I was under the impression that MTBE was only a small part (like 1% or less)
of the
10% gasoline mixture used in cars. I know that MBTE is the bad stuff that
contaminates our drinking
water with as much as a few drops. But this Lemonade fix idea (actually a
friend
of mine named it. He says
I thought it was interesting too. For years the
bigwigs have been telling us that most of the
pollution comes from automobiles and not from power
plants. I guess this proves what liars they are.
Ken
--- John Guttridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
'prolly old news to those that have been paying
I have been doing a lot of reading over the last few weeks; I would like
to distil my own ethanol but have a slight problem. I live in Africa
and would appreciate it if anybody can supply me with a brand name for
alpha beta-amylases. Is there any alternative besides barley?
Sure, corn malt.
I have a 1983 Chevy Blazer with a 6.2 engine.
Changed the main fuel filter but when I turn it over, nothing comes out of the
engine side to the injectors
Your idea to start at one end of the system and work toward the other
end is a good one. Personally, I would start at the injector
A Virtual Ecotopia
By Kelpie Wilson
t r u t h o u t | Perspective
Wednesday
24 Nov 2004
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112504X.shtml
Like many, my first thought on seeing the electoral map of
November 2nd was a blue state secession. The blue left coast
hanging there off of Canada
I have been doing a lot of reading over the last few weeks; I would like
to distil my own ethanol but have a slight problem. I live in Africa
and would appreciate it if anybody can supply me with a brand name for
alpha beta-amylases. Is there any alternative besides barley?
Sure, corn malt.
Hi,
and here I'd like to disagree :)
Hakan Falk wrote:
Randal,
US have some great maps on this and If I remember right, the North
of US have an yearly average of 5kW per sqm. Average means that
you are going to have storage enough to utilize it. Which will be a
difficult task. With the
hi hi
George monbiot is a highly respected environmentalist and I don't think a
rant like this is particularly constructive. Doesn't do the list much good
really.
More reason less aggression, you did make relevant comments in there
somewhere.
cheers Greg clare
recycling chip oil in the deepest
Hi all,
Take a look at this site. It gives all the main news stories censored
by US media in the past year.
Regards,
Bob,.
http://www.WantToKnow.info/censored2004
Project Censored specializes in covering the top news stories which were
either ignored or
Further to the composting and gardening discussion, this report just
arrived in from New Zealand. It vitally concerns us all.
Regards,
Bob.
© Copyright 2004, New Zealand Herald 25.11.2004
Philippa Stevenson: Our soil microbes have had enough
Put the space missions
I
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf
Of MH
Sent: 20 November 2004 16:59
Subject: [Biofuel] Alternative Cities Footprint
SNIP
A British environmental group BioRegional is being credited
for laying the foundations for this novel way
I may have fallen off the thread here-- are we still talking about th h.o.g.?
I applaud the imagination of the h.o.g. developers. I'm sorry, they seem
doomed to failure. Too much mass and serious doubts about the effectiveness of
the design.
Ernie Rogers
In a message dated 11/24/04 5:58:14
Hello, Jonathan,
I have seen this done in the cities of Kano and Lagos. In Kano,
the farmer use donkeys with a bag on rach side of to pack. There many who live
mainly to supply vegetable farmers such compost using donkeys to carry it.
In mynown practiser as a farmer, i have
Hi Keith,
If decomposition to the point of useable compost is the goal
it can be achieved rapidly (21-28 days) with a technique perfected in South
Africa. It was fully researched some 12 years ago by Brian La Trobe, a South
African waste management expert and world leader in his
Hi Keith and All ;
Very interesting thread. I have 225 ht small wood
trees that need to be cleared and composted. Will
this type of material be finished in 28 days?
Wood chippers are not available here and I am building
my own. What size should the wood chips be (I assume
this is a tradeoff
Dear All,
There is many articles and studies about the reduced emissions of CO2 and
CO when using biodiesel as compared to diesel emissions. Most sources
document 80-100% reduction of CO2 and 50% reduction of CO.
Provided the calorific energy of biodiesel is quite similar to that of
normal
Tomas,
You are absolutely right it should have been kWh, stupid typo, since I know
better. Thanks for the correction and just add the hour and everything fit.
Hakan
At 01:13 PM 11/25/2004, you wrote:
Hi,
and here I'd like to disagree :)
Hakan Falk wrote:
Randal,
US have some great
was just kidding...but you know what, he's right too.
Late...
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Gardening and Compost
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 22:31:59 +0900
Hi,
To speed up the decomposition, you have to add
Hi Keith and All ;
Very interesting thread. I have 225 ht small wood
trees that need to be cleared and composted. Will
this type of material be finished in 28 days?
It depends how you do it. It could be. It depends what you want too.
Along with many others, Jean Pain uses such material
I've made some progress on this question. For the US, NREL has a pretty
good variety of maps:
HYPERLINK \l
BM__tophttp://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/redbook/atlas/serve.
cgi
Here is my rough calculation for my watershed, at @ 46 L North:
1 million acres, or 405,000 hectares.
4
Manuel,
There is many articles and studies about the reduced emissions of CO2 and
CO when using biodiesel as compared to diesel emissions. Most sources
document 80-100% reduction of CO2 and 50% reduction of CO.
Can be even better.
Provided the calorific energy of biodiesel is quite similar to
Bill,
I think that the ethanol mix to replace MTBE seems to be a preferred mix of
5% or 10%. More and more US states are prohibiting the use of MTBE and
guess what, it is the same states that now are aggressively introducing 5
to 10% ethanol mix. Their politicians and car industries also
ETC Group
News Release
November 23, 2004
www.etcgroup.org
ETC Group releases Down on the Farm: The Impact of Nano-Scale Technologies
on Food and Agriculture
The ETC Group, an international research and advocacy organisation based in
Ottawa, Canada, today announces the publication of Down
What do you think of this, Hakan?
http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/0302homested.html
Homesteading Catalog
Roberts, Rex. Your Engineered House. New York: M.C. Evans Company, 1964.
This book can't be praised enough! Roberts is both a master builder
and a master house designer; he
Chico,
When I wrote my email, I did no see yours. When I was in Brazil, I was told
that the normal mix at the pump was 28.5% and I read somewhere that this
mix would be raised next year. The B2 I thought was higher, but I do not
remember where I got B5 and B10 from. I read before about
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY DESTROYED BY FIRE
Crawford, Texas--
A tragic fire this morning destroyed the personal library of
President George W. Bush.
Both of his books have been lost.
A presidential spokesman said the president was devastated, as he had
almost finished colouring the second one.
Keith,
I always say that with a little common sense, you will do a lot better that
the architects, building and HVAC engineers. He is applying a lot of common
sense, even if some of the explanations tends to get quite wild. LOL
I skimmed it and had a lot of fun so far, but many of the
I thought it was interesting too. For years the
bigwigs have been telling us that most of the
pollution comes from automobiles and not from power
plants. I guess this proves what liars they are.
Ken
Some experts in the UK recon that 85% of our high altitude pollution is
caused by planes. We
_*see the answer in red.
Very best fo us*_
Hakan Falk wrote:
Chico,
When I wrote my email, I did no see yours. When I was in Brazil, I was
told that the normal mix at the pump was 28.5% and I read somewhere
that this mix would be raised next year.* I understand. It started
with 10%
On 2004-11-25 05.04, Ken Riznyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I thought it was interesting too. For years the
bigwigs have been telling us that most of the
pollution comes from automobiles and not from power
plants. I guess this proves what liars they are.
Ken
--- John Guttridge [EMAIL
Hi Keith and All ;
Along with many others, Jean Pain uses such material
in his system,
but he wants it to stay hot all year, not just for a
month.
Yes I studied the web page cited and just wondered if
it could be sped up from the 18 months he states. I
want large amounts of compost from
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 3:17 AM
Subject: [Biofuel] Devastating news ...
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY DESTROYED BY FIRE
Crawford, Texas--
A tragic fire this morning destroyed the personal library of
President George
- Original Message -
From: greg wendy clare [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...?
hi hi
George monbiot is a highly respected environmentalist
and I don't think a
rant like this is
ENERGY-BRAZIL:
Innovations to Overcome the Shortcomings of Biodiesel
Mario Osava
Nov 22, 2004
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=26375
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 22 (IPS) - A frenzy of research,
innovations and projects to develop biodiesel in
Brazil has been dampened by the
Legal Eagle wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waste/story/0,12188,1356250,00.html
Thanks Luc, interesting --
'Transport is a potential horror story for Europe,'
Wiktor Raldow, head of renewable energy for the
European Commission, told a bio-energy conference
in Sweden last week. 'We
Source: BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4040543.stm
US 'alienating' world's Muslims
25-11-04
America's Muslims have come under pressure since the
9/11 attacks
The US is losing the war of ideas in the Islamic
world, a Pentagon
advisory panel has warned.
A report by the Defence
Source: BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4040543.stm
US 'alienating' world's Muslims
25-11-04
America's Muslims have come under pressure since the
9/11 attacks
The US is losing the war of ideas in the Islamic
world, a Pentagon
advisory panel has warned.
A report by the Defence
site, although these guys are out there on some of this nano stuff. I met
them last week end and they genuinely seem up on the subject. Caveat Emptor.
http://www.nanoimpact.ca/en/accueil.php
Luc
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From: National Development Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
I have a project to do on home production of biofuel, so I'm wondering if
anyone who has
assembled their own system would mind providing me with some information on
their
system costs (and where they are located). Not too much detail required...
Just looking for
some ballpark figures.
Friends,
I see so many of you are interested in composting for gardens and small farms.
There is a method to expedite the decomposition called vermi-composting -- kind
of outsourcing the job to qualified worms --. Here's a local newspaper
article on that. In fact I 've read somewhere else
Hi Keith and All ;
Along with many others, Jean Pain uses such material
in his system,
but he wants it to stay hot all year, not just for a
month.
Yes I studied the web page cited and just wondered if
it could be sped up from the 18 months he states.
Certainly it can, but that suited
Dear Friends,
Please see the following from ETC group. Do you have any idea where
we all are heading to? Wih this sort of developments, Nanotech may
step into energy market. Who knows. I understand already they have
been doing some research. Any idea about that?
Upali.
Upali Magedaragamage
Lots about vermicomposting here:
http://journeytoforever.org/compost_worm.html
Vermicomposting
http://journeytoforever.org/compost_wormlink.html
Vermicomposting resources
It won't expedite the decomposition, not if that means speed it up.
It's not the same as composting, though I'd see the
Hallo Keith,
Friday, 26 November, 2004, 11:10:25, you wrote:
...snip...
KA Wrong! NOT goats! DON'T let goats into a forest! Goats are if
KA anything fertility destroyers, not fertility builders. They'd
KA probably get rid of your trees one way or another, but perhaps not in
KA a way you'd
Another concern about the dollar is that much of the
US debt is held by foreign investors mainly in China
and Japan. They are growing increasingly nervous as
they watch the dollar plummet. When they decide to
unload dubya is going to be in deep doo doo.
Ken
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi to
Just curious. A few years back The Mother Earth News
had an article about using the bacteria clostridia
thermocellum to break down cellulose into sugars and
then fermenting it into alcohol. Anybody know of
anyone using this process?
Ken
--- MH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Legal Eagle wrote:
I assume the answer to that will be the offering of
higher interest rates. Of course raising the rate will
kill real estate etc. in the US.
:(
Kirk
--- Ken Riznyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another concern about the dollar is that much of the
US debt is held by foreign investors mainly in China
Sake brewers do it a different way. Do you know about this Aleks?
http://brewery.org/library/sake_MH0499.html
How to Homebrew Sake
http://home1.gte.net/richwebb/sakeprod.htm
The Outsider's Guide to Sake Production
http://brewery.org/library/sake/cover.htm
The Chemistry of Sake Brewing
(This may be a bit late.)
I don't know about you guys but here is how I came to the realization that
there is indeed a God. Silly as it may seem, I found God through science.
snip
Also, nothing else in the universe goes against ENTROPY but living things.
In any spontaneous process,
Common-Sense Compost Making -- by the Quick Return Method by Maye
E. Bruce, Faber Faber, London, 1946
In the 1930s and 40s, Maye Bruce developed a different way of
composting to complement the Indore composting system developed by
Sir Albert Howard and the complicated Bio-Dynamic composting
Hakan
_*see the answer in red.
Very best fo us*_
Sorry, monochrome only, no technicolor. If you look in the headers of
your message you'll see this gobbledygook: Content-Filtered-By:
Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5. The system turns html-code (or any code) into
plain text or rejects it to prevent
(This may be a bit late.)
I don't know about you guys but here is how I came to the realization that
there is indeed a God. Silly as it may seem, I found God through science.
A philosophy professor of mine once made an analogy. I don't know if its an
original but here it goes. Say you are
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