[Biofuel] Biodiesel processor
I am looking for a processor that I can pull around the Denver area on a trailer promoting biodiesel! Craig Harris ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Set up help
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:39:14 -0700 WM LUKE MATHISEN [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello out there in biofuel land! Hello Luke, I can't be of much help but I am thinking of using a 16'x8' box off of a NRR Isuzu box truck for my biodiesel project. I bought the truck with a bad engine for $750. The box has a roll up rear door and a hinged side door. It's insulated including the floor, has a roof AC , LP heating system, and flouresent lights. If my project is more sucessful than I think it will be I can always add another similar box beside it for additional storage. Incidentally I did fix the diesel engine and put on a flat bed so I figure the box doesn't own me much. Good luck . Jerry, Northern Wi ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol runs mini hydogen fuel cells
cell phone and laptops well over a year ago here in the US or it might have been in Canada. the stuff should be on the shelves by now !!! ... I think its all a big conspiracy the battery companys are now suppressing the introduction of these things... just the same as big oil has been for years... :-) Ray J Thomas Mountain wrote: The Japanese have developed small hydrogen fuel cells using ethanol stored in a container based on the disposable cigarette lighter technology to power small appliances like laptop computers etc. Obviously, to be able to produce your own ethanol and run hydrogen fuel cells with it is a major advance in power production and sustainability, and should be the basis for a new transportation breakthrough in power plant technology. Has anyone heard anything more on this, I only saw a television documentary on the matter? selam, tom ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol runs mini hydogen fuel cells
It's not a conspiracy. Fuel cells are more expensive than batteries, so there is no economic incentive to productize them. - Original Message - From: Ray J [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol runs mini hydogen fuel cells I seen a fuel cell manufacturer (on the net) that was doing this with cell phone and laptops well over a year ago here in the US or it might have been in Canada. the stuff should be on the shelves by now !!! ... I think its all a big conspiracy the battery companys are now suppressing the introduction of these things... just the same as big oil has been for years... :-) Ray J Thomas Mountain wrote: The Japanese have developed small hydrogen fuel cells using ethanol stored in a container based on the disposable cigarette lighter technology to power small appliances like laptop computers etc. Obviously, to be able to produce your own ethanol and run hydrogen fuel cells with it is a major advance in power production and sustainability, and should be the basis for a new transportation breakthrough in power plant technology. Has anyone heard anything more on this, I only saw a television documentary on the matter? selam, tom ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
RE: [Biofuel] Where's Keith?
Hi Keith, I've been away doing a few pre Easter antique fairs - didn't find out about your trip to H till tonight - you being overdoing it again? Tut tut!!at your age:-)^ Seriously, hope you're feeling better on the road to recovery - powered by BioD I hope...:-) Take care friend - take it easy! - light duties only for a while methinks!!! Best regards Malcolm ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Conversion kits WAS RE: [Biofuel] Set up help
Hello all, I was just thinking to ask about the following conversion kits, than I have read the e-mail by Mark. Does anybody at the list have experience with the below links? http://www.greasel.com http://www.greasecar.com What are the drawbacks? Regards Burak Hi Luke You should be able to run the generator directly off the Waste Oil (Veggie). It has been done in cars for years. The things you need to do are: 1) Filter the oil (10 microns or less) 2) Per heat the oil to 150+ degrees F before entering the injector pump. This is normally done with waste heat from the engine. Easy to do on a water cooled engine. 3) Start and Stop the generator on Diesel. (5-10min shutdown cycle) 4) If it is really cold you may need to heat the oil tank to get the oil to flow/pump. The Veggie oil will solidify at low temperatures, especially if there are animal fats mixed in. (IE: deep fryer waist) If you want to switch over faster when you start, then a electric preheat may be in order. Here are a few links to car conversions. http://www.greasel.com http://www.greasecar.com Have fun Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WM LUKE MATHISEN Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Biofuel] Set up help Hello out there in biofuel land! I live in Montana near Missoula, off the grid, our primary energy source is solar and our backup is a recently acquired diesel generator, to be precise a 7500 watt Lister Petter, prior to that we used a converted propane generator. We are very happy with the switch to diesel (it reduced our fuel costs by 2/3rds). Every week I go into Missoula (I am an accountant) and work at a restaurant. The restaurant pays $25 per month to get rid of their used waste oil. I could very easily pick up waste oil from that restaurant (and other restaurants) and bring it back to make biodiesel for my generator. My concerns are fuel quality so I don't end up damaging my generator and attracting bears (we had 2 house break-ins last fall). I am looking at producing 50-100 gals per month in the winter (sometimes we will go two weeks or more with no direct sunlight, or no solar-days as I call them) and half that in the summer. What will my startup costs be? How much space will I need, for production and storage? How much time will I need to spend in production once it is set up? I am currently in the process of planning a enclosure for the generator and it seemed to make since to include space for making and storing the biodisel. Can someone point me in the right direction? Luke From the wild hills of Montana ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Set up help
Running the generator on SVO seems a good idea, on the other hand, should you get into BD making- Jeep came out with the Liberty CRD - a common rail diesel design, and possibly of interest to you, up there in Montana. Common rail diesels probably won't run on SVO, but they do run on BD. So then, getting into the BD may be what you wantto do. The area that you will use for production should be hated, you'll spend SOME TIME there. And this is another consideration, converting the generator to SVO doesn't take as much time as getting started with BD. Happy planning!Stephan Darryl McMahon wrote: Likely more than you want to know here: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html To make your own, start here. http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#start (Thank you Keith and Midori.) From: WM LUKE MATHISEN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:39:14 -0700 Subject:[Biofuel] Set up help Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello out there in biofuel land! I live in Montana near Missoula, off the grid, our primary energy source is solar and our backup is a recently acquired diesel generator, to be precise a 7500 watt Lister Petter, prior to that we used a converted propane generator. We are very happy with the switch to diesel (it reduced our fuel costs by 2/3rds). Every week I go into Missoula (I am an accountant) and work at a restaurant. The restaurant pays $25 per month to get rid of their used waste oil. I could very easily pick up waste oil from that restaurant (and other restaurants) and bring it back to make biodiesel for my generator. My concerns are fuel quality so I don't end up damaging my generator and attracting bears (we had 2 house break-ins last fall). I am looking at producing 50-100 gals per month in the winter (sometimes we will go two weeks or more with no direct sunlight, or no solar-days as I call them) and half that in the summer. What will my startup costs be? How much space will I need, for production and storage? How much t I am currently in the process of planning a enclosure for the generator and it seemed to make since to include space for making and storing the biodisel. Can someone point me in the right direction? Luke ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Set up help
Hee hee! Chris Kueny Cayce, SC - Original Message - From: stephan torak [EMAIL PROTECTED] The area that you will use for production should be hated, you'll spend SOME TIME there. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[Biofuel] just checking
Hi I am very new to this in as much as I have been researching for a few months. I feel it is now time for my first batch. after titration is done it has been said to add methanol to 20% by volume of wvo. is this mixed with the methoxide or just added to the wvo? I have a 2004 truck with a computer operating sys, do I still need to retard the timing, or will the computer just compensate for any mechanical adjustments I do? The truck is equipped with a catalytic converter will the biofuel affect the cat? Thanks for all the info I have already gotten on the sight. Derick. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
RE: [Biofuel] Set up help
Luke: Don't bother making biodiesel for your stationary genset. Simply filter the wvo to 5 microns, heat it to 160 degrees and burn it directly in your genset. I've been doing this for over a year now with my stationary genset, running it 24/7 with no ill effects. Good luck. Gene, from the wild beaches of San Diego,CA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of WM LUKE MATHISEN Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Biofuel] Set up help Hello out there in biofuel land! I live in Montana near Missoula, off the grid, our primary energy source is solar and our backup is a recently acquired diesel generator, to be precise a 7500 watt Lister Petter, prior to that we used a converted propane generator. We are very happy with the switch to diesel (it reduced our fuel costs by 2/3rds). Every week I go into Missoula (I am an accountant) and work at a restaurant. The restaurant pays $25 per month to get rid of their used waste oil. I could very easily pick up waste oil from that restaurant (and other restaurants) and bring it back to make biodiesel for my generator. My concerns are fuel quality so I don't end up damaging my generator and attracting bears (we had 2 house break-ins last fall). I am looking at producing 50-100 gals per month in the winter (sometimes we will go two weeks or more with no direct sunlight, or no solar-days as I call them) and half that in the summer. What will my startup costs be? How much space will I need, for production and storage? How much time will I need to spend in production once it is set up? I am currently in the process of planning a enclosure for the generator and it seemed to make since to include space for making and storing the biodisel. Can someone point me in the right direction? Luke From the wild hills of Montana ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Where's Keith?
Dear Mr. Keith, I 've just come to know that you were hospitalied and back on the road to recovery. I pray for yr speedy recovery to normalcy and the good work you have been at. Hindu philosophy says that goodwork done for the community without expecting any return has its own rewards during yr current tenure (life) or the next . I dont want to go into the details which others in the forum may not agree and create more work for you in the form of a flood of EMails! Again wishing you a speedy recovery to normal andwith Regards, Subramanian, D.V Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many thanks, all, for your concern, I'm sorry to have bothered you. I was in hospital for five days. I'm back home now, recovering, but I'll have to take it easy for a while. This is the second time - I spent two weeks in hospital at the beginning of January. I'll be okay, the prognosis is good, just a matter of time. Thanks once again for your concern and good wishes. Keith wish you happy recovery to come back here , make this list much dynamic.There is need for your reply of many post here sd Pannirselvam Brasil Thankyou for saying so Pan, but I don't agree. I don't think there's any great need for my constant presence here, or at least there shouldn't be. When I was away in January very few people seem to have noticed, the list continued as usual, and several people said that was a sign of its maturity, which is what we were aiming for when we moved the list. See: http://wwia.org/pipermail/biofuel/Week-of-Mon-20040906/07.html Pan, we've repeatedly talked of the need for a new direction and a new focus for the list, I much agree, and I know others do too. But have you noticed how nothing happens? I also said this at the time we moved: If it [the membership] should shrink to only 300, and they're members who're prepared to take it seriously, that it's a community, *their* community, and they behave like responsible, self-moderating community members, I'll be more than pleased. I'll be delighted. If we can achieve that kind of community here, I couldn't care less how many members it has. For two reasons. One is that I don't have the time to run any other kind of list - we don't have the time, Journey to Forever doesn't have it. Running this list has been costing us very heavily for the last two years or more, it's held us back, done us and our project harm. I've said so before, but I just stuck it out somehow. Not any more. I've also said quite a few times that we don't think biofuels is the most important part of our project, important of course, but just a part - but it's a very greedy part that means more important things have to go without. Not any more. The other reason, the more important one, is that such a list will be able to go about its business a LOT better and will achieve at least as much, regardless of how many members it has or doesn't have. That's what we're aiming for, and this is it - it either flies or it dies. It should fly. I know that a lot of people here want that. A lot of other people I didn't know before have now told me the same. (Thankyou!) Well, it's up to you. Get on with it. From: http://wwia.org/pipermail/biofuel/Week-of-Mon-20040906/000113.html If it all STILL depends on me, then all that time and effort was wasted - many hundreds of hours and more. One man can't do this - what it NEEDS is not me but a community effort, as I've said all along. Otherwise? Let it die. Best wishes, and thanks again Keith Addison Journey to Forever KYOTO Pref., Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel list owner ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Set up help
HEATING Sorry. stephan torak wrote: Hi Darryl! Running the generator on SVO seems a good idea, on the other hand, should you get into BD making- Jeep came out with the Liberty CRD - a common rail diesel design, and possibly of interest to you, up there in Montana. Common rail diesels probably won't run on SVO, but they do run on BD. So then, getting into the BD may be what you wantto do. The area that you will use for production should be hated, you'll spend SOME TIME there. And this is another consideration, converting the generator to SVO doesn't take as much time as getting started with BD. Happy planning!Stephan Darryl McMahon wrote: Likely more than you want to know here: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html To make your own, start here. http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#start (Thank you Keith and Midori.) From: WM LUKE MATHISEN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:39:14 -0700 Subject:[Biofuel] Set up help Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello out there in biofuel land! I live in Montana near Missoula, off the grid, our primary energy source is solar and our backup is a recently acquired diesel generator, to be precise a 7500 watt Lister Petter, prior to that we used a converted propane generator. We are very happy with the switch to diesel (it reduced our fuel costs by 2/3rds). Every week I go into Missoula (I am an accountant) and work at a restaurant. The restaurant pays $25 per month to get rid of their used waste oil. I could very easily pick up waste oil from that restaurant (and other restaurants) and bring it back to make biodiesel for my generator. My concerns are fuel quality so I don't end up damaging my generator and attracting bears (we had 2 house break-ins last fall). I am looking at producing 50-100 gals per month in the winter (sometimes we will go two weeks or more with no direct sunlight, or no solar-days as I call them) and half that in the summer. What will my startup costs be? How much space will I need, for production and storage? How much t I am currently in the process of planning a enclosure for the generator and it seemed to make since to include space for making and storing the biodisel. Can someone point me in the right direction? Luke ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Set up help
I would much rather be in a heated area than a hated area... What I really want to know is how much time would I be spending to produce 100 gal of B100 per month? Luke - Original Message - From: stephan torakmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03/28/2005 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Set up help Hi again No, hating the BD production area won't do, I meant HEATING Sorry. stephan torak wrote: Hi Darryl! Running the generator on SVO seems a good idea, on the other hand, should you get into BD making- Jeep came out with the Liberty CRD - a common rail diesel design, and possibly of interest to you, up there in Montana. Common rail diesels probably won't run on SVO, but they do run on BD. So then, getting into the BD may be what you wantto do. The area that you will use for production should be hated, you'll spend SOME TIME there. And this is another consideration, converting the generator to SVO doesn't take as much time as getting started with BD. Happy planning!Stephan Darryl McMahon wrote: Likely more than you want to know here: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html To make your own, start here. http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#starthttp://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#start (Thank you Keith and Midori.) From: WM LUKE MATHISEN [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:39:14 -0700 Subject:[Biofuel] Set up help Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello out there in biofuel land! I live in Montana near Missoula, off the grid, our primary energy source is solar and our backup is a recently acquired diesel generator, to be precise a 7500 watt Lister Petter, prior to that we used a converted propane generator. We are very happy with the switch to diesel (it reduced our fuel costs by 2/3rds). Every week I go into Missoula (I am an accountant) and work at a restaurant. The restaurant pays $25 per month to get rid of their used waste oil. I could very easily pick up waste oil from that restaurant (and other restaurants) and bring it back to make biodiesel for my generator. My concerns are fuel quality so I don't end up damaging my generator and attracting bears (we had 2 house break-ins last fall). I am looking at producing 50-100 gals per month in the winter (sometimes we will go two weeks or more with no direct sunlight, or no solar-days as I call them) and half that in the summer. What will my startup costs be? How much space will I need, for production and storage? How much t I am currently in the process of planning a enclosure for the generator and it seemed to make since to include space for making and storing the biodisel. Can someone point me in the right direction? Luke ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Set up help
I don't hate my production area. I actually like it allot. lol :) - Original Message - From: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Set up help Don't hate it. You won't want to spend any time there. Hee hee! Chris Kueny Cayce, SC - Original Message - From: stephan torak [EMAIL PROTECTED] The area that you will use for production should be hated, you'll spend SOME TIME there. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Where's Keith?
Hello Keith, I hope all is well. I wanted to wright and thank you and everyone who has helped to make my fuel production a success. Including but not limited to Mike pelly and Alek Kac. I have now been almost fossil free for a month. I had to buy some dino-diesel today because I was on a trip and developed a fuel leak. I put five gallons in the tank and five in a can in case I ran out. I made it home without having to use what was in the can. And I wish I could take it back to the station for a refund. I have been telling whoever will listen, about the benefits of using BD over dino. I have one person trying some out in his truck. And three others who are considering selling their gas guzzlers and getting diesels to burn the stuff. They want me to do a seminar on collection of wvo and production of BD. This experience has changed the way I view things. I was driving by a restaurant the other day and I smelled their grease coming from the vent. Before that day I had only smelled the smoke stack. That may sound silly to some but I would not shut up about it. My wife said OK I get it you smelled their grease. Now can we get something to eat. Every time we turn a corner and get a whiff of the exhaust we just smile and say. Did you smell that? Thanks again and happy fueling, Jeremy Many thanks, all, for your concern, I'm sorry to have bothered you. I was in hospital for five days. I'm back home now, recovering, but I'll have to take it easy for a while. This is the second time - I spent two weeks in hospital at the beginning of January. I'll be okay, the prognosis is good, just a matter of time. Thanks once again for your concern and good wishes. Keith wish you happy recovery to come back here , make this list much dynamic.There is need for your reply of many post here sd Pannirselvam Brasil Thankyou for saying so Pan, but I don't agree. I don't think there's any great need for my constant presence here, or at least there shouldn't be. When I was away in January very few people seem to have noticed, the list continued as usual, and several people said that was a sign of its maturity, which is what we were aiming for when we moved the list. See: http://wwia.org/pipermail/biofuel/Week-of-Mon-20040906/07.html Pan, we've repeatedly talked of the need for a new direction and a new focus for the list, I much agree, and I know others do too. But have you noticed how nothing happens? I also said this at the time we moved: If it [the membership] should shrink to only 300, and they're members who're prepared to take it seriously, that it's a community, *their* community, and they behave like responsible, self-moderating community members, I'll be more than pleased. I'll be delighted. If we can achieve that kind of community here, I couldn't care less how many members it has. For two reasons. One is that I don't have the time to run any other kind of list - we don't have the time, Journey to Forever doesn't have it. Running this list has been costing us very heavily for the last two years or more, it's held us back, done us and our project harm. I've said so before, but I just stuck it out somehow. Not any more. I've also said quite a few times that we don't think biofuels is the most important part of our project, important of course, but just a part - but it's a very greedy part that means more important things have to go without. Not any more. The other reason, the more important one, is that such a list will be able to go about its business a LOT better and will achieve at least as much, regardless of how many members it has or doesn't have. That's what we're aiming for, and this is it - it either flies or it dies. It should fly. I know that a lot of people here want that. A lot of other people I didn't know before have now told me the same. (Thankyou!) Well, it's up to you. Get on with it. From: http://wwia.org/pipermail/biofuel/Week-of-Mon-20040906/000113.html If it all STILL depends on me, then all that time and effort was wasted - many hundreds of hours and more. One man can't do this - what it NEEDS is not me but a community effort, as I've said all along. Otherwise? Let it die. Best wishes, and thanks again Keith Addison Journey to Forever KYOTO Pref., Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel list owner ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] An invitation to the Biofuels Community Conference Car Show, May 21-22, Santa Cruz, CA
Hello David, Thank You for getting this invite to me. I have been trying to figure out if I could get down to it, still not sure but I appreciate you letting me know about it. I hope all well with you and looking foward to meeting you someday. Hello To Paul and Sheila for me when you see them, Mike --- Dave Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, You are invited to participate in the Biofuels Community Conference Car Show, held in Santa Cruz, CA on May 21-22, 2005. Our invitation is online at http://www.biofuel.coop/downloads/invitation.pdf and I've pasted the text below as well. More to come! Please distribute this. We are gearing up our publicity and outreach campaign, and will be posting our posters, press release, conference agenda, etc. on www.biofuel.coop shortly. Yours truly, Dave Shaw Biodiesel Council of California (www.biodieselcouncil.org) Santa Cruz Cooperatives (www.santacruz.coop) Biofuel Coop (www.biofuel.coop) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BIOFUELS COMMUNITY CONFERENCE CAR SHOW THE TIME: May 21st, 8:00 a.m. to May 22nd, 3:30 p.m. THE PLACE:University of California, Santa Cruz THE THEME:The Future of Biofuels THE PURPOSE: ☼ Showcase successes in the grassroots biofuels community and active biofuels cooperatives ☼ Provide a place for creativity and networking ☼ Educate about sustainable biofuels ☼ Documentation of the biofuels movement ☼ Consider the urgency and issues facing biofuel businesses, workers, and consumers SOME OUTCOMES: ☼ Specific actions for addressing the needs which the participants believe are vital ☼ A stronger network of people for getting things done THE HOSTS:Homes On Wheels, Education for Sustainable Living Program, Santa Cruz biofuels collective, www.biofuel.coop THE APPROACH: The event relies upon the active participation of attendees for education and action planning. On Saturday and Sunday, we will use a method that enables groups of all sizes to effectively deal with complex issues in short time periods. Expect to work hard and have fun. And expect the unexpected. We hope to cultivate a festival-like atmosphere with music, circus arts, a biofuels car show, and wholesome food surrounding the conference. LOGISTICS:Event registration is a suggested donation of $40 per day. No one will be turned away for a lack of funds. Food will be available for sale from Kresge Community Natural Foods cooperative, and by donation from Homes on Wheels cooperative. We are coordinating ridesharing to and from the event. Guest housing options may be available. Please RSVP soon to partake in these community services. Homes On Wheels wishes to make this event accessible to people with disabilities. If you need accommodation, please call SOAR at 459-2934. TO REGISTER: Contact Conference Coordinators at [EMAIL PROTECTED], (831) 454-0343. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: http://www.biofuel.coop Biofuels Conference 13 Leonardo Lane Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Alissa White, (831) 454-0343, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dave Shaw, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SEE YOU THERE! ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[Biofuel] Salt in WVO problem or not ??
hi to all, This is my first mail to the list. I am planing to make my first bach of BD, and one question bothering me for some time. How salt inside WVO can influence BD production process? Is it (salt) somehow taken out during BD production process or it stayes inside final product (BD)? I am asking that because I do not think that our TDI car engines would like salt in it fuel. I have done lot of reading but have never come across this kind of info. any visions about it ? thanks, Denis ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor
Someone posted a link a few months back to a person building just such a trailer and selling it on ebay.I believe he was in Pennsylvania. He hasnt had any up for a while, as I have been looking , but he may be coerced into building another. Maybe someone else has this link? I did not save it. - Original Message - From: Craig Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:42 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor I am looking for a processor that I can pull around the Denver area on a trailer promoting biodiesel! Craig Harris ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Mobil Biodiesel Processor
Excellent idea...!!!. Pls keep in touch. Francisco. - Original Message - From: Craig Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 5:42 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor I am looking for a processor that I can pull around the Denver area on a trailer promoting biodiesel! Craig Harris ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Salt in WVO problem or not ??
Hello Denis. Addressing your question, the least you can expect is that most of the salt will dissolve in the rinsing water, if done properly and several times. And ordinary salt (NaCl) will not affect the pH value of the fuel. Best regards Jan Warnqvist AGERATEC AB [EMAIL PROTECTED] + 46 554 201 89 +46 70 499 38 45 - Original Message - From: Jelatancev Denis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:45 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Salt in WVO problem or not ?? hi to all, This is my first mail to the list. I am planing to make my first bach of BD, and one question bothering me for some time. How salt inside WVO can influence BD production process? Is it (salt) somehow taken out during BD production process or it stayes inside final product (BD)? I am asking that because I do not think that our TDI car engines would like salt in it fuel. I have done lot of reading but have never come across this kind of info. any visions about it ? thanks, Denis ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Set up help
Luke and Gene, Running straight WVO through your genset is great if you life in sunny california, but I would not rely on that in Missoula. WVO in Missoula would require a hefty investment in time and materials to create an environment equal to that of california in a shed. Also, it is very difficult to collect WVO oil in freezing temps, or do anything with WVO in freezing temps. I have a 12k isuzu generator that I am hoping to run with a diesel/biofuel mix. I think the best we could do is Biofuel in the summer and a mix in the winter, something greater than 50/50. I think it would be best to process your fuel in the summer, and store it with diesel for the winter. That would require knowing how much fuel you would need over the winter, probably close to a half gallon an hour for you lister petter. Gene: could you describe your generator, what load you run, how much fuel you burn, how long you run it, how old is it, how often do you maintain the fuel system, any unexpected problems. - Original Message - From: Gene Chaffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 8:41 PM Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Set up help Luke: Don't bother making biodiesel for your stationary genset. Simply filter the wvo to 5 microns, heat it to 160 degrees and burn it directly in your genset. I've been doing this for over a year now with my stationary genset, running it 24/7 with no ill effects. Good luck. Gene, from the wild beaches of San Diego,CA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of WM LUKE MATHISEN Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Biofuel] Set up help Hello out there in biofuel land! I live in Montana near Missoula, off the grid, our primary energy source is solar and our backup is a recently acquired diesel generator, to be precise a 7500 watt Lister Petter, prior to that we used a converted propane generator. We are very happy with the switch to diesel (it reduced our fuel costs by 2/3rds). Every week I go into Missoula (I am an accountant) and work at a restaurant. The restaurant pays $25 per month to get rid of their used waste oil. I could very easily pick up waste oil from that restaurant (and other restaurants) and bring it back to make biodiesel for my generator. My concerns are fuel quality so I don't end up damaging my generator and attracting bears (we had 2 house break-ins last fall). I am looking at producing 50-100 gals per month in the winter (sometimes we will go two weeks or more with no direct sunlight, or no solar-days as I call them) and half that in the summer. What will my startup costs be? How much space will I need, for production and storage? How much time will I need to spend in production once it is set up? I am currently in the process of planning a enclosure for the generator and it seemed to make since to include space for making and storing the biodisel. Can someone point me in the right direction? Luke From the wild hills of Montana ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor
Yes, his name is Bob Kinney and I have contacted him! I am also trying to get Blue Sun to contribute a mobile processor so I can pull around Denver and promote biodiesel to the schools and in the parks! Beyond the amazing process I will be handing out literature. Hopefully this will all work out. - Original Message - From: Busyditchmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:24 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor Someone posted a link a few months back to a person building just such a trailer and selling it on ebay.I believe he was in Pennsylvania. He hasnt had any up for a while, as I have been looking , but he may be coerced into building another. Maybe someone else has this link? I did not save it. - Original Message - From: Craig Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:42 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor I am looking for a processor that I can pull around the Denver area on a trailer promoting biodiesel! Craig Harris ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Mobil Biodiesel Processor
Hello Francisco, Hopefully Blue Sun will help out, it would help in two ways; by promoting biodiesel and their company. If I can't get a big corp. to help then I will go with someone smaller and promote their processor! Either way I am going to educate the masses on the fact that there is alternatives. - Original Message - From: francisco j burgosmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 5:05 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Mobil Biodiesel Processor Dear Mr. Harris: Excellent idea...!!!. Pls keep in touch. Francisco. - Original Message - From: Craig Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 5:42 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor I am looking for a processor that I can pull around the Denver area on a trailer promoting biodiesel! Craig Harris ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol runs mini hydogen fuel cells
Thomas, Regarding ethanol and methanol. I spoke with a gentlmen named David Devrie at Genesis Fuel Technology involved in methanol and ethanol reformers. http://www.genesisfueltech.com/index.html He said methanol is easier to crack and catalyze than ethanol because it has only one carbon and the ethanol as two carbons. Therefore the methanol requires less energy in the energy balance equation versus ethanol. BUT there are lots of government incentives to use ethanol. He said they make the reformers that provide the hydrogen for the fuel cell. And you hook up the the reformer to a fuel cell. Something like middleware in the software business. But they plan to come out with complete turnkey. But business is tough. --- Thomas Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Japanese have developed small hydrogen fuel cells using ethanol stored in a container based on the disposable cigarette lighter technology to power small appliances like laptop computers etc. Obviously, to be able to produce your own ethanol and run hydrogen fuel cells with it is a major advance in power production and sustainability, and should be the basis for a new transportation breakthrough in power plant technology. Has anyone heard anything more on this, I only saw a television documentary on the matter? selam, tom ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[Biofuel] Bio Willie
Hi all. I'm pretty much a newbie on the Bio fuels email groups. I ran into this article this morning. An interesting story in the Press Dakotan http://www.yankton.net/stories/032405/opEd_20050324002.shtml It's about Willie Nelson, Jim Hightower and Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who was a Democratic candidate for President last year. Oh, yeah, it's also about Bio-Diesel. excerpt: ExxonMobil and the like don't want you knowing this, but if you take veggie oil and process it slightly to remove the glycerin (which, by the way, is what soap is made of) you have a ready-to-go fuel for diesel engines. Whether you have a diesel pickup truck or a Mercedes, it'll run on this stripped down veggie oil without requiring any modification to the engine. Just tank up and go! Oh, I almost forgot. For those interested in other forms of alternate energy, there will be a press conference at the National Press Club next Monday afternoon. Joseph Newman will explain and demonstrates his newest energy machine prototype 1pm Monday, March 28, 2005 - Energy News Conference - DC National Press Club - - NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEMO - Newman Energy Machine News Conference http://www.josephnewman.com Joseph Newman will display/demonstrate his newest energy machine that is a quantum leap above his earlier energy machine technology. As the price of oil escalates, Joseph Newman's energy machine is an inexpensive, non-polluting electromagnetic source for the world's energy needs. This technology provides access to virtually unlimited energy that is abundant, inexpensive, and environmentally-friendly. The Newman energy machine is an electromagnetic motor that runs COOL (unlike ALL conventional motors) and harnesses the elemental forces of the universe in accordance with the 1st Law of Thermodynamics. The Newman energy machine will provide a stable and durable alternative to oil, gas, coal, and nuclear energy sources. This technology will power every automobile, home, appliance, farm, factory, ship, and plane at a FRACTION of the present cost of energy. A worldwide inexpensive energy source will have profound geopolitical implications for the Middle East. Peace Veggies! Scott ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Mobil Biodiesel Processor
build one. We have done 2 workshops so far. For more information check out: www.biofuels.coop/cleantech Good Luck! Rachel On Mar 29, 2005, at 7:05 AM, francisco j burgos wrote: Dear Mr. Harris: Excellent idea...!!!. Pls keep in touch. Francisco. - Original Message - From: Craig Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 5:42 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor I am looking for a processor that I can pull around the Denver area on a trailer promoting biodiesel! Craig Harris ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[Biofuel] fuel emissions request
Hello All, Somehow or another I was put on this bioiuel email list (I dont know how) but its great, so thank you to whoever put me on this list. For the past 2 years, I have been working on my biodiesel project, as kind of my engineering hobby. Its a fully functional processor trailler mounted with all push-button operations. I am neering the finish of my machine, and hope to work with it and students here at Unity College in Maine (americas env. college) www.unity.edu. I hope next year to get this college to make there own fuel, as we always try to lead by example. For my statistics project this semester, I am trying to figure out if biodiesel either has a significantly less amount of power than diesel fuel, or if biodiesel emits a significantly less amount of toxins. DOES anyone have the data I need to do either of these problems, I cant seem to find anothing on the web? Much thanks and I hope to be able to work with all who are out there to make biodiesel work. Evan Franklin Deputy Chief, Unity Search Rescue, Dispatcher, Operation Game Thief, Unity College, Unity Maine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent via the WebMail system at unity.unity.edu ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[Biofuel] US Ethanol Price Shows 34% Decline In Last Five Months As Supplies Surge
BLOOMBERG NEWS: The price of ethanol, a grain-based fuel that began trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Wednesday, is falling in the U.S., as supplies rise faster than demand created by government mandates, producers said. Ethanol production will rise 22% this year, after doubling in the previous five years, according to the Renewable Fuels Association, a trade group in Washington. Expansions this year will add 750 million gallons to U.S. production capacity of 3.644 million at the end of 2004, the association said. The price of ethanol, which normally trades at a premium to wholesale gasoline, has plunged 34 percent on average in the U.S. since November 1, to $1.3169 a gallon, even as gasoline surged 20% over the same period and reached a record high of $1.603 this week in New York, data compiled by Bloomberg shows. The Chicago contract traded at $1.21 a gallon on Wednesday. There's a lot of competitive production, and we've got an adequate supply to meet what the oil companies need, said G. Allen Andreas, chief executive of Archer Daniels Midland Co., the largest U.S. ethanol producer. Competitive elements in the market have caused there to be a reduction in price, Andreas said in a March 17 interview in Washington. Ethanol is a form of alcohol that is added to gasoline to increase the oxygen content so the fuel burns more completely, reducing tailpipe emissions. The fuel, made from corn in the U.S. and from sugar in Brazil, also is used to stretch gasoline supplies when crude-oil prices rise. Farmers in the U.S., the world's largest producer of corn, have invested in more ethanol plants to increase demand for their crops as grain prices plunged, and the government stepped up production subsidies and mandates for ethanol use in fuel. Ethanol sales in the U.S. last year reached $5.5 billion. Oil refiners can receive a government subsidy of as much as 51 cents a gallon for ethanol, with total subsidies of about $1.85 billion last year, the Renewable Fuels Association estimates. Congress is considering a federal mandate for ethanol use, which would replace a requirement that gasoline contain specified levels of oxygen-boosting additives. Ethanol demand rose to a record 3.57 billion gallons in the U.S. last year, as California, New York and Connecticut joined 12 other states in banning the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, to meet mandated levels of oxygenates in fuel. The Board of Trade, the second-biggest U.S. futures market, moved up the introduction of its ethanol contract to a week before a similar contract begins trading at the rival Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the biggest U.S. futures exchange. The new contract will add another device for us from a financial perspective for our production and our manufacturing plants, Andreas said. [ March 25, 2005 ] COMMENTARY: Predicting An Ethanol Tsunami NICHOLAS E. HOLLIS, AGRIBUSINESS COUNCIL: Last December elders on tiny Indian Ocean islands watched the strange phenomenon - a hissing tide receding with a strange, deep sucking sound as the seas pulled back --- minutes before the first terrifying monster waves churned onshore. For those who listened to their elders --- who remembered the ancient stories and legends of a hungry ocean bent on taking their seaside villages --- for those who rushed to higher ground, following the animals --- fate would be kinder compared to the hapless tourists or children who stood on the beach to marvel at the strange sight. Today, in America's heartland, another kind of Tsunami is surely building in the cornfields, and its undetected power is threatening to drown the American agro-food system in an artificial sea of ethanol. That hissing sound at the pump --- with soaring prices --- is also linked to ethanol --- but it's a dirty little secret (like lower mileage) that is routinely suppressed at Department of Energy. As farmer-investors rush to organize themselves into secretive limited liability companies --- quite different from normal, non-profit (and transparent) farmer coops-- hucksters proclaim a new Gold (Ethanol) Rush is underway. The aim is to increase the distilling capacity for huge amounts of the nation's corn for conversion into ethanol. The heavily subsidized industry is counting on a massive market expansion --- via legislation --- which will virtually force motorists in faraway California and New England to use ethanol blended gasoline. But as spring planting decisions near, sager farmers are worried about the potential for an ethanol glut --- and the implications of a near doubling of required ethanol production to six billion gallons by 2012 (up from 3.4 billion last year). Angry citizen activists are also organizing to fight the spread of ethanol processing plants in small towns around the country. After more than a quarter century of ethanol, with corn prices still at rock bottom-- exports have
[Biofuel] The Long Emergency
- Keith - http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7203633?rnd=860430596; has-player=true RollingStone.com The Long Emergency What's going to happen as we start running out of cheap gas to guzzle? By JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER A few weeks ago, the price of oil ratcheted above fifty-five dollars a barrel, which is about twenty dollars a barrel more than a year ago. The next day, the oil story was buried on page six of the New York Times business section. Apparently, the price of oil is not considered significant news, even when it goes up five bucks a barrel in the span of ten days. That same day, the stock market shot up more than a hundred points because, CNN said, government data showed no signs of inflation. Note to clueless nation: Call planet Earth. Carl Jung, one of the fathers of psychology, famously remarked that people cannot stand too much reality. What you're about to read may challenge your assumptions about the kind of world we live in, and especially the kind of world into which events are propelling us. We are in for a rough ride through uncharted territory. It has been very hard for Americans -- lost in dark raptures of nonstop infotainment, recreational shopping and compulsive motoring -- to make sense of the gathering forces that will fundamentally alter the terms of everyday life in our technological society. Even after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America is still sleepwalking into the future. I call this coming time the Long Emergency. Most immediately we face the end of the cheap-fossil-fuel era. It is no exaggeration to state that reliable supplies of cheap oil and natural gas underlie everything we identify as the necessities of modern life -- not to mention all of its comforts and luxuries: central heating, air conditioning, cars, airplanes, electric lights, inexpensive clothing, recorded music, movies, hip-replacement surgery, national defense -- you name it. The few Americans who are even aware that there is a gathering global-energy predicament usually misunderstand the core of the argument. That argument states that we don't have to run out of oil to start having severe problems with industrial civilization and its dependent systems. We only have to slip over the all-time production peak and begin a slide down the arc of steady depletion. The term global oil-production peak means that a turning point will come when the world produces the most oil it will ever produce in a given year and, after that, yearly production will inexorably decline. It is usually represented graphically in a bell curve. The peak is the top of the curve, the halfway point of the world's all-time total endowment, meaning half the world's oil will be left. That seems like a lot of oil, and it is, but there's a big catch: It's the half that is much more difficult to extract, far more costly to get, of much poorer quality and located mostly in places where the people hate us. A substantial amount of it will never be extracted. The United States passed its own oil peak -- about 11 million barrels a day -- in 1970, and since then production has dropped steadily. In 2004 it ran just above 5 million barrels a day (we get a tad more from natural-gas condensates). Yet we consume roughly 20 million barrels a day now. That means we have to import about two-thirds of our oil, and the ratio will continue to worsen. The U.S. peak in 1970 brought on a portentous change in geoeconomic power. Within a few years, foreign producers, chiefly OPEC, were setting the price of oil, and this in turn led to the oil crises of the 1970s. In response, frantic development of non-OPEC oil, especially the North Sea fields of England and Norway, essentially saved the West's ass for about two decades. Since 1999, these fields have entered depletion. Meanwhile, worldwide discovery of new oil has steadily declined to insignificant levels in 2003 and 2004. Some cornucopians claim that the Earth has something like a creamy nougat center of abiotic oil that will naturally replenish the great oil fields of the world. The facts speak differently. There has been no replacement whatsoever of oil already extracted from the fields of America or any other place. Now we are faced with the global oil-production peak. The best estimates of when this will actually happen have been somewhere between now and 2010. In 2004, however, after demand from burgeoning China and India shot up, and revelations that Shell Oil wildly misstated its reserves, and Saudi Arabia proved incapable of goosing up its production despite promises to do so, the most knowledgeable experts revised their predictions and now concur that 2005 is apt to be the year of all-time global peak production. It will change everything about how we live. To aggravate matters, American natural-gas production is also declining, at five percent a year, despite frenetic new drilling, and with
[Biofuel] Mapping The Oil Motive
Mapping The Oil Motive Michael T. Klare March 18, 2005 The Bush administration has publicly advanced a number of reasons for going to war in Iraq, from WMDs to the Iraqi people's need for liberation. Michael Klare reviews the evidence that securing America's source of oil was a decisive factor in the White House's decision to invade-and looks at whether the administration succeeded. Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and the author, most recently, of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan Books) What role did oil play in the U.S. decision to invade Iraq? If oil did play a significant role, what, exactly, did President Bush and his associates hope to accomplish in this regard? To what degree did they succeed? These are questions that will no doubt occupy analysts for many years to come, but that can and should be answered now-as the American people debate the validity of the invasion and Bush administration gears up for a possible war against Iran under circumstances very similar to those prevailing in Iraq in early 2003. In addressing these questions, it should be noted that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was a matter of choice, not of necessity. The United States did not act in response to an aggressive move by a hostile power directed against this country or one of its allies, but rather employed force on its own volition to advance (what the administration viewed as) U.S. national interests. This means that we cannot identify a precipitating action for war, but instead must examine the calculus of costs and benefits that persuaded President Bush to invade Iraq at that particular moment. On one side of this ledger were the disincentives to war: the loss of American lives, the expenditure of vast sums of money and the alienation of America's allies. To outweigh these negatives, and opt for war, would require powerful incentives. But what were they? This is the question that has so bedeviled pundits and analysts since the onset of combat. It is highly doubtful that any one factor tipped the balance toward invasion. A war of choice is rarely precipitated by a single objective, but rather stems from a combination of contributing factors. In this case, many come to mind: legitimate concern over Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction; an inclination to demonstrate the effectiveness of the administration's pre-emptive war doctrine; increased security for Israel; the promotion of democracy in the Middle East; U.S. domination of the Persian Gulf region; and a thirst for Iraqi oil. All of these, and possibly others, are likely to have figured to some degree in the president's decision to invade. What is difficult is to ascertain is how these factors were ranked in the administration's calculus; what we can do, however, is to put them into some sort of context, to show how they formed an overpowering nexus of motives that outweighed the disincentives to war. And here, oil proves essential. The starting point for such an assessment is the locale for this war: the Persian Gulf region, home to two-thirds of the world's known oil reserves. For more than 40 years, U.S. foreign policy has been guided by America's growing dependence on oil supplies from the Middle East. Embraced by both Republicans and Democrats, this policy is known as the Carter doctrine because it was articulated most clearly by President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Presidents Reagan, Bush 41 and Clinton have all acted under the banner of the Carter Doctrine: supporting Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), opposing Iraq by liberating Kuwait in 1991, imposing sanctions and no-fly zones between 1991 and 2003. As I described in the December issue of The Progressive, Bush and the neocons used the banner of the war on terror after 9/11 to massively expand American capacity to employ force in the pursuit of global oil reserves. Setting The Stage For War When George W. Bush entered the White House in February 2001, Iraq was still under sanctions, and Saddam Hussein remained in power. At this point, Bush ordered two major reviews of American policy: an assessment of the effectiveness of sanctions by then Secretary of State Colin Powell, and a review if U.S. energy policy by Vice President Dick Cheney. Although prompted by separate concerns-the survival of Saddam Hussein in one case, persistent energy shortages in the other-these two reviews both focused attention on developments in the Persian Gulf and together set the stage for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The first review, completed at some point in the late spring, concluded that sanctions had not only failed in their intended purpose of unseating Hussein, but had also strengthened his position by making it appear that the United States was victimizing the poor and downtrodden population of Iraq. To
[Biofuel] Mercurial Rulemaking
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=7391 EPA Chided for Disregarding Study of Benefits from Mercury Curbs March 23, 2005 - By John Heilprin, Associated Press BUT - please note that the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis is an industry-front Astroturf group, NOT to be trusted. See: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/33450/ Huh - no heroes here, just villains and victims. - Keith -- http://www.tompaine.com/articles/mercurial_rulemaking.php Mercurial Rulemaking Frank O'Donnell March 22, 2005 The Washington Post reported this morning http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55268-2005Mar21.html that the EPA ignored an EPA-sponsored report saying that enforcing the existing mercury regulations would yield more than a 600 percent return on the cost of cleanup. Instead, they chose to relax the rules on mercury for another 20 years, condemning a new generation of children to this poison. Frank O'Donnell gives the behind-the-scenes story. Frank O'Donnell is president of Clean Air Watch, a 501 (c) 3 non-partisan, non-profit organization aimed at educating the public about clean air and the need for an effective Clean Air Act. You almost have to pity Steve Johnson, recently tapped by President Bush to head the Environmental Protection Agency. A scientist and career EPA employee, Johnson was put in place to create the perception that major EPA actions were based on science instead of politics. But right out of the gate, Johnson was forced to swallow hard and do exactly what his Bush administration predecessors did-make a big decision based not on science, but on a White House dictate aimed at befriending political supporters. The March 15 decision was about regulating electric utility industry emissions of toxic mercury, which spews from smokestacks of coal-burning power plants. Under orders from the White House, Johnson basically gave the electric power industry a huge gift: rather than enforcing the Clean Air Act-and insisting that every coal-burning power plant in the nation clean up toxic mercury within the next several years-the EPA gave the coal burners more than two decades to make significant reductions in emissions of this poison. Even then, the cleanup would be less than what could be achieved with technologies available today. In scientific terms, it's a no-brainer to clean up mercury. It poisons fish and can harm the brains of developing fetuses or nursing babies. Federal authorities note at least one woman in 12 of child-bearing age already has too much mercury in her system. The problem is so widespread that 45 states have issued advisories urging people to limit or avoid consumption of mercury-contaminated fish. Indeed, we've known for generations that mercury is dangerous. Mercury once was used in felt production, until felt hat makers started getting tremors-a development that led to the Mad Hatter character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the popular phrase mad as a hatter. In an effort to crack down on the toxin, the Clinton administration cleaned up most of the mercury from two big smokestack sources-municipal waste incinerators and medical incinerators. And it set in motion a plan to do the same with the biggest remaining source, the electric power industry. Moving forward with the Clinton plan, EPA staffers suggested early in the Bush administration that the power industry could eliminate 90 percent of its mercury pollution up by 2008. That was enough to wake up power industry lobbyists, led by Edison Electric Institute President Tom Kuhn, President Bush's former college classmate and Pioneer presidential fundraiser. (Other Pioneers or Rangers included executives and lobbyists for such power companies as Southern Company, Cinergy and TXU.) Killing the tough mercury requirements envisioned by Clinton became a top industry priority. The lobbyists set out to replace the planned cleanup rule with a much more industry-friendly plan similar to the proposed so-called clear skies legislation, which they helped write. The industry effort came with cash. Power companies spent more than $37 million on campaign contributions since the 2000 election-with President Bush the leading recipient. The industry lobbying paid dividends. As EPA was drafting its proposed rules, the agency's politically appointed head of air pollution control, Jeffrey Holmstead, was called to the White House. There he received the agency's marching orders from James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. And so politics and money trumped science. Both EPA's inspector general and the Government Accountability Office have noted irregularities in the process EPA used to write its mercury rule. The EPA rule was doctored to make sure it wasn't better than clear skies. The White House refused to allow EPA staff to even consider tougher cleanup alternatives. And, as the Washington
[Biofuel] The oil factor in Bush's 'war on tyranny'
EnergyBulletin.net | The oil factor in Bush's 'war on tyranny' | Energy and Peak Oil News Published on 3 Mar 2005 by Asia Times. Archived on 3 Mar 2005. The oil factor in Bush's 'war on tyranny' by F William Engdahl In recent public speeches, President George W Bush and others in the US administration, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, have begun to make a significant shift in the rhetoric of war. A new war on tyranny is being groomed to replace the outmoded war on terror. Far from being a semantic nuance, the shift is highly revealing of the next phase of Washington's global agenda. In his January 20 inaugural speech, Bush declared, It is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world (author's emphasis). Bush repeated the last formulation, ending tyranny in our world, in the State of the Union address. In 1917 it was a war to make the world safe for democracy, and in 1941 it was a war to end all wars. The use of tyranny as justification for US military intervention marks a dramatic new step in Washington's quest for global domination. Washington, of course, today is shorthand for the policy domination by a private group of military and energy conglomerates, from Halliburton to McDonnell Douglas, from Bechtel to ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco, not unlike that foreseen in president Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 speech warning of excessive control of government by a military-industrial complex. Congress declared World War II after an aggressive Japanese attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. While Washington stretched the limits of deception and fakery in Vietnam and elsewhere to justify its wars, up to now it has always at least justified the effort with the claim that another power had initiated aggression or hostile military acts against the United States of America. Tyranny has to do with the internal affairs of a nation: it has to do with how a leader and a people interact, not with its foreign policy. It has nothing to do with aggression against the United States or others. Historically Washington has had no problem befriending some of the world's all-time tyrants, as long as they were pro-Washington tyrants, such as the military dictatorship of President General Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan, a paragon of oppression. We might name other befriended tyrants - Ilham Aliyev's Azerbaijan, or Islam Karimov's Uzbekistan, or the al-Sabahs' Kuwait, or Oman. Maybe Morocco, or Alvaro Uribe's Colombia. There is a long list of pro-Washington tyrants. For obvious reasons, Washington is unlikely to turn against its friends. The new anti-tyranny crusade would seem, then, to be directed against anti-American tyrants. The question is, which tyrants are on the radar screen for the Pentagon's awesome arsenal of smart bombs and covert-operations commandos? Rice dropped a hint in her Senate Foreign Relations Committee testimony two days prior to the Bush inauguration. The White House, of course, cleared her speech first. Target some tyrannies, nurture others Rice hinted at Washington's target list of tyrants amid an otherwise bland statement in her Senate testimony. She declared, in our world there remain outposts of tyranny ... in Cuba, and Burma and North Korea, and Iran and Belarus, and Zimbabwe. Aside from the fact that the designated secretary of state did not bother to refer to Burma under its present name, Myanmar, the list is an indication of the next phase in Washington's strategy of preemptive wars for its global domination strategy. As reckless as this seems given the Iraq quagmire, the fact that little open debate on such a broadened war has yet taken place indicates how extensive the consensus is within the Washington establishment for the war policy. According to the January 24 New Yorker report from Seymour Hersh, Washington already approved a war plan for the coming four years of Bush II, which targets 10 countries from the Middle East to East Asia. The Rice statement gives a clue to six of the 10. She also suggested Venezuela is high on the non-public target list. Pentagon Special Forces units are reported already active inside Iran, according to the Hersh report, preparing details of key military and nuclear sites for presumable future bomb hits. At the highest levels, France, Germany and the European Union are well aware of the US agenda for Iran, on the nuclear issue, which explains the frantic EU diplomatic forays with Iran. The US president declared in his State of the Union speech that Iran was the world's primary state sponsor of terror. Congress is falling in line as usual, beginning to sound war drums on Iran. Testimony to the Israeli Knesset by the Mossad chief recently, reported in the Jerusalem Post, estimated that by the end of 2005 Iran's
[Biofuel] The Mitigation of the Peaking of World Oil Production
EnergyBulletin.net | The Mitigation of the Peaking of World Oil Production | Energy and Peak Oil News Published on 3 Mar 2005 by ASPO. Archived on 3 Mar 2005. The Mitigation of the Peaking of World Oil Production by US DoE correspondent A recently completed study for the U.S. Department of Energy analyzed viable technologies to mitigate oil short-ages associated with the upcoming peaking of world oil production.1 Commercial or near-commercial options include improved vehicle fuel efficiency, enhanced conventional oil recovery, and the production of substitute fuels. While research and development on other options could be important, their commercial success is by no means assured, and none offer near-term solutions. Improved fuel efficiency in the world's transportation sector will be a critical element in the long-term reduction of liquid fuel consumption, however, the scale of effort required will inherently take time and be very expensive. For example, the U.S. has a fleet of over 200 million automobiles, vans, pick-ups, and SUVs. Replacement of just half with higher efficiency models will require at least 15 years at a cost of over two trillion dollars for the U.S. alone. Similar conclusions generally apply worldwide. Commercial and near-commercial options for mitigating the decline of conventional oil production include: 1) Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), which can help moderate oil production declines from older conventional oil fields; 2) Heavy oil/oil sands, a large resource of lower grade oils, now produced primarily in Canada and Venezuela; 3) Coal liquefaction, an established technique for producing clean substitute fuels from the world's abundant coal reserves; and 4) Clean substitute fuels produced from remote natural gas. For the foreseeable future, electricity-producing technologies, e.g., nuclear and solar energy, cannot substitute for liquid fuels in most transportation applications. Someday, electric cars may be practical, but decades will be required before they achieve significant market penetration and impact world oil consumption. And no one has yet defined viable options for powering heavy trucks or airplanes with electricity. To explore how these technologies might contribute, three alternative mitigation scenarios were analyzed: One where action is initiated when peaking occurs, a second where action is assumed to start 10 years before peaking, and a third where action is assumed to start 20 years before peaking. Estimates of the possible contributions of each mitigation option were developed, based on crash program imple-mentation. Crash programs represent the fastest possible implementation - the best case. In practical terms, real-world action is certain to be slower. Analysis of the simultaneous implementation of all of the options showed that an impact of roughly 25 million barrels per day might be possible 15 years after initiation. Because conventional oil production decline will start at the time of peaking, crash program mitigation inherently cannot avert massive shortages unless it is initiated well in advance of peaking. Specifically, * Waiting until world conventional oil production peaks before initiating crash program mitigation leaves the world with a significant liquid fuel deficit for two decades or longer. Initiating a crash program 10 years before world oil peaking would help considerably but would still result in a worldwide liquid fuels shortfall, starting roughly a decade after the time that oil would have otherwise peaked. * Initiating crash program mitigation 20 years before peaking offers the possibility of avoiding a world liquid fuels shortfall for the forecast period. Without timely mitigation, world supply/demand balance will be achieved through massive demand destruction (shortages), accompanied by huge oil price increases, both of which would create a long period of significant eco-nomic hardship worldwide. Other important observations revealed by the analysis included the following: 1. The date of world oil peaking is not known with certainty, complicating the decision-making process. A fundamental problem in predicting oil peaking is uncertain and politically biased oil reserves claims from many oil producing countries. 2. As recently as 2001, authoritative forecasts of abundant future supplies of North American natural gas proved to be excessively optimistic as evidenced by the recent tripling of natural gas prices. Oil and natural gas geology is similar in many ways, suggesting that optimistic oil production forecasts deserve to be viewed with considerable skepticism. 3. In the developed nations, the economic problems associated with world oil peaking and the resultant oil short-ages will be extremely serious. In the developing nations, economic problems will be much worse. 4. While greater end-use efficiency is essential in the long term, increased
[Biofuel] The oil that drives the US military
EnergyBulletin.net | The oil that drives the US military | Energy and Peak Oil News Published on 4 Feb 2005 by Asia Times. Archived on 4 Feb 2005. The oil that drives the US military by Michael T Klare In the first US combat operation of the war in Iraq, navy commandos stormed an offshore oil-loading platform. Swooping silently out of the Persian Gulf night, an overexcited reporter for the New York Times wrote on March 22, 2003, Navy Seals [Sea, Air and Land special forces] seized two Iraqi oil terminals in bold raids that ended early this morning, overwhelming lightly armed Iraqi guards and claiming a bloodless victory in the battle for Iraq's vast oil empire. A year and a half later, American soldiers are still struggling to maintain control over these vital petroleum facilities - and the fighting is no longer bloodless. On April 24, two American sailors and a coastguardsman were killed when a boat they sought to intercept, presumably carrying suicide bombers, exploded near the Khor al-Amaya loading platform. Other Americans have come under fire while protecting some of the many installations in Iraq's oil empire. Indeed, Iraq has developed into a two-front war: the battles for control over Iraq's cities and the constant struggle to protect its far-flung petroleum infrastructure against sabotage and attack. The first contest has been widely reported in the US press; the second has received far less attention. Yet the fate of Iraq's oil infrastructure could prove no less significant than that of its embattled cities. A failure to prevail in this contest would eliminate the economic basis upon which a stable Iraqi government could someday emerge. In the grand scheme of things, a senior officer told the New York Times, there may be no other place where our armed forces are deployed that has a greater strategic importance. In recognition of this, significant numbers of US soldiers have been assigned to oil-security functions. Top officials insist that these duties will eventually be taken over by Iraqi forces, but day by day this glorious moment seems to recede ever further into the distance. So long as US forces remain in Iraq, a significant number of them will undoubtedly spend their time guarding highly vulnerable pipelines, refineries, loading facilities and other petroleum installations. With thousands of kilometers of pipeline and hundreds of major facilities at risk, this task will prove endlessly demanding - and unrelievedly hazardous. At the moment, the guerrillas seem capable of striking the country's oil lines at times and places of their choosing, their attacks often sparking massive explosions and fires. Guarding the pipelines It has been argued that America's oil-protection role is a peculiar feature of the war in Iraq, where petroleum installations are strewn about and the national economy is largely dependent on oil revenues. But Iraq is hardly the only country where US troops are risking their lives on a daily basis to protect the flow of petroleum. In Colombia, Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Georgia, US personnel are also spending their days and nights protecting pipelines and refineries, or supervising the local forces assigned to this mission. American sailors are now on oil-protection patrol in the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the South China Sea, and along other sea routes that deliver oil to the United States and its allies. In fact, the US military is increasingly being converted into a global oil-protection service. The situation in Georgia is a perfect example of this trend. Ever since the Soviet Union broke apart in 1992, US oil companies and government officials have sought to gain access to the huge oil and natural-gas reserves of the Caspian Sea basin - especially in Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Some experts believe that as many as 200 billion barrels of untapped oil lie ready to be discovered in the Caspian area, about seven times the amount left in the United States. But the Caspian itself is landlocked and so the only way to transport its oil to market in the West is by pipelines crossing the Caucasus region - the area encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the war-torn Russian republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and North Ossetia. US firms are now building a major pipeline through this volatile area. Stretching a perilous 1,600 kilometers from Baku in Azerbaijan through Tbilisi in Georgia to Ceyhan in Turkey, it is eventually slated to carry a million barrels of oil a day to the West, but will face the constant threat of sabotage by Islamic militants and ethnic separatists along its entire length. The United States has already assumed significant responsibility for its protection, providing millions of dollars in arms and equipment to the Georgian military and deploying military specialists in Tbilisi to train and advise the Georgian troops assigned to
[Biofuel] Secret US plans for Iraq's oil
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | Secret US plans for Iraq's oil Secret US plans for Iraq's oil by Greg Palast The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC's Newsnight has revealed. Two years ago today - when President George Bush announced US, British and Allied forces would begin to bomb Baghdad - protesters claimed the US had a secret plan for Iraq's oil once Saddam had been conquered. In fact there were two conflicting plans, setting off a hidden policy war between neo-conservatives at the Pentagon, on one side, versus a combination of Big Oil executives and US State Department pragmatists. Big Oil appears to have won. The latest plan, obtained by Newsnight from the US State Department was, we learned, drafted with the help of American oil industry consultants. Insiders told Newsnight that planning began within weeks of Bush's first taking office in 2001, long before the September 11th attack on the US. An Iraqi-born oil industry consultant, Falah Aljibury, says he took part in the secret meetings in California, Washington and the Middle East. He described a State Department plan for a forced coup d'etat. Mr Aljibury himself told Newsnight that he interviewed potential successors to Saddam Hussein on behalf of the Bush administration. Secret sell-off plan The industry-favoured plan was pushed aside by a secret plan, drafted just before the invasion in 2003, which called for the sell-off of all of Iraq's oil fields. The new plan was crafted by neo-conservatives intent on using Iraq's oil to destroy the Opec cartel through massive increases in production above Opec quotas. The sell-off was given the green light in a secret meeting in London headed by Ahmed Chalabi shortly after the US entered Baghdad, according to Robert Ebel. Mr Ebel, a former Energy and CIA oil analyst, now a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, told Newsnight he flew to the London meeting at the request of the State Department. Mr Aljibury, once Ronald Reagan's back-channel to Saddam, claims that plans to sell off Iraq's oil, pushed by the US-installed Governing Council in 2003, helped instigate the insurgency and attacks on US and British occupying forces. Insurgents used this, saying, 'Look, you're losing your country, you're losing your resources to a bunch of wealthy billionaires who want to take you over and make your life miserable,' said Mr Aljibury from his home near San Francisco. We saw an increase in the bombing of oil facilities, pipelines, built on the premise that privatisation is coming. Privatisation blocked by industry Philip Carroll, the former CEO of Shell Oil USA who took control of Iraq's oil production for the US Government a month after the invasion, stalled the sell-off scheme. Mr Carroll told us he made it clear to Paul Bremer, the US occupation chief who arrived in Iraq in May 2003, that: There was to be no privatisation of Iraqi oil resources or facilities while I was involved. Ariel Cohen, of the neo-conservative Heritage Foundation, told Newsnight that an opportunity had been missed to privatise Iraq's oil fields. He advocated the plan as a means to help the US defeat Opec, and said America should have gone ahead with what he called a no-brainer decision. Mr Carroll hit back, telling Newsnight, I would agree with that statement. To privatize would be a no-brainer. It would only be thought about by someone with no brain. New plans, obtained from the State Department by Newsnight and Harper's Magazine under the US Freedom of Information Act, called for creation of a state-owned oil company favoured by the US oil industry. It was completed in January 2004 under the guidance of Amy Jaffe of the James Baker Institute in Texas. Formerly US Secretary of State, Baker is now an attorney representing Exxon-Mobil and the Saudi Arabian government. View segments of Iraq oil plans at www.GregPalast.com Questioned by Newsnight, Ms Jaffe said the oil industry prefers state control of Iraq's oil over a sell-off because it fears a repeat of Russia's energy privatisation. In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, US oil companies were barred from bidding for the reserves. Ms Jaffe says US oil companies are not warm to any plan that would undermine Opec and the current high oil price: I'm not sure that if I'm the chair of an American company, and you put me on a lie detector test, I would say high oil prices are bad for me or my company. The former Shell oil boss agrees. In Houston, he told Newsnight: Many neo conservatives are people who have certain ideological beliefs about markets, about democracy, about this, that and the other. International oil companies, without exception, are very pragmatic commercial organizations. They don't have a theology. A State
[Biofuel] Gas-Guzzler Sales May Be at Risk from China Rules
Gas-Guzzler Sales May Be at Risk from China Rules Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:24 AM ET HELSINKI (Reuters) - Most American cars and half of European models do not meet new fuel consumption standards that China will introduce at mid-year, a European Commission official said on Friday. But car industry officials played down any concerns that their sales in a crucial market might be at risk. China plans to introduce next summer tough environmental norms. Eighty percent of U.S.-made cars would not fulfil these and 50 percent of European cars, Timo Makela, director of sustainable development and integration at the European Commission, told a seminar in Helsinki. For some reason, most of French cars would fulfil the demands, he said, adding his information came from industry sources. Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker and market leader in China, said it was relaxed about the new norms for cars and light commercials vehicles to be launched in July and toughened in 2008. A study last year that suggested many U.S. and European cars were too fuel-thirsty for China was inaccurate, because it used data that did not come from manufacturers and was at least in part outdated, a VW spokesman said. I can only speak for Volkswagen, but all the cars we make and import will meet all the fuel consumption standards for both 2005 and 2008, he said, adding the rules would definitely not hinder sales in China. The Chinese government has also not spelled out what will happen to vehicles that don't meet the standards, added a spokesman for German car industry association VDA. German manufacturers are certainly positioned to fulfil these (rules) but not in all areas or segments, he said. China unveiled the standards last October as part of its strategy to conserve energy and protect the environment. Any factors that limit sales would be a hard blow for carmakers, already seeing sales growth falter in one of the world's most important markets. Car sales in China were up just 15 percent last year after nearly doubling in 2003, hammered by government-ordered credit curbs to cool an economy in danger of overheating. What's more, China's car market has been racked by a price war, which worsened when sales began slowing dramatically in the first half of 2004. This has cut margins and depressed profits. (Additional reporting by Michael Shields in Frankfurt) © Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[Biofuel] Poverty leads 10 million children to an early grave
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Poverty leads 10 million children to an early grave New estimates add weight to the urgency of Africa's needs James Meikle, health correspondent Friday March 25, 2005 The Guardian About 10.6m children under five die each year, most from preventable causes, World Health Organisation advisers estimate. Almost four in 10 die within 28 days of birth and more than four in 10 deaths are in southern and western Africa. The figures, published soon after Tony Blair's Commission for Africa called for huge injections of aid to improve health on the continent, confirm the size of the global public health disaster international bodies such as the G8, the WHO and Unicef are trying to tackle. Scientists believe their latest estimates, based on an analysis of death registrations, long-term research and improved models for calculating mortality rates between 2000 and 2003, are the most accurate yet. The deaths are mainly from pneumonia (19%), diarrhoea (17%), malaria (8%), measles (4%), HIV/Aids (3%) and injuries (3%). Premature birth (28%), sepsis or pneumonia (26%), and asphyxia (23%) are the most common causes of very early death. Poor nutrition is an underlying factor in more than half of all the deaths under five, according to the figures, published in the Lancet medical journal today. The statistics are still imperfect, the advisers admit, but will act as the benchmark against which progress on WHO initiatives can be measured. WHO's Africa region, which covers all but the north-east corner of the continent, has the biggest disease burden, with 4.4m deaths each year - accounting for 94% of the global total linked to malaria, 89% to HIV/Aids, 46% to pneumonia and 40% to diarrhoea. Nearly 3.1m under-fives die in south-east Asia. Robert Black, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg school of public health, Baltimore, Maryland, head of the independent advisers, said the main causes could be tackled through existing, available and affordable interventions. In an accompanying commentary, Peter Byass of Umea University, Sweden, said: It is important to look at the single most important determinant of childhood death, which has to be poverty. Childhood mortality is strongly inversely correlated with per capita health expenditure. In today's world, an Ethiopian child is over 30 times more likely than a western European to die before his or her fifth birthday. The Lancet also reports promising news of the battle against pneumonia. Trials involving more than 17,000 children in Gambia yielded encouraging results for vaccination against the bacterium streptococcus pneumoniae, which is responsible for about half the cases of severe childhood pneumonia in the developing world. The findings suggest that a million of those 10.6m deaths could be prevented by universal vaccination programmes. The four-year study by the Medical Research Council and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that the vaccine reduced cases of pneumonia diagnosed by x-ray by 37% and deaths and hospital admissions from all causes by nearly a sixth. A form of the vaccine is already used in many industrialised countries and is likely to be added to the routine baby vaccination programme in Britain within the next few years. The vaccine used in Gambia was designed to combat more strains of the infection. Lee Jong-Hook, the WHO director general, said: The results of the vaccine trial hold great promise for improving health and saving lives in resource-poor populations. The international community's task now is to continue to work together productively to make the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine widely available to children in Africa. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[Biofuel] Choosing Poverty's Banker
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8389.htm American nightmare Hassan Nafaa 03/28/05 Al-Ahram http://www.tompaine.com/articles/choosing_povertys_banker.php Choosing Poverty's Banker Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. March 24, 2005 The World Bank has tremendous power and reach in determining living conditions for billions of people around the world-including the 1 billion who live on less than a dollar a day. But the process for choosing a leader for the institution is secretive and includes only Americans and elite Europeans. Here, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. calls for the South-the developing nations of the world-to take matters into their hands and nominate one of their own to lead the World Bank. Even if it's nothing more than a symbolic gesture this time, it's a start. Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., is the founder president of the National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition , and a former candidate for president in 1984 and 1988. The Bush administration in general, and Paul Wolfowitz in particular, would have you believe that 1,500 Americans have died, perhaps 100,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed, and more than $200 billion has been spent on invading and occupying Iraq, in the name of democracy. Funny, then, that Paul Wolfowitz is now being promoted in a secret, opaque, closely held process that freezes out most of the world. Of special note, the selection of the new World Bank head freezes out the 1 billion people who live on less than $1 per day, and the 3 billion who live on less than $2 per day. It freezes out the entire Southern hemisphere, Africa, Asia and South America. In fact, it freezes out everyone who is not a Bush loyalist in the United States, or a nervous European elite. It is as if fighting world poverty were a ping-pong game between the United States and Europe, a game in which the poorer nations are not even allowed to enter. But why? Why should the world's poorest people be excluded from the process of selecting one of the most important leaders who will affect their lives? Why are the nations most controlled by World Bank and International Monetary Fund policies not allowed to nominate-or even participate in any meaningful way-in the selection of new leadership? Is Nelson Mandela less qualified to run the World Bank than Paul Wolfowitz? Or how about one of the Brazilians behind the Lula government's innovative proposal to eliminate hunger by taxing international arms sales? Or, since we know that the most direct route to fighting world poverty is to empower and educate poor women, why not a woman from the South to lead the World Bank; say, Arundhati Roy of India, or Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya-two women who actually know something about helping poor people? These names are not even considered. Only Americans, and even then, only hard-core Bush loyalists, are in the loop. In an entirely secret process, despite his lack of development credentials, and despite the widespread rejection of the idea when the Wolfowitz name was first floated publicly, George W. Bush followed up on his divisive choice of John Bolton for the U.N. with the promotion of leading war hawk Wolfowitz to head the World Bank. Forget all that talk about reconciliation with Europe and the rest of the world. Bush's picks were like a thumb in each of the world's wide-open eyes. Since Bush makes up his own rules as he goes along, so should we. After all, when George W. Bush meets with Tony Blair, that's a minority meeting. The United States and the United Kingdom together are only one-sixteenth of the world's population. It's time for a new set of international rules. The IMF is not just the property of Europe; and the World Bank can no longer be just a tool of U.S. foreign policy. One-dollar, one-vote is no recipe for democracy. The South deserves a voice, and a candidate. The South should nominate one of their own this week, even if just to break the stranglehold the United States and European elites have on the process-just to crack the ice a bit. That nominee should have a program, a 4-D platform: * Democracy, to open up the World Bank/Monetary Fund systems to the whole world * Development, to move from big energy projects to micro-, women-centered projects, with an emphasis on renewable technologies * Disease-fighting, to battle AIDS and malaria, and the other diseases that ravage the Southern hemisphere * Debt cancellation, to completely eliminate the debts of Africa and Latin America, to bring the Jubilee described in the Bible to the world's poorest people. Providing 100 percent debt cancellation with no conditions, no tricks, no limitations and no restrictions is the single most useful step we could take to fight world poverty. We must challenge the process, right now, by acting as if the Southern nations matter. Nominate a Southerner. Practice democracy. Cancel the debt. Wipe the slate
Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor
Someone posted a link a few months back to a person building just such a trailer and selling it on ebay.I believe he was in Pennsylvania. He hasnt had any up for a while, as I have been looking , but he may be coerced into building another. Maybe someone else has this link? I did not save it. This one, I think: http://wwia.org/pipermail/biofuel/Week-of-Mon-20041227/004293.html [Biofuel] Anyone know anything about this on ebay? Anyway, just put a processor set-up on a trailer, what's the problem? Mike Pelly's first processor was on a trailer, and so is his latest version, or it can be, or I think so anyway: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor11.html Pelly Model A processor - Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_mike.html Biodiesel recipe from Mike Pelly: Journey to Forever (Hey, Mike, great to see you here again, by the way! And thanks for the nice words.) Luc's processor's in a cabinet, but I guess it could just as easily be on a trailer. http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor12.html Luc's processor-in-a-cabinet Keith - Original Message - From: Craig Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:42 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor I am looking for a processor that I can pull around the Denver area on a trailer promoting biodiesel! Craig Harris ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Where's Keith?
appreciation, both onlist and off. I'm somewhat overwhelmed, I must say, and somewhat embarrassed too to have been the cause of such a fuss. Anyway, I'm back in action - yes, light duty, as you say Malcolm, for awhile, though that included making a batch of biodiesel today. Light fuel, LOL! Thanks again, dear friends, I'm quite certain that good wishes, prayers or whatever you want to call them can and do help in a very direct way, I've seen it happening before. I'm pleased to be back with you all again. Best wishes, as ever Keith ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor
I just joined the group, and I must say this is a very interesting group from the little that I read. A little about what I'm doing... I've been in welding, construction, researching alternate fuels/ energy, millrighting, etc.etc... for about 30 odd years. As the saying goes I've done so much with so little for so long I can now do anything with nothing lol. Work, family and a host of other diversions has garnered my attention away from what my passion is.. that is alternate energy. We have recently formed a company, Energy7 and have on staff, amongst other professional, a chemical engineer/mathematician. Right now our research, amongst other thing is biomass to methanol Being in Central Alberta that's like trying to sell snowballs to Eskimos..lol..Being busy as always I don't have much time to write but I will try to be on board most of the time. Till later, cheers, Henri - Original Message - From: Craig Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 March, 2005 2:42 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Biodiesel processor I am looking for a processor that I can pull around the Denver area on a trailer promoting biodiesel! Craig Harris ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
re erucic acid in rapeseed oil, also re snake oil, WAS Re: [Biofuel] Re:FOOD vS FUEL
Hello to Kirk and List, The following is some further information that I think is worth considering. I have not heard of any contradictory information to this since the book was first published. It took awhile to get written permission from the publisher to extract two entire chapters from the book, then it took me another while to get them typed and cobbled together to send to the list. My apologies for not getting this done in a more timely manner. Thank you, Joanne - Original Message - From: Kirk McLoren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Re:FOOD vS FUEL snip Chickens fed rapeseed and calves given rapeseed oil do not prosper. Rapeseed oil naturally contains a high percentage (30-60%) of erucic acid, a substance associated with heart lesions in laboratory animals. For this reason rapeseed oil was not used for consumption in the United States prior to 1974, although it was used in other countries. (Americans chose to use it as a lubricant to maintain Allied naval and merchant ships during World War II.) In 1974, rapeseed varieties with a low erucic content were introduced. Scientists had found a way to replace almost all of rapeseed's erucic acid with oleic acid, a type of monounsaturated fatty acid. (This change was accomplished through the cross-breeding of plants, not by the techniques commonly referred to as genetic engineering.) By 1978, all Canadian rapeseed produced for food use contained less than 2% erucic acid. The Canadian seed oil industry rechristened the product canola oil (Canadian oil) in 1978 in an attempt to distance the product from negative associations with the word rape. Why ingest any erucic acid? Economics as usual. As for me and my family we minimize the use of Canada Oil except as motor fuel. end snip [From the book Fats that Heal Fats that Kill by Udo Erasmus, with permission from Alive Publishing Group Inc., Canada. www.alive.com] Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill by Udo Erasmus Copyright 1986, 1993 Second Edition, Fifteenth Printing - May 2004 Chapter 20 Erucic Acid: Toxic or Beneficial? Chapter 56 Snake Oil (EPA) and Patent Medicines These two chapters from the book are reproduced and transmitted with written permission of the publisher. Published by: Alive Books, 7432 Fraser Park Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5B9 Tel: (604) 425-1919, 1-800-663-6580 www.alive.com Erucic Acid: Toxic or Beneficial? Rape and mustard seed oils contain erucic acid, a 22-carbon, once unsaturated fatty acid (22:1w9). In rats, these oils cause fatty degeneration of the heart, kidney, adrenals, and thyroid. If a rat diet persistently contains erucic acid, the rat compensates for its presence by making enzymes that shorten the fatty acid chain from 22 carbons to 18 or less, but during the time that elapses before these enzymes become active, fatty deposits occur in the hearts of these animals. Although the fatty deposits are removed after some time, permanent scar tissue remains. From 1956 to 1974, oils made from rape seed containing up to 40% eruric acid were marketed for human consumption in Canada. In response to government concerns about the results of the rat studies, geneticists bred new varieties of low eruric acid rapeseed (LEAR) containing less than 5% eruric acid. These are now known as canola (the Canadian Oil). The Canadian government and industry spent $50 million to get the Canadian oil onto the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) list. They succeeded in this venture. The Canadian government outlawed the import of high erucic acid rape and mustard seed oils for human consumption. Taxpayers footed much of the bill. Oops! When researchers repeated the rape seed oil studies with rats, but used sunflower seed oil (which contains no erucic acid), the rats ended up having the same problems. It turns out that rats do not metabolize fats and oils well. Their natural diet is low-fat vegetables and grains. Rat fat metabolism differs substantially from fat metabolism in humans. Contrary to the Canadian governments assumption in this case, humans are not rats, at least with regard to the complexities of fat metabolism. Human studies should have been done before the money was spent and the changes in the law were made. Nevertheless, a huge new industry was created. Laws were enacted affecting international trade, commerce, and traditional diets. A new oil was invented and marketed, and a new lobby was created. All of this was based on an error of interpretation of research results from animal studies the risky assumption that research results from animal studies can be generalized willy nilly to humans. Vindication? Eruric acid has been partially vindicated. It does not cause the same problems in the hearts of humans as it does in rat hearts, and is relatively harmless. In China and
Re: [Biofuel] US Ethanol Price
What is the price range and availability of ethanol in the US Florida to be exact? - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:28 PM Subject: [Biofuel] US Ethanol Price Shows 34% Decline In Last Five Months As Supplies Surge US Ethanol Price Shows 34% Decline In Last Five Months As Supplies Surge BLOOMBERG NEWS: The price of ethanol, a grain-based fuel that began trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Wednesday, is falling in the U.S., as supplies rise faster than demand created by government mandates, producers said. Ethanol production will rise 22% this year, after doubling in the previous five years, according to the Renewable Fuels Association, a trade group in Washington. Expansions this year will add 750 million gallons to U.S. production capacity of 3.644 million at the end of 2004, the association said. The price of ethanol, which normally trades at a premium to wholesale gasoline, has plunged 34 percent on average in the U.S. since November 1, to $1.3169 a gallon, even as gasoline surged 20% over the same period and reached a record high of $1.603 this week in New York, data compiled by Bloomberg shows. The Chicago contract traded at $1.21 a gallon on Wednesday. There's a lot of competitive production, and we've got an adequate supply to meet what the oil companies need, said G. Allen Andreas, chief executive of Archer Daniels Midland Co., the largest U.S. ethanol producer. Competitive elements in the market have caused there to be a reduction in price, Andreas said in a March 17 interview in Washington. Ethanol is a form of alcohol that is added to gasoline to increase the oxygen content so the fuel burns more completely, reducing tailpipe emissions. The fuel, made from corn in the U.S. and from sugar in Brazil, also is used to stretch gasoline supplies when crude-oil prices rise. Farmers in the U.S., the world's largest producer of corn, have invested in more ethanol plants to increase demand for their crops as grain prices plunged, and the government stepped up production subsidies and mandates for ethanol use in fuel. Ethanol sales in the U.S. last year reached $5.5 billion. Oil refiners can receive a government subsidy of as much as 51 cents a gallon for ethanol, with total subsidies of about $1.85 billion last year, the Renewable Fuels Association estimates. Congress is considering a federal mandate for ethanol use, which would replace a requirement that gasoline contain specified levels of oxygen-boosting additives. Ethanol demand rose to a record 3.57 billion gallons in the U.S. last year, as California, New York and Connecticut joined 12 other states in banning the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, to meet mandated levels of oxygenates in fuel. The Board of Trade, the second-biggest U.S. futures market, moved up the introduction of its ethanol contract to a week before a similar contract begins trading at the rival Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the biggest U.S. futures exchange. The new contract will add another device for us from a financial perspective for our production and our manufacturing plants, Andreas said. [ March 25, 2005 ] COMMENTARY: Predicting An Ethanol Tsunami NICHOLAS E. HOLLIS, AGRIBUSINESS COUNCIL: Last December elders on tiny Indian Ocean islands watched the strange phenomenon - a hissing tide receding with a strange, deep sucking sound as the seas pulled back --- minutes before the first terrifying monster waves churned onshore. For those who listened to their elders --- who remembered the ancient stories and legends of a hungry ocean bent on taking their seaside villages --- for those who rushed to higher ground, following the animals --- fate would be kinder compared to the hapless tourists or children who stood on the beach to marvel at the strange sight. Today, in America's heartland, another kind of Tsunami is surely building in the cornfields, and its undetected power is threatening to drown the American agro-food system in an artificial sea of ethanol. That hissing sound at the pump --- with soaring prices --- is also linked to ethanol --- but it's a dirty little secret (like lower mileage) that is routinely suppressed at Department of Energy. As farmer-investors rush to organize themselves into secretive limited liability companies --- quite different from normal, non-profit (and transparent) farmer coops-- hucksters proclaim a new Gold (Ethanol) Rush is underway. The aim is to increase the distilling capacity for huge amounts of the nation's corn for conversion into ethanol. The heavily subsidized industry is counting on a massive market expansion --- via legislation --- which will virtually force motorists in faraway California and New England to use ethanol blended gasoline. But as spring planting decisions near, sager farmers are worried about the potential for an
Re: [Biofuel] Set up help
I'm new to the list, and very serious about getting a processor together as soon as I've managed to get good at making small batches. Diesel is $2.75 a gallon here, so making it at 70 cents is tremendously appealing, and I'm very much dependent upon my beloved 96 Dodge 2500 Cummins 4x4, Hank the Tank for his heavy lifting capability which my business depends upon. A couple questions: It would seem to me that the very best material for the tanks in a BD processor would be stainless steel, right? Where might one order a Ph meter? Does anyone have connections for the necessary chemicals in northern CA? I read one method of making BD that uses sulphuric acid, and I'm pretty sure I can't get that at Walmart, is it necessary to use this evil stuff? thanx! Amy ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Bio Willie
Newman's BS has been around for years, but that's all it is. What is it about magnets that so mystify people? From His webpage: In other words, the revolutionary nature of this system is the fact that Joseph Newman has discovered a new electromagnetic principle of nature and has innovated a technology capable of converting mass (copper coil) into energy (in accordance with E=mc^2) via a highly efficient electromagnetic reaction rather than an inefficient fission reaction. Hold on to you wallet if he is around. Scott wrote: snip Oh, I almost forgot. For those interested in other forms of alternate energy, there will be a press conference at the National Press Club next Monday afternoon. Joseph Newman will explain and demonstrates his newest energy machine prototype 1pm Monday, March 28, 2005 - Energy News Conference - DC National Press Club - - NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEMO - Newman Energy Machine News Conference http://www.josephnewman.com Joseph Newman will display/demonstrate his newest energy machine that is a quantum leap above his earlier energy machine technology. As the price of oil escalates, Joseph Newman's energy machine is an inexpensive, non-polluting electromagnetic source for the world's energy needs. This technology provides access to virtually unlimited energy that is abundant, inexpensive, and environmentally-friendly. The Newman energy machine is an electromagnetic motor that runs COOL (unlike ALL conventional motors) and harnesses the elemental forces of the universe in accordance with the 1st Law of Thermodynamics. The Newman energy machine will provide a stable and durable alternative to oil, gas, coal, and nuclear energy sources. This technology will power every automobile, home, appliance, farm, factory, ship, and plane at a FRACTION of the present cost of energy. A worldwide inexpensive energy source will have profound geopolitical implications for the Middle East. -- Bob Allen http://ozarker.org/bob Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves Richard Feynman --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Set up help
Once you have everything set up (and to get there is not altogether a trivial undertaking) ...Here is how I like to do it. I process 100 l batches of Vegoil, a batch at a time. That will fill a drum (55 gal) about halfway, with 20 l of Methylhydroxide added to that. This'll get you a bit less than 100l of BD. So, in order to get the quantity you want (100 gal BD), you'll process about 4 batches a month.You'll be in and out of your production area for a period of 4 to8 days in a month, depends on the timing tricks you come up with. (Wash one batch, preheat WVO in the other tank at the same time, and remove glycerol from the processor, so you do a lot of things in one session) . (In the beginning, you'll be camping out there, more or less.) Now, the reason I do it in 100l batches, is my choice but it makes for simpler math and container sizes that I was able to scrounge. Oil drums are mostly free. Using the links in the Journey To Forever and reading is an absolute MUST. Step 1 make Kitchen quantites...1l jars etc (find a cheap supplier for Methyl alcohol) practice titration, etc see what happens, if Step2 provide Hd and ventilated production area If you already have that, GREAT! Step3 plan and build the production system, scrounge for parts, Journey to forever has lots of systems photographed, people have put an enormous amount of time into showing how they did it, and its free for the taking. Where else do you get this nowadays. Step4 build the system, make BD and refine the process. Above all don't forget that you have a family in the house.The more you automate, the less time you spend in production. Automation is a wide open field. There is such a potential to come up with something no one has thought of before. I also want to mention the pre assembled processors that you can buy, (as listed where? ...Journey to forever, wherelse) these folks deserve every penny for their brainchildren, and if you buy one of those you'll go into BD production in no time, of course, its an investment. Stick with one stage processing, enclose the reactor, think about recuperating Methyl alcohol later on, The foolproof method is not as foolproof as it sounds, it is a two stage process (one of the pitfalls I traipsed into, but I'll be back) ). The planning and preparation of going into production is really what decides your success. Watch the materials you use, many plastics don't stand up. And watch your health. (Mental included) I hope that in paraphrasing what I have learned from you guys I'm not stepping on anyone's toes and if I did I apologize alles klar, Aleks, Greetings, Stephan WM LUKE MATHISEN wrote: I would much rather be in a heated area than a hated area... What I really want to know is how much time would I be spending to produce 100 gal of B100 per month? Luke - Original Message - From: stephan torakmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03/28/2005 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Set up help Hi again No, hating the BD production area won't do, I meant HEATING Sorry. stephan torak wrote: Hi Darryl! Running the generator on SVO seems a good idea, on the other hand, should you get into BD making- Jeep came out with the Liberty CRD - a common rail diesel design, and possibly of interest to you, up there in Montana. Common rail diesels probably won't run on SVO, but they do run on BD. So then, getting into the BD may be what you wantto do. The area that you will use for production should be hated, you'll spend SOME TIME there. And this is another consideration, converting the generator to SVO doesn't take as much time as getting started with BD. Happy planning!Stephan Darryl McMahon wrote: Likely more than you want to know here: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html To make your own, start here. http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#starthttp://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#start (Thank you Keith and Midori.) From: WM LUKE MATHISEN [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:39:14 -0700 Subject:[Biofuel] Set up help Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello out there in biofuel land! I live in Montana near Missoula, off the grid, our primary energy source is solar and our backup is a recently acquired diesel generator, to be precise a 7500 watt Lister Petter, prior to that we used a converted propane generator. We are very happy with the switch to diesel (it reduced our fuel costs by 2/3rds). Every week I
Re: [Biofuel] Where's Keith?
Nice to hear from you again. Dear Mr. Keith, I 've just come to know that you were hospitalied and back on the road to recovery. I pray for yr speedy recovery to normalcy and the good work you have been at. Thankyou! Hindu philosophy says that goodwork done for the community without expecting any return has its own rewards during yr current tenure (life) or the next . I completely agree with that. I also think though that you can find similar beliefs in all philosophies and cultures (though it may take a little digging!). I should say though that my reservations in the previous message are not about returns and rewards but more about what's worth doing and whether some things are more worth doing than others. I've said all this before, I've been saying it for a long time. Running this Biofuel list has been something of a labour of Sisyphus for us at Journey to Forever. We did not expect any reward for it, but it has held us back from doing our other work, also work done for the community without any expectation of reward, but work we felt is more important to us than the Biofuel list is. Journey to Forever is about combating hunger and poverty in a rich world, about sustainability - more important subjects than biofuels. Of course biofuels are a part of that, but it has consumed a quite disproportionate amount of our available time and resources (and still does). This should not be the case - this list should very largely be able to run itself as a self-moderating community without very much input from us. It's shown that it is capable of that, and that it's what most of the members want, but it's erratic. It needs to be able to stand on its own feet. If it still has to depend on me, after all this time, then I must deem it a failure. What takes time? Maintaining and administering the list takes a lot of time, all the invisible stuff nobody sees. I just posted a bunch of news items, which I often do (and so do others), but that doesn't take any time, the stuff arrives of its own accord, I just select and forward it; I'll post a further bunch of stuff from DieselNet a bit later, that doesn't take any time either. But when Pan said I'm needed to make the list dynamic, There is need for your reply of many post here, I don't think he was referring to those posts. I've written a lot of posts on all aspects of sustainability, community self-reliance, appropriate technology and so on, all pertinent to biofuels issues (IMO), and that does take time. And it's what makes it worthwhile from Journey to Forever's point of view. But it just doesn't seem to go anywhere, it doesn't get the ball rolling, very few people ever pick it up and take it further. Yet a lot of people have told me that they really appreciate that input from me. And I suppose it has helped to give the list its scope and character. If I stopped doing it, what would happen? Would the list continue to develop as a forum for discussion of biofuels issues in their true context of global sustainability, or would it degenerate into endless rehashings of where to buy your methanol and what to do with the washwater? Which is all in the archives anyway, many times over. Do we go forward, or do we just go round and round? These are some of the things Pan has said, to which I referred, with which I very much agree, and plenty of others here do too: ... to make our list as uniquely balanced international forum to provide useful solution to rural energy crisis.Surely 2005 or list can do better tthan 2004 , if all of us can spent some time to our group and giving the heping hand. I wish a happy 2005 and look forward exchange of information not only biofuel for rural region , but also our list members projects for ruralization of urban areas, of curse certainly with the useful ecologically sound biofuel projects Read this one: http://wwia.org/pipermail/biofuel/Week-of-Mon-20050124/005235.html [Biofuel] Global poverty ,WSF and Brazil ... The thin posting here, as Keith pointed out , I feel is lack of main subject thread for debate and discussion such as biogas ethanol form biomass, Diesel from wastes. etc We need to depend posts on tecnical subjects and new informations. For example,some thread for debate are: The best way to make methane from solid wates, which are complex subject that need integration of two process composting with bioconversion of methane . But conventional composting will not do the job , then enzymatic one is not practical on as Keith used point out the lab to internationall articall only.What is the best way? We also need here new information flow here ,as our list members are really sleeping. And this: http://wwia.org/pipermail/biofuel/Week-of-Mon-20050207/005726.html [Biofuel] Re: Coconut :FOOD vS FUEL Pan has said a lot about this too: Our biofuel members has the knowlede to jointly develope this small biomass refinary concept
Re: [Biofuel] Bio Willie
It's a hardy perennial - it last came up two years ago, with much amusement over such things as the magical gas pump that never runs out, the wonders of poteen, green cheese, and pickled leprechauns (hence their scarcity), along with an expert opinion that heavier-than-air machines do indeed not fly. I think your advice on wallets might be apt. Whatever happened to Dennis Lee? No disrespect Scott, but you must also be new to thermodynamics. Newman's BS has been around for years, but that's all it is. What is it about magnets that so mystify people? Hmm... another hardy perennial... I do hope we aren't going to have magnets strapped to our fuel lines again. That makes for serious flame wars, judging from past experience. I think I banned them at one stage, didn't I? By popular demand. Best Keith From His webpage: In other words, the revolutionary nature of this system is the fact that Joseph Newman has discovered a new electromagnetic principle of nature and has innovated a technology capable of converting mass (copper coil) into energy (in accordance with E=mc^2) via a highly efficient electromagnetic reaction rather than an inefficient fission reaction. Hold on to you wallet if he is around. Scott wrote: snip Oh, I almost forgot. For those interested in other forms of alternate energy, there will be a press conference at the National Press Club next Monday afternoon. Joseph Newman will explain and demonstrates his newest energy machine prototype 1pm Monday, March 28, 2005 - Energy News Conference - DC National Press Club - - NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEMO - Newman Energy Machine News Conference http://www.josephnewman.com Joseph Newman will display/demonstrate his newest energy machine that is a quantum leap above his earlier energy machine technology. As the price of oil escalates, Joseph Newman's energy machine is an inexpensive, non-polluting electromagnetic source for the world's energy needs. This technology provides access to virtually unlimited energy that is abundant, inexpensive, and environmentally-friendly. The Newman energy machine is an electromagnetic motor that runs COOL (unlike ALL conventional motors) and harnesses the elemental forces of the universe in accordance with the 1st Law of Thermodynamics. The Newman energy machine will provide a stable and durable alternative to oil, gas, coal, and nuclear energy sources. This technology will power every automobile, home, appliance, farm, factory, ship, and plane at a FRACTION of the present cost of energy. A worldwide inexpensive energy source will have profound geopolitical implications for the Middle East. -- Bob Allen http://ozarker.org/bob Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves Richard Feynman --- ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] fuel emissions request
Hello All, Somehow or another I was put on this bioiuel email list (I dont know how) but its great, so thank you to whoever put me on this list. Um, you did - nobody puts anyone on this list except themselves. You applied at the end of January and were asked by the List administration for further details, which you provided, describing your processor on a trailer. But then there was a glitch: your subscription should have gone through immediately but it got stuck in the system somehow, where I discovered it a couple of days ago. A swift kick dislodged it like a cork from a champagne bottle, and here you are. Sorry about that, I'm pleased you're happy about it. Best wishes Keith Addison Journey to Forever KYOTO Pref., Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel list owner For the past 2 years, I have been working on my biodiesel project, as kind of my engineering hobby. Its a fully functional processor trailler mounted with all push-button operations. I am neering the finish of my machine, and hope to work with it and students here at Unity College in Maine (americas env. college) www.unity.edu. I hope next year to get this college to make there own fuel, as we always try to lead by example. For my statistics project this semester, I am trying to figure out if biodiesel either has a significantly less amount of power than diesel fuel, or if biodiesel emits a significantly less amount of toxins. DOES anyone have the data I need to do either of these problems, I cant seem to find anothing on the web? Much thanks and I hope to be able to work with all who are out there to make biodiesel work. Evan Franklin Deputy Chief, Unity Search Rescue, Dispatcher, Operation Game Thief, Unity College, Unity Maine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
RE: [Biofuel] Mapping The Oil Motive
Title: RE: [Biofuel] Mapping The Oil Motive Hi All, I am an environmental scientist by education and my latest research is on sustainable development. As near as I can tell there is no shortage of oil. There may be shortages of production, shortages of distribution but for at least another generation there will be no shortage of oil due to lack of material. Here is the key reasoning. We still have not tapped all the available reserves on land. All the Gulf war stuff is about underdeveloped Iraqi oil and the as yet untouched and shallow (read highly profitable) oil in the Azerbijan region. Oil is produced under oceans. Although we have found most of the terrestrial based oil, it represents only 1/8 the planets surface area. That leaves 7/8 of the planet where we have hardly begun the search for new sources. A recent National Geographic article displayed new technology that was enabling drilling off the continental shelf in water 1500 feet deep. Now oil from that depth won't be cheap but it still will be available. With prices at $57/ barrel it becomes economically feasable to look even deeper. The point and the problem is that there will be no lack of oil. The problem will be from the climate change that is already here and will only worsen as we convert fossilized carbon from solid and liquid from into gaseous carbon dioxide. I recently rewrote a global warming headline, Hemingway turns in his grave as the Snows of Kilamanjaro dissappear from the Earth forever. That's the problem folks. Sincerely, Tom Irwin -Original Message- From: Keith Addison To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 3/29/05 2:28 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Mapping The Oil Motive http://www.tompaine.com/articles/mapping_the_oil_motive.php Mapping The Oil Motive Michael T. Klare March 18, 2005 The Bush administration has publicly advanced a number of reasons for going to war in Iraq, from WMDs to the Iraqi people's need for liberation. Michael Klare reviews the evidence that securing America's source of oil was a decisive factor in the White House's decision to invade-and looks at whether the administration succeeded. Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and the author, most recently, of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan Books) What role did oil play in the U.S. decision to invade Iraq? If oil did play a significant role, what, exactly, did President Bush and his associates hope to accomplish in this regard? To what degree did they succeed? These are questions that will no doubt occupy analysts for many years to come, but that can and should be answered now-as the American people debate the validity of the invasion and Bush administration gears up for a possible war against Iran under circumstances very similar to those prevailing in Iraq in early 2003. In addressing these questions, it should be noted that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was a matter of choice, not of necessity. The United States did not act in response to an aggressive move by a hostile power directed against this country or one of its allies, but rather employed force on its own volition to advance (what the administration viewed as) U.S. national interests. This means that we cannot identify a precipitating action for war, but instead must examine the calculus of costs and benefits that persuaded President Bush to invade Iraq at that particular moment. On one side of this ledger were the disincentives to war: the loss of American lives, the expenditure of vast sums of money and the alienation of America's allies. To outweigh these negatives, and opt for war, would require powerful incentives. But what were they? This is the question that has so bedeviled pundits and analysts since the onset of combat. It is highly doubtful that any one factor tipped the balance toward invasion. A war of choice is rarely precipitated by a single objective, but rather stems from a combination of contributing factors. In this case, many come to mind: legitimate concern over Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction; an inclination to demonstrate the effectiveness of the administration's pre-emptive war doctrine; increased security for Israel; the promotion of democracy in the Middle East; U.S. domination of the Persian Gulf region; and a thirst for Iraqi oil. All of these, and possibly others, are likely to have figured to some degree in the president's decision to invade. What is difficult is to ascertain is how these factors were ranked in the administration's calculus; what we can do, however, is to put them into some sort of context, to show how they formed an overpowering nexus of motives that outweighed the disincentives to war. And here, oil proves essential. The starting point for such an assessment is the locale for this war: the Persian Gulf region, home to two-thirds of the world's known oil
Re: [Biofuel] Where's Keith?
Glad you are better Keith. Anytime you are down and need a quick pick-me-up, ask for an organically produced IV .The resulting look is priceless, and make me feel better. LOL Greg H. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:28 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Where's Keith? Many, many thanks once again for all the kind thoughts, prayers and appreciation, both onlist and off. I'm somewhat overwhelmed, I must say, and somewhat embarrassed too to have been the cause of such a fuss. Anyway, I'm back in action - yes, light duty, as you say Malcolm, for awhile, though that included making a batch of biodiesel today. Light fuel, LOL! Thanks again, dear friends, I'm quite certain that good wishes, prayers or whatever you want to call them can and do help in a very direct way, I've seen it happening before. I'm pleased to be back with you all again. Best wishes, as ever Keith ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] US Ethanol Price
What is the price range and availability of ethanol in the US Florida to be exact? http://www.e85fuel.com/database/search.php ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Secret US plans for Iraq's oil
holy Mackeral! How credible are the sources? --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4354269.stm BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | Secret US plans for Iraq's oil Secret US plans for Iraq's oil by Greg Palast The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC's Newsnight has revealed. Two years ago today - when President George Bush announced US, British and Allied forces would begin to bomb Baghdad - protesters claimed the US had a secret plan for Iraq's oil once Saddam had been conquered. In fact there were two conflicting plans, setting off a hidden policy war between neo-conservatives at the Pentagon, on one side, versus a combination of Big Oil executives and US State Department pragmatists. Big Oil appears to have won. The latest plan, obtained by Newsnight from the US State Department was, we learned, drafted with the help of American oil industry consultants. Insiders told Newsnight that planning began within weeks of Bush's first taking office in 2001, long before the September 11th attack on the US. An Iraqi-born oil industry consultant, Falah Aljibury, says he took part in the secret meetings in California, Washington and the Middle East. He described a State Department plan for a forced coup d'etat. Mr Aljibury himself told Newsnight that he interviewed potential successors to Saddam Hussein on behalf of the Bush administration. Secret sell-off plan The industry-favoured plan was pushed aside by a secret plan, drafted just before the invasion in 2003, which called for the sell-off of all of Iraq's oil fields. The new plan was crafted by neo-conservatives intent on using Iraq's oil to destroy the Opec cartel through massive increases in production above Opec quotas. The sell-off was given the green light in a secret meeting in London headed by Ahmed Chalabi shortly after the US entered Baghdad, according to Robert Ebel. Mr Ebel, a former Energy and CIA oil analyst, now a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, told Newsnight he flew to the London meeting at the request of the State Department. Mr Aljibury, once Ronald Reagan's back-channel to Saddam, claims that plans to sell off Iraq's oil, pushed by the US-installed Governing Council in 2003, helped instigate the insurgency and attacks on US and British occupying forces. Insurgents used this, saying, 'Look, you're losing your country, you're losing your resources to a bunch of wealthy billionaires who want to take you over and make your life miserable,' said Mr Aljibury from his home near San Francisco. We saw an increase in the bombing of oil facilities, pipelines, built on the premise that privatisation is coming. Privatisation blocked by industry Philip Carroll, the former CEO of Shell Oil USA who took control of Iraq's oil production for the US Government a month after the invasion, stalled the sell-off scheme. Mr Carroll told us he made it clear to Paul Bremer, the US occupation chief who arrived in Iraq in May 2003, that: There was to be no privatisation of Iraqi oil resources or facilities while I was involved. Ariel Cohen, of the neo-conservative Heritage Foundation, told Newsnight that an opportunity had been missed to privatise Iraq's oil fields. He advocated the plan as a means to help the US defeat Opec, and said America should have gone ahead with what he called a no-brainer decision. Mr Carroll hit back, telling Newsnight, I would agree with that statement. To privatize would be a no-brainer. It would only be thought about by someone with no brain. New plans, obtained from the State Department by Newsnight and Harper's Magazine under the US Freedom of Information Act, called for creation of a state-owned oil company favoured by the US oil industry. It was completed in January 2004 under the guidance of Amy Jaffe of the James Baker Institute in Texas. Formerly US Secretary of State, Baker is now an attorney representing Exxon-Mobil and the Saudi Arabian government. View segments of Iraq oil plans at www.GregPalast.com Questioned by Newsnight, Ms Jaffe said the oil industry prefers state control of Iraq's oil over a sell-off because it fears a repeat of Russia's energy privatisation. In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, US oil companies were barred from bidding for the reserves. Ms Jaffe says US oil companies are not warm to any plan that would undermine Opec and the current high oil price: I'm not sure that if I'm the chair of an American company, and you put me on a lie detector test, I would say high oil prices are bad for me or my company. The former Shell oil boss agrees. In
Re: [Biofuel] Secret US plans for Iraq's oil
Phillip, It is multiple sources and some of them quite credible. The worst thing is that it is collaborated by real events. In the past, the general view towards Americans was a love/irritation relationship. When I was working in US and decided to move back to Europe. My American friends could not understand it. They claimed that I missed chance, I was an immigrant that US wanted and would encourage to stay and get citizenship. My answer was that despite it is no other place that have so much toys for grown ups, I felt like living on an isolated Island with a dominant population of children. I am today very upset and disturbed. In my life I worked a lot with US and have many dear American friends. George W. Bush, his administration and cohorts, have made my dear friends look like dangerous and corrupted lunatics. I am also very worried, because the love/irritation relationship has been transcended to a hate relationship. Where Americans, women and children often says you do not like me, to get a confirmation on that this is not the case, I have never felt that it was hate. What I see and hear now, is signs of real hate towards the Americans in the rest of the world and it is not promising. I only hope that this will change with the term limitation of George W. Bush and that he will not succeed with a Hitler like coup to prolong his reign. This feeling of an eternal conflict situation, is not good for me and the world. Hakan At 10:45 PM 3/29/2005, you wrote: holy Mackeral! How credible are the sources? --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4354269.stm BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | Secret US plans for Iraq's oil Secret US plans for Iraq's oil by Greg Palast The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC's Newsnight has revealed. Two years ago today - when President George Bush announced US, British and Allied forces would begin to bomb Baghdad - protesters claimed the US had a secret plan for Iraq's oil once Saddam had been conquered. In fact there were two conflicting plans, setting off a hidden policy war between neo-conservatives at the Pentagon, on one side, versus a combination of Big Oil executives and US State Department pragmatists. Big Oil appears to have won. The latest plan, obtained by Newsnight from the US State Department was, we learned, drafted with the help of American oil industry consultants. Insiders told Newsnight that planning began within weeks of Bush's first taking office in 2001, long before the September 11th attack on the US. An Iraqi-born oil industry consultant, Falah Aljibury, says he took part in the secret meetings in California, Washington and the Middle East. He described a State Department plan for a forced coup d'etat. Mr Aljibury himself told Newsnight that he interviewed potential successors to Saddam Hussein on behalf of the Bush administration. Secret sell-off plan The industry-favoured plan was pushed aside by a secret plan, drafted just before the invasion in 2003, which called for the sell-off of all of Iraq's oil fields. The new plan was crafted by neo-conservatives intent on using Iraq's oil to destroy the Opec cartel through massive increases in production above Opec quotas. The sell-off was given the green light in a secret meeting in London headed by Ahmed Chalabi shortly after the US entered Baghdad, according to Robert Ebel. Mr Ebel, a former Energy and CIA oil analyst, now a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, told Newsnight he flew to the London meeting at the request of the State Department. Mr Aljibury, once Ronald Reagan's back-channel to Saddam, claims that plans to sell off Iraq's oil, pushed by the US-installed Governing Council in 2003, helped instigate the insurgency and attacks on US and British occupying forces. Insurgents used this, saying, 'Look, you're losing your country, you're losing your resources to a bunch of wealthy billionaires who want to take you over and make your life miserable,' said Mr Aljibury from his home near San Francisco. We saw an increase in the bombing of oil facilities, pipelines, built on the premise that privatisation is coming. Privatisation blocked by industry Philip Carroll, the former CEO of Shell Oil USA who took control of Iraq's oil production for the US Government a month after the invasion, stalled the sell-off scheme. Mr Carroll told us he made it clear to Paul Bremer, the US occupation chief who arrived in Iraq in May 2003, that: There was to be no privatisation of Iraqi oil resources or facilities while I was involved. Ariel Cohen, of the neo-conservative Heritage Foundation, told Newsnight that an opportunity had been missed to privatise Iraq's oil
