Darryl,
R-2000 is today the standard in Sweden, that means equivalent
insulation to 200 mm mineral wool in walls and 400 in ceiling,
windbreaker and ventilated facade on the outside and humidity (vapor)
barrier on the inside. R-1000 have been the standard since the 1950's
to 1978. The vapor
Well, I'm by no means an expert, but I have worked quite a bit in the
foreign aid field.
It wasn't a total failure by any means, but I'd say out failures
outweighed our successes.
My father, who is a PhD in Development Economics, and was known as a
radical for such dangerous ideas
as arguing
Next they'll be charging us for air...
Keith Addison wrote:
12 percent of the world's population uses 85 percent of its water,
and these 12 percent do not live in the Third World.
Same as energy, same as food, same as money.
Actually there is only one problem, IMHO, and this is it.
For a
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/22/energy_futures.php
Energy Futures
K.C. Golden
May 22, 2006
K.C. Golden is the policy director of Climate Solutions, which is
devoted towards working for practical solutions to global warming and
a new, sustainable prosperity.
The signs of a new,
Green Fuel's Dirty Secret
Sasha Lilley
June 1st, 2006
Ethanol made from corn has been touted as the green fuel of the future.
Archer Daniels Midland, the largest U.S. producer of ethanol, stands to make a
fortune from environmentally conscious car drivers. But is ethanol really as
environmentally
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/25/the_alt_fuels_distraction.php
The Alt Fuels Distraction
David Roberts
May 25, 2006
David Roberts is a staff writer at Grist Magazine. His blog is
http://gristmill.grist.org.
In the next 50 years, give or take, those of us in the United States
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/30/redford.oil/index.html
Commentary: Kicking the oil habit
By Robert Redford
Special to CNN
Tuesday, May 30, 2006; Posted: 4:55 p.m. EDT (20:55 GMT)
Editor's note: Robert Redford is an award-winning actor, director,
producer and founder of the Sundance Institute
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5040562.stm
BBC NEWS | Business |
2 June 2006, 10:25 GMT 11:25 UK
Fuel fears puncture US car sales
SUVs have fallen out of favour amid concerns over fuel prices
Surging fuel prices have weighed on demand for sports utility
vehicles (SUVs)and trucks, cutting
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13492.htm
Normalizing the Unthinkable
John Pilger, Robert Fisk, Charlie Glass, and Seymour Hersh on the
failure of the world's press
By Sophie McNeill
06/03/06 Information Clearing House -- -- The late journalist
Edward R. Murrow might well
The telephone and cable companies are engaging in cynical wordplay
when they cry hands off the Internet.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/06/02/net_hypocrisy.php
Net Hypocrisy
Art Brodsky
June 02, 2006
Art Brodsky is communications director for Public Knowledge, a public
interest group
Noam Chomsky: Video: Manufacturing Consent: :
How government and big media businesses cooperate to produce an
effective propaganda machine in order to manipulate the opinions of
the United States populous.
Windows Media
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12972.htm
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/053006S.shtml
Preparing for the Post-Carbon Age
By Doris Granny D Haddock
t r u t h o u t | Address
Tuesday 30 May 2006
Doris Granny D Haddock attended Healing Mountains, the 16th
annual Heartwood Forest Council, in the dwindling forests of West
Howdy Kirk,
I looked over the report and although the claims sound promising, I am bothered
by the rather
shallow explanation of the effect:
So far, what we see in patients and what we see in laboratory cell cultures,
all point to one
conclusion, said Dr. Whelan. The near-infrared light
Hi Guys;
I had also heard that sealing up a house that tight leads to indoor air
quality issues (especially if the ubiquitous OSB and MDFB materials are
used along with all the carpet, and other textiles that are offgassing
VOC's for a few years)and then heat exchangers are needed to recover
The only real plan (Liberal or Conservative) is to keep big business
feeding their election campaigns... They (big biz) won't feed the election
coffers unless they're allowed to continue business as usual... Us little
guys and home producers couldn't hope to contribute at big biz levels, even
if
Hi all
Sorry, these things take time.
Here are the photos Doug sent me, with his explanatory text below.
I optimised the photos so they're about one-sixth the kb's, quicker
to download.
Best
Keith
http://journeytoforever.org/bflpics/Bellhousing1.jpg
Next they'll be charging us for air...
You'll probably have to pay royalties on what you breathe it with, don't they own the patent on noses too? Oh, sorry, that's next week...
Multi-national corporations are busy privatizing public water utilities across the U.S. They now control 15% of our
Well, I'm by no means an expert, but I have worked quite a bit in the
foreign aid field.
It wasn't a total failure by any means, but I'd say out failures
outweighed our successes.
On the other hand, I suppose you could say that very much of it is a
great success, since so much foreign aid is
http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?DocID=1put light in the search box and you will have access to some pdf's of published papers. They say there is photochemistry besides chlorophyll. I remember an article at NASA said 40% of the mitochondrial chemical energy was instead supplied directly
isnt the basis of life (food,water,oxygen) considered a right? i mean there
is a right to survive, isnt there?
- Original Message -
From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Water: a commodity or a
this bothers me. people assume that corn is the only place to get ethanol.
dont they read? cellulose might be better later, but corn wont ever be the
answer now.
snip
Corn-based ethanol is the result of an extremely energy-intensive,
CO2-emitting, polluting process. Corn is grown in
Subsequent to the switch up to B-50, our dear '79 Benz is now leaking oil
vigorously, and our handsome 60-year-old Chinese mechanics are shaking their
fingers at me. A certain triumph in the attitude, I'm afraid. Head gasket!
Fuel lines! What was I thinkin'?! They say, if I can't take care of
ARRGH!!!Why is everyone looking for THE ANSWER? Corn is a response, as is cellulose, as is soy for biodiesel, as is hemp, as is everything else. There will not be a single response to oil. It will be as each region can respond.
fredOn 6/5/06, Jason Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this bothers me.
Fuels lines, yes, head gasket no.
mark manchester wrote:
Subsequent to the switch up to B-50, our dear '79 Benz is now leaking oil
vigorously, and our handsome 60-year-old Chinese mechanics are shaking their
fingers at me. A certain triumph in the attitude, I'm afraid. Head gasket!
Fuel lines!
Hi Joe,
you are rigth on with your comment!
Those"Airtigth" Homes need to be serviced by
mechanical Aircontrol,wich create again a energieconsumption by
itself.Considerin lots of fixt Windows and the great ability of american
Windowmakers to trow away all phisical Laws,you end up with
Kirk McLoren wrote:
http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?DocID=1
put light in the search box and you will have access to some pdf's of
published papers. They say there is photochemistry besides chlorophyll.
I remember an article at NASA said 40% of the mitochondrial chemical
energy was
We have a type of tree here in Canada called Jack pine. I don't know if
it grows in other places. You can recognize it because the needles are
about half the length of red pine and a little shorter than white pine
but the really distinguishing characteristic is the cones which are
smallish
So the latest batch of oil I picked up took 11.45 ml of 0.1% KOH (85%
purity) solution to get an indication. Adding this to my 5.8 g basic
amount means a whopping 17.3 g per liter for a single stage process
which is obviously out of the question. The oil was just black. Don't
ask me how
Thankyou for your attention, sir. I'll inform my earnest and adorable older
gentlemen mechanics. They are bent on the Let's shampoo the engine and see
where the leaks are track, which I don't mind, as I dash out to get them
some peking duck takeout while they work. (Oh, I love Toronto.) Jesse
Go through Lunenberg, and the state park (Kejimkijik or similar) in the
middle is nice. Last trip I just hugged the coast - it's hard to go
wrong.
I liked Halifax - particularly the Historic Properties. Have a donair.
There will fresh peas - they are wonderful. The lobsters are also great.
anybody from Nova Scotia? I am heading that way in a couple of weeks for a
family vacation and would
like some advice.
--
Bob Allen
http://ozarker.org/bob
Science is what we have learned about how to keep
from fooling ourselves - Richard Feynman
That's it! I'm cutting work and heading out to sunbathe for a couple of
hours. I figure I can skip dinner if I get enough sun.
J
bob allen wrote:
40%-wow, and how does this light get to the mitochondria? what
photosynthetic apparatus exists in the mitochondria that isn't reported
in
And watch you don't run into someone while driving. Pedestrians rule on
the east coast. Cars will stop in front of you for no apparent
reasonbecause a pedestrian shows a sign of wanting to cross. I like
that! Enjoy your trip. The restaurant in the harbour where they moor
the Bluenose
I wish that I shared Robert Redford's confidence that Americans are way
out in front of our leaders in facing our toughest national challenges.
After the Memorial Day Weekend, the Manchester Union Leader, which is a
statewide paper, ran an editorial about speeding on New Hampshire's
My least favorite newspaper in the world. Look up Hush, you Muskies
on the web.
-Weaver
Steve Knox wrote:
I wish that I shared Robert Redford's confidence that Americans are way
out in front of our leaders in facing our toughest national challenges.
After the Memorial Day Weekend, the
Hi Bob,
I'm kinda new at it too. I just booked a trip for the last two weeks of
July.
I don't suppose you did a search at
http://novascotia.com/en/home/default.aspx.
It has a descent search engine and helped me decide where to go.
Good luck!
-Redler
bob allen wrote:
anybody from Nova
Hi everyone,
I've been thinking about a few posts I made a short time ago.
Looking back, it is clear that frustrations in my personal life were
vented toward the biofuels group. I made inappropriate remarks and
baseless political positions in response to messages from Hakan and Keith.
On Jun 5, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Mike Redler wrote:
Looking back, it is clear that frustrations in my personal life were
vented toward the biofuels group. I made inappropriate remarks
Apology accepted (even tho it was never MYSELF who might've
been offended :-)), with thanks..
Over the
You were not specific, Bob, about what sort of advice you had in mind.
Naturally, I have a daughter at university in Halifax (I have daughters
everywhere). Were you wondering about higher education, perhaps?
But I must add to the advice of these fine men that you'll find lovely food
and scenery
At times we all go through periods of stress or depression. On another
(motorcycle) list I am on, we had a member suicide. Looking back now I can
see the pain this particular person went through. It is incredibly difficult
to reach people through the net to help them, and the geographical
Mark, et al
I don't know anything about the area and there are so many resorts,
cabins, and general vacation spots, I ended up going by the list of
activities.
Any chance you heard of Inverary Resort?
http://www.capebretonresorts.com/inverary.asp
Mike
mark manchester wrote:
You were not
Additional reading (just pulled from my bookshelf).
Best overview of the subject to date IMO.
_Whose Water Is It? The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World_
Bernadette McDonald and Douglas Jehl, Editors
ISBN# 0-7922-6238-7
Maude Barlow's piece in this book says:
'Both the World Bank and the
There's plenty of water. It's just not in the right place and in the
right form...
Darryl McMahon wrote:
Additional reading (just pulled from my bookshelf).
Best overview of the subject to date IMO.
_Whose Water Is It? The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World_
Bernadette McDonald and
I plan to be in N.S. end of the month and into July. Both my parents
are bluenosers. It's been a while since I've had a good visit, so I
can't guarantee everything is still the way I remember.
If you are near Truro and like ice cream or related products, find the
Fundy Dairy Bar. Puts
I haven't been in years but remember the Digby scallops and Fundy
tides! Have Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg gotten all cutesy?
Oh well.
It'll still be a nice trip.
-Weaver
Darryl McMahon wrote:
I plan to be in N.S. end of the month and into July. Both my parents
are bluenosers. It's been a
Keith Addison suggested that this discussion topic is an annual as the
burning of topic, I just can't recall that, or if my following comments
may have been said by others. Like Keith and others, I have observed
that fire can be beneficial for the prairie, but those same observations
also
I read some one commentated on the order of; that there is enough water,
nut not in the right places. I'm not so sure if there's enough water or
not, I do agree location is key, along with who controls that location.
What is right and what are rights is ambiguous. In the end it's the
That would be the last gasp
regards Doug
On Monday 05 June 2006 11:08, Mike Weaver wrote:
Next they'll be charging us for air...
Keith Addison wrote:
12 percent of the world's population uses 85 percent of its water,
and these 12 percent do not live in the Third World.
Same as
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