[biofuel] Oil/Politics
Drilling For Influence By J.R. Pegg, Environment News Service Posted on July 20, 2004 http://www.alternet.org/election04/19287/ http://www.alternet.org/story/19287/ The oil and gas industry has pumped some $440 million into federal political campaigns and lobbying activities during the past six years, according to a new report released by the Center for Public Integrity. The study gives added fuel to critics who believe the industry has bought undue influence throughout the federal government, in particular within the offices of Bush administration officials. Republican candidates and organizations received more than 70 percent of the $67 million the industry has given in federal campaign contributions since 1998 ö with President George W. Bush leading the way. The former Texas oilman turned President received some $1.7 million in industry contributions, more than three times the amount given to any other beneficiary of the industry's support. The study, The Politics of Oil, is the first of a series by the nonprofit research group that aims to identify the size and scope of the international oil and gas industry and measure its influence in the halls of government worldwide. Charles Lewis, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity, said the group has no axe to grind with President Bush, but the close ties between the industry and the administration hardly came as a surprise. No industry in the history of the Republic has had former company executives sitting in the White House as President and Vice President, along with other very senior leadership positions, Lewis said. Including Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, more than 40 members of the Bush administration have worked directly for or with the oil and gas industry. The report does not hone in on specific policies that may have been affected by the oil and gas industry's influence, but Lewis told reporters it is rather apparent what the influence has been able to achieve. The administration has pushed a host of industry proposals, including an national energy policy laden with subsidies for oil and gas development and several regulations to relax federal rules for drilling on federal lands. The White House has also resisted calls to raise fuel economy standards or to cut fossil fuel use in order to combat global warming. The Bush campaign did not comment on the report. Second and third on the list of politicians who have received the most support from the industry are Texas Republicans Joe Barton, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and House Majority Leader Tom Delay. Barton has collected $574,000 from the oil and gas industry since 1998; Delay has received just under $500,000 in campaign cash from the industry. The only Democrat in the top 10 is Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, who has been given $343,924 in campaign contributions by oil and gas companies since 1998. The report lists ChevronTexaco as the leading contributor to recent federal campaigns. The oil giant has given some $2 million to the Republican Party and $45,600 to the Bush campaign in the past six years, along with some $790,000 to the Democratic Party. ExxonMobil is the industry's leader in lobbying expenditures, spending some $55 million, followed by ChevronTexaco at $32 million. It is not hard to see why the industry is making such an investment ö it has a clear case for wanting to sustain the nation's thirst for oil and gas. In 2003, the United States guzzled more than 25 percent of the world's total oil and gas production. The Center for Public Integrity report says the industry exerts its influence in other, less obvious ways and cites the role of the National Petroleum Council and conservative, nonprofit organizations. Formed by President Harry Truman after World War II, the National Petroleum Council was designed to provide the government with the industry's expertise on oil and gas issues. The recommendations of the council during the past six years have closely mirrored the requests of industry lobbyists, according to the report, and at least 10 members of the council are Bush Pioneers ö individuals who have raised more than $100,000 for the President's election campaigns. Few oil companies can match the influence wielded by Koch Industries, according to the Center for Public Integrity. With $40 billion in annual revenues, the privately held conglomerate is the leading campaign contributor for 2004 and the fourth biggest oil and gas industry giver since 1998. Koch's influence is reflected in its support of some of the nation's most prominent conservative and libertarian think tanks and advocacy groups. These organizations, including the Cato Institute, the Reason Foundation, Citizens for a Sound Economy, and the Federalist Society, have become Washington mainstays and vocal advocates for the deregulation and
[biofuel] diesel motorcycles
What company is producing/importing diesel powered motorcycles into the U.S.A. I tried contacting Royal Enfield but they never responded. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Chavez -was: Venezuela Floridated
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6704.htm Venezuela Floridated Will The Gang That Fixed Florida Fix the Vote in Caracas this Sunday? by Greg Palast Tuesday, August 10, 2004ICH -- Hugo Chavez drives George Bush crazy. Maybe it's jealousy: Unlike Mr. Bush, Chavez, in Venezuela, won his Presidency by a majority of the vote. Or maybe it's the oil. Venezuela sits atop a reserve rivaling Iraq's. And Hugo thinks the US and British oil companies that pump the crude ought to pay more than a 16% royalty to his nation for the stuff. Hey, sixteen percent isn't even acceptable as a tip at a New York diner. SNIP Dick Cheney, Hugo Chavez and Bill Clinton's Band Why Venezuela has Voted Again for Their 'Negro e Indio' President by Greg Palast August 16, 2004 http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=17478 http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0816-03.htm There's so much BS and baloney thrown around about Venezuela that I may be violating some rule of US journalism by providing some facts. Let's begin with this: 77% of Venezuela's farmland is owned by 3% of the population, the 'hacendados.' I met one of these farmlords in Caracas at an anti-Chavez protest march. Oddest demonstration I've ever seen: frosted blondes in high heels clutching designer bags, screeching, Chavez - dic-ta-dor! The plantation owner griped about the socialismo of Chavez, then jumped into his Jaguar convertible. That week, Chavez himself handed me a copy of the socialist manifesto that so rattled the man in the Jag. It was a new law passed by Venezuela's Congress which gave land to the landless. The Chavez law transferred only fields from the giant haciendas which had been left unused and abandoned. This land reform, by the way, was promoted to Venezuela in the 1960s by that Lefty radical, John F. Kennedy. Venezuela's dictator of the time agreed to hand out land, but forgot to give peasants title to their property. But Chavez won't forget, because the mirror reminds him. What the affable president sees in his reflection, beyond the ribbons of office, is a negro e indio -- a Black and Indian man, dark as a cola nut, same as the landless and, until now, the hopeless. For the first time in Venezuela's history, the 80% Black-Indian population elected a man with skin darker than the man in the Jaguar. So why, with a huge majority of the electorate behind him, twice in elections and today in a referendum, is Hugo Chavez in hot water with our democracy-promoting White House? Maybe it's the oil. Lots of it. Chavez sits atop a reserve of crude that rivals Iraq's. And it's not his presidency of Venezuela that drives the White House bananas, it was his presidency of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. While in control of the OPEC secretariat, Chavez cut a deal with our maximum leader of the time, Bill Clinton, on the price of oil. It was a 'Goldilocks' plan. The price would not be too low, not too high; just right, kept between $20 and $30 a barrel. But Dick Cheney does not like Clinton nor Chavez nor their band. To him, the oil industry's (and Saudi Arabia's) freedom to set oil prices is as sacred as freedom of speech is to the ACLU. I got this info, by the way, from three top oil industry lobbyists. Why should Chavez worry about what Dick thinks? Because, said one of the oil men, the Veep in his bunker, not the pretzel-chewer in the White House, runs energy policy in the United States. And what seems to have gotten our Veep's knickers in a twist is not the price of oil, but who keeps the loot from the current band-busting spurt in prices. Chavez had his Congress pass another oil law, the Law of Hydrocarbons, which changes the split. Right now, the oil majors - like PhillipsConoco - keep 84% of the proceeds of the sale of Venezuela oil; the nation gets only 16%. Chavez wanted to double his Treasury's take to 30%. And for good reason. Landless, hungry peasants have, over decades, drifted into Caracas and other cities, building million-person ghettos of cardboard shacks and open sewers. Chavez promised to do something about that. And he did. Chavez gives them bread and bricks, one Venezuelan TV reporter told me. The blonde TV newscaster, in the middle of a publicity shoot, said the words pan y ladrillos with disdain, making it clear that she never touched bricks and certainly never waited in a bread line. But to feed and house the darker folk in those bread and brick lines, Chavez would need funds, and the 16% slice of the oil pie wouldn't do it. So the President of Venezuela demanded 30%, leaving Big Oil only 70%. Suddenly, Bill Clinton's ally in Caracas became Mr. Cheney's -- and therefore, Mr. Bush's -- enemy. So began the Bush-Cheney campaign to Floridate the will of the Venezuela electorate. It didn't matter that Chavez had twice won election.
[biofuel] water injection question
Quick question This may be simple or so obvious that I over look it, but . Does anyone know if a water injection system has any affects on exaust gas emissions? I would think a lower temp would minimally lower the NO emissions,is this true? thanks, joseph Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Bio-D in a wick lamp-safe for use in teh house??
Hello Alan, Todd,
Perhaps you should try nard oil or its ester in the wick to add that dash of
romance to the atmosphere. Don't count the cost, though. {;-)
Regards,
balaji
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From: Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bio-D in a wick lamp-safe for use in teh house??
Now, now, now, Allen,
We backward types have been romancing with pure veg oil lamps for
thousands
of years now. Biodiesel is no less of a flame enhancer.
Perhaps you might want to throw a little neem or tea tree or your favorite
essential oil into the fray to induce the mood you and yours would care
to.
Not too many that I know of swoon to the scent of kerosene.
Todd Swearingen
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From: Alan Petrillo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bio-D in a wick lamp-safe for use in teh house??
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was hoping someone could settle a disagreement my brother and I are
having. In preparation for Hurricane Charley, I broke out the wick
lamp
and first off started with biodiesel. As Keith says on his website,
it
is
hard to get top travel up the wick, but I was able to soak the wick
enough
to get it to light and it burned great. Because my brother is afraid
of
burning it in the house, I switched to kerosene and now he'ss aying
teh
whole system is contaminated. So I have 2 questions. First, if I
burn
biodiesel in a wick lamp like this, am I risking CO poisoning or any
other
noxious fumes? Second, if for some reason it is mixed with kero, does
it
become more toxic than either chemical alone. Thanks-
You aren't risking CO poisoning any more than any other combustion
device used inside. Keep the windows open, and you should be alright
with that. Other emissions will be lower with BD.
What you will find is that the odor of the burning biodiesel indoors
will QUICKLY become overpowering. Just after I got started making BD my
girlfriend and I tried it in a couple of little wick lamps. We found it
was most decidedly NOT conducive to a romantic atmosphere when your
whole house smells like a grease fire.
For outdoor use, no problem. For indoor use, only if you have
absolutely NOTHING else.
BTW: How did you weather the storm? I'm in St. Petersburg, and the
worst we got was minor flooding in our parking lot. We were holding our
collective breath for a couple of days, though.
AP
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[biofuel] safety tips
In making testbatches of biodiesel, what safety precautions need to be taken to protect yourself from the sodium methoxide and the gases generated from the reaction? Do I need gas masks or just a cloth mask anything to keep the fumes out of my eyes and lungs? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Bergen county NJ?
Hi, any straight veggie oil burners in Bergen County, NJ? I had been told Costco would have five gallon containers of canola oil for $10:00, and that would bring the cost down to $2:00 a gallon. I was kicking around the thought of converting an old '86 Mercedes 300SDL. for nearly a year, but one day I realized I never bothered to even confirm availability of veggie oil in my area. So I called Costco in Hackensack. The largest container of canola they had was one and a half gallons, at; EEK! $5:00! So, any suggestions? I would like to go green, not cheap, and have no place to process waste oil regardless. Straight veggie oil is burns cleaner, to my understanding. I don't mind matching the cost of pump diesel, but I sure don't want to spend $3:33 a gallon! Anyone in this area burning straight veggie oil? Anyone here running an '77-'85 Mercedes w123 240D or 300D, or an '81-'91 w126 300SD, 300SDL., 350SD or 350SDL? Or even a 300SD prior to '81? Any comments? Thanks in advance! Gregory. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Fwd: [Bioenergy] Termiculture - Termite oil (termite biodiesel?)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:50:25 -0400 From: Matt Pottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Bioenergy] Termiculture - Termite oil (termite biodiesel?) Hello everyone I am very much interested in bioenergy and bio-based products. In the past, my interest lied mostly in bioenergy, but recently I am becoming more and more fascinated by the bio-refinery concept, especially those which use living organisms to convert biomass into useful products. In my searches I found something which totally has changed by perception about making use of biomass such as wood waste. Instead of thermal conversion, use termites instead, they are very efficient at decomposing wood and converting it to animal biomass. This animal biomass can be used as food for agrigulture, aquaculture, and I am sure there could be many other uses if some research and development was put into this area. Now before you go thinking this is irrelevant to bioenergy, it's a biorefineryl, where various products are produced, and energy products can be one of them (with no thermal conversion needed!) One thing that sparked a brainstorm in me was that Termite oil could be extracted from termites. If cultivated properly, termites could be harvested on a large scale using cellulosic wastes as an energy source. Since I am also aware of biodiesel, one interesting idea I have is that oil, even termite oil could be extracted much the same as oil is extracted from sunflower or canola seeds, and converted to biodiesel. A termite biodiesel powered car anyone? :) Just a thought, to stir up some of your brains. Feasible or not, an interesting idea no? :) I am excited about the possibility of it working. I didn't come up with the idea of termiculture and I don't know much about it yet, but I did come up with the idea of making biodiesel from termites, but if any of you wish to research it, go ahead, but if you end up making a success about it, just remember who gave you the idea! hahaha ;) ohhh I get full rights to termite biodiesel! hahaha. my invention! prior art! lol http://www.utoronto.ca/forest/termite/termcult.htm Matt Pottinger Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] safety tips
tom davis wrote: In making testbatches of biodiesel, what safety precautions need to be taken to protect yourself from the sodium methoxide and the gases generated from the reaction? Do I need gas masks or just a cloth mask anything to keep the fumes out of my eyes and lungs? If you start here: Where do I start? http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#start ... (and you should) you'll find plenty of safety advice as you go along. For instance: Organic vapor cartridge respirators are more or less useless against methanol vapors. Professional advice is not to use organic vapor cartridges for longer than a few hours maximum, or not to use them at all. Only a supplied-air system will do (SCBA -- Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus). The best advice is not to expose yourself to the fumes in the first place. The main danger is when the methanol is hot -- when it's cold or at room temperature it fumes very little, and this is easily avoided. Don't use open reactors -- biodiesel processors should be closed to the atmosphere, with no fumes escaping. All methanol containers should be kept tightly closed anyway to prevent water absorption from the air. We transfer methanol from its container to the methoxide mixing container by pumping it, with no exposure at all. This is easily arranged, and an ordinary aquarium air-pump will do (the same one you use for washing the biodiesel). The methoxide is mixed like this -- Methoxide the easy way, which also happens to be the safe way. The mixture gets quite hot at first, but the container is kept closed and no fumes escape. When mixed, the methoxide is again pumped into the (closed) biodiesel processor with the aquarium air-pump -- there's no exposure to fumes, and it's added slowly, which is optimal for the process and also for safety. See Adding the methoxide. It's all hot-linked, everything you need, including details on safe test-batch processors. Best wishes Keith Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Bergen county NJ?
Hi, any straight veggie oil burners in Bergen County, NJ? I had been told Costco would have five gallon containers of canola oil for $10:00, and that would bring the cost down to $2:00 a gallon. I was kicking around the thought of converting an old '86 Mercedes 300SDL. for nearly a year, but one day I realized I never bothered to even confirm availability of veggie oil in my area. So I called Costco in Hackensack. The largest container of canola they had was one and a half gallons, at; EEK! $5:00! So, any suggestions? I would like to go green, not cheap, and have no place to process waste oil regardless. Straight veggie oil is burns cleaner, to my understanding. Cleaner than biodiesel? Very dubious assumption. Or do you mean virgin oil burns cleaner than waste oil? Maybe, depends on the oil. Mark recently posted a message on the pros and cons of SVO and biodiesel, including emissions: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/37564/ And there's some emissions data and plenty of other information here: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html Straight vegetable oil as diesel fuel If you're committed to using straight vegetable oil, your best bet is to find a source of good-quality used oil, which is just a matter of looking, and asking. Best wishes Keith I don't mind matching the cost of pump diesel, but I sure don't want to spend $3:33 a gallon! Anyone in this area burning straight veggie oil? Anyone here running an '77-'85 Mercedes w123 240D or 300D, or an '81-'91 w126 300SD, 300SDL., 350SD or 350SDL? Or even a 300SD prior to '81? Any comments? Thanks in advance! Gregory. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Fwd: Homebrew generator from lawnmower
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:05:41 -0700 From: Tvoivozhd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Homestead mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Homebrew generator from lawnmower List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.i4at.org/surv/tow02077.htm (horizontal shaft version, vertical shaft lawnmower would be my choice--add a couple 12 volt batteries on top to store and release energy through welding cables and clamps. Makes a good, very low cost roll-around DC welder. It will weld thicker metal if you use 24 volt DC output---wire the 12-volt generator to the batteries in parallel for charging them, wire the welding cables, one to the positive pole of the two connected 12 volt batteries, the other to the negative pole, presto, you've got a 24-volt DC welding setup. http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~weinfurt/gaswelder.html (here's an eight horsepower welder-generator--I'd put bicycle wheels under it if I was going to roll it along a gravel road or over grass to do any welding. http://ww2.green-trust.org:8383/equipment.htm (some HomePower articles---links may be alive yet---Homepower has made most of the old articles accessible on CD only. Something here on battery desulfator---only way to restore a sulfated battery back to life. You want to have a steam-powered computer, that's here too, using butane as the working fluid---a brainchild of the brilliant and eminently poverty-practical Peter Singfield in Belize. If you're going to spend some money, put a Zena generator in place of the alternator in your truck engine compartment, 140 to 200 amp welding capacity, and it will keep your battery charged too. http://www.zena.net/ http://www.alaska.net/~akraven/readywelder.html (Ready Welder (Mig welder) would be an even better solution, will weld stainless up to one half inch thick, thin or thick aluminum) http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/york/ (you should have an air compressor on your truck too---use a surplus York compressor installed in your truck engine compartment0) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Fwd: Other windpower stuff
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:04:33 -0700 From: Tvoivozhd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Homestead mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Other windpower stuff List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Forgot to include Hugh Piggot's data, including carving propellors. There are other, easier methods I posted long ago, including hot wire shaping of styrofoam blocks followed by fiberglassing them, or rather epoxyglassing them. Too bad this stuff of years ago were posted before archives existed. I'll see if I can find the tutorials somewhere else. http://homepages.enterprise.net/hugh0piggott/#Scoraig Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Fwd: More on propeller design, construction, Gemini Duplicator
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:26:05 -0700 From: Tvoivozhd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Homestead mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: More on propeller design, construction, Gemini Duplicator List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Google is becoming increasingly useless---like pulling teeth to find this sort of information http://www.wood-carver.com/articles.html (Gemini propeller duplicator) http://www.wood-carver.com/gemini.html (Gemini Duplicator in more detail, prices) http://www.exp-aircraft.com/library/alexande/composit.html (using composite materials, in particular look at the Rutan plans for a hot-wire device in the Rutan booklet called Moldless Composite Sandwich Homebuilt Aircraft Construction available from supply companies. This device is easily constructed from common materials. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Fwd: Makiing wind generator props, following RC airplane tutorials
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:19:35 -0700 From: Tvoivozhd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Homestead mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Makiing wind generator props, following RC airplane tutorials List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You would have to scale model airplane propellors up of course. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?s=threadid=156678 http://website.lineone.net/~raynes.pk.mac/makeprop.htm (laminated fan method, using jigs) http://club.cycom.co.uk/tutwind/settingparameters.html (wind turbine blade design software) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] water injection question
R. Joseph Murphy wrote: Quick question This may be simple or so obvious that I over look it, but . Does anyone know if a water injection system has any affects on exaust gas emissions? Yes, it does. The water vaporizing tends to absorb a portion of combustion energy, thereby reducing peak cylinder temperatures. The expanding steam delivers its energy as internal temperatures decline toward the end of the power stroke. (It's an old axiom, but 90% of engine power occurs in the first 1 / 3 of engine stroke certainly applies, and the resulting steam from water injection extends that power a little longer. For this reason, water injection was used in WW2 bomber aircraft to help get them off the runway. Without it, the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would have never experienced atomic warfare.) This reduction in peak temperatures MAY result in lower NOx emissions, but other variables, such as overall combustion efficiency and compression pressure also exert an influence. robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=9782 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Re: Fwd: Homebrew generator from lawnmower
Isn't http://ww2.green-trust.org the successor to Steve Spence's WebConX site? Is it still his site? If so, does anyone know how to contact him? (I found no contact info on the site, and it appears to be broken in a couple spots.) Thanks, Terry --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:05:41 -0700 From: Tvoivozhd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Homestead mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Homebrew generator from lawnmower List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] http://ww2.green-trust.org:8383/equipment.htm (some HomePower articles---links may be alive yet---Homepower has made most of the old articles accessible on CD only. Something here on battery desulfator---only way to restore a sulfated battery back to life. You want to have a steam-powered computer, that's here too, using butane as the working fluid---a brainchild of the brilliant and eminently poverty-practical Peter Singfield in Belize. [snip] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Bergen county NJ?
That reminds me, most of the WVO that I get in my area (sushi, chinese resturants), titrate to 2 - 2 1/2. Not too far off virgin oil that titrates to ~1. James On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Keith Addison wrote: Hi, any straight veggie oil burners in Bergen County, NJ? I had been told Costco would have five gallon containers of canola oil for $10:00, and that would bring the cost down to $2:00 a gallon. I was kicking around the thought of converting an old '86 Mercedes 300SDL. for nearly a year, but one day I realized I never bothered to even confirm availability of veggie oil in my area. So I called Costco in Hackensack. The largest container of canola they had was one and a half gallons, at; EEK! $5:00! So, any suggestions? I would like to go green, not cheap, and have no place to process waste oil regardless. Straight veggie oil is burns cleaner, to my understanding. Cleaner than biodiesel? Very dubious assumption. Or do you mean virgin oil burns cleaner than waste oil? Maybe, depends on the oil. Mark recently posted a message on the pros and cons of SVO and biodiesel, including emissions: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/37564/ And there's some emissions data and plenty of other information here: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html Straight vegetable oil as diesel fuel If you're committed to using straight vegetable oil, your best bet is to find a source of good-quality used oil, which is just a matter of looking, and asking. Best wishes Keith I don't mind matching the cost of pump diesel, but I sure don't want to spend $3:33 a gallon! Anyone in this area burning straight veggie oil? Anyone here running an '77-'85 Mercedes w123 240D or 300D, or an '81-'91 w126 300SD, 300SDL., 350SD or 350SDL? Or even a 300SD prior to '81? Any comments? Thanks in advance! Gregory. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT click here [rand=227435215] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] water injection question
Hello Robert, RJM There's a lot of information about this here: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/30409/ Diesel water injection - was Biodiesel burns hotter or cooler? HTH Best wishes Keith R. Joseph Murphy wrote: Quick question This may be simple or so obvious that I over look it, but . Does anyone know if a water injection system has any affects on exaust gas emissions? Yes, it does. The water vaporizing tends to absorb a portion of combustion energy, thereby reducing peak cylinder temperatures. The expanding steam delivers its energy as internal temperatures decline toward the end of the power stroke. (It's an old axiom, but 90% of engine power occurs in the first 1 / 3 of engine stroke certainly applies, and the resulting steam from water injection extends that power a little longer. For this reason, water injection was used in WW2 bomber aircraft to help get them off the runway. Without it, the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would have never experienced atomic warfare.) This reduction in peak temperatures MAY result in lower NOx emissions, but other variables, such as overall combustion efficiency and compression pressure also exert an influence. robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=9782 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] What to plant for biodiesel
Dear rakesh, Here sukumar from India.Let me introduce myself first.I finished my Master in technology on 2002 dec. on Internal combustion engg. From 2003 Jan. i am doing research on biodiesel from different oil in india like Sal ,Mahua, Karanja,neem, kussum,ricebrane and jatropha. So if u could know your envirnomental condition like temperature, rain fall and soil type then it will easy to decide which type of crop u can go. plz visit this web page www.annaijatropha.com. For further qurrey plz ask me without same. thanks a lot for ur interest in biofuel sukumar Greg Harbican [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forget hemp in the USA. Growing hemp of any kind ( even industrial hemp ) in the US, will land you in jail. Greg H. - Original Message - From: shashi kumar To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 07:54 Subject: Re: [biofuel] What to plant for biodiesel Hi Guys, I want to do farming for bio-diesel in USA, which plant is the best suited for it? Hemp or Soyabean or something else? Can Jatropha be planted on USA? Is Jatropha better or hemp better? Could you point to a resource where I can find this kind of info.? thanks, rakesh [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT - Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. - ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] water injection question
A while back I had the misfortune of having someone who thought that they were going to have a bit of fun, with my Land Cruiser, only to be caught dumping water into the fuel tank. After calling Gold Eagle, the makers of Heet and Iso Heet ( for Diesel ), and talking to one of the technicians, they said that 12 bottles of Iso Heet for every gallon of water should take care of the problem. After checking the cost of Iso Heet, and talking to my mechanic, I found than it would be more cost effective for the mechanic to take care of the problem, than to buy 2.5 gal of Iso Heet for aprox 2 Gal of water in the fuel tank. Right now I'm cleaning the fuel system, but once I'm done you can bet that I'm going to try some experiments with Isopropanol and water. and if they work then I'll move on to trying it in the fuel. Greg H. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 04:40 Subject: Re: [biofuel] water injection question Hello Robert, RJM There's a lot of information about this here: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/30409/ Diesel water injection - was Biodiesel burns hotter or cooler? HTH Best wishes Keith R. Joseph Murphy wrote: Quick question This may be simple or so obvious that I over look it, but . Does anyone know if a water injection system has any affects on exaust gas emissions? Yes, it does. The water vaporizing tends to absorb a portion of combustion energy, thereby reducing peak cylinder temperatures. The expanding steam delivers its energy as internal temperatures decline toward the end of the power stroke. (It's an old axiom, but 90% of engine power occurs in the first 1 / 3 of engine stroke certainly applies, and the resulting steam from water injection extends that power a little longer. For this reason, water injection was used in WW2 bomber aircraft to help get them off the runway. Without it, the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would have never experienced atomic warfare.) This reduction in peak temperatures MAY result in lower NOx emissions, but other variables, such as overall combustion efficiency and compression pressure also exert an influence. robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=9782 Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Activist burnout
Keeping Your Eye on the Prize By Bruce Friedrich http://www.satyamag.com/jul01/friedrich.html I have only been active in social justice causes full-time for about 12 years, so itâs a bit humbling to be reflecting on avoiding burnout. Who knows: perhaps next week, Iâll throw up my hands and go to work at the Lexus dealer around the corner. That said, I feel no closer to burnout than I did 12 years ago, so I humor myself with the idea that Iâm doing something right. I have a feeling that others who reflect on this issue will focus on keeping a sense of humor, taking time for yourself, not letting your anger overwhelm you, not letting petty internecine disputes upset you or take you over (my biggest concern about the animal movement÷how is it that any of us can find the time to attack other animal rights people or groups?), and so on. All of this strikes me as very good advice. Surely, we all know people whose anger overwhelmed them÷anger at others in the movement, at the injustices and apathy in society, or whatever, and whose flame burned out after just a few years. The clearest and saddest example that I know of is peace and homelessness advocate Mitch Snyder, whose words and life have influenced me more than perhaps anyone else. Unfortunately, Mitchâs Jeremiah-like anger at injustice took itself out on both the powers of violence and other activists, often with equal force and little sense of perspective; Mitchâs passion overwhelmed him to such a degree that he took his own life in 1990, and we are all worse-off for his loss. So, I do take this seriously÷the need to keep a sense of perspective and not overwhelm oneself with the magnitude of the injustice. But when I think about the need to avoid burnout, I think about my friends who have been focusing on long-term battles for social justice for much longer than I have, and I think about the traits that seem (to me) to get them through. I think of my friends in the peace movement who have been going strong since the 1960s-Philip Berrigan and Liz McAlister, Jim and Shelly Douglass, Tom Lewis. In the animal movement, I think without question of Ingrid Newkirk, who works harder than anyone I've ever met, in any movement. It's humbling to even reflect on the lives of these people, all of whom could be much more successful, from a worldly perspective, but who have put money, self, ego, and so on, aside to focus their lives on making the world a better place. What is it that characterizes the lives of these amazing people? I may have it entirely wrong, of course, but what I see as the central theme based on my time with each of them, is that these remarkable people ãkeep their eyes on the prizeä (to quote that civil rights anthem). It is difficult to spend even five minutes with any of them without recognizing that they have a steadfast focus on the long-term struggle. What seems to characterize those who have kept at it for many years is a sense of purpose, an understanding that whatever minor pitfalls may befall us on the way, the suffering of those victimized by imperialism and the animals victimized by the industries of exploitation makes any sorrows we experience seem minor by comparison. I suppose itâs almost tautological to say that those who leave the movement have taken their eyes off the prize. But perhaps itâs also accurate to suggest that perhaps they were never really focused on the long-term struggle to begin with. About a year ago, a very dear friend of mine÷Art÷lost his brother to a cruel attack behind the soup kitchen in Hartford, Connecticut where he worked as a volunteer. Art has been active in peace and justice work, living in voluntary poverty, running soup kitchens and shelters and going to jail for nonviolent civil disobedience, since the mid-1970s. I still see him, carrying the torch of nonviolence, whenever I attend any peace and justice events. If anyone has an excuse to drop out of activism, get a ãrealä job, and return to the world of acquisition and self-absorption, itâs Art. Yet he continues. He remembers that there is a battle for justice going on, and that every person is crucial in the struggle. I am reading Peter Singerâs Writings on an Ethical Life (HarperCollins 2000) right now. In his essay, ãFamine, Affluence, and Morality,ä Singer argues that what we do not absolutely need belongs to the less fortunate: ãPeople do not feel in any way ashamed or guilty about spending money on new clothes or a new car instead of giving it to famine relief. (Indeed, the alternative does not occur to them.) This way of looking at the matter cannot be justified·We ought to give the money away, and it is wrong not to do so.ä Those schooled in the social justice tenets of Judaism and Christianity will recognize this argument as an extrapolation of the dictum to ãDo unto others, as you would have them do unto you;ä and Jesusâ directive to: ãGo, sell all that you have, and give to the poor.ä St. Thomas Aquinas, quoted by Singer, puts
[biofuel] Oil
A Push for Freedom from Oil By Jim VandeHei and Mary Fitzgerald Washington Post Saturday 07 August 2004 http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080804E.shtml With crude oil prices hitting new highs, Democrats call for investment in alternative fuels, vehicles. Smithville, Mo., - Sen. John F. Kerry said Friday that the United States should set a goal of deriving 20 percent of its motor fuel from domestic sources such as hydrogen, ethanol and biodiesel by 2020. At a large, picturesque family-owned farm here in politically divided Clay County, the Democratic presidential candidate proposed spending $30 billion over the next 10 years on a mix of grants, tax incentives and government mandates to expedite the creation of a new generation of automobiles and sport-utility vehicles and renewable fuels produced in the United States to power them. Kerry has been talking about energy independence since the primaries, and the only new spending program he offered Friday was a $5 billion program - called the clean fuels partnership - to encourage the production of new and often cleaner-burning fuels and vehicles. The Democratic ticket announced that it will lead by example: Kerry said he and his running mate, Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), are each on a waiting list to purchase the 2005 Ford Escape hybrid, which runs on gasoline and electricity. Sticker price: $27,000 and up, according to Ford. Kerry came under fire earlier in the campaign for claiming he did not own a gas-guzzling SUV, when it turned out his wife did. Alternative fuels are America's next great wave of discovery, Kerry said on the second day of a whistle-stop train tour headed west. It's good health practice, good farming practice, good economic policy and good national security policy. With farmers and their families, a mix of young and old, sitting on hay bales, Kerry said, We're not just going to make this feasible, we want to people to be excited about it - this is the future. Critics say it will take more than excitement to meet Kerry's goal: This year, less than 1.5 percent of motor fuel is coming from alternative sources, according to the Energy Information Administration. These fuels and the vehicles powered by them are often very costly to produce. Consumers often complain about inferior performance of alternative-fuel vehicles, a technology still in its infancy. There is little existing infrastructure, such as filling stations offering fuels such as ethanol or biodiesel. Automakers and oil producers are also two of the better-funded and most influential business sectors, with long track records of beating back efforts in Washington to raise mileage standards for vehicles and create alternatives to oil. Still, President Bush and Kerry consider energy one of the central issues of this election, aides say. The twin threats of higher oil prices and unrest in the Middle East, the source of a large portion of the nation's oil, are stirring anxiety among many voters, especially lower-income Americans hit hardest by rising prices at the pump, polls show. More than 60 percent of U.S. oil is imported - roughly one-quarter of it from the Middle East. Oil prices neared a record high of $45 a 42-gallon barrel on Friday. Kerry's aides believe the Democratic ticket is ideally positioned to benefit from this anxiety because Bush's energy plan was rejected by Congress (with the help of Edwards and Kerry) and the war in Iraq is serving as a constant reminder of how Bush's Middle East policies are contributing to higher oil and gas prices. We know the impact [oil] can have on our economy as a whole. We know what it can do to our security because as long as we are dependent on oil from the Middle East, it tends to drive our policy in that part of the world, Edwards said. Moreover, many of the battleground states are in the Midwest, where proposals to turn corn, soy and biomass into fuel are welcome news to farmers getting lower prices for their crops and paying more to produce them. Studies show production costs are outpacing increases in crop prices from many farmers. Here in Clay County, where Al Gore defeated Bush by just 25 votes in 2000, many farmers invited to the event complained about falling prices for grain and competition from larger agribusinesses and foreign countries. As one farmer noted during the question-and-answer session, just talking about family farming wins votes in these parts. Kerry and Edwards did not disappoint. They put on their blue jeans, rolled up their sleeves and struck folksy tones in a long conversation with fewer than 100 locals surrounded by grazing horses and rolling green fields. Kerry even played the role of Farmer John, waxing nostalgic about a couple of days he spent on an uncle's farm nearly a half century ago. There was nothing more rewarding at the end of the day than being covered in dust and feeling dirty but looking behind you and
Re: [biofuel] miscibility of ethanol
Larosa Rodolfo wrote: [Edited to change subject title, was Re: [biofuel] What to plant for biodiesel, and to delete irrelevant previous message. KA] Please, I need information about miscibility of ethanol - gasoline. If do you have this information (trables, graphics, ecc) is possible send me. Thank You Rodolfo Hello Rodolfo, Ethanol can only be mixed with gasoline if it contains no water - 100% alcohol. Otherwise it will not mix without a lot of additives such as benzene. -- -- Martin Klingensmith http://infoarchive.net/ http://nnytech.net/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] ANWR truth
Arctic drilling dance A David and Goliath battle is being waged to save Alaskaâs arctic. The actors in this play are George W. Bush as ãGoliath,ä while the national environmental movement, filling in for Gwichâin natives, plays ãDavid.ä The setting is the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), in the extreme northeast corner of Alaska. The imminent threat is a Senate energy bill to allow oil exploration there. While not entirely inaccurate, this dominant imagery is a delusion. George W. Bush is not Goliath. Drilling here has gone full-steam ahead under every president since Jimmy Carter. As for ãDavid,ä far from it. The coalition, represented by the Washington DC-based Alaska Wilderness League, includes every major national environmental organization÷the Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, World Wildlife Fund, National Audubon Society, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), etc. They have spent millions over the last decade ãsavingä ANWR. They have raised many millions more. Consider a recent NRDC fundraising plea, which urges you to buy their polar bear tote bag, claiming that as ãthe perfect way to show that youâre working to keep the Arctic Wild and Free!ä The ANWR political battle dominates perceptions of Alaskaâs arctic and the oil industryâs role here. But ANWR is not synonymous with ãthe arctic.ä Its coastal plain is a fraction of the arctic ecosystem. As for ãkeepingä it wild and free, theyâve been drilling feverishly for nearly three decades. Truth is, ANWR could actually be among the safest places in Alaska. Truth is, this ãsave the arcticä song and dance is a ritualistic political exercise in which everybody wins except the actual arctic. Every year, there is a proposal to drill in ANWR. Every year, it is defeated. Every year, environmentalists claim victory. With your generous donation they will do it again next year. Every year, pro-drilling politicians claim victory too, proudly displaying battlescars. With your vote, they will return to give it another go. Our noble David is winning every battle, but losing the war. These victories come at the price of annual compromises to the oil industry. This year, they have gone too far. In a bid to buy the rights to fight the ANWR battle again next year, ãGang Greenä is endorsing the single largest private construction project in the history of humankind. And thatâs just the beginning. Gasline: The Largest Private Construction Project Ever Alaskaâs arctic contains huge amounts of natural gas. Typically found in the same places as oil, existing wells suck trillions of cubic feet of the stuff out of the ground. With no way to get it to market, most of it is pumped back in again. The industry pipe dream, kicked around since the early Î70âs, is to construct a 1,800-mile, $15-20 billion pipeline from Prudhoe Bay, south to Alberta, where it will link to an existing system serving Chicago-based markets. This dream may soon become a reality. The Alaska Gas Producers Pipeline Team÷a consortium of BP, Phillips and Exxon÷is in the midst of a $100 million feasibility study scheduled for completion in November. Political boosters are numerous and powerful. The gasline is Alaska Governor Tony Knowlesâ top priority and is high on Democrat and Republican energy policies. A ãwish listä to ãstreamlineä regulatory review is currently circulating in Congress. The ãenergy crisisä is being ãsolvedä to an alarming degree by new gas-fired electric plants. Lower-48 gas fields are drying up quick. A huge increase in consumption must be supported from elsewhere, making the economic prospects look solid. Perhaps most significantly, there has been ãa turnaround in public sentiment from the early â70âs, when political and environmental opposition and poor economics killed several pipeline proposals,ä according to an August 2000 article in the Oil and Gas Journal. So dramatic is this shift that the environmental establishment is endorsing the idea it once killed. Increased extraction of natural gas, and particularly the Alaska gasline, is ãa key part of NRDCâs energy policy÷the bridge to greater reliance on cleaner and renewable forms of energyä (NRDC Energy Policy, 2001). Construction of a gasline would have incredible environmental, social and economic consequences. Any of the proposed routes would open up vast areas of pristine wilderness unfortunate enough to contain natural gas. Despite a puzzlingly common belief that a gasline would ãtake the heat offä ANWR, a profitable arctic gas industry would greatly amplify earnings, causing more drilling across the region. Suddenly cheap power would spawn massive industrial development along the route. A University of Alaska-Fairbanks professor recently testified that the gasline could open up $50 billion worth of mineral deposits in Alaska alone. Construction itself would come at a great cost. Even a sympathetic review of the last Alaska pipelineâs construction presents a grave warning÷devastating socio-economic
Re: [biofuel] water injection question
Greg Harbican wrote: A while back I had the misfortune of having someone who thought that they were going to have a bit of fun, with my Land Cruiser, only to be caught dumping water into the fuel tank. After calling Gold Eagle, the makers of Heet and Iso Heet ( for Diesel ), and talking to one of the technicians, they said that 12 bottles of Iso Heet for every gallon of water should take care of the problem. After checking the cost of Iso Heet, and talking to my mechanic, I found than it would be more cost effective for the mechanic to take care of the problem, than to buy 2.5 gal of Iso Heet for aprox 2 Gal of water in the fuel tank. Right now I'm cleaning the fuel system, but once I'm done you can bet that I'm going to try some experiments with Isopropanol and water. and if they work then I'll move on to trying it in the fuel. Greg H. Hi Greg, A mechanic charged you less than $24 to do something to your truck? -- -- Martin Klingensmith http://infoarchive.net/ http://nnytech.net/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] water injection question
He has been the family mechanic for over 15 years, and he charged me only $35, as it was, the estimated 2.5 gal of Iso Heet was going to cost $45+ at local prices. It was a 3 gal container that was used, and only about a gal was left in it, so we were looking at around 2 gal of water or about 26 of the little bottles of Iso Heet. Greg H. - Original Message - From: Martin Klingensmith To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:49 Subject: Re: [biofuel] water injection question Greg Harbican wrote: Hi Greg, A mechanic charged you less than $24 to do something to your truck? -- -- Martin Klingensmith http://infoarchive.net/ http://nnytech.net/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] USA ethanol production
Here is a link to USA ethanol production. There are links to each state showing plants proposed and operating. http://www.ethanol.org/production.html Question- Is ethanol production restricted through regulation in other countries similar to the USA because of the fact one would have to have use a distiller? Where, biodiesel production dispenses with that need? Thanks, Ron B. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Re: multitude of questions regarding Methanol recovery
Hello all. As a physics and chemistry dunce, I have some questions for some gurus here: 1) Just how much vacuum is required to extract the excess methanol? I've read somewhere that around 25hg is sufficient. Would a Airco compressor from a car create enough vacuum? 2) how much heat is required? 3) is heat/vacuum applied to entire product( biodiesel and glycerine), or only the drained off glycerine. 4) With my limited understanding of physics it would seem that if one where to suck the contents of a container out, one would have to allow air or some other substance back in to fill the void (ie one hole only in an oil can - you wouldn't be able to pour it). As this applies to meth recovery, would you open a vent on your reactor in order to provide flow of the evaporated meth to the condensor??? and lastly. . 5) on the water heater processors, what is done with the anode? regards, Toby [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] miscibility of ethanol
Hello Martin, Thank you for your reply. But which is the maximun solubility of absolute ethanol in gasoline and gasoline in absolute ethanol ? Are there graphics or tables ? Thank You Rodolfo - Original Message - From: Martin Klingensmith To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] miscibility of ethanol Larosa Rodolfo wrote: [Edited to change subject title, was Re: [biofuel] What to plant for biodiesel, and to delete irrelevant previous message. KA] Please, I need information about miscibility of ethanol - gasoline. If do you have this information (trables, graphics, ecc) is possible send me. Thank You Rodolfo Hello Rodolfo, Ethanol can only be mixed with gasoline if it contains no water - 100% alcohol. Otherwise it will not mix without a lot of additives such as benzene. -- -- Martin Klingensmith http://infoarchive.net/ http://nnytech.net/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Re: diesel motorcycles
this one is diesel/electric http://www.ecycle.com/powersports/hybrid.htm#PrinciplesOfOperation hope this helps. --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Anthony J. Garguilo, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What company is producing/importing diesel powered motorcycles into the U.S.A. I tried contacting Royal Enfield but they never responded. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Re: diesel motorcycles
here's another source of links: http://www.peace65.freeserve.co.uk/Pictures/diesel.htm -- --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Anthony J. Garguilo, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What company is producing/importing diesel powered motorcycles into the U.S.A. I tried contacting Royal Enfield but they never responded. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] miscibility of ethanol
Larosa Rodolfo wrote: Hello Martin, Thank you for your reply. But which is the maximun solubility of absolute ethanol in gasoline and gasoline in absolute ethanol ? Are there graphics or tables ? Thank You Rodolfo They should be miscible at any ratio. One thing I would like to experiment with is ratios of ethanol (incl. some water) + methanol + gasoline. Methanol allows gasoline to absorb some water but I don't know how the whole mix would work out. -- -- Martin Klingensmith http://infoarchive.net/ http://nnytech.net/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
