I live in the UK and want to start making my own
biodiesel. The recipes I've seen generally come from the US and contain
products that I cant find over in the UK. Does anybody know where to get
the UK alternatives from? I'd be glad of the recipe and any tips etc to
start me on my project.
Hi John,
The Low Impact Living Initiative (see http://www.lowimpact.org.uk for
their site) has recently published a book called How to Make Biodiesel
which I received about two weeks ago (you can order it from their website
for £8.95). As well as procedures, equipment lists etc, it also
Frank,
Sweden have a higher living standard than US, according to statistics. I am
not suggesting that it is a direct relationship between happiness and
living standard, as it is between happiness and dumbness. Why I say this,
is because the first I will hear when I say this, is something
Hello John, welcome
I live in the UK and want to start making my own biodiesel. The
recipes I've seen generally come from the US
No they don't, not if it's the Journey to Forever website you've been
looking at. Mike Pelly's does, but not the others.
and contain products that I cant find
Hello Sam
Hi John,
The Low Impact Living Initiative (see http://www.lowimpact.org.uk
for their site) has recently published a book called How to Make
Biodiesel which I received about two weeks ago (you can order it
from their website for £8.95). As well as procedures, equipment
lists
Hi Chris
Gearing may be through a trans or torque converter
belt drive (snowmobile) I have a Norton Commando basket case with a tranny
(these bikes were not "unit" engines, the trans is seperate)I imagine using a
smaller bike such as Honda 350cc or so.There areseveral bike shops
nearby who
Sweden have a higher living standard than US, according to statistics.
I am
not suggesting that it is a direct relationship between happiness and
living standard, as it is between happiness and dumbness. Why I say
this,
is because the first I will hear when I say this, is something about
You can buy Methanol from Jenny chem 01634 290770 and b Q do NaOh granuals. Have a look on uk chemical supply sites sum only deliver if you are a business so be prepared.
Myke.John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I live in the UK and want to start making my own biodiesel. The recipes I've seen
Snip.
high suicide rate is well compensated by the lower accident rate among
Swedes and longer life expectancy.
Beer is around $10 a pint and spirits up to $50 no wonder the suicide
rate is so high. Chris.
Wessex Ferret Club (http://www.wessexferretclub.co.uk)
Yes, but a lot
and accident rate so low. -:)
Hakan
At 01:09 PM 7/6/2005, you wrote:
Sweden have a higher living standard than US, according to statistics.
I am
not suggesting that it is a direct relationship between happiness and
living standard, as it is between happiness and dumbness. Why I say
this,
is
Brent,
First we've heard of adding methanol to break an emulsion. But then
again, anything hydrophillic, if it works. Congratulations.
You are aware, however, that methanol boils at 145*F? You were very
close to having instantaneous vaporization when you added it. Hopefully
you're
Hi Chris;
<>Granted a mature forest supports a
<>different ecology than a second growth but
for instance studies have
<>shown that there is more food for bears in
a clearcut zone than there is
in a mature forest.
i don't see the relevance of
Hello Dennis, welcome
I am in the process of doing the same in Belize, Central America. I
have some land and want to grow Jatropha and encourage the local
people to grow it as a cash crop to help the local economy and ease
the high price of fuel there.
Why jatropha? Better to use crops the
Skipperx wrote:
Dear Ethanol users,
The below information (re: modifications to car to run on ethanol) is
incorrect in my experience. I live in Brazil and I export conversion kit
(petrol to ethanol) to Australia. Kits in Australia are being used in
both vehicles manufactured by both Holden
"Can you tell us the solution?" and "I you have any viable real world solutions lets hear it." tells me that you've missed the point.
If you are the president of the United States and you're going to sell an alternative energy idea to your country, don't serve it to them half baked.My original
Joe,
Only a couple of complementary things,
The Elk an Moose also like clear cut, but they are very bad for
forest management. They eat the top of the newly planted trees.
Clear cuts are also bad, since it often result in that the top soil
is washed down the streams and over fertilize them.
Thanks to a post at TDIclub, I discovered that Pimentel has released yet
another report on ethanol. Looking at the dates below, he's a month
ahead of schedule this year.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July05/ethanol.toocostly.ssl.html
I you have any viable real world solutions lets
hear it.
Excuse me while I put my jack boots on
How about we hijack the mainstream media and start brainwashing people
with the notion that life is not about immediate gratification. (Don't
expect the sheeple of
All that having been said, Pimental is right that soy
and corn alone cannot replace our petroleum addiction
Essentially, soybeans are not grown for their oil value. They're grown
for the feed value, whether human destined or livestock. The oil is more
a co-product, almost waste product in
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-31595-201-1-DO_TOPIC
International Development Research Centre
WASTEWATER USE IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
Confronting the Livelihood and Environmental Realities
Book(s) 8 of 180
WASTEWATER USE IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
Confronting the Livelihood and Environmental Realities
Hi Hakan
Joe,
Only a couple of complementary things,
The Elk an Moose also like clear cut, but they are very bad for
forest management. They eat the top of the newly planted trees.
Clear cuts are also bad, since it often result in that the top soil
is washed down the streams and over
Hello Joe, Chris
Hi Chris;
Granted a mature forest supports a
different ecology than a second growth but for instance studies have
shown that there is more food for bears in a clearcut zone than there is
in a mature forest.
i don't see the relevance of this. you could make the same
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-80492-201-1-DO_TOPIC
International Development Research Centre
Partnerships to Success -- International Model Forest Network
Secretariat Celebrates 10 Years at IDRC
The International Model Forest Network Secretariat (IMFNS) has much
to celebrate after a decade: a
Hi Hakan;
100% in agreement with all of that. Clearcutting IS bad, I thought I
made that distinction. It is also true that clearcutting does not hurt
bears or elk. Selective cutting and even the use of helicopters to
remove the odd massive tree are being used which is normally cost
Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Reduce the meat centered diet to one that treats meat as a delicacy rather
than a mainstay and vast acreages could be diverted to liquid fuel
production and cellulosic ethanol production rather than feed meal.
Interesting thought (basically the same
Thanks for the info and the links, Keith. I have been looking for the
right word to do web searches with. Agroforestry. Since web searches
are word-based, it is important to use the right word to find the right
info.
Richard
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Hello Rich
I think that trees are a
Hello John
Thanks to a post at TDIclub, I discovered that Pimentel has released
yet another report on ethanol. Looking at the dates below, he's a
month ahead of schedule this year.
You're right John, every year I have to do an update on it at our website:
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Ken Dunn wrote:
Interesting thought (basically the same reason that I gave up meat 6 years
ago), I am curious how many American meat-eaters would give up the habit if it
ever came down having your choice between meat or energy but not both.
The problem is not meat, per se, it's the manner
Hello again Joe
I you have any viable real world solutions lets hear it.
Excuse me while I put my jack boots on
How about we hijack the mainstream media and start brainwashing
people with the notion that life is not about immediate
gratification. (Don't expect the sheeple of
I'm a
nice guy - no flame suit required, but I see no real
answers...
I hate
feeding our enemies as much as anybody.What was the solution?
World
government? That's a little scary, and the UN is a disaster.
It
takes energy to keep this many people alive in the world. The question is how
I would really like to run my truck on ethanol, if
the legal issues can be worked out.
Robert, what legal issues are you talking about? I am in america, so I don't
think there will be any issues for me, but what are you coming across?
How would you increase the compression? And in doing so,
A new process developed by the University of Wisconsin was posted on this
board a while back (it's in the archives.) The process talks about green
diesel and using the entire feedstock instead of just the fatty acids.
I don't know the feasability of making this process a commercially accepted
Hello Ryan
A new process developed by the University of Wisconsin was posted on
this board a while back (it's in the archives.) The process talks
about green diesel and using the entire feedstock instead of just
the fatty acids.
I don't know the feasability of making this process a
robert luis rabello wrote:
YOU can obtain a distillation permit from the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms to distill your own ethanol. There is no such
provision in Canada for individuals. I'm trying to do this through my
business right now, but the people at Revenue Canada
There's many trains of thought on this,
Crop rotation is very important, there's a whole growing cycle that if used
correctly increases
soil fertility year on year.
In new Zealand, we typically just feed our animals grass, with perhaps
additional fodder
such as corn waste or some of the root
Trees are renewable and the lumber industry now replants more
trees than it takes.
The only problem with repanting trees, period, that
i'm shocked no one has mentioned (unless i missed it), is that the earth in a
particular area can only support 4-5 generations of trees before the soil is
Ken,
I am curious, what do you eat if you don't eat meat. I have been attempting
to give up beef. Mostly because a good friend of mine runs a testing lab at
a beef plant in Colorado. The things he tells me makes me not want beef
anymore. Especially when he talks about mad cow. I don't
I'm not Ken, but I've been a vegetarian for over a
year now. I just got back some blood work from the doctor and found not only
weremy iron and protein levels normal, but I actually had a lot more of
each than a normal person! I'm perfectly healthy and I didn't read any books or
get any
Hello Ken
Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Meat is most certainly a sustainable food source. More than that,
there is no sustainable way to maintain and renew soil fertility for
crop growth without raising animals too. Nature never attempts it,
and Man's attempts are doomed to failure
First of all anyone running these flextek thingys on a 97 S-10
pickup with a 2.2 liter 4 cylinder... gm made the ones after 2000 fun on
e85 but i would love to be able to run e-85 in my 97 s-10 as it is
avalable locally at quite a bit less than regular gas
From what i have heard from
Chris,
I am not sure of what you say, nor what background you have to say it. .
The traditional and correct forest management is based on continuos
cleaning and selective harvesting. The only base for an agricultural type
of replanting and harvesting is the clear cutting, which only been
Sorry to butt in on your question, but I've eaten a (mostly)
vegetarian diet since about 1970. The key to avoiding protein
deficiency is to eat grains in combination with legumes. (Brown rice
and black beans are a personal favorite.) Eating a wide variety of
foods is essential, especially
Ryan,
As I mentioned, I gave up meat and dairy because of environmental
reasons - as mentioned before not because meat is bad but, because the
primary method by which it is raised in the U.S. is bad. I don't have a
single ethical issue with eating meat. I actually like it quite a bit.
Be
Nitrogen-fixing trees. Nitrogen, is that part of soil nutrients?
http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory4.html
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Trees are renewable and the lumber industry now
replants more trees than it takes.
The only problem with repanting
trees, period,
Keith,
Your make many points that give me reason for pause. However, I can
wait for someone else to do something about the problems that exist or I
can do something myself - done! The majority of U.S. citizens will
continue to eat meat and larger quantities than responsible and probably
of
my favorite part waswhere he mentions"harnessing greenhouse gasses". harness them for what?
is this yet another"bubba-ism", or something very orwellian disguised as one?
-chris b.-Original Message-From: Michael Redler [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Tue, 5 Jul
FWIW - My cat drinks milk from cows.
Derek
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From: Ken Dunn - CountyEarth.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Keith,
Your make many points that give me reason for pause. However, I can
wait for someone else to do something about the problems that
Ken Dunn - CountyEarth.com wrote:
A point of interest, though, I don't know of any animal aside from
humans that consume the milk of another animal, though, I'm sure there
probably is at least one. Can someone name one?
I have cats that like goat milk. Dogs will drink just about
Hi Joe
Possibly I am blinded by fear mongering and misinformation by folks
like David Suzuki. Could you please provide me with some examples and
evidence of this misinformation. Here is a link to the David Suzuki
Foundation.. http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Forests/Solutions/
Maybe I have
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