Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: Coconut and Palm Kernel Oil STD antagonists.

2004-01-26 Thread Ken Gotberg
Hi Enrico Thanks for the info. I’ve been looking for other useful things that can be made from WVO and came across the articles mentioned. I’ve seen some advertisements from people selling VCO claiming anti-bacterial/viral activity due to lauric acid and am curious about this. VCO is a

[Burnveggies] NBB fee structure discriminates against small producers

2004-01-26 Thread girl mark
I looked at the NBB's fee structure a little more closely, and some interesting things came up. (where I looked was the www.me.iastate.edu/biodiesel 'online course', to be fair, rather than the NBB website) We keep quoting a $5,000 fee plus a royalty on every gallon produced. This is

[biofuels-biz] minor correction to NBB fee structure post

2004-01-26 Thread girl mark
OOPS! It got pointed out to me that I put a dollar sign in the wrong place in the NBB fee structure post, though I think it was fairly obvious what the real numbers should have been. Everywhere I said something like: .01 cents per gallon produced (one hundredth of a cent) it actually should

[biofuel] Newbie

2004-01-26 Thread Tom Ryan
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Re: [biofuel] some do work

2004-01-26 Thread rico suavae
murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I'd love to know, also, if this one works (or doesn't) for anyone here: http://www.directhits.com/default.asp Looks like it only applies to cars that use spark plugs. I think it's a bit pricey. Years ago I lost money investing in the company, but the

Re: [biofuel] Mettler Gram-Matic Balance Questions

2004-01-26 Thread Barry Chapman
Maud said: So that's why I'm looking for operating instructions for the Mettler. Unfortunately, Mettler-Toledo and Manuals Plus were less accommodating for this balance. Maud, I used a scale similar to the Mettler in my college chemistry class. Have you tried the local colleges or the

Re: [biofuel] Fuel Saver Pro

2004-01-26 Thread John Morris
Hi Leo, I tried what must be a similar product a few years ago on my '96 Honda Civic CX with about 150,000 miles on it at the time. After about six months and 15,000 miles I found no change in mileage or power. The seller offered a money back if I was not satisfied, but was nowhere to be found

[biofuel] check manual about pan first

2004-01-26 Thread MALONEKR
Do not do anything until you know that the pan will come off without pulling engine.Remember that you have an oil pickup tube near bottom of pan and clearing rear main usually requires picking engine up aways in majority of cars.You could put a little diesel or bio in tank and drive it to

[biofuel] Fuel Saver Pro

2004-01-26 Thread albert_kwong2
x-charset ISO-8859-1There is lots of products out there claiming save fuel by 25% from a small gadget straped on the fuel line .. I have tried and NOT worth nothing !!! Its a magnet strap on to your fuel line before the carb intake .. Nothing improved , its a waste of time .. There is a

[biofuel] NBB fee structure discriminates against small producers

2004-01-26 Thread girl mark
(apologies for the crossposting..) I looked at the NBB's fee structure a little more closely, and some interesting things came up. (where I looked was the www.me.iastate.edu/biodiesel 'online course', to be fair, rather than the NBB website) We keep quoting a $5,000 fee plus a royalty on

[biofuel] Rope curtains was: First aid for house owners.

2004-01-26 Thread Hakan Falk
MM, I am glad that you found rope curtains interesting and wrote, Ancient AC units or, humidity is more important. http://energysavingnow.com/hvac/ropecurtains.shtml and incorporated it in, First aid for house owners. Final draft, Jan. 2004.

Re: [biofuel] Fuel Saver Pro

2004-01-26 Thread Qwarla
There is lots of products out there claiming save fuel by 25% from a small gadget straped on the fuel line .. Do these 'strap-on' devices work? The simple answer is an obvious NO. Ask yourself these questions. If it was that simple to improve gas mileage, why haven't auto-manufacturers

Re: [biofuel] Michigan Biofuelers-CORRECTION

2004-01-26 Thread TAMPAPING
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Re: [biofuel] Michigan Biofuelers

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[biofuel] Re: Fuel from Pine roots?

2004-01-26 Thread look4bryan
x-charset ISO-8859-1This is my first post to the Group, hello everyone. I recall reading recently that Japanese aviation fuel in WWII was alchohol, not gasoline. Recall that one of the reasons they went to war was because the US cut them off (in their view, I'm not a historian) from oil

Re: [biofuel] Mettler Gram-Matic Balance Questions

2004-01-26 Thread Dan Maker
Alan Petrillo said: I have had the good fortune to scavenge a Mettler Gram-Matic Balance model B6 that apparently has a maximum capacity of 99.999g. As I am still in 2-liter or less experimental scale, its relatively small capacity is just fine for now. This is what it looks like:

[biofuel] Iowa Farmer Focus of Wind-Energy Debate

2004-01-26 Thread murdoch
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1617139.html You have to click on Morning Edition Audio. Pursuant to what I've been saying as to the importance of implementing some sort of better national net metering efforts. It looks like this guy has set up a wind mill and for six years

Re: [biofuel] Re: [evworld] Iowa Farmer Focus of Wind-Energy Debate

2004-01-26 Thread robert luis rabello
murdoch wrote: On second thought, when I listen to it more closely, they seem to be offering the guy wholesale prices for his electricity, not the retail he wants (if I understood his points correctly). The presentation is a little confusing. At one point it seems to make the point

[biofuel] Re: [evworld] Iowa Farmer Focus of Wind-Energy Debate

2004-01-26 Thread murdoch
On second thought, when I listen to it more closely, they seem to be offering the guy wholesale prices for his electricity, not the retail he wants (if I understood his points correctly). The presentation is a little confusing. At one point it seems to make the point they're offering him

[biofuel] minor correction to NBB fee structure post

2004-01-26 Thread girl mark
OOPS! It got pointed out to me that I put a dollar sign in the wrong place in the NBB fee structure post, though I think it was fairly obvious what the real numbers should have been. Everywhere I said something like: .01 cents per gallon produced (one hundredth of a cent) it actually should

RE: [biofuel] Re: [evworld] Iowa Farmer Focus of Wind-Energy Debate

2004-01-26 Thread Bryan Brah
I heard this story this morning and had mixed feelings about it. While I think it's important to support renewable energy, I feel like this farmer is trying to take advantage of the law. We had a discussion on this board a couple of months ago about net metering. Net metering was a

Re: [biofuel] Mettler Gram-Matic Balance Questions

2004-01-26 Thread DokDream
In a message dated 1/26/04 11:41:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A local university tagged it for disposal, not because it didn't work but because it was old (according to my friend who scavenged it for me *before* it was hurled into a dumpster). You're right, Barry,

Re: [biofuel] minor correction to NBB fee structure post

2004-01-26 Thread Tilapia
x-charset ISO-8859-1Mark, I didn't see the original post, where was it? But notice that there is an NBB minimum of $5000 per year for the royalty fee. This means that a small producer of, say, 100,000 gallons per year would pay five times the amount, 5žper gallon. Guess what a producer of

[biofuel] a different mileage improvement technique?

2004-01-26 Thread murdoch
Some of these quick yea or nay verdicts on various products, by folks who have never used them, strike me as over-simplified. Even if I tried something once on my own car, I'm not sure I'd conclude that my own experience with one single vehicle and fuel was the last word on whether or not the