Re: [biofuels-biz] Health Problems From Burning Manure

2003-04-17 Thread viswa
The basis of your communication is really a bovine pat. On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Steve Spence wrote: - Original Message - From: Al Rutan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:52 AM Subject: [thesupersurvivalpost2] Health Problems From Burning Manure

[biofuels-biz] Australian car sector sets target to cut fuel use

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20502/story.htm Australian car sector sets target to cut fuel use AUSTRALIA: April 17, 2003 CANBERRA - Australia's car industry unveiled plans this week to reduce fuel consumption of new passenger cars by about 18 percent by 2010 to help cut

[biofuels-biz] Ballard CEO sees hydrogen cars commercial by 2013

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20496/story.htm Ballard CEO sees hydrogen cars commercial by 2013 USA: April 17, 2003 NEW YORK - Vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells could be competitive with conventional combustion engine powered cars within 10 years, the CEO of fuel

[biofuels-biz] BLM plans to ease oil rules in Alaska reserve

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20492/story.htm BLM plans to ease oil rules in Alaska reserve USA: April 17, 2003 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management plans to ease Clinton-era regulations that barred oil and gas development in certain environmentally

[biofuels-biz] Crisis fuels Argentina's drive for natural gas cars

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-04-16/s_3843.asp Crisis fuels Argentina's drive for natural gas cars 16 April 2003 By Athena Jones, Reuters BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Natural-gas-powered cars have long been preferred by cabbies who spend hours on city streets here, and these days, they can also

[biofuels-biz] More UK power plants look to burn olives, palm nuts

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20506/story.htm More UK power plants look to burn olives, palm nuts UK: April 17, 2003 LONDON - Two more British power stations have applied to burn olives and palm nuts mixed with coal which will earn green certificates, helping cushion

[biofuels-biz] Saab latest luxury automaker to offer smaller car

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20504/story.htm Saab latest luxury automaker to offer smaller car USA: April 17, 2003 DETROIT - In the land of oversized sport utility vehicles, the next big thing may be small cars. General Motors Corp.'s Saab division said this week it

[biofuels-biz] The Battle Between Natural Gas and Diesel

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2003/2003-04-15-09.asp The Battle Between Natural Gas and Diesel BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 15, 2003 (ENS) - A new study from the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis finds that compressed natural gas technologies deployed on urban transit buses offer more health

[biofuels-biz] Tougher Rules Unveiled For Diesel Emissions

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33899-2003Apr15.html Tougher Rules Unveiled For Diesel Emissions The new rules unveiled by EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman would slash off-road diesel emissions by as much as 95 percent. (Gerald Herbert -- AP) By Eric Pianin Washington

[biofuels-biz] Ultimate Insiders

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.seen.org/pages/media/20030414_crude_nytimes.shtml The New York Times April 14, 2003 By BOB HERBERT Ultimate Insiders Let's go back some 20 years. Ronald Reagan was president. George Shultz was secretary of state. Lebanon was in turmoil. And Iraq and Iran were locked in a vicious

RE: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 540

2003-04-17 Thread Andrew Hoppin
Hi all. Does anyone know of a comprehensive list of names and locations and other data (size, partners, feedstock used, BD type produced, etc.) of companies that are involved with the production and distribution of biodiesel? If so I would be much obliged if you could point me to it. Thanks,

[biofuels-biz] Questions about CNG fuel versus biodiesel

2003-04-17 Thread girl mark
Hi all, I have a few questions about CNG fuel that I often am asked, thanks to the vocal anti-diesel lobby in the US, and to the many who oppose commercial biodiesel use because it offers a direct competition to compressed natural conversion for fleets. We get a lot of comments about the cost

Re: [biofuel] My car won't start! what have i done??

2003-04-17 Thread Alan Petrillo
Neoteric Biofuels Inc wrote: Alan - I think the old diesel mechanic scammed you on that hangar rent (just kidding - I am sure you did gain a lot of knowledge) Oh, it was more than just the fuel injectors on that tractor. He reworked the fuel control on our tug, and a couple of other

Re: [biofuel] Rigged elctions--Read David Icke

2003-04-17 Thread Alan Petrillo
(BBryan Brah wrote: (B What about the Council on Foreign Relations? Practically (B everyone in the executive branch has been in this non-partisan (B club since the Wilson administration. On top of that, an (B increasing number of people in the legislative and judicial (B branches are

[biofuel] Re: Positions in biodiesel sales

2003-04-17 Thread girl_mark_fire
I was laughing too, a little bitterly. Unfortunately they're trying to recruit one of these fine Petroleum people to come sell biodiesel in our area, Ken. it's heating up here for commercial biodiesel. mark --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mandatory

Re: [biofuel] revote

2003-04-17 Thread Alan Petrillo
Crabb, David wrote: because unless everyone is honest, then you would have people voting for different candidates than before, because they didn't like the outcome. you would also have people, who didn't bother voting before, now voting. as well as people who voted before but can not

[biofuel] longdiscover article: anything to oil!

2003-04-17 Thread Ramjee Swaminathan
This is an interesting article. But with quotes like - Suddenly, the whole built world just becomes a temporary carbon sink, says Paul Baskis, inventor of the thermal depolymerization process - it looks and sounds suspiciously like a grandiose plan (and big factory solution) out to solve

Re: [biofuel] Positions in biodiesel sales

2003-04-17 Thread Appal Energy
Now now Ken. Even Tesla had to start somewhere :-) Todd - Original Message - From: Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 11:12 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Positions in biodiesel sales Mandatory skills include enthusiasm for

Re: [biofuel] longdiscover article: anything to oil!

2003-04-17 Thread Appal Energy
The production cycle can only become a carbon sink if the fuel used in production of raw goods is carbon neutral or negative. And even if that were accomplished, such a scheme does nothing to address the environmental degradation caused by mining resources. Todd Swearingen - Original

The changing Dictionary Was: [biofuel] Rigged elctions--Read David Icke

2003-04-17 Thread csakima
(BChristian!!?? . More like PRristian!! (B (BAlthough NOT what the mainstream "christian" ... I know "enough" to know (Bthat "Christianity" says, "You will know the righteous man by 'his fruits' (B".And his "fruits" ... ain't exactly "pure".Plus, don't they say (Bthat "The love

Re: [biofuel] Tallying the costs of the Iraq war.(Continuation)

2003-04-17 Thread Hakan Falk
We can now see some disturbing consequences of the US inexperience in law enforcement and crowd control in hostile environments. The Americans have for decades been known for their tendencies to be trigger happy. There are more and more incidents where the US military open fire and kill

Re: The changing Dictionary Was: [biofuel] Rigged elctions--Read David Icke

2003-04-17 Thread martin
What a way you have with words, Curtis. csakima wrote: Christian!!?? . More like PRristian!! Although NOT what the mainstream christian ... I know enough to know that Christianity says, You will know the righteous man by 'his fruits' .And his fruits ... ain't exactly pure.Plus,

Re: [biofuel] Tallying the costs of the Iraq war.(Continuation)

2003-04-17 Thread robert luis rabello
Hakan Falk wrote: We can now see some disturbing consequences of the US inexperience in law enforcement and crowd control in hostile environments. The Americans have for decades been known for their tendencies to be trigger happy. There are more and more incidents where the US military

RE: [biofuel] [democracies]

2003-04-17 Thread Bryan Brah
So what you're saying is that people refuse to challenge or investigate allegations made in the media, and/or disbelieve them when shown proof is a direct result of the corporate/government propaganda machine; and that these people are victims because they have been manipulated into this state of

Re: [biofuel] Tallying the costs of the Iraq war.(Continuation)

2003-04-17 Thread Hakan Falk
Hi Luis, The English learned in Northern Ireland, Friendly - not abusive Decisive . not hysterical Calm - not nervous Protective - not aggressive This help a lot when dealing with the liberated. US might not have respect for international law, but the traders have to and therefore nobody is

Re: [biofuel] Re: Positions in biodiesel sales

2003-04-17 Thread James Slayden
I don't think that petrol people could do biodiesel justice. Interesting World's push now that there are two VERY large plants in the works out here (Cali). Maybe the thought of loosing market share is sending them to revamp their effort. ;-) Interesting they aren't seeking lower level

Re: [biofuel] SVOstarting problem

2003-04-17 Thread milliontc
I wondered if it could be the particular batch of filtered SVO so I made up another 50/50 blend and put it into a VW golf last night. I started it this morning (temp 9¼C) and it started on the button. My 'Defender' friend didn't call me this morning so I don't yet know if he had starting

Re: [biofuel] U.S./california diesel options

2003-04-17 Thread James Slayden
Called and they documented my interest in the following: Passenger Diesel Hybrid SUV Diesel Hybrid Truck Diesel Hybrid It only takes a few minutes so I would encourage everyone to call. I also mentioned that I was calling from California, and I know they take interest in that as they sell lots

Re: [biofuel] Tallying the costs of the Iraq war.(Continuation)

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
snip A democratically elected regime in a nation without law and established social institutions is a pipe dream! The experience in Africa illustrates this repeatedly. If we don't take the long view of nation building, the Iraqis will fall into another despotic regime where cronyism and

Re: [biofuel] U.S./california diesel options

2003-04-17 Thread Jason A. Kunst
Me too. I like them both the same. I'd rather buy a Japanese diesel because I lived in Japan for several years but they don't have them available so I will be calling them. My father bought a VW Jetta Wagon Diesel a year ago, then my sister bought a gas jetta, and now I just purchased the

Re: [biofuel] Tallying the costs of the Iraq war.(Continuation)

2003-04-17 Thread Andrew Preston
On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:35:06 +0200, Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: large snip enforcement and crowd control in hostile environments. The Americans have for decades been known for their tendencies to be trigger happy. There are more and more incidents where the US military open fire

RE: [biofuel] U.S./california diesel options

2003-04-17 Thread Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express
I agree, there are people on the tdiclub.com reporting over 300,000 miles with out a hitch in their VWs. P.S. Diesels will flood the US market once we convert over to ULSD in 2006-2007 -Original Message- From: oscoballoonoffice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003

[biofuel] Australian car sector sets target to cut fuel use

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20502/story.htm Australian car sector sets target to cut fuel use AUSTRALIA: April 17, 2003 CANBERRA - Australia's car industry unveiled plans this week to reduce fuel consumption of new passenger cars by about 18 percent by 2010 to help cut

[biofuel] Ballard CEO sees hydrogen cars commercial by 2013

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20496/story.htm Ballard CEO sees hydrogen cars commercial by 2013 USA: April 17, 2003 NEW YORK - Vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells could be competitive with conventional combustion engine powered cars within 10 years, the CEO of fuel

[biofuel] BLM plans to ease oil rules in Alaska reserve

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20492/story.htm BLM plans to ease oil rules in Alaska reserve USA: April 17, 2003 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management plans to ease Clinton-era regulations that barred oil and gas development in certain environmentally

[biofuel] Crisis fuels Argentina's drive for natural gas cars

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-04-16/s_3843.asp Crisis fuels Argentina's drive for natural gas cars 16 April 2003 By Athena Jones, Reuters BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Natural-gas-powered cars have long been preferred by cabbies who spend hours on city streets here, and these days, they can also

[biofuel] More UK power plants look to burn olives, palm nuts

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20506/story.htm More UK power plants look to burn olives, palm nuts UK: April 17, 2003 LONDON - Two more British power stations have applied to burn olives and palm nuts mixed with coal which will earn green certificates, helping cushion

[biofuel] Saab latest luxury automaker to offer smaller car

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20504/story.htm Saab latest luxury automaker to offer smaller car USA: April 17, 2003 DETROIT - In the land of oversized sport utility vehicles, the next big thing may be small cars. General Motors Corp.'s Saab division said this week it

[biofuel] The 'Liberation Honeymoon' Is Over

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.TomPaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7596 After The Fall The 'Liberation Honeymoon' Is Over Doug Ireland is a New York-based media critic and commentator. Chaos. Anarchy. Looting. Armed vigilantes. Armed inter-ethnic rivalries. A country whose people are desperate for water, desperate for

[biofuel] The Battle Between Natural Gas and Diesel

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2003/2003-04-15-09.asp The Battle Between Natural Gas and Diesel BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 15, 2003 (ENS) - A new study from the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis finds that compressed natural gas technologies deployed on urban transit buses offer more health

[biofuel] Tougher Rules Unveiled For Diesel Emissions

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33899-2003Apr15.html Tougher Rules Unveiled For Diesel Emissions The new rules unveiled by EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman would slash off-road diesel emissions by as much as 95 percent. (Gerald Herbert -- AP) By Eric Pianin Washington

[biofuel] Ultimate Insiders

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.seen.org/pages/media/20030414_crude_nytimes.shtml The New York Times April 14, 2003 By BOB HERBERT Ultimate Insiders Let's go back some 20 years. Ronald Reagan was president. George Shultz was secretary of state. Lebanon was in turmoil. And Iraq and Iran were locked in a vicious

[biofuel] Which Country Is Next? - The Neoconservative Agenda

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.TomPaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7588 Which Country Is Next? The Neoconservative Agenda William Pfaff is the author of Barbarian Sentiments: America in the New Century and The Wrath of Nations. He writes a syndicated column for The International Herald Tribune in Paris. Editor's Note:

Re: [biofuel] Tallying the costs of the Iraq war.(Continuation)

2003-04-17 Thread Hakan Falk
Andrew, I agree with most of you say, Northern Ireland is a very complicated issue. Historically the English now more about Imperial mistakes than US. Look only at India and Pakistan and many other parts of the World. Hakan At 06:45 PM 4/17/2003 +0100, you wrote: On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:35:06

[biofuel] FW: US rejects Iraq DU clean-up

2003-04-17 Thread kirk
US rejects Iraq DU clean-up No health risk from DU? This must rate as the biggest lie of all time as the deadly effects of DU are so well documented that even a dead headed dunce knows that this is a lie! I propose an experiment to determine the truth ; we reduce a couple of charm rounds to

[biofuel] Berkeley CA area- biodiesel on radio shortly

2003-04-17 Thread girl mark
Hi San Francisco people, I just found out that biodiesel will be the subject of a show on KPFA in about an hour and a half- at 2 pm. On the show will be Dave Williamson of the berkeley curbside recycling fleet (B100-powered), and several other industry types. Dave said he'll also try and push

[biofuel] Option #3 Was: The changing Dictionary

2003-04-17 Thread csakima
I'm sorry ... but #1, originally, I came to this list ...in search of a way to get off of the oil treadmill ... ... I saw constantly buying gas as just as bad as being a heroin addict. So I found this list. And it's been great. Lots of tips and tricks ... especially on BD. I have a whole

[biofuel] Re: U.S./california diesel options

2003-04-17 Thread Thor Skov
Hogwash Sam. To claim the VW's are unreliable because consumer reports said so? First of all, Consumer Reports relies on people sending in reviews, which statistically is not likely to be a representative sample. Second, they have much more information about older model years, and less about

[biofuel] Re: U.S./california diesel options

2003-04-17 Thread girl_mark_fire
Yes, it's very unfortunate! I hve heard from a couple of people who were in the market for a TDI that they changed their minds based on that Consumer Reports review. ON the other hand I don't know of ANY dissatisfied owners of the recent model VWs. I just met a lady who was driving a 55 mpg

[biofuel] Fwd: Re: Berkeley CA area- biodiesel on radio shortly

2003-04-17 Thread girl_mark_fire
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], biosmell1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For anyone not in the Bay Area, you can here it over web radio at www.kpfa.org. girl mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi San Francisco people, I just found out that biodiesel will be the subject of a show on KPFA in about an

[biofuel] Re: Positions in biodiesel sales

2003-04-17 Thread Thor Skov
I think you're both being unreasonably critical. If you focus on fleets, which makes a lot of sense from a business perspective and from an environmental perspective, then you want someone who talks the language of the fleet managers you'll be dealing with. Someone who has worked, say, as a fuel

Re: [biofuel] Re: Positions in biodiesel sales

2003-04-17 Thread Kim Garth Travis
At 02:37 PM 4/17/2003 -0700, you wrote: What if it's someone who is jumping at the chance to get out of the petroleum industry? regards, thor There are a great number of us that work or have partners that work in the petroleum industry that are into making our own biofuels and working hard

Re: Re: [biofuel] Re: Biodiesel as wood treatment?

2003-04-17 Thread Jeffery Dodson
Me to please?! -Original Message- From: Neoteric Biofuels Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:26:59 -0700 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Biodiesel as wood treatment? It's deep in a file box somewhere. Try a Google? On Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at

[biofuel] Re: Positions in biodiesel sales

2003-04-17 Thread girl_mark_fire
Nope, it's not about purity of anything, though we do have people in the business here that I'd say DO have a pretty clean non-biased approach to biodiesel and to how they go about business. What I'm complaining abut with the petroleum interests in the biodiesel field has more to do with some

[biofuel] Ninth Circuit Court blocks DEA hemp rule

2003-04-17 Thread Appal Energy
Thursday, April 17, 2003 Ninth Circuit Court blocks DEA hemp rule VoteHemp SAN FRANCISCO, California - U.S. COURT of APPEALS for the NINTH CIRCUIT - Late yesterday the Court granted the hemp industry's Motion to Stay the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) Final Rule, which was

Re: [biofuel] Re: Positions in biodiesel sales

2003-04-17 Thread Appal Energy
Actually Thor, And this is for Graham's attention as well, a competent individual might be trained equally as well on both sides of the fence to fill in any gaps. But my money would be on an individual with a penchnant towards bio before dino.

Re: [biofuel] Re: Positions in biodiesel sales

2003-04-17 Thread Appal Energy
Not to be an apologist for anything or anyone (at least not at the moment), but the emissions benefits of biodiesel alone are sufficient grounds for spreading as much bio-d around as possible, even if it's only B-20 blends. As the emissions gains begin to taper off dramatically after B-75 or so

[biofuel] Questions about CNG fuel versus biodiesel

2003-04-17 Thread girl mark
Hi all, I have a few questions about CNG fuel that I often am asked, thanks to the vocal anti-diesel lobby in the US, and to the many who oppose commercial biodiesel use because it offers a direct competition to compressed natural conversion for fleets. We get a lot of comments about the cost

[biofuel] How Many Grams in One Teaspoon of Red Devil?

2003-04-17 Thread tboonefisher
Does anyone know roughly how much one level teaspoon of Red Devil granular NaOH weighs? I don't have any small scales at home. Thanks, Tom Fisher Dallas,TX - Original Message - From: Doug Foskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 8:43 PM

Re: [biofuel] FW: US rejects Iraq DU clean-up

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Kirk US rejects Iraq DU clean-up No health risk from DU? This must rate as the biggest lie of all time There's been quite a lot of competition for that particular title just lately... as the deadly effects of DU are so well documented that even a dead headed dunce knows that this is a

[biofuel] Re: How Many Grams in One Teaspoon of Red Devil?

2003-04-17 Thread girl_mark_fire
The other way to measure small amounts of weight without a scale is to make a balance beam of some kind, such as a stick or drinking straw with paper cups hanging from each end- and put measured amounts of water into one cup and the lye in the other. Distilled water weighs 1 g per milliliter-

Re: [biofuel] Tallying the costs of the Iraq war.(Continuation)

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
Andrew, I agree with most of you say, Northern Ireland is a very complicated issue. Historically the English now more about Imperial mistakes than US. Look only at India and Pakistan and many other parts of the World. Hakan Made more mistakes because they were doing it for much longer - but

[biofuel] The Elusive Weapons Of Mass Destruction

2003-04-17 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15666 The Elusive Weapons Of Mass Destruction By William O. Beeman, Pacific News Service April 17, 2003 The stated purpose of the war in Iraq was to defend the United States from Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Thus far no weapons have

[biofuel] SF area: Biodiesel at upcoming Earth Day events

2003-04-17 Thread girl mark
Hi Bay Area-ites, it's Earth Day season (about two weeks long apparently) here's a short calendar of upcoming events at which you can meet real live biodiesel nuts, ask all your questions, and sometimes even see some biodiesel being made. Straight Vegetable Oil users and information will also

Re: [biofuel] U.S./california diesel options

2003-04-17 Thread oscoballoonoffice
This must have been writen by a Toyota Salesman i finde Volkswagen Cars to be reliable and thy hold the Value unlike Japanese Cars - Original Message - From: Sam Clarkson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: Jill meadows [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]