Re: [Biofuel] vehicle tracking - pilot project now federally funded

2005-12-08 Thread Evergreen Solutions
As someone who has recently quit working for a certain, large digital communications company, I can tell you that if you're using a cell phone made after Jan. 1, 2003, they can already do this to ya. We sold packages to individuals (bosses, parents, etc.) that allowed users to log into their

Re: [Biofuel] vehicle tracking - pilot project now federally funded

2005-12-08 Thread Mike Weaver
Most new cars have a chip in them that can report pretty much everything the car does - like a black box flight recorder. Another reason to have an old 300D! Michael Redler wrote: Thanks Kirk. I will distribute as widely as I can! Dubya still has some political capital (as he likes to

Re: [Biofuel] vehicle tracking - pilot project now federally funded

2005-12-08 Thread Michael Redler
We can be tracked by cell phones, closed circuit TV cameras on city streets and soon I suspect,national ID cards under the REAL ID act. It's the legislation behind the technology that concerns me. After all, You don't need advanced technology to track someone. You only need someone with a

Re: [Biofuel] new subject line!!! was ... Overvaccinating Pets Kills and Injures

2005-12-08 Thread bob allen
Appal Energy wrote: Bob, It's a speed bump at best, as are all vaccines. Some are more effective than others. We certainly haven't eradicated any maladies, despite many proclamations to the contrary over the decades. global small pox and almost global polio? Lest we forget, the

Re: [Biofuel] Composting Glycerin by-product

2005-12-08 Thread Joe Street
Since as Todd pointed out glycerol is nothing more than a simple sugar, and since yeasts like sugars, cogito ergo vinto..what about fermentation? If methanogens can digest the stuff perhaps yeast? Joe Appal Energy wrote: Robert Carr, You'll have to clarify a bit more precisely what

Re: [Biofuel] I'm not a veterinarian, but I play one on the Internet was Concerning Rabies Vaccinations

2005-12-08 Thread Mike Weaver
Yup. It looks like we completely disagree. It happens (true). As an Internet veterinarian (false), I diagnose myself as suffering from mental incapacitation due to methanol fumes. (Maybe true) Childish? You've got me there. Ask anyone who knows me.(true) Time for this thread to be over?

Re: [Biofuel] Pump size

2005-12-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Joe How come you're so metrically challenged? You're a Canadian, not an American, no? Cross-border pollution by sheer osmosis? LOL! Hi all; I looked in the archives for info on pump size recommendations. I found a few messages relating to the clear water pump but what I am after is does

[Biofuel] WVO candles

2005-12-08 Thread Keith Addison
Midori's sitting at the table with 10 brightly burning candles she just made out of WVO, a pretty enough sight. We're doing a project with a science teacher tomorrow, taking some extra trouble because it's the local school. The kids brought used cooking oil (tempura oil) from their kitchens at

Re: [Biofuel] Preheating heat source - BriteLyt? Petromax

2005-12-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Mike I'm puzzled. We use 100% biodiesel in this stove, a standard kerosene pressure stove from India: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor10.html#stove It's just the same as all the other pressure stoves and blowtorches I've used, Primus and so on, and pressure lanterns (I had an

Re: [Biofuel] Composting Glycerin by-product

2005-12-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Bob Hi all, I have decided to go the composting route to dispose of my glycerin by-product, but I want to combine this process with at least one other. I plan to dispose of garden waste, household compostibles and glycerin b-p together, but want to get another usable or saleable by

Re: [Biofuel] vehicle tracking - pilot project now federally funded

2005-12-08 Thread Joe Street
Well as someone who has worked for a couple of high technology companies with secret military contracts I can vouch for the accuracy of your speculations on the resolution of information which can be gathered. This is why I chuckle when anyone talks about the "WMD" and claims that

Re: [Biofuel] WVO candles

2005-12-08 Thread radema
K More Christmas trees than Christians, how eloquent! Rad -- Original Message -- From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 23:21:55 +0900 Midori's sitting at the table with 10 brightly burning

[Biofuel] The Second Superpower Rears its Beautiful Head

2005-12-08 Thread Michael Redler
The Second Superpower Rears its Beautiful Head http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/jmoore/secondsuperpower.html As the United States government becomes more belligerent in using its power in the world, many people are longing for a “second superpower” that can keep the US in check.

[Biofuel] vehicle/people tracking

2005-12-08 Thread Alt.EnergyNetwork
Wide spread tracking of people, vehicles and products will be everywhere within a few years. RFID chips will soon be embedded in all product packaging. Pet chipping ID becoming popular over the past several years has just been approved for humans. Other tech either being implimented or

Re: [Biofuel] Preheating heat source - BriteLyt? Petromax

2005-12-08 Thread Mike Weaver
Greetings Keith, I'm going to try it on kerosene and if that works I'll know it's not the stove. I have heard from some other Petromax owners that there may have been a bad batch of stoves. This one does have a bad pressure gauge. I will call Britelyt and see what they say. The BD I put in

Re: [Biofuel] Composting Glycerin by-product

2005-12-08 Thread bob allen
Joe Street wrote: Since as Todd pointed out glycerol is nothing more than a simple sugar, and since yeasts like sugars, cogito ergo vinto..what about fermentation? If methanogens can digest the stuff perhaps yeast? the usual bugs for alcohol fermentation will not use glycerin as a

Re: [Biofuel] new subject line!!! was ... Overvaccinating Pets Kills and Injures

2005-12-08 Thread Appal Energy
Bob, You've surely noticed by now that I'm somewhat of a literalist. Yes, there are nuances to everything which can dampen the literal. But for claims of eradication to exist in the literal sense, that would mean no stores, no inventories, no weapons, no stockpiles and no incidents in the

Re: [Biofuel] Composting Glycerin by-product

2005-12-08 Thread Appal Energy
Joe, Glycerol has been converted to ethanol using botulinum toxin. None too sure that I'd care to pursue that at the shade tree or micro-commercial level. Todd Swearingen Since as Todd pointed out glycerol is nothing more than a simple sugar, and since yeasts like sugars, cogito ergo

Re: [Biofuel] new subject line!!! was ... Overvaccinating Pets Kills and Injures

2005-12-08 Thread bob allen
Todd, you are repeating yourself and to be honest it is both tedious and boring. toodles Appal Energy wrote: Bob, You've surely noticed by now that I'm somewhat of a literalist. Yes, there are nuances to everything which can dampen the literal. But for claims of eradication to exist in

Re: [Biofuel] new subject line!!! was ... Overvaccinating Pets Kills and Injures

2005-12-08 Thread Appal Energy
Well Bob, that's certainly one way to avoid addressing an incongruity. It's a darned good thing that there's a second ball around here so that when you take yours and go home the rest of the world doesn't have to stop. May poles for you and back to work for me. Todd Swearingen Todd, you are

Re: [Biofuel] The Second Superpower Rears its Beautiful Head

2005-12-08 Thread lres1
Perhaps the new super power is in and around us already with fledgling engineering and technology societies/groups. Most of modern living/sustainability is being sought by such people in large numbers. Take this group as being part of the whole and add many more such orientated

Re: [Biofuel] WVO candles

2005-12-08 Thread Greg and April
It isn't Stearin is it? Greg H. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:21 Subject: [Biofuel] WVO candles There's a product you can buy here in any supermarket, cheap, a white powder claimed

Re: [Biofuel] Composting Glycerin by-product

2005-12-08 Thread ASR BIOTEC
Municipal Solid waster to alcohol via acid hydrolysis and fermentation. Can any of you throw more light with references and examples?? htmlDIV PFONT color=#ccSTRONGDr. Seetharam Annadana /STRONG/FONTBRFONT color=#006600STRONGCONSULTING BIOTECHNOLOGISTnbsp;/STRONG/FONTBR71/2, 21st A Main,

Re: [Biofuel] WVO candles

2005-12-08 Thread Paul S Cantrell
Keith, How do the candles smell? like french fries? ;-) Sounds like Castor wax (Hydrogenated Castor Oil) if it is a powder and claims to be 100% castor oil. Here is a link I found in the Household Products dB: http://tinyurl.com/8lyey On 12/8/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Biofuel] Price of methanol jumps

2005-12-08 Thread Joe Street
I got a shock when I went down to the local Canadian Tire store to pick up a 4 liter jug of methanol. The price was nearly double what it was in the summer. Price is still the same at the chemical supplier I normally go to for bulk but it was not possible to get down there so I thought I

Re: [Biofuel] Preheating heat source - BriteLyt? Petromax

2005-12-08 Thread Keith Addison
Greetings Mike Greetings Keith, I'm going to try it on kerosene and if that works I'll know it's not the stove. I have heard from some other Petromax owners that there may have been a bad batch of stoves. This one does have a bad pressure gauge. I will call Britelyt and see what they say.

[Biofuel] homogenizer

2005-12-08 Thread fresheggs141
its my understanding that a milk homogenizer breaks up the fat molecules in cream. if wvo or finished bd were run through one of these could it possibly have the effect of winterizing the fuel? has anyone ever tried this? ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] Price of methanol jumps

2005-12-08 Thread JJJN
I just placed an order for it in bulk 254 Gallons (961 Liters) and the price went down a bit from what I was Quoted prior 2.39 Gallon 0.63 a liter (US). was a few cents more. Jim Joe Street wrote: I got a shock when I went down to the local Canadian Tire store to pick up a 4 liter jug of

Re: [Biofuel] Pump size

2005-12-08 Thread JJJN
Hi Joe, The Clearwater Model 01479 is rated at 330 gallons per hour or 1249 Liters per Hour when it has to lift Water no more than 0 foot before expelling it. It will lift water as much as 10 feet but you can expect the GPH or LPH to drop exponentially when you approach that much lift.. It