Re: [Biofuel] guns

2005-08-07 Thread Hakan Falk
There are nothing to support this BS argument, on the contrary, all statistics and practical experience says the opposite. Jeremy, The only statistics that might have any real and substantive connections to peaceful society is strict gun control and, even much more, a high average

Re: PLEASE READ - MODERATOR'S MESSAGE - was Re: [Biofuel] guns

2005-08-07 Thread Hakan Falk
Keith, Sorry, I was going through email in sequential order and did not see this until after I posted. I think you are right in stopping this thread now, there are not more to say on it. Hakan At 07:36 AM 8/7/2005, you wrote: No more guns, thankyou. This is a subject that, on a global

Re: [Biofuel] New question was The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread Tom Irwin
Hi all, I passed by the local used everything store and saw an old style blowtorch. It looked like it was in working order and cost next to nothing. I immediately though now that would make a nice preheater to boil off any excess water in my waste vegetable oil. If this is in the archives I´m

RE: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread Chris Lloyd
look, this whole thing about an invasion of japan costing a million american lives is utterly ridiculous. What puzzles me is that America had planned the invasion of the Japanese islands as far back as 1920. Why? What did they have that the US wanted? That’s probably the reason they did not

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread Tom Irwin
Hi All, All right Todd, if you want to deal in semantics let me rephrase, It is my opinion that I would not be here today if the bombs had not been dropped. Now I am an environmental scientist but I´m also a closet historian. Before moving to Uruguay I had a considerable library on military

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

2005-08-07 Thread Tom Irwin
Hi All, I grow a little weary of revisionist history. Yes, there was a political side to the war. When hasn´t there been. Yes, it was brutal and callous. Again, when hasn´t it been. Yes, the history is written by the victors. But let´s not forget that we´re not talking about the best humans

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread Appal Energy
( That is more causalities than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined - an estimated 103,000 ) Playing a little loose with the facts Greg? Official Japanese figures at the time put the death toll at 118,661 civilians. But later estimates suggest the final toll was 140,000 of Hiroshima's 350,000

Re: [Biofuel] guns

2005-08-07 Thread Garth Kim Travis
Greetings, Rattlesnakes are not aggressive and I never kill them. They head the other direction when they hear you coming, so why kill them? They do kill rats and mice that carry disease, so the snakes are welcome unless they decide to become egg poachers, then unfortunately I have to kill

Re: [Biofuel] Willow Tree Research

2005-08-07 Thread damiandolan
Hi All, We are working with willow and biomass boilers in Ireland and running very sucessful in schools and large scale district heating please check following websites: www.nps.ie www.ruralgeneration.com government in Ireland has also taken excise duty off vegetable oil this week yipee

Re: [Biofuel] The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion

2005-08-07 Thread Brian Rodgers
Thanks for the feedback. This group always has a serious tone to it. On the bright side I garner information from a variety of points of view, more than I ever imagined. This is a crash course for me in international communication. Thankfully it is in English, it is the only language I know. I

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country - Tobin tax and comments

2005-08-07 Thread Mike Weaver
Keith Addison wrote: Hello Mike Joseph Stiglitz (and my father, who is a development economist) make the following points: Globalization is not going away, nor can we wish it away. I don't know of anybody who does wish it away. I don't know why you might think that I'd like to - because

[Biofuel] How do I make Ethanol for car use?

2005-08-07 Thread Wireless Data Transfer
I own a fairly big piece of land, in which I grow oranges, and a lot of themfall from the trees and rot on the ground.I have been told that making ethanol from those rotting oranges can be quitesimple.I can also have access to an almost unlimited supply of wood chips andsawdust from a

RE: [Biofuel] RE: jelly

2005-08-07 Thread DERICK GIORCHINO
Hi Keith More Thanks for you response. I tried the world famous chop stick titration technique. Wow what a difference in my titration #. I did a 1 ltr test in a soda bottle, with excellent result almost instantly. But here is where I got into trouble. The next batch was 20 liters I had some

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread Chris
Japan was trying to surrender. The bomb wasn't for Japan, it was to send a message to the other superpower, the Soviet Union. It also was used in part to justify the largest military expense in the history of the nation. Chris K Cayce, SC - Original Message - From: Greg and April

[Biofuel] Chain Mails

2005-08-07 Thread Michael Redler
...my $.02 about chain mails. There are two things contained in chain mails thatannoy me: 1.)FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST. 2.) IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THIS MESSAGE, DELETE IT. The second statement is particularly annoying because (IMO) it politely implies that you have the right to

Re: [Biofuel] New Fair Trade Model Needed and ecological engineering

2005-08-07 Thread Pannirselvam P.V
Sustainable global economy need new fair trade model based on the global energy, economy and ecology.Several interesting work in the ecological engineering model can help to find this fair tarde model.by ODUM there can be social tesuname can bee forseen as the big turbulance not only for the

Re: [Biofuel] First Mixer

2005-08-07 Thread Pannirselvam P.V
Greetings to all and Keith Recently I hve the aporunity to participate Germa nad Brasil joint conference held in Fortaleza , N, Brazil on BioD.Af any one from the list needs more infomation we can send more details. One of the BASF proposal is to make to perpare metylhydroxide and

Re: [Biofuel] Re: thermal and biological depolymerization

2005-08-07 Thread Pannirselvam P.V
Hello Brian and Keith Biological depolymerization is as much effective as thermal one via mushroom growth compared to thermal depolymerization as this involves enzymatic combustion reaction mechanism with out energy input .The reaction of enzymatic combustion has been discovered recently

[Biofuel] washing?

2005-08-07 Thread the skapegoat
The JTF website strongly recommends washing and the Josh Tickell book seems to suggest it isn't necessary and possibly even detrimental. I'm interested in some insight on this difference of opinion. I'm sure most experienced biodieselers here wash their biodiesel. Would it be worthwhile to

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread dwoodard
*Part* of the Japanese government was trying to find a way to surrender, before the atom bombs. Part of the U.S. Navy command held the view that no further military operations were necessary and Japan would be compelled to surrender if the Allies just waited. Most of the U.S. Army and government

Re: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread Appal Energy
Sorry Tom. I don't deal in semantics. Glad to hear that you're confident in how you came into being. Couple that one incident with a few million other random happenings and you might be spot on. Then again, maybe lighting can strike twice in the same place. Environmental Scientist, eh?

RE: [Biofuel] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread dwoodard
In 1920 both the U.S. and Japanese militaries considered that a war between the two countries was possible, and many thought it ultimately probable. For some time a major part of the Japanese government, establishment and armed forces had been dedicated to building an empire by force. A large

Re: [Biofuel] RE: jelly

2005-08-07 Thread Appal Energy
But is the jelly a typical sign of over dosing? I have a problem with disposing of the mess I have made if there is a way to salvage it. Take a small sample and see how much concentrated sulfuric or phosphoric acid it takes to crack the soap portion of the top jelly layer. This is the same

RE: [Biofuel] RE: jelly

2005-08-07 Thread DERICK GIORCHINO
Thanks for the response. I feel that I may not have explained that there isn't a layer it's almost a solid mass. It is about 95 deg f outside and if I turn the soda bottle on its side it slides inside the bottle as one lump retaining the shape of the bottom of the bottle. If I shake it hard it

Re: [Biofuel] New question was The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread clark creamer
First post If you're talking WWII style or Vietnam style flamethrower then you're talking Napalm...heh. ~Clark On 8/7/05, Tom Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I passed by the local used everything store and saw an old style blowtorch. It looked like it was in working order

Re: [Biofuel] New question was The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread Busyditch
If its one of those old brass hand-held blow torches it uses kerosene. - Original Message - From: clark creamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] New question was The myths of Hiroshima First post If