[Biofuel] funding cuts to flood control

2005-09-03 Thread marilyn
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/02/opinion/02krugman.html?ex =1126324800en=73a1bb38aa83825eei=5070emc=eta1 September 2, 2005 A Can't-Do Government By PAUL KRUGMAN Before 9/11 the Federal Emergency Management Agency listed the three most likely catastrophic disasters facing America: a terrorist

Re: [Biofuel] How New Orleans Was Lost

2005-09-03 Thread S. Chapin
Greg and April wrote: He spent the day on the ground today, walking parts of New Orleans, and Mississippi. Just like 9/11, it was a few days after it happened. Greg H. Perhaps you noticed Trent Lott on his side? The comment that he looked forward to sitting on Trent's new porch when

[Biofuel] Canadian help not allowed to fly in

2005-09-03 Thread marilyn
I was sent this blog item about Canadian help being denied entrance to flood areas. Did any Canadians hear the newscast? Anone know if it is true? http://www.dailykos.com/ US won't let Canada help Katrina victims by kos Wed Aug 31st, 2005 at 20:58:29 PDT A specialized urban search and

Re: [Biofuel] FDA Minimized Issue of Lotronex's Safety

2005-09-03 Thread Keith Addison
Marty Phee wrote: They chose a paid consultant to Glaxo to serve with an advisory committee that recommended approval of the drug. Who do you think advises the govt on many critical issues? Many govt organizations who make decisions for us have corporations on the boards. You don't say, well

[Biofuel] UNNATURAL DISASTER: THE LESSONS OF KATRINA

2005-09-03 Thread Vin Lava
http://www.worldwatch.org/press/news/2005/09/02 September 02, 2005 UNNATURAL DISASTER: THE LESSONS OF KATRINA Worldwatch Projects Catastrophe Will Be Most Costly Weather-Related Disaster in History Washington, D.C. – The overwhelming human and financial impacts of Hurricane Katrina are powerful

Re: [Biofuel] Drying ethanol

2005-09-03 Thread Pannirselvam P.V
Hi Tom Irwin Dear Tom ,really very good your plan to make biofuel from Waste oil .As you are near by Brazil, you can think of the flexible car as this can run both form ethanol as well as the biogas which can be very made in small scale in the farm.Go ahead with the help of several experts

Re: [Biofuel] Drying ethanol

2005-09-03 Thread Pannirselvam P.V
You need to measure the volume and density after and before adosrption and use the pubblished tables to calculate the conecntration and the make mass balance as you pointed out Yours truely Pannirselvam Natal, RN, Brasil. On 9/1/05, Tom Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I

Re: [Biofuel] Preparation of ethanol from molasses

2005-09-03 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Keith ; This is a great idea and link!! Thanks. Best Regards, Peter G. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ Biofuel mailing

[Biofuel] Cuba Willing to Send Immediate Medical Help

2005-09-03 Thread bob allen
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BC8EF57BD-B774-4C33-B410-BB62351EDDE9%7D%29language=EN Cuba Willing to Send Immediate Medical Help to US, Says Fidel Castro Havana, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) President Fidel Castro Friday offered the United States eleven hundred doctors with extensive

Re: [Biofuel] Canadian help not allowed to fly in

2005-09-03 Thread Alt.EnergyNetwork
I have been following all the reports on CTV, CBC and BBC. Canada has the DART system that was used in the tsunami in Asia and is ready to be shipped to the disaster areas along with specialized teams and resources. Canadian hydro crews and all sorts of supplies and offers of help have been

Re: [Biofuel] Silver, chlorine, etc. (was Katrina..

2005-09-03 Thread Brian Rodgers
Wow, I started off a great thread and didn't even follow it. Now, I thought I remembered reading a couple of dissertations on colloid silver here. I am glad to get the input all over again. I think that some of this stuff is a little over the top just to sanitize a couple of ten gallon

Re: [Biofuel] Materials, Venturis and Biodiesel

2005-09-03 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Jim I had some general question about Biodiesel: 1. I have some PVC Venturis that I thought would work for mixing the Methoxil and oil together. Would it tear up the PVC? How about Venturis and PVC in the washing process? 2. How much if any Biodiesel can be added to gasoline engines as

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina, who's to blame

2005-09-03 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Vin Hi Keith, I do wish the large list membership in the global South would be a little more vocal, really I do, though I do understand some of the reasons they're not. Here goes one Listmember from the South... Thankyou!!! Now where are all the others? :-) I know what the people

Re: [Biofuel] open letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush

2005-09-03 Thread Brian Rodgers
Sorry I haven't run this by credibility checkers except here. Brian Rodgers Friday, September 2nd, 2005 Vacation is Over... an open letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush Friday, September 2nd, 2005 Dear Mr. Bush: Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and

Re: [Biofuel] How New Orleans Was Lost

2005-09-03 Thread Mike Weaver
About time. Still, a little late in my book. Greg and April wrote: He spent the day on the ground today, walking parts of New Orleans, and Mississippi. Just like 9/11, it was a few days after it happened. Greg H. - Original Message - From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Biofuel] Cross Posted: OpAmp Active Filter Synthesis

2005-09-03 Thread Brian Rodgers
Sheesh Mike why the hostility? It sounds like you don't really want any help. I am sorry if my humor comes off like what do you call it? Hmmm? Please stop trying to be profound and get to the point. You might reread your first post in this thread. You never stated a point to begin with. I have no

Re: [Biofuel] BioDiesel Processor

2005-09-03 Thread Mike Weaver
How many gallons does it hold? Mika Feldmann wrote: I made my processor out of an abandoned Guiness keg (stainless) with a few threaded stainless pipe couplings welded in place for an immersion heater, a temperature probe for heat control, and fittings for a circulation pump. Here in

Re: [Biofuel] How New Orleans Was Lost

2005-09-03 Thread Alt.EnergyNetwork
Big deal, He cut 2 days off his vacation to do this ...all for the cameras. As noted by others below, he was the one who cut army core of engineers budget for urgent repair on sinking dykes and improvements to flood control systems. He is the one who continues to distort sound science, the

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina slams New Orleans. Is There Blame?

2005-09-03 Thread Mike Weaver
Sussex county, where the big beach-front houses are located, is on the list of places covered by Fed. flood insurance. As long as it is under-written, people will build there. When beach front resorts and their beaches blow away in storms, the money to rebuild always comes from the taxpayers

[Biofuel] The real reason

2005-09-03 Thread Mike Weaver
Rumor has it that the only reason President Bush offered money and aid to rebuild the Katrina-damaged coastal areas of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana is that he misheard on the news that there was major damage and flooding all along the Golf Course.

Re: [Biofuel] Canadian help not allowed to fly in

2005-09-03 Thread Mike Weaver
We don't want them spreading the poison of socialized medicine to all those uninsured poor people in New Orleans. Besides, the president is on it. Everything is fine. The National Guard is there, Bush is personally on the phone on the ground, directing the federal relief effort, calling the

Re: [Biofuel] using incomplete reaction biodiesel

2005-09-03 Thread Bill Clark
Hi Michael, Thanks for your quick response. We are blending our bioD 50/50 and using it. I wasn't so worried about the EPA as to potential engine problems. Oh well, garbage has to be picked up and fires must be extinguished. Thanks again for your encouraging words. Bill Clark - Original

[Biofuel] State vs Federal responsibilities

2005-09-03 Thread Flamemom
Hello; Anybody ever hear of this agency??? Haven't heard it mentioned anywhere recently myself. LA Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness HomeThe Louisiana Citizen Awareness Disaster Agency www.ohsep.louisiana.gov Being from San Francisco originally, you know Earthquake zone.. we're

Re: [Biofuel] BioDiesel Processor

2005-09-03 Thread Mika Feldmann
Not sure in gallons, but my processor could hold about 50 liters of oil mix, which should make enough to fill up an average Volkswagen tank. It takes me two deep fryers to fill. MikaMike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many gallons does it hold?Mika Feldmann wrote: I made my processor out of

[Biofuel] Looking for Co-op in Socal - Burbank area

2005-09-03 Thread Rob Stehlin
I live in Burbank, Ca and am in the process of converting a MINI-SUV to diesel and I want to run in Bio Diesel. I am looking for a co-op in the SOCAL Burbank area to learn how to home brew my own. I appreciate everyones assistance. Rob Stehlin

Re: [Biofuel] Query on MTBE

2005-09-03 Thread subramanian D.V
Thank you, Mr juan, I have now full details of MTBE and only other use for it in industrial solvents but when a oil firm imports a large qty it can only be for mixing with petrol (gasoline) as an octane booster without caring for the health of unvary users. I am writing to (our) Govt of India.

Re: [Biofuel] Another newbie

2005-09-03 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Johanna Hi, another beginner to walk thru for you. I am planning on buying a new used car, heard about WVO and diesels and wanted to get everything figured out. I read on your web site that some people are experimenting with mixes for regular gasoline cars. Biodiesel in gasoline

Re: [Biofuel] Another use for glycerine

2005-09-03 Thread capt3d
lol, yeah. the volume from this list to my mailbox this past week has totally overwhelmed me. even now i'm trying to catch up. i'm going to have to switch my mail option to digest or something. that item came to my mailbox and i just turned around and forwarded it right away. as i browsed

Re: [Biofuel] Another use for glycerine

2005-09-03 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Chris lol, yeah. the volume from this list to my mailbox this past week has totally overwhelmed me. even now i'm trying to catch up. i'm going to have to switch my mail option to digest or something. that item came to my mailbox Only one mailbox. Try this:

[Biofuel] New Orleans - Louisiana Vital Records registry

2005-09-03 Thread Marylynn Schmidt
I was born in Baton Rouge, La and because of the new requirements for obtaining a drivers licenses .. issued by Homeland Security and no longer issued by the state .. I needed to produce either my birth certificate or a certified copy. .. and I just want to say that .. below sea level and all

Re: [Biofuel] New Orleans - Louisiana Vital Records registry

2005-09-03 Thread Fritz Friesinger
Hi Mary Lynn Schmidt, attached a Link to the Spiegel with an article from Maureen Dowd Unitet States of Shame F.F. http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,373001,00.html - Original Message - From: Marylynn Schmidt To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent:

[Biofuel] Happy Happy

2005-09-03 Thread Vin Lava
Hi Keith, Hmmm. Imagine that! If any of you happen to find yourselves in the Philippines, drop me a line and we'll have Happy Happy (and talk biofuels too). :-) Thanks and regards. Vin Lava Manila, Philippines Many of us here who are not Filipinos have fond and happy memories of the