Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)

2006-11-27 Thread Thomas Kelly
Hello Ken, Appreciate your input. (Just a quick summary in case anyone else is listening.) While denatured ethanol may be used on the premises where it was produced, it must be denatured for transport or use in vehicles off premises. It seems that BD would not render the

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread bob allen
universal health care, unlike in the USA where it's every man/women for his/her self. JAMES PHELPS wrote: Wow that’s almost 4 to one worse. Also how do Canada, Sweden and Iceland do so well coming from the free world? - Original Message - *From:* bob allen mailto:[EMAIL

[Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars

2006-11-27 Thread Thomas Kelly
Hi Zeke, You wrote: I think that a gas car would run fine on ethanol denatured with either biodiesel or methanol. Two questions: 1. I have heard/read from what I consider to be reliable sources that gas cars can be converted to run fine on 80 - 85% ethanol (15 - 20% water).

Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)

2006-11-27 Thread Joe Street
Hi Tom; Yes you got the idea I am thinking about. I worked a bit on the setup last night. I've got some old pinot noir I made a few years back ( which is a difficult grape at the best of times) which is a bout a on the dryness scale. I'll take a bottle or two and put it in a flask

Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)

2006-11-27 Thread JAMES PHELPS
Kerosene works. It is neutral in the reaction and can be separated later by freezing the bio. (If you would want to??) From: Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol) Date:

Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)

2006-11-27 Thread JAMES PHELPS
Go gettem Joe! we all wait a shivers for your results! From: Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:09:05 -0500 Hi Tom; Yes you got the idea I am

Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)

2006-11-27 Thread Thomas Kelly
Jim, I could live with 2% kerosene in the ethanol. Tom - Original Message - From: JAMES PHELPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel]

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread JAMES PHELPS
I guess another question would be how this relates to freedom? And why is it the richest country in the world cannot come up with universal health care. On another beat, what was that saying on the statue of liberty? I wonder if that will have to be revisited concerning our new fence in the

[Biofuel] So, how in the heck does this work out

2006-11-27 Thread Chip Mefford
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Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread Joe Street
What? Luxembourg doesn't have universal healthcare? JAMES PHELPS wrote: I guess another question would be how this relates to freedom? And why is it the richest country in the world cannot come up with universal health care. ___ Biofuel

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars

2006-11-27 Thread JAMES PHELPS
Just to add some food for thought here on this subject. If you build the engine for the fuel type you will get top performance. this performance may even exceed the performance of a similar engine designed to run on unleaded. Where all the problems come from is trying to run anengine

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread JAMES PHELPS
snicker snicker snicker, OK specificaly the USA ( richest country in the world is a quote from a Canadian I met) From: Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006

[Biofuel] Weird Weather

2006-11-27 Thread robert and benita rabello
Hello everyone! I talked my sweetheart into renting An Inconvenient Truth over the weekend. She finds it hard to sit through all of the science, but my boys were pretty interested throughout the film. We've had a very strange year, weather-wise, in this area. Back in January, we had the

Re: [Biofuel] create your oen shower spa

2006-11-27 Thread JAMES PHELPS
Hmm, seems to be going backwards as far as water usage, comfort and appearance. Well to each his own lol Jim From: Kirk McLoren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] create your oen shower spa Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006

Re: [Biofuel] create your oen shower spa

2006-11-27 Thread Kirk McLoren
inexpensive and large spray pattern JAMES PHELPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, seems to be going backwards as far as water usage, comfort and appearance. Well to each his own lol Jim From: Kirk McLoren Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel Subject: [Biofuel] create your oen

Re: [Biofuel] Weird Weather

2006-11-27 Thread Joe Street
Buckle up Dorothy cuz Kansas is goin bye bye...-cipher robert and benita rabello wrote: Hello everyone! I talked my sweetheart into renting An Inconvenient Truth over the weekend. She finds it hard to sit through all of the science, but my boys were pretty interested throughout the

Re: [Biofuel] Weird Weather

2006-11-27 Thread JAMES PHELPS
By the way the Movie Inconvienent Truth is a good flick and well done. But from what I have seen and heard in the news NPR - Grist etc - So much new information is available, however this new info just confirms the movie - only at a bit faster pace than what was thought before. (ice Caps and

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread Bob Molloy
Hi Bob, Why not compare apples with apples? If we really want to inform ourselves shouldn't we be comparing what it is in various western democracies that produces such important health statistics? Patting ourselves on the back for having better infant mortality rates than third

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread JAMES PHELPS
You must not have read his reply to me, he did just that, and he was not compairing any thing as far as I could tell just pointing out a mis information in another post. Jim From: Bob Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re:

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread bob allen
Howdy Bob, I certainly didn't mean to imply that our health care system is better than others. I offered up the statistics only to correct a statement made by another. Personally I am embarrassed by the poor overall state of health care in the USA and as I mentioned in another post, it is

Re: [Biofuel] So, how in the heck does this work out

2006-11-27 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Not sure... In California it's pretty easy, because the simple payback time is only 5 to 8 years -- just do a 15 or 20 year financing of that, and it works at realistic interest rates. However, in Colorado, even with the rebates and incentives, we're still around a 15 or 20 year payback, which

Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)

2006-11-27 Thread PAUL MILLER
Just don't use off road ( red) #1 or #2. less than 1% will result in a dark pink color for the entire batch. If #2 ULSD were used, you would gain a few btu's. - Original Message - From: JAMES PHELPSmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars

2006-11-27 Thread Jason Katie
most gasoline powered cars run at 8+ any more, so a true flex fuel vehicle (similar to the aforementioned 2 1/2 ton hauler) could be made from existing parts, its just the fuel feed adjustments that would give you problems. a computer would have to be built and programmed with multiple feedback

[Biofuel] The Great Fence of America

2006-11-27 Thread Fred Oliff
Who gets riich when they build this new fence? And is there going to be one on the northern borders as well? Fences are meant to keep people/animals in or keep people/animals out? Just asking... I thought Al Gore's comment in "An Inconvenient Truth" about terrorism vs the environment (and I

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread Fred Oliff
maybe we ought to re-define what is meant by rich? what is wealth after all if you do not share it? And the Americans do! what is wealth if you do not have your health, but a huge burden? From:"JAMES PHELPS" [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Weird Weather

2006-11-27 Thread Fred Oliff
unfortunately no one is making the policy makers waitch this movie. it is largely preaching to the converted. realist or pessimist,the both still bleed. From: robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.orgTo: biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSubject: [Biofuel] Weird

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread robert and benita rabello
bob allen wrote: Clinton had an initiative to move towards universal health care at the beginning of his first term, but the proposal went no where. Costs continue to rise while more and more are left without insurance. Maybe with our ever so slight lurch to the left, we may see some

Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)

2006-11-27 Thread Ken Provost
On Nov 27, 2006, at 5:16 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote: Can ethanol be denatured and still be used to make ethyl esters? Yes. I've used standard paint store denatured ethanol (hardware stores rarely have anhydrous) with methanol and methyl isobutyl ketone as denaturants with no problems. As

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread leo bunyan
I'm still here D Funny how history repeats itself or stays the same Really it's a bit pointless teaching history in schools as nobody seems to learn from it Leo D. Mindock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Bob. Good input!!! I put that hoax article out there to see what the reponse

Re: [Biofuel] The Cultural Differences

2006-11-27 Thread leo bunyan
good to find americans that can laugh at themselves Jason Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HA HA HA!!! oh man! this is really funny. and the jabs at americans are totally true... (BTW i am american sad to say) Jason ICQ#: 154998177 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Fence of America

2006-11-27 Thread robert and benita rabello
Fred Oliff wrote: Who gets riich when they build this new fence? Some company affiliated with congressmen and senators. And is there going to be one on the northern borders as well? Yes. This has been a topic of derision among people in BC for the last several weeks. I have a

Re: [Biofuel] Weird Weather

2006-11-27 Thread Thomas Kelly
Robert, I read your post and then the following from an e-mail: More and more polar bear cubs are dying off on Alaska's northern coast, according to a government study released earlier this month . In fact, of polar bears studied between 1990 and last spring, only 25 cubs per 100

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Fence of America

2006-11-27 Thread Mike Weaver
You'd think the Canadians would put up their own fence! robert and benita rabello wrote: Fred Oliff wrote: Who gets riich when they build this new fence? Some company affiliated with congressmen and senators. And is there going to be one on the northern borders as well?

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Fence of America

2006-11-27 Thread Fred Finch
I would hope that Canada annexes Minnesota before building the fence! On 11/27/06, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'd think the Canadians would put up their own fence! robert and benita rabello wrote: Fred Oliff wrote: Who gets riich when they build this new fence? Some

Re: [Biofuel] The Cultural Differences

2006-11-27 Thread Jason Katie
i dont find my country amusing, and -with exceptions- am not proud of its people. it is rather deplorable if you ask me. horrors abroad, idiocy at home, and noone willing to stand up and say HEY DUMBASS! YOU GOT IT WRONG! GO FIX IT! and make some real changes for the better. believe me ive been

Re: [Biofuel] The Cultural Differences

2006-11-27 Thread leo bunyan
I know how you feel all we can do is keep going down the right track and not join them Jason Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i dont find my country amusing, and -with exceptions- am not proud of its people. it is rather deplorable if you ask me. horrors abroad, idiocy at home, and noone

[Biofuel] Trust and universal health care in america

2006-11-27 Thread JAMES PHELPS
In the United States that I live in good intentions pave the path to hell. Good intentions created: Social Security - A system that was designed to allow a better retirement for each generation that followed. Such a good idea and it got off to a good start, but now my generation is going to

Re: [Biofuel] Weird Weather

2006-11-27 Thread Bob Molloy
Thomas, Thought I'd chip in. Icebergs larger than ocean liners were sighted off the port of Dunedin, New Zealand, last week, well north of the Roaring Forties, barely five weeks before mid-summer. The sight was so unusual that tour operators offered chopper flights to over

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread Bob Molloy
Hi Fred, Did I read you right? That Americans share their wealth? Examples please, Regards, Bob. - Original Message - From: Fred Oliff To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread Jason Katie
yeah, a wealth of full metal jacket .223's. Jason ICQ#: 154998177 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Bob Molloy To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax Hi Fred,

Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

2006-11-27 Thread D. Mindock
Hi Leo, Right on! History as written in books is largely either incomplete or wrong, sometimes intentionally so. I wonder how two historians, one leaning to the right and the other leaning to the left, will record the history of the Bush/Cheney administration. Peace, D. Mindock -