Re: [Biofuel] Absolute ethanol

2005-11-23 Thread francisco j burgos
Dear Mr. Bob Allen: I agree 100% with you. Thanks again. Mr. F.j. Burgos - Original Message - From: bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Absolute ethanol Francisco, there is still some 4 or 5 %

Re: [Biofuel] modified sine and sine wave inverters

2005-11-23 Thread Peter Martin
Hopefully you got a straight answer by now! If you know what a sine wave is, then the modified one could be described as a series of varying amplitute pulses that approximate the shape of a sine wave. Mike Weaver wrote: Cheap junky inverter vs. good inverter, not to put too fine a point on

Re: [Biofuel] The bad news about Biodiesel

2005-11-23 Thread Evergreen Solutions
Unless I completely misunderstand some things, it should be very possible to get a good complete reaction in around 3 hrs. Using sulfuric, centrifuges, and mostly clean or pre-titrated wvo. Now, a better question in my mind is this: Who is going to make the bigger splash: those people inviting

Re: [Biofuel] modified sine and sine wave inverters

2005-11-23 Thread Peter Martin
Sorry, I didn't catch all the previous thread! Any of you have experience with just having a modified sine wave powering computer equipment? My immediate goal, if it doesn't cost too much!, is to have an inverter powered from the battery with a charger to the grid. Mainly to provide a kind of

Re: [Biofuel] Absolute ethanol

2005-11-23 Thread francisco j burgos
Dear Mr Ken Provost: No, it does smell gasoline in it. My results have been a disaster. Thanks, Mr. F.J. Burgos - Original Message - From: Ken Provost To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Absolute

Re: [Biofuel] The bad news about Biodiesel

2005-11-23 Thread Sten Armstrong
and other bad news: Forests paying the price for biofuelshttp://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18825265.400feedId=online-news_rss20http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18825265.400feedId=online-news_rss20 * 22 November 2005 * NewScientist.com news service * Fred PearceTHE drive for

[Biofuel] The bad news about Biodiesel

2005-11-23 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Jim See below... I saw an article in the Trader's Dispatch ( an agricultural paper printed in Valier Montana) that made me wonder who will win the race. First some background: The paper showed a vendor of one of these super duper biodiesel automatic generators showing a crowd that included

Re: [Biofuel] reillo burner - was Re: Greenpeace: EU ready to lead etc.

2005-11-23 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Damian Hi Keith, am working reillo burner and have report, Thankyou! what best way to send to yourself? mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] But please, Damian, there are better ways of posting a new message than hitting reply to a two-month old previous message, and if you're

Re: [Biofuel] Testing for phosphorus content

2005-11-23 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Jim I think they will work as they would with soil. I used one this Spring, You add the Soil to one line (Oil in this case) then water to the next Line Shake and dip the strip just like ph Strips. the water is to dissolve the phosphorus from the soil for testing. That's the bit I doubt,

[Biofuel] Big oil has crude designs on Iraq wealth - report

2005-11-23 Thread Keith Addison
http://snipurl.com/k5yp Big oil has crude designs on Iraq wealth - report By Reuters 11/22/05 -- -- LONDON (Reuters) - Big oil firms may rob Iraq of billions and grab control of its oilfields unless ordinary Iraqis can have a greater say in how their country's riches are tapped, U.S. and

[Biofuel] U.N.: More Hungry in Africa Than in '90s

2005-11-23 Thread Keith Addison
http://snipurl.com/k5av The Joplin Globe - Online Edition Nov 22, 8:13 PM EST U.N.: More Hungry in Africa Than in '90s By MARIA SANMINIATELLI Associated Press Writer ROME (AP) -- Hunger and malnutrition kill nearly 6 million children a year, and more people are malnourished in sub-Saharan

[Biofuel] Venezuela to sell heating oil in U.S. at discount prices

2005-11-23 Thread Keith Addison
http://snipurl.com/k5z2 Times Transcript | International Business As published on page B3 on November 21, 2005 Venezuela to sell heating oil in U.S. at discount prices CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela will soon begin selling heating oil to the poor at discount prices to communities in

[Biofuel] How a White House Cabal Hijacked U.S. Foreign Policy

2005-11-23 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1.htm Explosive Interview: Colin Powell's Former Chief of Staff Col. Wilkerson on Prewar Intel, Murder and Torture How a White House Cabal Hijacked U.S. Foreign Policy Broadcast - 11/22/05 In the interview, Wilkerson discusses what he calls

[Biofuel] Exclusive: Bush Plot To Bomb His Arab Ally

2005-11-23 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2.htm Exclusive: Bush Plot To Bomb His Arab Ally Madness of war memo By Kevin Maguire And Andy Lines 11/22/05 The Mirror -- -- PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, a Top Secret No 10 memo reveals.

[Biofuel] OT Amazing animation

2005-11-23 Thread Kirk McLoren
http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1132485933/RockFishA bit off topic but amazing enough that I wanted you to know about it. Pixar watch out!I hope we see more of them soonKirk Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

Re: [Biofuel] modified sine and sine wave inverters

2005-11-23 Thread Paul S Cantrell
Peter, Since everything inside your computer is DC, you might think about changing the power supply on it to DC/DC rather than the AC/DC power supply you have now. You would need a constant DC source, but would eliminate the inverter and the losses going from DC to AC to DC. They are available

Re: [Biofuel] Exclusive: Bush Plot To Bomb His Arab Ally

2005-11-23 Thread Appal Energy
Lovely. Absolutely lovely. If this proves to be true, then we unequivocally have a mad man loose in the White House who shouldn't be left alone to his own thoughts for one moment for the duration of his term of office. That or stack it on the list of evidence, circumstantial or otherwise, for

Re: [Biofuel] The bad news about Biodiesel

2005-11-23 Thread John Hayes
Sten Armstrong wrote: and other bad news: Forests paying the price for biofuels http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18825265.400feedId=online-news * 22 November 2005 * NewScientist.com news service * Fred Pearce THE drive for green energy in the developed world is having the

Re: [Biofuel] Exclusive: Bush Plot To Bomb His Arab Ally

2005-11-23 Thread Michael Jones
And I feel sorry for anyone who believes this.Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2.htmExclusive: Bush Plot To Bomb His Arab AllyMadness of war memoBy Kevin Maguire And Andy Lines11/22/05 "The Mirror" -- -- PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab

Re: [Biofuel] modified sine and sine wave inverters

2005-11-23 Thread Mike Montour
On 22-Nov-05, at 5:47 PM, Peter Martin wrote: Sorry, I didn't catch all the previous thread! Any of you have experience with just having a modified sine wave powering computer equipment? Anything that uses a switching power supply should be OK, because the first thing it does with the

[Biofuel] How a White House Cabal Hijacked U.S. Foreign

2005-11-23 Thread Andy Karpay
Keith- It does my heart good seeing you referring to Amy Goodman, and her excellent reporting on Democracy Now. That entire transcript can be read, or streamed at www.democracynow.org along with additional good info. By the way, Today Maxine Waters discussed how the Col. Was forgetful

[Biofuel] THE RISE OF AMERICA'S NEW ENEMY

2005-11-23 Thread bmolloy
Hi All, Forget Iraq, take a look at what John Pilger sees happening justsouth of the border. Regards, Bob. THE RISE OF AMERICA'S NEW ENEMY I was dropped at Paradiso, the last middle-class area before barrio La Vega, which spills into a ravine as if by the force of gravity. Storms were

[Biofuel] Nikola Tesla, The Master of Lightning

2005-11-23 Thread Rexis Tree
http://www.uncletaz.com/library/scimath/tesla/teslacar.html Facinating, we had an era of electric car in the pass. Nikola Tesla is the reason we are using AC power today. He invented an electric car power source that require no charging and can power an 80hp car to 90 mph.

Re: [Biofuel] Exclusive: Bush Plot To Bomb His Arab Ally

2005-11-23 Thread Walker Bennett
Title: Message The source has been documented and the "leaker" of the minutes has been arrested and is awaiting arraignment. What are you, Republican? Walker Bennett Sedona, Arizona "I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them." --Isaac Asimov My personal homepage My writing portfolio

Re: [Biofuel] truckers choose hydrogen power

2005-11-23 Thread William Adams
Hi David, Actually, the situation is ten-fold worse than you indicate. There is a ten-fold error in your calculation: to wit, 30hr * 60 min/hr * 60 sec/min = 108,000 sec (not 10,800). This reduces the hydrogen content in the airstream to .009% v/v, not .09% - making hydrogen a truly miracle

[Biofuel] well

2005-11-23 Thread Chip Mefford
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[Biofuel] ethanol distillation

2005-11-23 Thread Jonathan Schearer
I have a question for the group. Would a water distiller like the kind found at www.waterdistiller.com be similar to an alcohol still? Usually an alcohol still has a column and uses water as the coolant for the condenser. These water distillers use a coil that is air cooled. Yahoo! Music

Re: [Biofuel] Nikola Tesla, The Master of Lightning

2005-11-23 Thread bob allen
Rexis Tree wrote: http://www.uncletaz.com/library/scimath/tesla/teslacar.html Facinating, we had an era of electric car in the pass. Nikola Tesla is the reason we are using AC power today. He invented an electric car power source that require no charging and can power an 80hp car to 90

Re: [Biofuel] Nikola Tesla, The Master of Lightning

2005-11-23 Thread Ken Riznyk
Tesla was a little nutzo. He spent years trying to transmit electricity through the air like radio waves. He invented the Tesla coil and the Tesla turbine. I think if you link up Turk's waste oil burner with the Tesla turbine you could have a winner. Ken --- bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Biofuel] ethanol distillation

2005-11-23 Thread Ken Riznyk
Don't think so. The purpose of distilling alcohol is usually to separate it from water. The boiling point of alcohol is close to that of water so the temperature of the vessel and cooling column is critical. When water is distilled it is usually separated from salts and other contaminants. The

[Biofuel] The bad news about Biodiesel

2005-11-23 Thread john owens
What I would like to know is why these big biodiesel companys in europe that are sabose to be ahead inthe biodiesel industryhaven't started using algae to produce biodiesel. This is taken from wikipedia biodiesel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel The production of algae to harvest oil for