Re: [biofuels-biz] Striking It Poor: Oil as a Curse

2003-06-19 Thread Martin Brook
Can someone give me the details or web site about Peugeot racing with biodiesel which was in an earlier posting? Does anybody know about documented evidence supporting non-esterifacation biodiesel? - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc:

[biofuels-biz] Despite billions for alternatives, car remains king

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.msnbc.com/news/925324.asp?cp1=1 Despite billions for alternatives, car remains king 75 percent of U.S. workers still get to job alone in vehicles By Lynne Shallcross MSNBC WHIPPANY, N.J., June 16 - Ron Brown is a traffic engineer's dream. For two summers, conscious of the

[biofuels-biz] Hydrogen Hijacking?

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
Hydrogen Hijacking? The European Union and the U.S. agreed yesterday to team up on research into hydrogen fuel cells, widely touted as a potentially clean power source that will revolutionize future energy use. But while the E.U. wants to develop hydrogen using renewable energy sources such

[biofuels-biz] Re: Peugeot takes it's diesel racing on biofuel - was Striking It Poor: Oil as a Curse

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
Martin, please change the subject line when you change the subject, and cut irrelevant stuff in previous messages - your message should have been 1kb but it was 15kb, sent to more than 500 people. Anyway, is this what you're looking for? Keith Addison Moderator To:

[biofuels-biz] EPA Urged to Stand Firm on Dirty Diesel Rule

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/jun2003/2003-06-17-09.asp EPA Urged to Stand Firm on Dirty Diesel Rule LOS ANGELES, California, June 17, 2003 (ENS) - A coalition of public health and environmental groups spoke out in favor of a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to lower pollution from

[biofuels-biz] Bottom of the Barrel: Africa's Oil Boom and the Poor

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-06-18/s_5142.asp Africa's poor not benefiting from oil boom, says report 18 June 2003 By Tom Doggett, Reuters WASHINGTON - Oil rich nations in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to rake in US$200 billion over the next decade from crude exports, but little of that

Re: [biofuels-biz] biocides

2003-06-19 Thread mustangsqd
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[biofuels-biz] Pipeline's Profits May Bypass Africans

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-na-pipeline17jun17000417,1 ,5232583.story June 17, 2003 COLUMN ONE Pipeline's Profits May Bypass Africans Chad and Cameroon stand to reap billions from a consortium's oil project, but those living in poverty have seen few promised benefits. First

Re: [biofuels-biz] biocides

2003-06-19 Thread Kristen Stremlau
There are very strict EPA rules about how biocides can be used in the United States. The proper biocide for an application is dependent on how the product was registered with the US EPA.There is a Kathon product which can be used for industrial applications. I would suggest contacting

[biofuels-biz] Gephardt Vows to End U.S. Foreign Oil Addiction

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/jun2003/2003-06-18-11.asp Gephardt Vows to End U.S. Foreign Oil Addiction SUNNYVALE, California, June 18, 2003 (ENS) - Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt says the United States must end its dependence on foreign oil and needs an energy policy that makes

[biofuels-biz] Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Hijacking?

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, speaking yesterday in Brussels, Belgium, sought to reassure European officials that the U.S. is committed to developing hydrogen from a wide range of sources, including renewables. It may go without saying, but Im going to say it: I don't think Mr.

[biofuels-biz] Peugeot takes it's diesel racing on biofuel

2003-06-19 Thread gobie
From: Marc Bonanni [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 21:23:40 -0500 (EST) Did you know that Peugeot will use one of the two RC prototypes(born in 2002 Geneva Motorshow)in REAL race on circuit It will use the same HDI engine than the red one(2.2l, particles filter,

Re: [biofuels-biz] Argentine no-catalyst process

2003-06-19 Thread Mauro Knudsen
Hello Martin, We are a little bit delayed, but not stoped. We are patenting the process, and continue the testing our experimental reactor (lab scale). We have delayed the building of the pilot plant other 4 months because we don't want start the construction without have our Patent first.

Re: [biofuel] how much do you know

2003-06-19 Thread Brent S
The engine wasn't working very hard at that speed. I suspect it had 2.73 or 2.41 gears concidering it was a big block. With 4.11 gears it would be difficult to drive on the highway at all. I had a truck with 4.10 gears and could start out in third gear on a three speed, and it was screaming at

[biofuel] Re: Reusing washing water

2003-06-19 Thread girl_mark_fire
We're about to do a greywater system- basically biological filtration, starting with a sand filter and gravel and followed by a constructe wetlands of several containers of water plants., I've seen it work great on household water, it should work OK on biodiseel wash water. Will keep y'all

[biofuel] Former Aide Takes Aim at War on Terror

2003-06-19 Thread Kris Book
By Laura Blumenfeld, Monday, June 16, 2003; Page A01 Washingtonpost.com Five days before the war began in Iraq, as President Bush prepared to raise the terrorism threat level to orange, a top White House counterterrorism adviser unlocked the steel door to his office, an

VS: [biofuel] Reusing washing water

2003-06-19 Thread Johnsson Tomas
Hello Mark Thanks for the info. We have obtained the same results during our tests with the phosphoric acid we are also using 85% acid. When the Ph is close to 6 there is a layer of white ffa (if it is ffa) floating on the surface. The water is still at this moment little white (consisting

VS: [biofuel] Reusing washing water

2003-06-19 Thread Johnsson Tomas
Hello Keith, Thanks for your reply. Yes I have been talking about the filtration system before as the washing water is one of the problem we are facing as we have our equipment and process spaces on a old farm, we do not want to let any unknown chemical (even harmless) out in the nature without

VS: [biofuel] Re: Reusing washing water

2003-06-19 Thread Johnsson Tomas
Hello Mark, All the waste water treatment and cleaning processes are of interest please update us when you have some interesting info of the system and performance. regards Tomas -AlkuperŠinen viesti- LŠhettŠjŠ: girl_mark_fire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] LŠhetetty: 19. kesŠkuuta 2003

VS: [biofuel] Re: Reusing washing water

2003-06-19 Thread Johnsson Tomas
Hello Mark, How are you working with the Magnesium Sulfate. You add it to the washing water and the ffa and soap is falling out? If you have further info or some links to info pls share. thanks and rgrds Tomas -AlkuperŠinen viesti- LŠhettŠjŠ: appalenergy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS IN IRAQ

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
To return to an old thread from the middle of March... So much for a journalist's job being to entertain a housewife in Indiana. And so on. Kate Adie was right, the sneerers were wrong, which won't stop them sneering, it never does. This is what the powers-that-be (for now) wanted: An

[biofuel] Despite billions for alternatives, car remains king

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.msnbc.com/news/925324.asp?cp1=1 Despite billions for alternatives, car remains king 75 percent of U.S. workers still get to job alone in vehicles By Lynne Shallcross MSNBC WHIPPANY, N.J., June 16 - Ron Brown is a traffic engineer's dream. For two summers, conscious of the

[biofuel] Hydrogen Hijacking?

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
Hydrogen Hijacking? The European Union and the U.S. agreed yesterday to team up on research into hydrogen fuel cells, widely touted as a potentially clean power source that will revolutionize future energy use. But while the E.U. wants to develop hydrogen using renewable energy sources such

[biofuel] American public seriously misled

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
American public seriously misled A Knight Ridder wire story reports, A third of the American public believes U.S. forces found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to a recent poll, and 22 percent said Iraq actually used chemical or biological weapons. See:

[biofuel] Re: American public seriously misled

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16179 Reclaiming the Media By Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols, AlterNet June 16, 2003 It should come as no surprise that the decision of the Federal Communications Commission to rewrite media ownership rules has stirred a firecry in Congress.

[biofuel] Re: Faster = More Gas = More Energy.

2003-06-19 Thread gabarlis
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John said Faster = More Gas. More Gas = More Energy. Maybe yes, maybe no. It depends on what you are driving as well as how fast you are driving it. As a good rule of thumb, driving at torque peak for your engine in top gear

Re[2]: [biofuel] A Time of Reckoning

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
Hi again Hakan snip Regarding US democracy etc., it says much that they can impeach a president for not wanting to tell all about consent sex between adults. How about a president that are screwing the whole American people? That's often remarked upon, increasingly often now, there's direct

[biofuel] Nuclear Cowboys in the White House

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://inthesetimes.com/print.php?id=215_0_2_0 In These Times By Thomas P. Healy | 6.16.03 Nuclear Cowboys in the White House Dr. Helen Caldicott, one of the foremost peace activists of our time, is co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament

[biofuel] The War Continues...

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
Eat the State! Vol. 7, Issue #21 18 June 03 The War Continues... The circus lions of the US media faithfully refrained from reporting on the June 9th launch of the largest US military offensive in Iraq since the fall of Baghdad, leaving Americans blissfully unaware that George W. Bush

VS: [biofuel] Re: Reusing washing water

2003-06-19 Thread Appal Energy
How are you working with the Magnesium Sulfate. You add it to the washing water and the ffa and soap is falling out? If you have further info or some links to info pls share. We've only toyed with this at a lab level up to now, in preparation for a 500 gallon treatment process for wash

[biofuel] Pipeline's Profits May Bypass Africans

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-na-pipeline17jun17000417,1 ,5232583.story June 17, 2003 COLUMN ONE Pipeline's Profits May Bypass Africans Chad and Cameroon stand to reap billions from a consortium's oil project, but those living in poverty have seen few promised benefits. First

[biofuel] Gephardt Vows to End U.S. Foreign Oil Addiction

2003-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/jun2003/2003-06-18-11.asp Gephardt Vows to End U.S. Foreign Oil Addiction SUNNYVALE, California, June 18, 2003 (ENS) - Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt says the United States must end its dependence on foreign oil and needs an energy policy that makes

Re: [biofuel] Despite billions for alternatives, car remains king

2003-06-19 Thread Greg and April
I'm not disagreeing with anything, but, just wanted to add in my $0.02 ( U.S. of course 8-P ). Public transportation in many places, is not reliable enough to get around town, without wasting thousands of man hours each month. In many palaces, some routes end as early as 6:00-6:30 pm, ( which

Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Hijacking?

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, speaking yesterday in Brussels, Belgium, sought to reassure European officials that the U.S. is committed to developing hydrogen from a wide range of sources, including renewables. It may go without saying, but Im going to say it: I don't think Mr.

[biofuel] WW2

2003-06-19 Thread Wood
In WW2 the Germans had a SUB that use H2O2 and ran faster than a normal SUB Any ideals on how that did that? David Wood Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Wireless Video Surveillance http://us.click.yahoo.com/jWIEhC/90OGAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM

[biofuel] Kerry and a Wind Farm in Mass.

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
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Re: [biofuel] Iceland: 70% Renewable, Wants H2 Power

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
Hakan: While I agree with pointing out the importance of having abundant reserves of renewable accessible resources on-hand, such as in the Iceland effort, a couple of things: If you look hard for it, many other places have vast abundant reserves of renewable resources on-hand. An example

Re: [biofuel] re: Kerry Energy Plan

2003-06-19 Thread dcande01
Hakan, try: http://www.kucinich.net/index.htm fred On Wednesday, Jun 18, 2003, at 10:19 US/Eastern, Hakan wrote: Fred, I have not heard about him, it is difficult to know all, being a foreigner. Hakan At 09:28 PM 6/17/2003 -0400, you wrote: Hi, How much have you considered

[biofuel] (fwd) [renewable-energy] Study: Hydrogen Fuel May Make Earth Cooler, Cloudier

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
For the second time in recent weeks, we see some concern, for the first time in the mainstream press that I can ever recall, as to exercising the precautionary principle in a serious way with respect to the proposed Worldwide Hydrogen Economy, and specifically with respect to escaping hydrogen

[biofuel] Thanks for the answers Tod. Here are some more questions.

2003-06-19 Thread Pieter Koole
-When I separate the glycerin from the FFA's, can I turn the FFA's to biodiesel ? Yes, using acid esterification. -Is there a way to do a proper titration on this job? Why titrate? The feedstock is 100% FFAs. * To detect how much acid I need to do a proper separation. - I read ( Apal

Re: [biofuel] Iceland: 70% Renewable, Wants H2 Power

2003-06-19 Thread Hakan
Murdoch, It could be valuable to look at a map to see where Iceland is and then read a bit about them. The prospects for other alternatives are not exceptional, the agricultural circumstances limited and the location for solar, hmm. You will also find that the population of the country is like

Re: [biofuel] Iceland: 70% Renewable, Wants H2 Power

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
I think you've badly missed my point about solar. It was only that most countries, if you look hard enough, have some supply of *some* form of sustainable primary energy. I'm well aware of where Iceland is, the reported decency of its people, etc. Iceland has geothermal, other places have

[biofuel] Supposed Administration Concern for Diversifying the U.S. Energy Supply

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030619/1515001042_1.html The administration has voiced support for more nuclear power to diversify the country's energy supply. It supports proposals in the House and Senate energy bills to renew Price-Anderson federal liability protection for new nuclear power

VS: [biofuel] Re: Reusing washing water

2003-06-19 Thread girl_mark_fire
hi tomas, My real-world experience with constructed wetlands greywater systems is in household water treatment (do an internet search for greywater and Oasis, a website with a LOT of information comes up). We used a very simple system, and it quickly filtered shower water down to a water that

[biofuel] Re: Iceland: 70% Renewable, Wants H2 Power

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
Thanks for the feedback Ernie. What I'd like is mostly what I have, which is the opportunity to express myself on these matters, to get the opinions of others on them, to thus improve my own knowledge and opinions, and to do so relatively free of nastiness. This has been welcome, because I'm

Re: [biofuel] WW2

2003-06-19 Thread Greg and April
Yea, they used 80%-85% ( or stronger ) H2O2, and reacted it with Potassium Permanente the result was a steam driven submarine. Greg H. - Original Message - From: Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:05 Subject: [biofuel] WW2 In WW2 the

[biofuel] White House Influences EPA Report To Leave Out Comments On Climate Change

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
/20030619/ap_on_go_ot/global_warming_2 U.S. Government - AP EPA: White House Urged Changes to Report Thu Jun 19, 1:14 PM ET Add U.S. Government - AP to My Yahoo! By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency (news - web sites) removed

[biofuel] Re: Thanks for the answers Tod. Here are some more questions.

2003-06-19 Thread appalenergy
Peter, -Is there a way to do a proper titration on this job? Why titrate? The feedstock is 100% FFAs. * To detect how much acid I need to do a proper separation. Don't think you can separate 100% FFAs, at least not unless you want to fractionally distill them by carbon chain length. But I

[biofuel] McDonald's Tries To Phase Out Use of Antibiotics In Meat

2003-06-19 Thread murdoch
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=509ncid=718e=6u=/ap/20030619/ap_on_bi_ge/mcdonald_s_antibiotics With all the concern as to bio-weapons being voiced over the last couple of years, I have sometimes thought that, when we write the history of these times we may have to conclude

[biofuel] Re: White House Influences EPA Report To Leave Out Comments On Climate Change

2003-06-19 Thread appalenergy
. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=storyu=/ap/20030619/ap_on_go_ot/global_warming_2 U.S. Government - AP EPA: White House Urged Changes to Report Thu Jun 19, 1:14 PM ET Add U.S. Government - AP to My Yahoo! By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON

RE: [biofuel] Re: how much do you know

2003-06-19 Thread Martin Klingensmith
What you described is a doubling in the energy consumed by air friction, not the net energy due to the increase in velocity. Martin Klingensmith nnytech.net infoarchive.net -Original Message- From: Forbes Bagatelle-Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 4:45 PM

Re: [biofuel] McDonald's Tries To Phase Out Use of Antibiotics In Meat

2003-06-19 Thread Kim Garth Travis
Blessings, KIm At 04:26 PM 6/19/2003 -0700, you wrote: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=509ncid=718e=6u=/ap/20030619/ap_on_bi_ge/mcdonald_s_antibiotics With all the concern as to bio-weapons being voiced over the last couple of years, I have sometimes thought that, when we write

Re: [biofuel] Some questions and perhaps an idea about BD

2003-06-19 Thread gobie
- Original Message - From: Pieter Koole [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 2:31 AM Pieter, looks like you didn't get much response to your questions. A lot of what you are asking about can be found at Journeytoforever.org, through the archives of

Re: [biofuel] Sparkling bio-diesel

2003-06-19 Thread gobie
- Original Message - From: mark schofield [EMAIL PROTECTED] In England, dispite the Government crying out for cleaner fuels etc, we still have to pay road duty at the rate of 25.8p per L (43.3c USD per L) and before we are allowed to pay the duty ie use the fuel the Customs Excise

[biofuel] Fwd: Where Does the Toxic Waste Go?...or wanna buy some dirty fertilizer

2003-06-19 Thread Greg and April
I found this to be interesting, and I thought that a few others might as well. Greg H. - Original Message - From: frank petrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 18:17 Subject: [GardeningOrganically] Fwd: Where Does the Toxic

Re: [biofuel] Re: Reusing washing water

2003-06-19 Thread gobie
- Original Message - From: appalenergy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Magnesium sulfate (epsom salt) works. Even plain sodium chloride (table salt) will work to some degree. Warning! Overkill on salt will produce an even worse problem, as saline effluent can yield a dead zone just as readily