quality issues - bad biodiesel and engine damage

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
Hi all I posted this to another list in response to claims that washing your biodiesel isn't necessary and that a less-than-complete reaction, glycs, contaminants, catalyst and excess methanol are good for you. Or something like that. It hasn't been posted anywhere before, AFAIK. I'll cut

[biofuel] high compression

2002-12-11 Thread Robby Davenport
what diesel engines(small pref.) were high compression 20+:1 seems they would make higher eff. and would burn must any fuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages

Re: [biofuel] high compression

2002-12-11 Thread robert luis rabello
Robby Davenport wrote: what diesel engines(small pref.) were high compression 20+:1 seems they would make higher eff. and would burn must any fuel High compression makes for better economy to a point. However, static compression ratio is not the best measure to predict overall

Re: [biofuel] A robot in our midst?

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
1.The first link serves stealth to an asp script in the page, but does not seem to have any meaning. Maybe if you go trough the code more, you can see if they do anything with the input. A quick glance did not reveal anything and I did not want to spend too much time on it. 2. The other link

Re: [biofuel] Re:Virus protection

2002-12-11 Thread Doug Foskey
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:39, you wrote: On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:09:34 -0800, you wrote: LINUX! virus free. As much as we need to bail on modern fuels we need to bail on micro$oft... Ken Well, I can agree with some of this anti-MS feeling, if only because I don't

Re: [biofuel] Linux Was: Virus protection

2002-12-11 Thread Doug Foskey
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:40, you wrote: I've played with Linux a few times. My only opinion is that YES, Linux is a good OS ... a damn good one no less. It does what probably is the only thing Windows can't do very well. Be an Operating System. In that respect ... Linux is good.

Re: [biofuel] The big picture

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
it isn't everyone, not by a very long way, nor ever will be. When you have a closer look, maybe it's not quite like that even with the slaves. Some people talk of sheeple. Fine critters, sheep, and not that dumb either (Judas goats notwithstanding). I always find that rather patronizing and

Re: [biofuel] Biox Process

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
Glenn wrote: I visited the website and found nothing to discern between their process or the methoxide method. The only thing I did see that says anything regarding their process is that it is done at normal atmosheric pressure. 8 cents a liter is nearly attainable with the regular methoxide

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
Diesel engines power 37% of all new cars sold in Europe - 62% in France. Everywhere, most trips are short trips, including for all those Europeans using diesels. That may have been an issue with much older diesels, but not these days, it's a different and much better beast. Keith I live in

[biofuel] Secrecy over car-rotting petrol additive (ethanol!!!)

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
Front page of the Sydney Morning Herald today. News And Features - Secrecy over car-rotting petrol additive. By Mike Seccombe. 716 words 11 December 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald (c) 2002 John Fairfax Holdings Limited. Not available for re-distribution. Damning scientific evidence about the

[biofuel] Film on the ethanol issue in Australia

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
I think we should help Mark if we can. Keith Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:29:33 +0900 To: Mark Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: thank you Keith Addison, Thank you for your response. My screenplay is somewhat controversial as it mirrors what is

[biofuel] Low-temperature carbonization

2002-12-11 Thread Marc de Piolenc
I've been following the current hooraw about low-temperature carbonization with some confusion. I can't quite tell what the commotion is about. This is not new technology - it was used in primitive form to make retort gas for industrial and domestic use from the late 19th century through (in some

[biofuel] More old news on Caspian oil

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.asp?id=55 : Caspian Oil and New Energy Politics BY DANIEL SHERMAN ENVIRONMENT | 5.25.2000 The Caspian Sea region has long been considered by many to be the next oil and gas frontier. This week confirmed that speculation when it was reported that a

RE: [biofuel] Petroleum's Role in Hemp Prohibition

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
The hemp plant has no psychoactive properties. Cultivating hemp can help replenish spent soil. Hemp can grow almost anywhere, and requires far less pesticides than many other cash crops, such as cotton. Hemp can be used for fuel, fiber, food, medicine, and industry. Hemp seed is highly

Re: [biofuel] Global Diesel Differences

2002-12-11 Thread Hakan Falk
I had diesel cars the last 26 years as private vehicle, both in Sweden and after I moved to middle and southern Europe. In Sweden it was often minus 25 Celsius in the winter and minus 15 Celsius in Central Europe. The only time I had serious problem was one time when I was skiing in Sweden

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-11 Thread Hakan Falk
It is no real merit to this argument. I had diesel cars for the last 26 years. But even when I financed my studies by driving taxi in Stockholm some 40 years ago, the diesel taxis engines last 3 to 5 times longer than gasoline. The famous London Cab is a diesel car. In todays diesels it is

[biofuel] Re: Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-11 Thread hcr_ii [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Where I live there is no competition between petrol an diesel. The roads are often flooded for several days at a time and a damp petrol car won't run. I always look for vehicles with the air intake on the top of the engine as well. Work-wise petrol engines can't match the torque

RE: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-11 Thread desertstallion
Hi, I guess you don't live in Europe. I just read in the local paper that over 50% of the automobiles sold to date in 2002 in Spain were Diesels. Also, due to the life style generally seen in Europe, many of these are used for relatively short runs. Some are actually designed as 'city cars.'

Re: [biofuel] Global Diesel Differences

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
I don't really know what I'm talking about, but from a Canadian perspective I think diesel is widely considered a dirty fuel (and it sounds like the truth of this is what you're researching), but also it's hard to start when it's minus 20 degrees, which is a real, if surmountable, problem in this

[biofuel] Any Austrian dealing with Biodiesel

2002-12-11 Thread Ozan Tezer
Hello, I am looking for somebody from Austria who deals with biodiesel. Thanks.. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

[biofuel] Henry Ford, Charles Kettering and The Fuel of the Future

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
See also: http://www.globalleadnet.org/advocacy/initiatives/nation.cfm The Secret History of Lead, Jamie Lincoln Kitman / The Nation 20mar00 http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/papers/fuel.html Henry Ford, Charles Kettering and The Fuel of the Future in press, Society of Automotive Historians,

RE: [biofuel] Petroleum's Role in Hemp Prohibition

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
This is about all I can find, no direct link. (Reefer Madness is a seriously funny movie, in an unfunny sort of way. I saw it long ago at a late-night special at the Electric Cinema Club in London's Portobello Road, amid a highly appreciative packed house that wasn't exactly at ground level.)

Re: [biofuel] Re:Virus protection

2002-12-11 Thread murdoch
I'm glad to find some agreement on this, as it was obviously not a good experience for me (losing everything because I thought I'd take drastic measures to try to prevent losing everything). There are so many good softwares that have been tried and-or half tried. I used to be a geos enthusiast

Re: [biofuel] London Taxi Cabs (was Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines)

2002-12-11 Thread rpg
- Original Message - From: Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip The famous London Cab is a diesel car. The motor used in these cabs is I have been told the same as the Land Rover Defender marketed in Australia. Land Rover Australia are very vague about the intervals for changing the

[biofuel] Linux install fests?

2002-12-11 Thread Kim Garth Travis
And how does one find such groups? Bright Blessings, Kim Doug Foskey wrote: The best way to start with Linux is to take a computer to a Linux Installfest, which is where the local Linux group has a big install day to attract members. Most groups run these periodically. regards Doug

RE: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-11 Thread Ryan Morgan
The problem most people run into is when the intake gets clogged with soot. If you run Biodiesel, you greatly reduce this problem since there is little to no soot, or...you could always have it cleaned out by your local mechanic. I have a VW Golf TDI and according to those on www.tdiclub.com,

[biofuel] cold weather starting

2002-12-11 Thread Michael Henry
I've actually just bought my first diesel car, and this is one of my main concerns (as I said, I don't really know anything!) - If I go skiing and can't plug my car in, for the day or sometimes even for a few days, do you have tips on starting it when I want to get home? Is this something I

[biofuel] Re: Linux install fests?

2002-12-11 Thread srshb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, Try googling, should fetch you the info. Where do you live ? I did search for Linux installfest and found lot of hits. If you add your place to the search, you may get all the info. Best Regards, Suresh. --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Kim Garth Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And

Re: [biofuel] Re: Linux install fests?

2002-12-11 Thread Kim Garth Travis
srshb wrote: Hi, Try googling, should fetch you the info. Where do you live ? Texas, 100 miles from Houston, 45 from Bryan/College Station and 25 from Huntsville. Bright Blessings, Kim Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives:

Re: [biofuel] Low-temperature carbonization

2002-12-11 Thread Greg and April
- Original Message - From: Marc de Piolenc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 00:56 Subject: [biofuel] Low-temperature carbonization There can't be any doubt of its feasibility, for the obvious reason that it was practiced for years. Its

Re: [biofuel] cold weather starting

2002-12-11 Thread Greg and April
Were do you live? It used to be in Land Crusiers ( in Canada ) had duel heavy duty batteries for starting. Here in Colorado Springs, my father was told by his mechanic to add a little gasoline to the tank before pumping the diesel. I think that it about 1 or 2 qts of gasoline to a tank of

Re: [biofuel] Linux install fests?

2002-12-11 Thread studio53
Good question. So where are the groups, Doug? --- Jesse Parris | studio53 | 53 maitland rd | stamford, ct 06906 203.324.4371www.jesseparris.com/ - Original Message - From: Kim Garth Travis [EMAIL

RE: [biofuel] Petroleum's Role in Hemp Prohibition

2002-12-11 Thread Kris Book
Hemp is the term used for the male and marijuana is the term used to describe the female cannabis plant. There are many subspecies but, all females are psychoactive and all males are not. Did you know that hemp was directly responsible for the Roman Empire's success in conquering the world.

Re: [biofuel] Linux install fests?

2002-12-11 Thread studio53
If you want something done, try it yourself...I got these off Google. http://www.lugod.org/if/In California http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue34/staff.html Canada http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2002-ifest13 Boston http://www.tux.org/fest/Washington. DC

[biofuel] Furnace Fine Tuning

2002-12-11 Thread Thom Strange
Greetings, We have a very competent furnace / boiler technician that is having a difficult time fine tuning the burner for complete combustion. We are burning B100 in the furnace and that is the only fuel that the system has ever seen. Symptoms are as follows: 1)Sometimes it sounds like a

[biofuel] EREN Network News -- 12/11/02

2002-12-11 Thread EREN
= EREN NETWORK NEWS -- December 11, 2002 A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN). http://www.eren.doe.gov/ = Featuring:

Re: [biofuel] cold weather starting

2002-12-11 Thread Bryan Fullerton
Well this is controversial but I have used it on occasion with much success. I spray a 3 second burst of starting fluid on the air filter element and then crank it up.. if youcant get to that then no more then 3 seconds in the intake somewhere. air getting pulled past the starting fluid carries

Re: [biofuel] The big picture

2002-12-11 Thread murdoch
There you go - a hacker in sheeple's clothing, LOL! You're certainly no slave, MM. I wonder if the real slaves aren't the people at the top of the ladder, the ones who think they're in control - such as Kenneth Lay, hopeless failures at life, what a waste. thx, and an interesting take on Lay.

Re: [biofuel] Furnace Fine Tuning

2002-12-11 Thread Hakan Falk
With biodiesel it can be a problem that it does not burn out. A smaller nozzle for a shorter flame and if possible higher pressure, could fix it. You will probably get a 20-30% lower heating capacity from your burner, but they are mostly 2-3 times over sized anyway. It will run longer periods