Re: [biofuels-biz] We Had a Democracy Once, But You Crushed It

2003-08-11 Thread Michael Allen
Thanks Keith, Lest We Forget . . . Michael Allen Thailand On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:52:51 +0900, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've talked about the CIA coup against Mossadegh in Iran here several times, and drawn much the same conclusions. I'm glad it's getting a bit more

Re: [biofuels-biz] reducing ffa's

2003-08-11 Thread Michael Allen
Dear Colton (and indirectly Girl Mark), I think pH meters are very stable and reliable instruments these days. But you have to rememebr that they measure the hydrogen ion concentration in a solvent that allows ionisation such as water. (Indeed, the pH scale is devised so that pH 7 is as

Re: [biofuels-biz] reducing ffa's

2003-08-11 Thread Ken Gotberg
Hi Michael et al I’m wondering if anyone has looked at calcium oxide as a reactant/catalysis. CaO is very hydroscopic and should(?) suck up all the H2O and ffa’s. I’m thinking about this in order to use hydrated rice straw derived ethanol directly from fermentation rather than going through

[biofuels-biz] biodiesel production

2003-08-11 Thread gulseren pekin
Hello biofuels-biz group, I am interested in making biodiesel. I want to visit a home maker and observe how she or he is doing it. So anyone in Europe who will let me see his or her production unit ? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges

[biofuels-biz] Consumer Revolution

2003-08-11 Thread Keith Addison
A year or so back a different survey found that an impressive percentage of US consumers would pay more for energy-efficient low-emissions cars (though what they got was more SUVs and a heavy shove to make them easier to buy than anything else). The quite common idea (here too) that most

Re: [biofuels-biz] biodiesel production

2003-08-11 Thread martin.brook
where r u? - Original Message - From: gulseren pekin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 3:04 PM Subject: [biofuels-biz] biodiesel production Hello biofuels-biz group, I am interested in making biodiesel. I want to visit a home maker and

Re: [biofuels-biz] Brine wash to dry WVO?

2003-08-11 Thread James Slayden
I think this is done on a commercial scale to decrease FFA's crude VO. Anyone have some insite into that? James Slayden On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Keith Addison wrote: Sounds like an interesting idea, anybody tried it, or heard of it being done? Tim wrote to me direct, he's not a list member,

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Fw: Al Gore's MoveOn Speech and Other Great News

2003-08-11 Thread MH
Speaking of LBJ, Nam, complicity and duplicity -- http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=complicity http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=duplicity Published on Thursday, June 26, 2003 by TomPaine.com The Specter Of Vietnam by Howard Zinn

Re: [biofuel] Lawn mower on ethanol ?

2003-08-11 Thread Pieter Koole
Thanks a lot Keith. Met vriendelijke groeten, Pieter Koole Netherlands. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 5:42 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Lawn mower on ethanol ? Hello Pieter Hello friends, Some

[biofuel] Electricity theft

2003-08-11 Thread Shane Kirkman
I know what I am asking ain't right or safe, but I am desperate and the Electrical company is about to cut my supply because they didn't take enough per week out of my bank account to cover the 2monthly bill. As I never read the letter they sent me, and I can't pay the bill for a few days '5'.

[biofuel] Fwd: Re: reducing ffa's

2003-08-11 Thread Keith Addison
Fwd from Biofuels-biz. To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com From: Michael Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:19:24 +0700 Subject: Re: [biofuels-biz] reducing ffa's Dear Colton (and indirectly Girl Mark), I think pH meters are very stable and reliable instruments these days. But you

Re: [biofuel] Electricity theft

2003-08-11 Thread Hakan
I would not do it. If they discover it and it is a good chance, they will disconnect you. You have to pay a new connection fee (very expensive) and they could even report you to the police. It is not worth the risk. If it is so bad, you would probably get an extension, if you ask, or help from

RE: [biofuel] Electricity theft

2003-08-11 Thread Johs Kleppe
By the e-mail address you live in Australia. It is difficult to give advice how to handle the situation with the Electricity Company as long as I do not know usual culture in your country. But it surely would be no problem up her. People are people and no one wants to harm anyone and play the

[biofuel] Consumer Revolution

2003-08-11 Thread Keith Addison
A year or so back a different survey found that an impressive percentage of US consumers would pay more for energy-efficient low-emissions cars (though what they got was more SUVs and a heavy shove to make them easier to buy than anything else). The quite common idea (here too) that most

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Re: reducing ffa's

2003-08-11 Thread Tim Desson
the reaction between FFA and methanol is an equlibrium when catalysed by an acid FFA + methanol == Me ester + water so the reaction is driven to the right by an excess of methanol (the reaction you want) but is driven to the left by an excess of water, so my guess is that you need to get

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Fw: Al Gore's MoveOn Speech and Other Great News

2003-08-11 Thread Keith Addison
Gore's full speech http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16567 Setting It Right By Al Gore, MoveOn.org August 7, 2003 In this speech, former Vice President Al Gore addresses MoveOn.org at New York University August 7, 2003. Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you for your investment of time

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: Fw: Al Gore's MoveOn Speech and Other Great News

2003-08-11 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.tompaine.com/blog.cfm?startRow=1#blog8555 Goring Gore link What's this editorial from The Washington Post that slams Al Gore all about? It's more than just a critique of the speech Gore delivered last week in New York for Moveon.org activists.

[biofuel] A $7 Billion Gift to Big Oil

2003-08-11 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.thenation.com/outrage/index.mhtml?bid=6pid=867 The Daily Outrage by Matt Bivens A $7 Billion Gift to Big Oil 08/01/2003 If the Republicans were to ever call on Congress to pass a bill to saw off Tom Daschle's left arm above the elbow, Daschle would be the first to agree, earnest

[biofuel] They don't know...

2003-08-11 Thread Appal Energy
...Let me tell you a quick story about my father. His call to the freedom bird came while he was still out in the field. He arrived at Dulles Airport to meet my mother still dressed in his bush greens, still wearing the moustache, with the mud of Vietnam still under his fingernails and stuck

[biofuel] Re: [biofuels-biz] Brine wash to dry WVO?

2003-08-11 Thread James Slayden
I think this is done on a commercial scale to decrease FFA's crude VO. Anyone have some insite into that? James Slayden On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Keith Addison wrote: Sounds like an interesting idea, anybody tried it, or heard of it being done? Tim wrote to me direct, he's not a list member,