Re: [biofuels-biz] Quiet...

2001-07-16 Thread steve spence
I obtained such a permit a while back for NY State. was quite easy to do. filled out the form the Ohio office sent me, and was on my way. can't do the same where I live now, because the owner of the property won't sign the paperwork. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter:

Re: [biofuels-biz] Quiet...

2001-07-16 Thread Martin Klingensmith
I'm sorry if this is a repeat but Yahoo made me login again and I'm not sure if it was sent or not.. So in your experience, can the land be non-commercial? I would like to run a small still in my garage, it would make things a hell of a lot easier, yet I do not want any legal trouble. I swear

[biofuels-biz] Re: Aus suppliers

2001-07-16 Thread Wooly .
Thanks Keith That would be most helpful of you. Steve Original Message Follows From: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 38 Date: 15 Jul 2001 08:26:35 - Biofuels at Journey to

Re: [biofuels-biz] Quiet...

2001-07-16 Thread steve spence
I had a still in my backyard. you have to produce a site plan, among other things. the requirements are well spelled out in the packet they send you. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com

[biofuels-biz] Re: Aus suppliers

2001-07-16 Thread Keith Addison
Thanks Keith That would be most helpful of you. Steve Whenever you're ready Steve. Keith Addison snip Thanks for the jolt; the only reason I'd been quiet was I'm busy doing it! Australian Biodiesel producers (or those planning to be) should email me off list (to link below please) if they; a)

[biofuels-biz] Re: Aus suppliers

2001-07-16 Thread david_design
Hi Wooly In UK, I recently asked a supplier if I could collect methanol they said only if the collecting driver could show full COSHH certification (COSHH is Control OF Substances Harzardous to Health). Don't know if it's same in Oz, but over here you get it delivered and don't move it again

[biofuel] Pressurized distillation for power extraction

2001-07-16 Thread Peter Singfield
Keith -- I can see alcohol distillation as a by product of a boiler vapor cycle. But not at the present low temps. With butane as working fluid -- for example -- it would be nice to be operating at 400 F. Now -- here is the plan -- condense alcohol at higher temperature under pressure! Verbal

Re: [biofuel] Pressurized distillation for power extraction

2001-07-16 Thread Martin Klingensmith
How are you planning on boiling butane though, safely? seems rather scary to me. --- Peter Singfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keith -- I can see alcohol distillation as a by product of a boiler vapor cycle. But not at the present low temps. With butane as working fluid -- for example -- it

[biofuel] Electric car design

2001-07-16 Thread Martin Klingensmith
I think there are people here experienced with electric vehicle ideas, I have a fairly broad-based question: Do any current electric vehicles utilize regenerative braking, or flywheel braking, and how much energy does this reclaim? Thanks Martin Klingensmith

Re: [biofuel] Model American.........

2001-07-16 Thread mbstartech
As far as model Americans, one can always blow a hole in this. Companies that spend (waste) time doing market research have found that people will say what they think you want to hear, but do something entirely different. For example, in the early 50's, Chrysler did some one-on-one market

Re: [biofuel] Social effects of motorized transport

2001-07-16 Thread steve spence
IE., Barbie and Ken Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212)

Re: [biofuel] Electric car design

2001-07-16 Thread steve spence
http://www.sover.net/~jerryh/step5.html Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10 [EMAIL

Re: [biofuel] Electric car design

2001-07-16 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Martin and All, --- Martin Klingensmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think there are people here experienced with electric vehicle ideas, I have a fairly broad-based question: Do any current electric vehicles utilize regenerative braking, or flywheel braking, and how much energy does

[biofuel] OT Saving the whale

2001-07-16 Thread jerry dycus
Hi All, I figured out how to save the right whale that has a net intangled on it but don't know where to get ahold of the people trying to save it. Any help with this off-list would be greatfully apreciated. jerry dycus

[biofuel] Fw: Biomass Bioenergy 20/6

2001-07-16 Thread steve spence
Journal: Biomass and Bioenergy ISSN : 0961-9534 Volume : 20 Issue : 6 Date : Jun-2001 Visit the journal at http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/jnlnr/00986 pp 399-411 Biomass and nutrient removal by willow clones in experimental bioenergy plantations in New York State H.G.

[biofuel] drying naoh

2001-07-16 Thread Dick Carlstein
any suggestions on drying naoh to zero water content ? much appreciate your help. cheers, dick. be tidy, be considerate, snip yourself into other people's hearts. this is a public service message. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send

[biofuel] Biodiesel production in Western Australia

2001-07-16 Thread Dean
FYI Recently a consortium announced that they intend to construct a biodiesel production facility in Hazlemere in the outer suburbs of Perth (the capital) The consortium is also intending to construct plants in Sydney and Melbourne. About time we had a alternative here in WA. Biofuel at

[biofuel] Re: The really soft proof of maybe something, kind of, or not..

2001-07-16 Thread rgarrod
Whatever your feelings on GM, there is a danger in engineering a super-plant, in that it will behave like a super-plant, and so will become a highly invasive and dominant species causing significant problems to indigenous plants.

[biofuel] Environmental impact of ethanol fuels debate

2001-07-16 Thread Keith Addison
The short answer is ethanol is both good and bad for the environment, said Daniel Becker, director of the Sierra Club's global warming and energy program. I guess the same could be said for Club Sierra (they do do some good, don't they?). - K