[biofuels-biz] Stricter rules against diesel polluters

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
FYI - Sent to me by Capt. Samai www.bangkokpost.com Stricter rules against diesel polluters Vehicles with diesel engines that pollute the air could be banned from city streets under a new regulation. Fines were no longer good enough, said Supat Wangwongwatana, deputy chief of the Pollution

[biofuels-biz] California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20579/story.htm California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals USA: April 28, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO - Faced with tough auto industry opposition, California officials voted last week to further scale back the nation's first mandate

[biofuels-biz] Manitoba to make ethanol-blend gasoline mandatory

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20600/story.htm Manitoba to make ethanol-blend gasoline mandatory CANADA: April 28, 2003 WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian Prairie province of Manitoba will make it mandatory for gasoline sold there to be blended with ethanol by September

[biofuels-biz] Re: [biofuel] California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals

2003-04-28 Thread Darryl McMahon
California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals The California Air Resources Board voted 8-3 to lower the number of these vehicles that must be on California roads by 2005 while also allowing car manufacturers to produce fuel cell cars rather than just electric ones to meet the

[biofuels-biz] Fuel cell targets RV market

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/ontario/news/la-ivo-fuelcell25apr25, 1,185402.story April 25, 2003 Fuel cell targets RV market University, company partner to provide alternative energy source for accessories. Matthew Chin, Inland Valley Voice LA VERNE - A University of La Verne chemistry

[biofuels-biz] Regulations Cut U.S. Carbon Monoxide Emissions

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2003/2003-04-25-11.asp Regulations Cut U.S. Carbon Monoxide Emissions WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2003 (ENS) - The U.S. regulation of carbon monoxide is one of the great success stories in air pollution control, an independent panel of scientists reported this week.

[biofuels-biz] 1000 tons of biodiesel needed now

2003-04-28 Thread akarbowski
Dear All, Plaese let me know if You are in a position to supply or familiar with such a possibility to supply 1000 tons of biodiesel. I would be very thankful for any positive answer to this. Adrian Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free

Re: [biofuels-biz] 1000 tons of biodiesel needed now

2003-04-28 Thread Martin Brook
We can supply if you can prove finance - Original Message - From: akarbowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:29 PM Subject: [biofuels-biz] 1000 tons of biodiesel needed now Dear All, Plaese let me know if You are in a position to

Re: [biofuels-biz] 1000 tons of biodiesel needed now

2003-04-28 Thread Steve Spence
and just how many gallons is that, anyway? ;-) Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Martin Brook [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[biofuels-biz] Auckland cars produce more air pollution than in Los Angeles

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3451384thesection= newsthesubsection=general New Zealand News - NZ Study links heart attacks to rise in air pollution (See previous) Auckland's problem * A report for the Ministry of Transport estimated that 436 people died prematurely in

[biofuels-biz] Heart attacks 'triggered by air pollution'

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=400796 Heart attacks 'triggered by air pollution' By Roger Dobson and Severin Carrell 27 April 2003 Small rises in urban air pollution can trigger an increased number of potentially fatal heart attacks, an international study has

[biofuels-biz] Japanese Gas Guzzlers

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.ncpa.org/iss/reg/2003/pd042303e.html NCPA Japanese Gas Guzzlers Daily Policy Digest Regulatory Issues / Regulatory Issues (Auto Travel) Wednesday, April 23, 2003 As the Ford Motor Company scaled back expectations this month for its first hybrid-powered vehicle and backpedaled on a

[biofuels-biz] President wants to cut emissions from diesel agricultural equipment

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7798171BRD=1996PAG=461dep t_id=459492rfi=6 Farm and Dairy President wants to cut emissions from diesel agricultural equipment 04/24/2003 New engine emissions standards target agricultural equipment. Diesel fuel powers more than

[biofuels-biz] World's first hydrogen service station opens in Iceland

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-04-25/s_4075.asp World's first hydrogen service station opens in Iceland 25 April 2003 By Richard Middleton, Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A filling station for hydrogen-powered vehicles, said to be the first in the world, opened Thursday in Iceland. In

Re: [biofuels-biz] 1000 tons of biodiesel needed now

2003-04-28 Thread Appal Energy
~260,000 gallons per short ton. - Original Message - From: Steve Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [biofuels-biz] 1000 tons of biodiesel needed now and just how many gallons is that, anyway? ;-) Steve Spence

Re: [biofuels-biz] 1000 tons of biodiesel needed now

2003-04-28 Thread Appal Energy
Sorry. ~260,000 gallons if he's speaking of short tons. - Original Message - From: Steve Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [biofuels-biz] 1000 tons of biodiesel needed now and just how many gallons is that,

[biofuel] Stricter rules against diesel polluters

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
FYI - Sent to me by Capt. Samai www.bangkokpost.com Stricter rules against diesel polluters Vehicles with diesel engines that pollute the air could be banned from city streets under a new regulation. Fines were no longer good enough, said Supat Wangwongwatana, deputy chief of the Pollution

[biofuel] Anti-war carnival arrives at BP AGM

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
BP Chairman Peter Sutherland denied that the Iraq war was fought over oil... Er... Lord Browne, chief executive of BP and one of New Labour's favourite industrialists, has warned Washington not to carve up Iraq for its own oil companies in the aftermath of any future war. [more] BP chief fears

[biofuel] California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20579/story.htm California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals USA: April 28, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO - Faced with tough auto industry opposition, California officials voted last week to further scale back the nation's first mandate

[biofuel] Human gene expert to take on Sargasso Sea

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
The project ... may lead to the development of new methods for carbon sequestration or alternative energy production and will work to engineer a particular type of microbe that could produce hydrogen, an important component in our clean energy future...

[biofuel] Manitoba to make ethanol-blend gasoline mandatory

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20600/story.htm Manitoba to make ethanol-blend gasoline mandatory CANADA: April 28, 2003 WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian Prairie province of Manitoba will make it mandatory for gasoline sold there to be blended with ethanol by September

Re: [biofuel] California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals

2003-04-28 Thread Darryl McMahon
California votes to weaken tough auto emissions goals The California Air Resources Board voted 8-3 to lower the number of these vehicles that must be on California roads by 2005 while also allowing car manufacturers to produce fuel cell cars rather than just electric ones to meet the

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-28 Thread Appal Energy
Nah...Nah...NahNahNah. You postured it. So I asked: What are the rights as you see them - not a statutory listing and constitutional law from a law library. Any idgit can look this stuff up and couch it before any crowd of legal or common mind. If the law already exists, then in

Re: [biofuel] Re: Possible Elsbett Workshop in Berkeley July 4-6

2003-04-28 Thread Andrew Preston
Some email programs allow you to create messages using HTML. For example: PI want a Bombay Duck, and I want it A href= http://www.2pieR.com; now/A !/P would display as: I want a Bombay Duck, and I want it now ! whereby the 'now' contains the hypertext link and clicking on 'now' would work in

[biofuel] A War on Enlightenment

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15747 A War on Enlightenment By Adam Hochschild, tomdispatch.com April 28, 2003 In the war that has just begun, soldiers and civilians will not be the only casualties. Although President Bush trumpets the bringing of democracy to Iraq, in a larger

[biofuel] Bush Goes AWOL

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030505s=alterman April 17, 2003 STOP THE PRESSES by Eric Alterman Bush Goes AWOL One of the many maddening feats of this Administration is that in choosing to fight the war on terror by going to war with Iraq, George W. Bush has inspired new terrorist

[biofuel] Fuel cell targets RV market

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/ontario/news/la-ivo-fuelcell25apr25, 1,185402.story April 25, 2003 Fuel cell targets RV market University, company partner to provide alternative energy source for accessories. Matthew Chin, Inland Valley Voice LA VERNE - A University of La Verne chemistry

[biofuel] Green And Bear It

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7658 Green And Bear It Natasha Hunter is associate editor at TomPaine.com. Good environmental news is hard to come by as we wrap up Earth Week 2003. Green activists face the most hostile political climate they've encountered in the last 30 years. With a

[biofuel] Neocons Attack the State Department

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2003/0304gingrich.html Foreign Policy In Focus | Global Affairs Commentary Bringing the War Home: Neocons Attack the State Department By Jim Lobe | April 23, 2003 Editor: John Gershman, Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) Editor's Note: This piece was

[biofuel] Regulations Cut U.S. Carbon Monoxide Emissions

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2003/2003-04-25-11.asp Regulations Cut U.S. Carbon Monoxide Emissions WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2003 (ENS) - The U.S. regulation of carbon monoxide is one of the great success stories in air pollution control, an independent panel of scientists reported this week.

[biofuel] The Supreme Court vs. The American People

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7632 The Supreme Court vs. The American People An Interview With Constitutional Scholar Jamin Raskin Steven Rosenfeld is a commentary editor and audio producer for TomPaine.com. Jamin Raskin is a professor of constitutional law at American University.

[biofuel] Amtrak

2003-04-28 Thread murdoch
To hop in a car and drive for eight hours to visit someone would be unheard of in most other countries, but is fairly common in the USA. There are a number of reasons for this. The first is the absence of any real intercity mass transit except for airlines. Our long distance passenger

[biofuel] Re: 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-28 Thread murdoch
in Oz we have around 700 deaths per year over 18 million. the US has 48,000 out of 200 million, or about 6 times the death rate (and I guess the injuries rate is similarly higher.) the main differences between the two? compulsory seatbelts, random breathtesting, standard national laws (0.05%

Re: [biofuel] Amtrak

2003-04-28 Thread Steve Spence
My monthly fee lets me get on and off anywhere between the 2 points listed on my pass any time I want as many times I want in a month. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Double oops (was Re: [biofuel] Re: Possible Elsbett Workshop in Berkeley July 4-6

2003-04-28 Thread Steve Spence
Many of us strip out the html, or block it, to reduce the risk of hostile emails infecting our machines. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message -

Double oops (was Re: [biofuel] Re: Possible Elsbett Workshop in Berkeley July 4-6

2003-04-28 Thread craig reece
Andrew, Thanks, and oops again - I see I intended to reply to Keith - thinking he's sent me a private message - but that I responded to Biofuels. Oh well, I'm not shy about my political views. I'm not sure I understand what you've suggested. I use Netscape, and I send with HTML enabled - but

Re: Double oops (was Re: [biofuel] Re: Possible Elsbett Workshop in Berkeley July 4-6

2003-04-28 Thread Steve Spence
there are a few anti mac coders out there, but it's not nearly as much fun as attacking the evil empire ;-) Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message -

[biofuel] Re: Amtrak

2003-04-28 Thread murdoch
This isn't the same issue. I was trying to raise the issue of a Eurail-style go-anywhere pass, suitable for a wanderlust-style vacation valued by so many in using their cars (not just a point-to-point monthly pass), and the fact that it is for sale by Amtrak, but only to non-Americans. I see

[biofuel] Rights ( was 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002 )

2003-04-28 Thread Greg and April
Well Todd, how long a discussion would you like to have? After all we could go on forever, on who should get what Rights and under what circumstances. The time we ( the members of the list ) have spent on the 1st amendment alone has filled many hours already. I still don't think that this is

[biofuel] Auckland cars produce more air pollution than in Los Angeles

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3451384thesection= newsthesubsection=general New Zealand News - NZ Study links heart attacks to rise in air pollution (See previous) Auckland's problem * A report for the Ministry of Transport estimated that 436 people died prematurely in

[biofuel] Coalition 'must reveal DU targets'

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2972613.stm BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 24 April, 2003, 16:12 GMT 17:12 UK Coalition 'must reveal DU targets' By Alex Kirby BBC News Online environment correspondent People in Iraq need urgent advice on avoiding exposure to depleted uranium (DU), the United

[biofuel] Heart attacks 'triggered by air pollution'

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=400796 Heart attacks 'triggered by air pollution' By Roger Dobson and Severin Carrell 27 April 2003 Small rises in urban air pollution can trigger an increased number of potentially fatal heart attacks, an international study has

[biofuel] Japanese Gas Guzzlers

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.ncpa.org/iss/reg/2003/pd042303e.html NCPA Japanese Gas Guzzlers Daily Policy Digest Regulatory Issues / Regulatory Issues (Auto Travel) Wednesday, April 23, 2003 As the Ford Motor Company scaled back expectations this month for its first hybrid-powered vehicle and backpedaled on a

[biofuel] Korea, South and North, at Risk

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15727 Korea, South and North, at Risk By Chalmers Johnson, Pacific News Service April 24, 2003 South Koreans are no doubt watching the multilateral talks between the United States, North Korea and China with great interest, but they would do well to

Re: [biofuel] Re: Possible Elsbett Workshop in Berkeley July 4-6

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
Andrew Preston wrote: Some email programs allow you to create messages using HTML. For example: PI want a Bombay Duck, and I want it A href= http://www.2pieR.com; now/A !/P would display as: I want a Bombay Duck, and I want it now ! whereby the 'now' contains the hypertext link and clicking

[biofuel] President wants to cut emissions from diesel agricultural equipment

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7798171BRD=1996PAG=461dep t_id=459492rfi=6 Farm and Dairy President wants to cut emissions from diesel agricultural equipment 04/24/2003 New engine emissions standards target agricultural equipment. Diesel fuel powers more than

[biofuel] Robert Fisk: Looking Beyond War

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15729 Robert Fisk: Looking Beyond War By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! April 23, 2003 Goodman: After spending a month in Iraq, could you describe your thoughts? Fisk: Well, my assumption is that history has a way or repeating itself. I was talking to

[biofuel] War Coverage Rewrites History

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15717 War Coverage Rewrites History By Danny Schechter, Globalvision News Network April 22, 2003 The non-stop news cycle turns breaking events into history with an unprecedented rapidity. Soon we will be flooded with books, videocassettes and

[biofuel] Weapons of Mass Distraction

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
Weapons of Mass Distraction A good linked summary of the still-building saga of the already infamous NYT Judith Miller WMD story can be found at rationalenquirer.org. Latest development is Bush citing the same mysterious source as Miller for the alleged last-second destruction of Iraq's

[biofuel] World's first hydrogen service station opens in Iceland

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-04-25/s_4075.asp World's first hydrogen service station opens in Iceland 25 April 2003 By Richard Middleton, Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A filling station for hydrogen-powered vehicles, said to be the first in the world, opened Thursday in Iceland. In

Re: [biofuel] Re: Amtrak

2003-04-28 Thread Greg and April
Amtrak has severely cut back on the destinations that they serve. Before I was married, the wife and I took the train from CO to OR to see her parents. I had to drive from Colo. Spngs. to Denver were we got on the train, and road it to Portland, there we were picked up by her father then we

Re: [biofuel] 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-28 Thread Steve Nomico
All, I don't know the per capita statistics, but we have a disgusting ratio in South Africa -- in our case a huge number of deaths are either pedestrian or passenger which are not shown up by the statistics and which are unaffected by all the deep reflection on what will make the automobile

Re: [biofuel] World's first hydrogen service station opens in Iceland

2003-04-28 Thread Party of Citizens
Isn't there a model community project in Toronto which used a hydrogen generator for all of its electric power? Does anybody have any details? POC On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Keith Addison wrote: http://www.enn.com/news/2003-04-25/s_4075.asp World's first hydrogen service station opens in Iceland

Re: [biofuel] World's first hydrogen service station opens in Iceland

2003-04-28 Thread martin
While interesting, the hydrogen must come from some other power source. So I'm not sure that any self-respecting engineer would design a hydrogen powered electrical generator. Party of Citizens wrote: Isn't there a model community project in Toronto which used a hydrogen generator for all of

[biofuel] HCCI Engines

2003-04-28 Thread Darren
HCCI engines are particually well suited to hybrid vehicle applications http://www.osti.gov/fcvt/2001-01-2077.pdf Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions.

[biofuel] I wonder why it is so easy to fool people with money

2003-04-28 Thread Kris Book
What do you think would motivate a man to buck the system, like this man has? It doesn't seem that money, fame, or even hatred could be the motivating factor in this man's campaign to stop the current regime from taking what's left of our freedoms. Why are so many good citizens speaking out

Re: [biofuel] Re: 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002

2003-04-28 Thread paul van den bergen
On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 01:17 am, murdoch wrote: compulsory seatbelts, random breathtesting, standard national laws (0.05% blood alcohol), 0% blood alcohol for the first 2 years of driving (2 years probation, driving age is 18). There are dozens of differences or nuances one could attempt to

[biofuel] Supreme Court vs. Activists

2003-04-28 Thread Marc de Piolenc
Jamin Raskin: People believe there is a constitutional right to vote. People believe there is a constitutional right to an education. Most people assume that states have to guarantee equal funding for public schools. All of those beliefs are rejected by the Supreme Court. Right to vote does

Re: [biofuel] Supreme Court vs. Activists

2003-04-28 Thread Appal Energy
So you propose leaving everyone who can't live up to a particular standard behind? The aged? The infirm? The abandoned? The abused? Didn't they use to have orphanages and asylums for those on the fringe? Numerous good reasons why both were largely abandoned. Perhaps it might be a little more

Re: [biofuel] vacuum drying!

2003-04-28 Thread martin
http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/chm1045/notes/Forces/Phase/Forces06.htm http://www.iapws.org/faq1/boil.htm http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/watvap.html Try those links about the vapor pressure curve for water. When they say 0 mmHg, that is an absolute vacuum, so you would have to

Re: [biofuel] Rights ( was 42,850 Traffic Deaths in 2002 )

2003-04-28 Thread Appal Energy
Well Greg, I don't know if it's because I'm flat exhausted beyond even my imagination or simply because you are by and large on track on this one. I don't think universal health care is going to pay for the average, run of the mill wart removal, much less implants, tummy tucks or Viagra. But

Re: [biofuel] anyone see this?

2003-04-28 Thread Keith Addison
www.greasel.com Um, yes... 60 times. http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?keywords=greasellist=biofuel See also: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html Straight vegetable oil as diesel fuel: Journey to Forever SVO systems http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html#systems

[biofuel] anyone see this?

2003-04-28 Thread greg
www.greasel.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/cjB9SD/od7FAA/AG3JAA/FGYolB/TM