Re: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...? Part I. switch to biofuels.

2004-11-28 Thread william lemorande
Thanks for your insights. Your ideas and knowledge base (from Brazil) is incredible and one the folks here in the USA could emulate. I believe your country is way ahead of most countrys including our own on a real great solution to the current energy crisis. Bill - Original Message

Re: [Biofuel] Anyone working with algae out there?

2004-11-28 Thread Ecogenics3
we have been working with algae for thirty years, first in mexico and then here in Tennessee, we have a website... just go to ecogenics on google or other servers .you can see someof our algae production systems that have been rather successfull, you can also follow some threads on

Re: [Biofuel] Forget the Tiger, put some Mushrooms in your Tank

2004-11-28 Thread william lemorande
reducing the country's dependence on oil. Europe has to match that.' Brazil is almost totally self reliant for thier energy needs. This converted to gallons is 40,000 million gallons or 40 Billion gallons. I think my figures are correct. Thats is a lot of ethonol. By contrast... I figured

RE: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...? Part I. switch to biofuels.

2004-11-28 Thread Hakan Falk
Dave, I had a lot of links on energy development, but lost them in a disk crash. Here is some that I still have and I had a lot more on Brazil, World Energy Assessment - Overview: 2004 Update - Full Version - (large file - 1.5 MB) http://www.undp.org/energy/docs/WEAOU_full.pdf Energy for

[Biofuel] Peakoil and ASPO November newsletter

2004-11-28 Thread Hakan Falk
ASPO, Association for the Study of Peak OilGas is maybe one of the few real authorities on peak oil depletion. Here is the link to their November nnews letter, http://www.peakoil.net/Newsletter/NL47/newsletter47.pdf Hakan ___ Biofuel mailing

[Biofuel] RE: first batch comments please

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
PLEASE, when responding to a message in the Daily Digest mode, DON'T include the entire digest in your reply!!! Your message is less than 1kb, but your post is 49kb - distributed to the whole list membership that's 130 MEGABYTES of wasted bandwidth. And it messes up archives searches.

Re: [Biofuel] Forget the Tiger, put some Mushrooms in your Tank

2004-11-28 Thread FRANCISCO
Ref. Brasil biomass Bill all you say is correct and good. The critical step is being performed now. *It is biodiesel. *Currently the barrel destillation is unbalanced as diesel is needed and as there is a ratio diesel/gasoline which can be extracted As we replaced about 30% gasoline by

Re: [Biofuel] Some Brazilian ethanol factsl

2004-11-28 Thread CONTACTOS MUNDIALES
Dear William and all. The Brazilian ethanol output in 2003 was 14,000,000,000 liters = 3,703,000,000 US gallons US production for the same year was 12,000,000,000 3,174,000,000 Other notes on Ethanol in Brazil: * There are over 4 million cars that use 100% ethanol in their

Re: [Biofuel] RE: first batch comments please

2004-11-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Welcome to the world of biodiesel. Glad to see that you are experimenting with the reaction. The more people we have looking at it, the more ideas there are. Keep trying and journey to forever's web site. I have had some glycerin solidify and other times it stays liquid. the bio works

Re: [Biofuel] centrifuging

2004-11-28 Thread Ken Chua
Hi guys, I have tried making a centrifuge but just batch type. So far i've only reached 1700 rpm. I tried separating oil water and stuff, it looks good but i cant tell if the water has separated. I'll try to take some pictures. From this i had some ideas on how to make a continuous

Re: [Biofuel] Anyone working with algae out there?

2004-11-28 Thread John Miggins
We have tons of chicken litter here in Oklahoma and nowhere to put it. please advise, I will check out your website. We are in the process of building a business case for a biodiesel production facility here in Oklahoma, one that would incorporate multiple streams of input as soybeans and

[Biofuel] U.S. Dollar and China

2004-11-28 Thread robert luis rabello
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4186041 Most of us know that when the value of the dollar falls, we end up paying more for imported goods. But how else does this affect the U.S. economy? We turned to Mark Zandi, chief economist for the consulting firm Economy.com, for a

[Biofuel] Ultra-low sulfur diesel

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
diesel workshop held on November 15-16, 2004 in New Orleans, LA http://api-ep.api.org/printerformat.cfm?ContentID=E2D33972-A89B-46AC-8 5CCF7F99212B4DB ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel

[Biofuel] Heavy-duty clean air

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
manufacturers agree to work toward harmonized global regulations to achieve cleaner air. A statement by Chief Executives of the world's leading manufacturers of heavy-duty vehicles and engines who met during the 2nd Global Commercial Vehicle Meeting.

[Biofuel] US EPA, China's SEPA starting diesel retrofit in Beijing

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
November 2004 http://www.dieselnet.com/ US EPA, China's SEPA starting diesel retrofit in Beijing China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a program to examine the feasibility of retrofitting diesel fleets in Beijing

[Biofuel] ATA not to seek delay of US 2007 emission standards

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
November 2004 http://www.dieselnet.com/ ATA not to seek delay of US 2007 emission standards In a speech before the Japan International Transport Institute Seminar on Transportation and the Environment, the President and CEO of the American Trucking Association (ATA) Bill Graves asserted ATA

[Biofuel] 14 countries form Methane to Markets Partnership

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
November 2004 http://www.dieselnet.com/ 14 countries form Methane to Markets Partnership 14 countries, including the United States, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom have formed the Methane to Markets

[Biofuel] Hino to test hybrid trucks in the USA

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
November 2004 http://www.dieselnet.com/ Hino to test hybrid trucks in the USA Hino will demonstrate its hybrid truck system in the USA. Two Hino model 165 4-ton medium-duty Class 4 hybrid diesel-electric trucks-- first unveiled at the recent Tokyo Motor Show--are being brought to the USA,

[Biofuel] Nissan launching Quon truck with urea-SCR system

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
November 2004 http://www.dieselnet.com/ Nissan launching Quon truck with urea-SCR system Japanese truck and bus manufacturers have been developing emission systems to meet the next set of Japan's emission standards (new long term) that become effective from October 2005: NOx = 2 g/kWh and PM

[Biofuel] Volkswagen Mechatronic starts production of piezo injectors

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
November 2004 http://www.dieselnet.com/ Volkswagen Mechatronic starts production of piezo injectors Volkswagen Mechatronic GmbH Co. KG, a Volkswagen and Siemens VDO joint venture to manufacture piezo unit injectors for diesel engines, opened a new plant in Stollberg, Saxony (Germany). The

[Biofuel] DDC to build new heavy-duty diesel engine

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
November 2004 http://www.dieselnet.com/ DDC to build new heavy-duty diesel engine Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) announced its intention to build a new, heavy-duty diesel engine line at its Redford, MI, manufacturing facility. DDC also stated that it plans to initiate North American

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...?

2004-11-28 Thread Arcologic
Greg, I think you were right to discourage ranting in this list. Still, I think Monbiot's proposition needs a more considered answer. If you don't mind, I would like to try. The following rebuttal was given on another list, with slight changes. /Ernie Monbiot is

Re: [Biofuel] centrifuging

2004-11-28 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Hi Ken, I was considering to build one before, too. My plan was to make it out of a spin dryer. It wanted to seal the wholes and feed in the oil in the middle to let the dirt go to the walls and the clean oil over the upper edge of the drum. I am interested in what you made yours of - what

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel for nought ...?

2004-11-28 Thread Keith Addison
Greg, I think you were right to discourage ranting in this list. And who decides what's a rant and what's not? On what basis? Style or content? If it's to be content, I'd say Monbiot was ranting. Some might say that accusing somebody of ranting on a mailing list comes pretty close to

[Biofuel] European Energy Subsidies by the EEA

2004-11-28 Thread MH
ãAt current levels of political and financial support, the EU 15 renewable energy targets for 2010 will not be met,ä it warns. Renewables receive Euro 5.3 billion of energy subsidies in Europe COPENHAGEN, Denmark, 2004-11-24 Refocus Weekly

[Biofuel] European Competition in power market is a myth

2004-11-28 Thread MH
Competition in power market is a myth in Europe, says renewables group BRUSSELS, Belgium, 2004-11-24 Refocus Weekly http://www.sparksdata.co.uk/refocus/fp_showdoc.asp?docid=80924624accnum=1topics= For every $1 spent on renewable energy RD over the last three decades by developed