Dana,
On the following link, there's a paper published by the Sask. Canola
Devleopment Commission about veggie-additives. The researcher is noticeably
conservative with his percentages, however, it's a good read nonetheless.
http://www.scdc.sk.ca/html/rese_fs.html
No matter where you
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Hi Isabel
I heard today that castor beans are an excellent source of biodiesel. Does
anyone know if this is true?
Marilyn
I can't say what the transesterification might affect in castor oil, but
on another list I subscribe to, (clocks) the gentlemen who have cleaned
Maybe some one there can help here as well.
There are or seem to be two thoughts on the growing of Physic
nut/Jatropha Curcas. One is that the Asian variety has a Carcinogenic property
producing cells in skin tissue from contact with the plant or some parts
thereof. The second is that the
Sorry about that - if I want to go over to dark side I think I'd be good
at it, no?
Oh well. NO fear of that!
JJJN wrote:
Sheesh,
Ok jokes on me, (giggle) goodness sakes if it didn't just sound so much
like what Rush or Rove or one of those Preachers for hire would say
though. Should have
Iresearched it - it was feasible from a theoretical point of view - has
anyone tried it?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Isabel
I heard today that castor beans are an excellent source of biodiesel. Does
anyone know if this is true?
Marilyn
Biofuel@sustainablelists.org wrote:
Note: Forwarded
We would be an adjuct to what already exists. I will say that one thing
I would put on a BD advocacy website would be a guide to laws,
federal and local, as well as a How-to on setting up a BD co-op.
Any attorneys on this list?
Kenji James Fuse wrote:
The NBB does do some of this advocacy,
I had wreckers gumming up w/ algae 20 years ago on pure dino diesel.
Keith Addison wrote:
The aspen Times is carrying a story about problems with buses
running on 5% bio diesel mixture.
Is it normal to have your fuel tank etc. clogged up with a green
algae substance, or has it to do with the
Arggh.
I have no illusions that I would be getting anything out of this, much
less a full time paycheck out of this. I already have a job. I own a
business. I do IT consulting for mostly broke non-profits whose causes
I happen to believe in. I could make triple what I make now working for
mandatory
So don't join.
Garth Kim Travis wrote:
Greetings,
So does JTF, I have given money to them. There is a difference between a
voluntary donation and a manditory charge to be a member. I do support
many of the organizations that I work with but when I choose to.
Bright Blessings,
I know. I guess I'm just wondering what I might be getting myself
into. I already have a pet renewable energy group that takes up a huge
amount of time and it seems like all they do is complain I don't do more!
I've lived around DC for years and I know how things work here. If it
was money
I think I lit the fuse on this thread but I'm just glad it is still
burning! :-) I
would also volunteer to run a similar thing here in Canada. Originally
my idea was just a kind of registry on my website which is sponsored by
the university I work for. My idea was that cars registered on my
Hello Keith, Pan and all,
Apologies for my long silence and less than quick responses to some earlier
posts, particularly on abiogenic petroleum, which need further research. I
hope to soon make amends.
It has been pouring whole lakeful(l)s on Chennai this season and the past
week has been one
Joe,
I think there is some merit to this. Certainly a description of the
rules that do exist (and proposed as we become aware of them) for each
jurisdiction with Canada would be useful. It's something I had in mind
for the Ottawa co-op when I lent the greendiesel.com URL to them.
Perhaps we
"stick it to the man"Yes!If people won't participate in government and it results in only half of the electorate picking one of the most powerful political offices in the world,it requires a revolution by those who see the imbalance of power, the epidemic of corruption and nationalist
Joe,
Thanks for the
offer.Would the car registration be limited to Canadian
residents?
Tom
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To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
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Subject: Re: [Biofuel] US Guvmint to tax
alternate
Jatropha is big in India, even Mercedes has a 9000 hectares plot with cultivated Jatropha, in Senegal is D1 from England with 20.000 hectares and in Tanzania there is Tanlapia with 18.000 hectares.Regards, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Iresearched it - it was feasible from a
Excellent Darryl;
Thanks for the post. I'll talk to the alt fuels group here at UW and
see what I can find out about what the research title affords them. I
know the solar car for example does not even require a license to be
driven on the road. I welcome your input from your experience with
No myth, there is a non-edible specie, growing in the tropics in the wild and a edible specie coming from S-America, both are used a lot, the advantage for the non toxic is that the cake can be used to feed the animals, while the toxic one is used for fertilising, and fuel in the form of brickets,
Hi Isabel
Hi Keith
It seems as if you don't think it is a good idea to use Jatropha as
a source to produce bio diesel from?
I think whether it's a good idea or not depends entirely on the
immediate context of where you're planning to grow it. One of the
replies you got warned you against the
Hi Dermot
That's all?? Umph. Hardly worth the effort.
Hi Keith,
Thanks for the reply. I'm puzzled by:
My point is that IF we can tolerate this diet that we should
because it is unethical to kill sentient creatures for no good reason.
ANIMALS HAVE RIGHTS. Just because they are dumb doesn't
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Isabel
I heard today that castor beans are an excellent source of biodiesel. Does
anyone know if this is true?
Marilyn
I can't say what the transesterification might affect in castor oil, but
on another list I subscribe to, (clocks) the gentlemen who have
Hi Isabel
I heard today that castor beans are an excellent source of biodiesel. Does
anyone know if this is true?
Marilyn
Er...
http://snipurl.com/kia1
biofuel - Search results for 'castor'
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Eg:
Brasil is going ahead with great biodiesel project in large scale
production such
I assume your talking about the actual fish meat, not some processed
catfood called tuna which may or may actually include real fish. I'm
not sure where a tuna would get ash, living out in the ocean. Now,
tuna does have alot of mercury, due to being high up on the food chain
-- look at the FDA
Hi Kim
I do give my cats tuna but I give them such a variety of foods and it's
rarely ever just straight.
Right now, at least 2 of my clients are avid hunters, and I have a freezer
full of venison .. just about all the stew meat and ground meat that has
come from at least 4 deer .. I'm not a
robert luis rabello wrote:
Garth Kim Travis wrote:
The question I have is about the theory of tuna and cats. The theory is
that there is an excess amount of ash in tuna and that it can cause renal
failure in middle aged cats. It is not suppose to make any difference if
it was canned
bob allen wrote:
at no small cost I might add. But is the extra cost (science diet)
justified?
I've never known a cat to live as long as she did (I got her when she
was a little over a year old, and she lived with me for 16 years). A
9 kilo bag of Science Diet lasts about a month
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Thanks Pieter for the explanationit explains
Ok, now I'm having to really dig back into my memory here.
There is something like 5 companies that basically control the distribution
of food world wide .. each and every single one of those 5 companies have
pet food subsidiaries.
These companies have contracts to purchase produce directly
Uuugh. Gotta love rendering plants There's one about 50 miles NE
of where I live. Usually the wind blows the other way, but when it
turns around, it stinks...
When we raised rabbits, we would leave the extra parts up on the
hillside after butchering them, and they'd be gone by the next
Marylynn Schmidt wrote:
big snip of relevant background content
Rendering places whole animals and animal parts into a big grinding machine
that actually grinds until it's liquid .. a big pile of brown stinking
liquid that smells for miles and miles around a rendering plant.
Companies
On 11/30/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings Ken
That was a real pleasure to read, thankyou.
You're quite welcome.
Your food shed, that's great! Footprints and food sheds.
I wish I had coined the term but, my best buddy uses the phrase
regularly and I'm pretty sure that he
The branch of this thread concerning Mike Weaver's proposal to start
a paid-membership advocacy group is now closed, see my previous
message. No further discussion on this please.
Thankyou.
Keith Addison
Journey to Forever
KYOTO Pref., Japan
http://journeytoforever.org/
Biofuel list owner
Hello everyone,
I am a novice BD maker and have been lurking on the list for a few
months now. Thanks to you all for lively discussions of useful
topics and actionable information.
On the topic of lobbying efforts and government relations in general,
Keith's cautionary post struck a chord with
Mike
snip
Frankly, I'm amazed at the amount of flak that has shown up from *this*
side of the aisle.
There's no aisle here.
I haven't noticed you contributing anything other than negative comments.
Seems you didn't catch him on a bad day Kim.
What are you trying to say Mike? Kim has
Hello Mike
Sorry I haven't managed to reply to this before now, I really hope
you didn't take my silence as concurrence, because it was anything
but concurrence.
We had another biodiesel seminar here yesterday, two days' hard work
as usual with setting it all up, we've had more people here
Greetings,
I am speaking of the actual fish meat, but when questions the girl who lost
her cat was using a tuna cat food, although she swears it looked and tasted
just like a can of fish. My cat also eats raw rabbit, chicken and emu, but
he does prefer fish. Now I am able to get sardines, in
Thanks Mary Lyn,
I too feed a variety, but mine comes from whatever we are butchering on the
farm. Sir Kitty Kitty is a picky eater. He will not eat pork, goat, or
catfish. No offal, no matter what animal it came from. Eggs only with
cottage cheese, etc. However, I have found that if I
Hello Doug, Isabel,
Edible provenances of Jatropha curcas from Veracruz and Quintana Roo States
of Mexico were investigated by Makkar, Becker and Schmook of the University of
Hohenheim and found to be non toxic to humans after roasting. Phorbol esters,
the major toxic constituents of
Does anyone see anything positive on the right?Mike __ Cuts to Clean Water State Revolving Fund (amount the state will lose after taking inflation into account)Source: http://www.nationalpriorities.org/ Alabama -$3,277,000
From: robert luis rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:57:35 -0800
Marylynn Schmidt wrote:
So, to play devil's advocate (or maybe God's advocate, depending on
your point of view) for a moment: What would be the problem with a
Greetings,
Actually 20 to 25 is closer to normal for a cat to live except in case of
accident. I have a friend whose old cat is now 28, but he is old.
Animals that live in the wild and dine on the sick and diseased prey, do
sometimes die from what made their prey sick. One of my dogs is half
Marylynn Schmidt wrote:
A PREY ANIMAL THAT IS KILLED BY A PREDATOR WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE A SICK
ANIMAL .. IT COULD BE YOUNG .. IT COULD BE OLD .. IT COULD BE INJURED.
IF, ON OCCASION EATING A SICK ANIMAL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE
WOULD HAVE A GREAT LASTING EFFECT IF
First I need to explain something very important to me.
I read a variety of publications from a variety of different lists covering
a variety of different fields .. these fields, naturally are the fields that
are of interest to me.
My own personal opinion is that when I see and hear different
Just got a Britelyt today. Haven't been able to get it to light on BD
but I think it may be due to the fuel being too cold. Will report back
if I get it going.
Ken Dunn wrote:
What is everyone using as a heat source for preheating? I'm thinking
about buying the BriteLyt mentioned on JtF.
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From: robert luis rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 18:56
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Marylynn Schmidt wrote:
HOW MANY MACDONALDS HAMBURGERS HAS THE AVERAGE
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