Re: [biofuels-biz] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread henning
You forgot to mention, that the production of hydrogen is an enery sink, i. e. for the production of 1 kW of Hydrogen enery you need 1,5 kW of traditional (nuclear, fossil, sun) energy. You better use that energy directly. Reinhard Henning Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Forward

Re: [biofuels-biz] High FFA oils - another way

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Michael Paul: I tried slaked lime on some of our high FFA crude palm oil and had similar results to Keith. Leaving it overnight to settle gave me only about 15% recovery of the oil. Part of the problem is the very high viscosity of our CPO which is rather like mayonnaise even at 30 degC.

Re: [biofuels-biz] Potential hazard to engines

2002-09-22 Thread David Teal
Jaques raised a very good question back on 5th Sept., and as a non-chemist I was looking forward to seeing what the answer would be (something about polymerisation perhaps). A related problem seems to have arisen with very high pressure common rail systems (1600 Bar). These issues must be

[biofuels-biz] Russia Key in U.S. Push for Mideast Alternative

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
Monday, Sep. 23, 2002 Russia Key in U.S. Push for Mideast Alternative By Andrew Mitchell Reuters OSAKA, Japan -- As fears of a war in Iraq deepen unease over U.S. reliance on Middle East oil, Washington is mounting an energy diplomacy campaign to secure new supplies in Africa, the former Soviet

Re: [biofuels-biz] High FFA oils - another way

2002-09-22 Thread Michael Allen
Paul Keith, Thank you for your response. Paul: I tried slaked lime on some of our high FFA crude palm oil and had similar results to Keith. Leaving it overnight to settle gave me only about 15% recovery of the oil. Part of the problem is the very high viscosity of our CPO which

Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs

2002-09-22 Thread Greg and April
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 19:47 Subject: Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs In this case, for example, I've *never heard mention of this issue* from

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread Greg and April
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 20:07 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated... Another hydrogen problem I haven't heard discussed is that it contracts chemically

[biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
tvoivozhd commented on the Homestead list recently: About time attention was turned to this energy resource---about four times that contained in more familiar coal, oil and gas reserves. Some danger of a blowout if pressure is inadvertently released, and you wouldn't want to breathe a methane

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread Greg and April
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 00:18 Subject: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast Not that Hubbert's Peak makes much sense to me anyway, even without methane hydrate,

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread Greg and April
- Original Message - From: Greg and April [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 00:13 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated... - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I didn't really find this piece, overall, to be as compelling an indictment of H2 as the author I guess intended. He did not mention what I have said before is my own top objection to H2 (the global H2 depletion argument... seldom mention or respected by anyone). While H2 depletion is an on

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So what effect could this have on the famous Hubbert's Peak of fossil fuel supplies down whose steep slopes we'll allegedly soon be tobogganing towards the end of CAWKI? Also, how do these apparently regular accidental discoveries of new energy resources reflect on all the assurances we've

Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unlike the anti-biotic poison, the bacteria do not have a chance to build up an immunity. And if one ever does? Shall we simply assume that you're correct? That it's physically entirely completely impossible for any bacteria ever, by some mutation, to survive a phage attack? I'd like to see

Re: [biofuel] Re: Energy Efficiency and Stuff in general

2002-09-22 Thread Hakan Falk
Todd, To keep it straight, responses are interjected between your comments. I do not think it opens up many materials, since more than 90% of our building materials have an emission factor around 0.9. In this context, I mentioned adding aluminium. Aluminum's greatest use is as a radiant

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread rpg
snip Another hydrogen problem I haven't heard discussed is that it contracts chemically 1/3 on burning according to H2 + 1/2 O2 [1.5 moles or voumes] === H2O [1 mole] by contrast, methane gets full value, since CH4 + 2 O2 [3 moles] === CO2 + 2 H2O [3moles] snip Perhaps this

Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs

2002-09-22 Thread Hakan Falk
As for the lack of widespread understanding of over-use of antibiotics, I'm sorry, but anyone who has taken and understood a high school biology course should have understood, when they looked at the misuse of antibiotics in agriculture, that this presented a possible human-life-threatening

Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 19:47 Subject: Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs In this case, for example, I've *never heard mention of this issue* from

[biofuel] Fwd: Re: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
Another forward from the stoves list. Keith Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:02:46 -0700 From: Laszlo Paszner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated... Dear All, Discussion of the impending hydrogen economy

Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As for the lack of widespread understanding of over-use of antibiotics, I'm sorry, but anyone who has taken and understood a high school biology course should have understood, when they looked at the misuse of antibiotics in agriculture, that this presented a possible human-life-threatening

Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs

2002-09-22 Thread rpg
- Original Message - From: Greg and April [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip It has been a little known problem ( most cases in hospitals ) since the 70's ( I heard about it in the early to mid 80's), only in the last few years has it become more prevalent due in part that anti-biotics have

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
So what effect could this have on the famous Hubbert's Peak of fossil fuel supplies down whose steep slopes we'll allegedly soon be tobogganing towards the end of CAWKI? Also, how do these apparently regular accidental discoveries of new energy resources reflect on all the assurances we've

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread Appal Energy
I'm a fan of human industry, Well then, it would make perfect sense to take present and future energy sources and utilize them in the production of renewable industries, thereby cutting lifetime emissions of any given amount of energy consumed to a mear fraction (a really small fraction, not a

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread Brent S
These discoveries sound nice, but when a few large companies control the resourses and can manipulate energy prices to justify further developement, it just ends up taking money out of everyones pockets. Here in Saskatchewan, as far as I know, we are the only Canadian province that can't set

Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Hakan Coming from a family with many physicians, I have heard warnings about this for more than 40 years now. The practises are similar to what I am dealing with for energy saving in buildings. 40 years ago, it was a minority of physicians, among them my father, that was very upset with

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Duh, yes. Focusing on Hubbert's Peak commonly leads to that omission. Mere substitution of fossil fuels is not the answer. But if you consider climate change, the need for reduction is obvious. So long as we have something like political-economic systems that are oriented to the idea that one

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Second article mentioned some very interesting claim as to a find that there is a rapid rate of new formation of the Methane. Now *that* would be *really* interesting. Almost like trees and biomass growing all the time on land, so if you harvested only-so-much it would be a renewable

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
convinced. If we want to go on using fossil-fuel with such profligacy I don't see anything that's going to stop us. Except climate change - much more important than Hubbert's Peak. That's the reason to cut down on fossil fuels and find alternatives, not because we're going to run out of them.

Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs

2002-09-22 Thread Hakan Falk
Keith, Somebody told me the we should not discuss prostitutes and that you might be upset. But we are always coming back to them, not the female version that at least are honest, but the corporate/political ugly one the live on deception and make a lot more money. Hakan At 01:28 AM

Re: [biofuel] OT: 9-20-02 CBS 48 Hours Episode on Superbugs: Anti-Biotic-Resistant Bugs

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
Keith, Somebody told me the we should not discuss prostitutes and that you might be upset. I've never done business with one, Hakan, but I've had a few friends who were prostitutes, especially when I was a crime reporter. Well, you're supposed to get your information from the police, but I

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
Hello again MM Duh, yes. Focusing on Hubbert's Peak commonly leads to that omission. Mere substitution of fossil fuels is not the answer. But if you consider climate change, the need for reduction is obvious. So long as we have something like political-economic systems that are oriented to

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread Appal Energy
Preach it Brother Keith! Evening services begin at dusk? Todd Swearingen Freedom of whom? I think you might find that people arguing for freedom vs environmental responsibility are in fact arguing for *corporate* freedom, not individual freedom, though they might think that's what they're

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freedom of whom? I think you might find that people arguing for freedom vs environmental responsibility are in fact arguing for *corporate* freedom, not individual freedom, though they might think that's what they're arguing for. Amen. Big time. My point exactly. A lot of them *equate*

[biofuel] My thoughts on H2 Was: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated ...

2002-09-22 Thread Curtis Sakima
That would seem to indicate that ASSUMING (and it is a big assumption) that if the Hydrogen Economy starts (regardless because-of-us or in-spite-of-us) ... we need to develop more bound-chemical means of storing H2. Like within methanol ... of hydride ... or that Borax Natrium thing ... or

Re: [biofuel] My thoughts on H2 Was: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated ...

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:05:23 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: That would seem to indicate that ASSUMING (and it is a big assumption) that if the Hydrogen Economy starts (regardless because-of-us or in-spite-of-us) ... we need to develop more bound-chemical means of storing H2. Like within methanol ...

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread Greg and April
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 01:11 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated... However, under circumstances where we propose a worlwide shift in human behaviour and

[biofuel] A look at the bottom line Was: Huge sealed methane ...

2002-09-22 Thread Curtis Sakima
I see a pattern ... and I was wondering if any else does. The fight between Enviro and Freedom appear to be disturbingly multiple choice test ... with only two choices. Full on Enviro .. or Full on Freedom. With no C: None of the above .. or even blanks to essay-write your own answers. Only

RE: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread kirk
Ayn Rand was mistress to one of the Rothschilds. I suppose you could consider her an insider. Kirk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 12:41 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find

Re: [biofuel] Huge seabed methane find off Canada's west coast

2002-09-22 Thread Party of Citizens
You don't have to leave Victoria to find an abundance of gas in BC. POC On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Keith Addison wrote: tvoivozhd commented on the Homestead list recently: About time attention was turned to this energy resource---about four times that contained in more familiar coal, oil and gas

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread Curtis Sakima
(whispering) Shhh the reason you smell ozone is because the Oxygen in the air is being molecularly changed into ozone. O2 - O3 Curtis --- Greg and April [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can do the experiment your self with a aquarium UV sterilizer, turn it on and very slowly pump water

Re: [biofuel] Re: Energy Efficiency and Stuff in general

2002-09-22 Thread Appal Energy
Hakan, I do not think it opens up many materials, since more than 90% of our building materials have an emission factor around 0.9. In this context, I mentioned adding aluminium. Aluminum's greatest use is as a radiant barrier, and only if air flow is eliminated or almost entirely so

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread Greg and April
- Original Message - From: Curtis Sakima [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 13:50 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated... (whispering) Shhh the reason you smell ozone is because the

Re: [biofuel] My thoughts on H2 Was: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated ...

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:40:16 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: IMHO, the problem would be minimal, controlled mostly by the surface area, the H2 is exposed to (in order to seep out and escape). That would include the chemical-unbounder reaction chamber ... the pipes/hoses leading from the chamber to the

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Even a longer time, if at all. Hydrogen floats on the Helium, which floats on the rest of the atmosphere. thx for the various pieces of information as to formation, atmospheric presence, etc. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Plan to Sell a Home?

Re: [biofuel] A look at the bottom line Was: Huge sealed methane ...

2002-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The full-on freedom dudes ... freedom I believe in, but who are the ones doing the shouting?? THE CORPORATE GUYS!! Or their defenders. Yes, it's a gross oversimplification, but I agree somewhat. As in FREEDOM TO POLLUTE FREEDOM TO DUMP IN NIMBY (not in my backyard) So you know what happens??

[biofuel] Russia Key in U.S. Push for Mideast Alternative

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
Monday, Sep. 23, 2002 Russia Key in U.S. Push for Mideast Alternative By Andrew Mitchell Reuters OSAKA, Japan -- As fears of a war in Iraq deepen unease over U.S. reliance on Middle East oil, Washington is mounting an energy diplomacy campaign to secure new supplies in Africa, the former Soviet

[biofuel] ATTN: Steve Spence

2002-09-22 Thread Martin
I need to contact Steve Spence but I cannot find him. If you are here Steve, it is an important issue. -Martin Klingensmith [archive.nnytech.net] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Plan to Sell a Home?

Re: [biofuel] Re: Air car.

2002-09-22 Thread Curtis Sakima
Isn't that the Big Tonka Truck that was featured in some Popular Science Magazine?? Curtis --- Doug Foskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its a local Co, here on N coast NSW, Australia. I bought shares in it. It does look good, preliminary tests show for things like Garbage trucks, a phenomonal

Re: [biofuel] A look at the bottom line Was: Huge sealed methane ...

2002-09-22 Thread Keith Addison
I see a pattern ... and I was wondering if any else does. The fight between Enviro and Freedom appear to be disturbingly multiple choice test ... with only two choices. Full on Enviro .. or Full on Freedom. With no C: None of the above .. or even blanks to essay-write your own answers. Only

[biofuel] Ozone Was: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread Curtis Sakima
I'm sorry, I was merely questioning if the detection of ozone was a laboratory-controlled-experiment ... or just an observation of smelling ozone while exposing water to UV (for some other reason). If laboratory researchers were at the helm of the experiment (doing a search-for-ozone controlled

Re: [biofuel] Re: Air car.

2002-09-22 Thread Doug Foskey
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:49, you wrote: You may be interested to know that an Australian company has developed hydraulic technology aimed specifically at the transport industry using this concept. A hydraulic pump is coupled to the transmission shaft and engaged when brakes are applied. The

[biofuel] Shooting from the hip!! Was:A look at the bottom line

2002-09-22 Thread Curtis Sakima
(LOL) I'm sorry!! At times when I get passionate about subjects, I use these analogies that (unfortunately) I assume that everybody understands. And so I kinda chuckle when heads turn to me ... with huh, whatddya talking about. I'm sorry, what I meant was that the position that I see a lot

Re: [biofuel] Re: Air car.

2002-09-22 Thread Curtis Sakima
Hmmm... that's too bad. As I recall, the Tonka Truck ... truck ... even had it going to the tail shaft too!! Curtis --- Doug Foskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure as I didn't see the article. The unit can be retro-fitted to existing trucks as it goes into the tailshaft

Re: [biofuel] Shooting from the hip!!

2002-09-22 Thread Ken Provost
Curtis writes: I'm sorry, what I meant was that the position that I see a lot of enviromentalists take is for more and more government regulation. Which ends up becoming more and more government watching ... to see if we are complying. The thing that really irks me is the SELECTIVE nature of

Re: [biofuel] Re: Air car.

2002-09-22 Thread Doug Foskey
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:15, you wrote: Isn't that the Big Tonka Truck that was featured in some Popular Science Magazine?? Curtis --- Doug Foskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its a local Co, here on N coast NSW, Australia. I bought shares in it. It does look good, preliminary tests show for

Re: [biofuel] Shooting from the hip!!

2002-09-22 Thread Curtis Sakima
Well, that kinda goes along with my (lol) Soviet-Union mentality (again, LOL). It's so freaky-weird ... when the watching is so (good word!) selective. When what gets selected for watching ... almost strangely seems to be what leads into the direction of less personal freedom. Just super

Re: [biofuel] Ozone Was: Hydrogen Economy greatly overrated, biomass underrated...

2002-09-22 Thread Greg and April
The devices (UV steralizers) I am talking about are used in the aquarium hobbie, to prevent outbreaks of undesirable algae, and other micro organisms. The lamps have a quartz sleave them and the water and are sealed from the outside air to prevent leaks. So being sealed from the outside air, I

Re: [biofuel] A look at the bottom line Was: Huge sealedmethane ...

2002-09-22 Thread Appal Energy
I guess that makes me a commie, pinko, enviro, next set out to strip all the interstellar nebulae dwellers of their freedom after my job is done here. Freedom in a truer sense of the word means not being slave to timeclocks, credit cards, toys, social status And then there is being a slave

Re: [biofuel] A look at the bottom line Was: Huge sealedmethane ...

2002-09-22 Thread Appal Energy
I guess that makes me a commie, pinko, enviro, next set out to strip all the interstellar nebulae dwellers of their freedom after my job is done here. Freedom in a truer sense of the word means not being slave to timeclocks, credit cards, toys, social status And then there is being a slave

Re: [biofuel] ONTARIO BIODIESELERS

2002-09-22 Thread Timothy Powell
Yes, CH4 a solid oxide fuel cell I was hoping to set up a co-gen with my 40 hp. Newholland tractor with it's 25KW pto generator in the mean time--- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I find it hard to believe that no one has a set-up that they are proud of, and would want to show it

Commons was Re: [biofuel] Oh oh!! Was:Shooting from the hip!!

2002-09-22 Thread Appal Energy
Something used or shared jointly by all persons. Often found to be quickly degraded by excessive abuse and or use, coupled with little corporate or self-regulation to prevent its decay. Medieval context and into the late 19th century is generally a common grazing area for livestock, which

Re: [biofuel] Shooting from the hip!!

2002-09-22 Thread Appal Energy
Are you speaking strictly in generalities or are you feeling paranoid as a result of specifics? Todd Swearingen - Original Message - From: Curtis Sakima [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Shooting from the hip!!