[biofuels-biz] finally, a James Woolsey interview.... covers more than one proposed alt-fuel-bio-fuel solution

2003-03-11 Thread murdoch
http://www.evworld.com/databases/storybuilder.cfm?storyid=507 I wonder what fuel they were talking about here: In addition to ethanol production, he also sees promise in a new technology called Thermo-Depolymerization. In partnership with Conagra Foods, a large food processor in the United

Re: [biofuels-biz] finally, a James Woolsey interview.... covers more than one proposed alt-fuel-bio-fuel solution

2003-03-11 Thread Steve Spence
methane? Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

Re: [biofuels-biz] finally, a James Woolsey interview.... covers more than one proposed alt-fuel-bio-fuel solution

2003-03-11 Thread James Slayden
WOW! There is a market for FFA's .. http://www.changingworldtech.com/techfr.htm I would have never guessed. Now how to sell it in bulk following glyc seperation. James Slayden On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, murdoch wrote: http://www.evworld.com/databases/storybuilder.cfm?storyid=507 I

Re: [biofuels-biz] finally, a James Woolsey interview.... coversmore than one proposed alt-fuel-bio-fuel solution

2003-03-11 Thread David Teal
James wrote: WOW! There is a market for FFA's .. http://www.changingworldtech.com/techfr.htm I would have never guessed. Now how to sell it in bulk following glyc seperation. James Slayden Unfortunately, the process produces FFAs rather than consuming the little blighters, per the

[biofuel] C - length of plant oil

2003-03-11 Thread Daniel West
Hi you all, does anybody know who many carbon C-atoms contains one plant oil molecule? Does it depend on the plant from which the oil is derived from? Thanks Daniel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/

[biofuel] How much is oil going to cost?

2003-03-11 Thread k5farms
Multinationals Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE:ADM - News), Bunge Ltd (NYSE:BG - News) and Cargill (News - Websites)Inc. are playing an increasingly dominant role in world vegetable oil markets, together controlling more than 45 percent of world oilseed crushing capacity, Reca said. In

[biofuel] Smirks, Stirs and Snorts....

2003-03-11 Thread Appal Energy
This should cause some smirks, stirs and snorts... http://www.baringwitness.org/photos.htm http://www.baringwitness.org/SF-Jan18.htm Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe

Re: [biofuel] The TDI-SVO controversy?

2003-03-11 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Nick, by SDi, do you mean swirl chamber engines? What year are the Caddy's? If you use pure plant oil, (Canola, OSR, rapeseed), and preheat, and have good filtration and a two-tank system, you concerns are minimal on the swirl-chamber engines. Also oil changes need to be done by the book.

Re: [biofuel] The TDI-SVO controversy?

2003-03-11 Thread Steve Spence
you can't gum up a diesel with properly heated oil if the startup and shutdown is done on biodiesel or diesel. doesn't matter if it's a DI or an IDI. If you are not heating the oil (some engines, some climates) rapeseed (canola) is the best. With our system, in our climate, we primarily can only

Re: Hemp was Re: [biofuel] Re: VW Diesel Warranty exclusions!!

2003-03-11 Thread James Slayden
Really?? I am confused. The folks I talked to at California Rice Oil indicated that there is little production and thus the high end price. They musta been jerkin my chain. Keith, would you have any sources for industrial rice oil? I have done an incredible amount of searching and hardly

RE: [biofuel] Re: How to heat a BD processor

2003-03-11 Thread ehall
It depends on the amount of material you're heating. I work primarily in 5 gal batches. There are great heater elements in automatic coffee machines (Mr. Coffee, Braun...). I find them all the time in the trash. I think people toss them out when the glass pot breaks. Anyway, the heating element

Re: [biofuel] Re: How to heat a BD processor

2003-03-11 Thread Steve Spence
careful you don't just cook the oil onto the heating element. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: ehall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: [biofuel] Re: How to heat a BD processor

2003-03-11 Thread ehall
True, this is a problem. I always unplug the heater prior to removing it from the oil, otherwise it gets very smoky and the exterior of the heating element gets charred with burnt gunk (nasty!). -Original Message- From: Steve Spence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 11,

[biofuel] Media Democracy's Moment

2003-03-11 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15256 Media Democracy's Moment By Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols, The Nation February 28, 2003 In an era when the influence of corporations on government decision-making rivals the power of the trusts in the Gilded Age, something remarkable is

[biofuel] Media Monopoly On Notice

2003-03-11 Thread Keith Addison
When a New York Times poll shows that 42 percent of Americans think that Saddam Hussein and not Osama bin Laden was responsible for the terrorist attacks of 9/11, reasonable people begin to fear that our seemingly war-hungry corporate media system is serving to a dangerous extent as a

[biofuel] War Dances and Media Complaints

2003-03-11 Thread Keith Addison
Of 414 stories on the Iraqi question that aired on NBC, ABC and CBS from Sept. 14 to Feb. 7, Tyndall says that the vast majority originated from the White House, Pentagon and State Department. Only 34 stories originated from elsewhere in the country, he says.

[biofuel] World Water Development Report

2003-03-11 Thread Keith Addison
World Water Development Report http://webworld.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/index.shtml World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)| The UN World Water Development Report (WWDR) THE UN WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT Water for People, Water for Life Released ! A collective UN input The World Water

[biofuel] World Water Forum, Japan

2003-03-11 Thread Keith Addison
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 15:50:17 -0500 From: Pauline Dole [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IDRC- Webcast of World Water Forum, Japan/CRDI- Diffusion Web du Forum mondial sur l'eau, Japon Join CanadaĆ¢s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) as we webcast the Third World Water Forum from

[biofuel] Kids' energy could be a reliable source of power

2003-03-11 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend3_20030303.htm Kids' energy could be a reliable source of power March 3, 2003 BY MIKE WENDLAND FREE PRESS COLUMNIST Remember that slogan on children's magazines you see in the pediatrician's office, Fun with a purpose? An engineering professor at the

[biofuel] Re: more coverage of gas prices in U.S.

2003-03-11 Thread murdoch
No time to take a picture today, but the station where I've been checking went up to $2.15 per gallon of 87 octane, with Diesel holding steady at $1.97. I have seen Diesel as high as $2.09 per gallon or perhaps more around San Diego. I've seen gasoline as high as $2.23 per 87 octane, of course

Re: Hemp was Re: [biofuel] Re: VW Diesel Warranty exclusions!!

2003-03-11 Thread Keith Addison
Really?? I am confused. The folks I talked to at California Rice Oil indicated that there is little production and thus the high end price. They musta been jerkin my chain. Keith, would you have any sources for industrial rice oil? I have done an incredible amount of searching and hardly

[biofuel] Re: [biofuels-biz] finally, a James Woolsey interview.... covers more than one proposed alt-fuel-bio-fuel solution

2003-03-11 Thread James Slayden
WOW! There is a market for FFA's .. http://www.changingworldtech.com/techfr.htm I would have never guessed. Now how to sell it in bulk following glyc seperation. James Slayden On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, murdoch wrote: http://www.evworld.com/databases/storybuilder.cfm?storyid=507 I

Re: [biofuel] Smirks, Stirs and Snorts....

2003-03-11 Thread Steve Spence
Thank you! ;-) Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Paul Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 11,

[biofuel] Thermo-depolymerization

2003-03-11 Thread Steve Spence
Deland Myers, associate professor at Iowa State University, demonstrated how animal processed fiber, or manure, could be used as an alternative fiber source to replace or supplement wood fiber. Agricultural fiber research provides farmers with the opportunity to look at manure in a totally

snowboards Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp

2003-03-11 Thread damiandolan
hi all, Is there any information on biogas yeild/m3 from hemp plant fibre available out there? I have seen snowboard moulded out of hemp fibre substrate and epoxy as bond has anyway info as how it acts in composite structures? love,peace, harmony, dD biofuel@yahoogroups.com wrote:

[biofuel] OT: Any Info as to recent increase in virus reception?

2003-03-11 Thread murdoch
There has been such a recent increase in viruses coming in to my computer via email attachments (from unknown-senders) that I am wondering if anyone has any news or info on this. So far my anti-virus software has (apparently) stopped all of them. Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [biofuel] Blue Sun Biodiesel was Re: double cropping

2003-03-11 Thread Darald Bantel
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 02:43, girl_mark_fire wrote: Blue Sun Biodiesel, who is a very ambitious biodiesel producer gearing up to build a huge plant in Colorado, is banking on local farmers' doublecropping as one of their strategies. I think the locals grow winter wheat. Growing an oilcrop

[biofuel] RE: [biofuel} protest

2003-03-11 Thread Crabb, David
I think it is a silly issue. I don't believe in the story that it is just some neanderthal rent-a-cop, recently canned from McDonald's, wanting to show his stuff by harassing some hippies. could be true.. but since oither get to know what happened based on what was not in a report, so can I I

[biofuel] Re: Hemp

2003-03-11 Thread motie_d
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 10:29:55 -0500, you wrote: No. It's not. But it is perhaps the highest bio-mass producer that also yields edible oil, meal.and fiber. It stands the greatest chance of succeeding economically as a biomass

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp

2003-03-11 Thread damiandolan
Hi Guys, I thought Bill nearly took a smoke that time? Further from this I hope/pray/belive that the turn around will come from grass-roots so to speak, As the only clear point came from second earth summit in Jo-berg, the ordinary people can/will make the difference when the leaders are

RE: [biofuel] OT: Any Info as to recent increase in virus reception?

2003-03-11 Thread harley3
Murdoch: Why download a possibly virus infected Email onto your computer, check before it is on your computer. I use Avirmail as a pre-reader of my Email accounts, and Norton as my AntiVirus software. Avirmail is a free shareware program. With it I can view, read, and delete an Email before

[biofuel] Biodiesel processing Plant design for WVO

2003-03-11 Thread chris53bradley
I would like any info for plant design for use in processing WVO for biodiesel production. I'm looking for a plant that could handle 1000 litres an hour of waste vege oil either in a mobile plant or a stationary plant. The one at Biodiesel Technologies is cost restrictive, for me at least.

Re: [biofuel] OT: sustainable plumbing

2003-03-11 Thread Robby Davenport
pvc was almost outlawed in the usa about 20-25 years ago because it doesn't break down very well ,,, the primary thorn in everyones side? clorox bottles! ! Robert murdoch wrote: I'm sorry for posting this to the biofuel group, but there seem to be many sustainability-minded people there, and

[biofuel] Blue Sun Biodiesel was Re: double cropping

2003-03-11 Thread girl_mark_fire
I'll write the guy and ask- like I said I don't remember what it was specifically... mark --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Darald Bantel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 02:43, girl_mark_fire wrote: Blue Sun Biodiesel, who is a very ambitious biodiesel producer gearing up to

[biofuel] French Fries Get New Name in Congress

2003-03-11 Thread Keith Addison
:-/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2473465,00.html French Fries Get New Name in Congress By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Show the flag and pass the ketchup was the order of the day in House cafeterias Tuesday. Lawmakers struck a lunchtime blow against