Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: SE UK Methanol supply query

2006-02-27 Thread michael hicks
Hi Clive I found Jenny chem pritty good 01634 290770 their in Kent but will deliver. Cheers MykeClive Marks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Forwarded message --From: Clive Marks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Feb 24, 2006 2:16 PMSubject: Methane supplyTo:

[Biofuel] Which ethanol is cheaper ?

2006-02-27 Thread Balaji
Hello all, Cross post.courtesy Neal Van Milligen@ Sanet-MG: Brasher: Research settles which is cheaper ethanolPHILIP BRASHERWASHINGTON FARM REPORTFebruary 26, 2006Ever since farmers started selling their corn to be fermented into alcohol for motor fuel, the ethanol business has

[Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Redler
What’s up with George Monbiot?!He calls himself an environmentalist? Put lightly, this guy's a little annoying.In December, 2004 George Monbiot wrote an article titled “Feeding Cars, Not People”.http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2004/11/23/feeding-cars-not-people/In December, 2006

Re: [Biofuel] Nissan banks on new transmission to compete in hybrid auto market

2006-02-27 Thread Paul S Cantrell
Honda is offering a CVT on its hybrid Insight and Civic. Not on the Accord.Toyota's Prius and Highlander also use a CVT. It's on the Lexus hybrid, too.Sounds like the Japanese company that is years-behind in gasoline-electric hybrids is trying to enter the market with hype. Maybe if they chose

Re: [Biofuel] Any other lister in Malaysia?

2006-02-27 Thread nathan whampoa
dear louis, i am from kuala lumpur,malaysia.what info that u like to know abt palm oil biodiesel? athanLuis Eduardo Puerto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:It would be good if anybody either in Brazil or Malyasia, or wherever place in the world could share some information about doing biodiesel form

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: SE UK Methanol supply query

2006-02-27 Thread Clive Marks
Myke, Thanks, I will give both of these a go in a day or Two. Regards, Clive. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Nissan banks on new transmission to compete in hybrid auto market

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Redler
Isn't ironic.There is(was?) a lot of innovation comingfrom Japan and especially Honda. I agree Paul. I was hoping for more.Maybethe bigger ambitions leave you guessing for a while, until they finally unveil them....lets hope so.By the way, if anyone has thescheme for their CVT, I'd

Re: [Biofuel] Any other lister in Malaysia?

2006-02-27 Thread nathan whampoa
thankyou samira,hope we can change malaysian attitude toward fossil fuel:) athan.Samira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi.. This is Samira. I live in KL, near PWTC... Doing biochemical engineering (undergrad - final year).. Good to know there are more people from Malaysia on this list.Been learning a

Re: [Biofuel] Nissan banks on new transmission to compete in hybrid auto market

2006-02-27 Thread Paul S Cantrell
Mike,Here's a pretty good explanation sans hybrid:http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cvt.htmMore fuel efficient than 'automatic' transmissions, but still less efficient than manual. The Honda Insight gets 57 city and 56 hiway with a CVT, or 60/66 with a 5 spd.I wonder what the Prius (60/51 with CVT)

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-27 Thread Paul S Cantrell
Mike,Have you shared your thoughts withe Guardian? Or, on Mr. Monbiot's website?Apparently, showing him the error of his ways doesn't stop him but emboldens him: The last time I drew attention to the hazards of making diesel fuel from vegetable oils, I received as much abuse as I have ever been

Re: [Biofuel] Take a bow, Professor...

2006-02-27 Thread bob allen
thanks for the kind words Kieth, now if I could just get an university president to show some support, but that is another story. Keith Addison wrote: Good on you Bob! :-) IMHO stories like this are a lot more effective than the kind of PR-generated publicity you commented on previously,

Re: [Biofuel] Nissan banks on new transmission to compete in hybrid auto market

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Redler
Thanks Paul,I havemechanical design books that go back to the 1930's which illustrate different types of CVT schemes. I was wondering is Nissan's designwas a departure from those of the past.Your link is exactly what I was looking for.MikePaul S Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Redler
Hi Paul,You wrote: "Have you shared your thoughts withe Guardian?"No. Actually, I haven't given it much thought. This was meant for our forum. If I did, I'd have to clean it up a bit. I cranked this out this morning and noticed that I have December 2006 instead of 2005 for the second

[Biofuel] Quackbuster Busted in Court

2006-02-27 Thread Kirk McLoren
American health system rated #72 by WHO and the #1 killer of Americans.Incidentally also the most expensive health care in the world Kirk http://www.bolenreport.net/feature_articles/feature_article023.htm Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-27 Thread Kenji James Fuse
Hi Mike, As I posted a few months ago, the environmental 'elite' are not the only ones crying wolf about biodiesel. The anarchist (and mostly excellent) indymedia.org [?] ran an article titled something like Biodiesel will kill Thousands! It made no mention of the fact that biodiesel is the

[Biofuel] diesel pump for wvo

2006-02-27 Thread Michele Stephenson
i have an extra lift pump from my cummins and want to use it to pump out veggie oil from the tanks behind the rest. my questions are: the pump is a carter. will it work w/ wvo? if so, should i take the screen out or leave it in? my goal is to drive up and deposit the hose at the respective

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-27 Thread James Quaid
Here are two links for non food production sources for biodiesel. Forgive me if these have been posted previously. http://www.d1plc.com Jatropha Curcas http://www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/pdfs/biodiesel_from_algae.pdf Does anyone know a place where I can buy Mexican

[Biofuel] A wealth of manuals

2006-02-27 Thread Kirk McLoren
A wealth of how-to/gardening/energy manuals -- including the wholecollection ready to burn to disk (at top)http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/3wdev/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. ___ Biofuel mailing

[Biofuel] Blacksmithing ebooks

2006-02-27 Thread Kirk McLoren
Blacksmithing ebookshttp://www.lametalsmiths.org/news/downloadable_blacksmithing_books.htm Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Quackbuster Busted in Court

2006-02-27 Thread bob allen
I'll be the first to admit the the health care system in the US is loaded for the rich, but to quote Tim Bolen? He is a shill for some of the nuttiest quackery on the planet. He is (or was) the publicist for Hulda Clark, who claims one gets aids when liver flukes migrate to the thymus,

Re: [Biofuel] Quackbuster Busted in Court

2006-02-27 Thread Kirk McLoren
I am not a fan of Hulda. The referenced article is just the news about Aetna and justice. I dont expect a reporter to be more than a compiler of data. - and the data in this case seems fairly clear. Most reporting is politically correct as most of us are sensitive to career and feeding our

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-02-27 Thread Appal Energy
Well, the bright lad obviously hadn't or hasn't heard of algae derived biofuels. His arguments are dinosaurs and no doubt he's aware of it. Enjoying the attention, but also aware of his flaws/omissions in logic. Todd Swearingen Michael Redler wrote: *What’s up with George Monbiot?!* He