Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood using mushrooms using bioprocess

2005-08-05 Thread Pannirselvam P.V
Hello to every one Very simple bio process using mushroom Pluretus can give substrate for simultaneous saccharification(hydrolysis) and fermentation , this can lead to low alcohol content , but a simple solvent extraction with Castor oil as outlined in

[Biofuel] Interesting note: Arlington County, Va. is teaching a class on Diesels, Alt energy, Hybrid, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen cars in its Fall workshop series.

2005-08-05 Thread Mike Weaver
Pretty enlightened to even address the issue, I think. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Seeking info on www.electricitybook.com

2005-08-05 Thread Mike Weaver
*I believe* but (would not swear) that I came across parts of this - as I remember it was more of a complation than original material - the sort thing you could find on your own with a bit of net searching. I suppose you could email him and ask. -Mike William Adams wrote: Hi all, Doing a

Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please compliment

2005-08-05 Thread Pannirselvam P.V
Hi Brain Rodgers Gypsym can be used as depolymerizing and delignication agente for removal of lignin at hiher temperatature , making possivel cellulose seperation , and hence , sugar and alcohol production sd Pannirselvam On 8/4/05, Brian Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks

[Biofuel] How to Live Without Oil

2005-08-05 Thread MH
How to Live Without Oil New energy sources and efficiency could make petroleum obsolete. By By Amory B. Lovins Newsweek International http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8769620/site/newsweek/ Aug. 8, 2005 issue - In 1850, most homes in the United States were lit by lamps that burned whale oil. As

Re: [Biofuel] Seeking info on www.electricitybook.com

2005-08-05 Thread Tom Irwin
Hi William, Mike is probably right but I'm already hitting the net for other subject matter so I bought his book. Fairly good stuff in my opinion but keep in mind I'm fairly uninitiated in terms of electrical generation. Tom Irwin From: Mike Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To:

[Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-05 Thread Appal Energy
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bird5aug05,0,760322.story The myths of Hiroshima By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, KAI BIRD and MARTIN J. SHERWIN are coauthors of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, published earlier this year by

Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please compliment

2005-08-05 Thread Brian Rodgers
Thank you for the info. I will need to lookup these terms of course. It does give me more to work with. I do appreciate this. Gypsym can be used as depolymerizing and delignication agente for removal of lignin at hiher temperatature , making possivel cellulose seperation , and hence , sugar

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-05 Thread Tom Irwin
Hi All, Although I'm in agreement about the Enola Gay exhibit, I will have to disagree about the use of the bombs. As slightly more modern barbarians we really have no idea of the mindset of Japan's WWII government. Perhaps Keith can give his insights since he lives close by. My reading of

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-05 Thread Garth Kim Travis
Greetings Tom, Yes, many of us would not be here. Canadian forces were also training for that invasion. I was always taught that it was the code of death before dishonor that made the bombing necessary. I am not saying that is correct, but I wonder how scared of Russia anyone would have been by

[Biofuel] Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Worst terror attacks in history

2005-08-05 Thread Michael Redler
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Worst terror attacks in history August 6 and August 9 will mark the 60th anniversaries of the US atomic-bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In Hiroshima, an estimated 80,000 people were killed in a split second. Some 13 square kilometres of the

Re: [Biofuel] Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Worst terror attacks in history

2005-08-05 Thread Michael Redler
I have a feeling that I'm going to get hammered by some people on this list. So, I want to make sure that everyonenotices that the post went with no comments directly from me. If the title was supposed to have a certain shock value, it worked on me. My general observation is that after reading

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-05 Thread Appal Energy
But the truth be told, I'm here today because they were used and we haven't had a world war since thier invention. Using the logic you initiated prior to that statement Tom, that we really have no idea of the mindset of Japan's WWII government it's a bit of a reach that you can declare your

Re: [Biofuel] Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Worst terror attacks in history

2005-08-05 Thread Appal Energy
What? You have difficulty in accepting such plausabiltiy Michael? Especially in light of some of the major players of the time admitting the needlessness of it all? If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. Todd Swearingen Michael Redler

Re: [Biofuel] Nepal's Biogas Program Bags Coveted Award

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
Thankyou Olivier, good to hear, I forwarded it. We should add this, eh? Thanks to you! The manual, full text online: Nepal Biogas Plant -- Construction Manual. Construction Manual for GGC 2047 Model Biogas Plant. With Dutch and German support, Nepal's Biogas Support Programme has built 95,400

[Biofuel] Lessons Learned, Lessons Not Learned

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/story/23915/ Lessons Learned, Lessons Not Learned By Matthew Wheeland, AlterNet. Posted August 5, 2005. Sixty years after Hiroshima, the damage from those nuclear bombs remains, and the threat is ever increasing. Sixty years ago tomorrow, the United States dropped a

[Biofuel] Hiroshima Cover-up Exposed

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/23914/ Hiroshima Cover-up Exposed By Greg Mitchell, Editor Publisher. Posted August 4, 2005. 60-year-old footage from Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- suppressed and nearly destroyed by the U.S. -- will finally be shown in America. In the weeks following the

[Biofuel] Re: thermal depolymerization

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
Forgot about this... http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg45810.html [Biofuel] 'Changing World Technologies' Plan to Turn Garbage into Oil Best Keith Hello Brian Ok, I promised the list admin I would look in the archives before I asked questions about new subjects.

[Biofuel] The Treaty Wreckers

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080305O.shtml The Treaty Wreckers By George Monbiot The Guardian UK Tuesday 02 August 2005 In just a few months, Bush and Blair have destroyed global restraint on the development of nuclear weapons. Saturday is the 60th anniversary of the

[Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bird5aug05,0,760322.story August 5, 2005 latimes.com : Opinion : Commentary The myths of Hiroshima By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, KAI BIRD and MARTIN J. SHERWIN are coauthors of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert

[Biofuel] New Fair Trade Model Needed

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2266/ News July 28, 2005 New Fair Trade Model Needed Sweeping changes in the export of textiles have forced a difficult reappraisal among U.S. sweatshop monitors: How best to help workers in a relentless industry? By Mischa Gaus Workers at

[Biofuel] The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2005/Mass-Delusion-Neurobiology11jan05.htm JASON BRADFORD / Energy Bulletin 11jan05 The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion JASON BRADFORD / Energy Bulletin 11jan05 History is replete with examples of social organizations, whether a business or a nation, that failed

[Biofuel] New Jesuit Mission - No Human Development without Real Governance

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
See also: http://journeytoforever.org/community.html Community development http://journeytoforever.org/community2.html Community development - poverty and hunger - http://www.ledevoir.com/2005/08/01/87309.html New Jesuit Mission - No Human Development without Real Governance By

[Biofuel] The Twilight Era of Petroleum

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505L.shtml The Twilight Era of Petroleum By Michael T. Klare TomDispatch Friday 05 August 2005 Several recent developments - persistently high gasoline prices, unprecedented warnings from the Secretary of Energy and the major oil companies,

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-05 Thread Brian Rodgers
Today, in the post-9/11 era, it is critically important that the U.S. face the truth about the atomic bomb. For one thing, the myths surrounding Hiroshima have made it possible for our defense establishment to argue that atomic bombs are legitimate weapons that belong in a democracy's arsenal.

Re: [Biofuel] Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Worst terror attacks in history

2005-08-05 Thread Michael Redler
I'm with you Todd. The magnitude and complexity of a crime is often proportional to the number of people or size of the organization involved, whether they be corporations or sovereign nations (redundant?). MikeAppal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What? You have difficulty in accepting such

[Biofuel] Hiroshima Spirits, Nagasaki Voices - Learning from the First Ground Zeroes

2005-08-05 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0804-25.htm Published on Thursday, August 4, 2005 by CommonDreams.org Hiroshima Spirits, Nagasaki Voices: Learning from the First Ground Zeroes by Walter W. Enloe and David B. Willis The flash of light. The flash of light was like nothing I had ever seen

Re: [Biofuel] Nuclear Holocaust

2005-08-05 Thread robert luis rabello
Recent posts on this topic have been disturbing. Most of us don't like to have our comfortable existence threatened by the reality that life as we know it can come to a devastating halt in a noiseless, blinding flash of light. But the reminders exist. A couple of summers ago, I was on a

Re: [Biofuel] Nuclear Holocaust

2005-08-05 Thread robert luis rabello
robert luis rabello wrote: Whoops! A little arithmetic error crept into my post . . . Together, these 18 submarines can destroy 3 456 cities the size of Vancouver. This is equivalent to wiping out one medium sized city every fifteen minutes for 9 and a half days, Sorry!

Re: [Biofuel] Nuclear Holocaust

2005-08-05 Thread robert luis rabello
Grief! I need more sleep! 4 * 24 = 96 (four quarters in an hour, NOT 15!) 3 456 / 96 = 36 I was right the first time. Sorry folk! Words are more my thing than numbers! robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger

Re: [Biofuel] Seeking info on www.electricitybook.com

2005-08-05 Thread Doug Younker
That was my though as well Mike. More there to make me skeptical than willing to part with dollars. While we are on book reviews anyone buy or have read sunshine to dollars http://www.knowledgepublications.com/kp_sunshinetodollars_ebook1.htm , again perhaps most of the info in the book may be

[Biofuel] First Mixer

2005-08-05 Thread Garth Kim Travis
Greetings, Garth is building us our first test mixer and he has a question. Will the methylhydroxide damage brass? We have a collection of brass fitting and were thinking about using them. Bright Blessings, Kim ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] First Mixer

2005-08-05 Thread Tom Irwin
Hi Guys, Since brass has copper in it you can be fairly certain that it will get attacked by hydroxides. Your fittings might last a while, so you can get some use out of them but I wouldn´t recommend it as a material of construction in this case. Others may have more experience them mine,

Re: [Biofuel] First Mixer

2005-08-05 Thread Ken Provost
On Aug 5, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Garth Kim Travis wrote: Greetings, Garth is building us our first test mixer and he has a question. Will the methylhydroxide damage brass? We have a collection of brass fitting and were thinking about using them. Bright Blessings, Kim I have some brass

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-05 Thread dwoodard
Far from hating the United States, it appears that the Russian people were very favourably disposed toward the U.S. at the end of World War II. Allied aid, mostly from the U.S., was a crucial factor in enabling the U.S.S.R. to stay in the war and defeat the Germans. Thousands of Russian soldiers

Re: [Biofuel] (no subject)

2005-08-05 Thread mark manchester
Hi Ray, No answers? don't despair. Our dear Darryl must be busy. He's up near you. The lye is not expensive, a Cdn Tire thing, and he told me last year where to get methanol. Erg, I'm looking for it in the old letters. Jesse From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-05 Thread Appal Energy
So just out of curiosity Doug, What are you basing all your guesswork on? Relative to invade or not invade and casualty counts it sounds very much like the historical American mantra of how things would have unfolded if this or if that. Doesn't it make some sense to review those facets

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-08-05 Thread Dale Seto
You have very good points, Hakan. The 2% is just a number that I dreamed up. It could be more or less depending on what each country can afford at the time. Nobody can expect a country which is mired in a recession, for example, to give as freely as the good times. But if we all could give as

[Biofuel] http://www.electricitybook.com

2005-08-05 Thread hal
Doug, I purchased both the electricity book and the sunshine to dollars book. I was very disappointed in the Subshine to Dollars book and so told them. I did find the Electricity book informative but feel it could have been ended after the first 38-40 pages instead of continuing on to page 111. Of

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-05 Thread Richard Littrell
Because of the sheer number of people involved and the secrecy at the time and after it is hard to put into perspective the thinking that went into the decision to use the atomic bomb. There appeared to be no question that the Truman government was convinced that an invasion would be