Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Rexis Tree
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Re: [Biofuel] Daniel Kammen on Ethanol

2006-02-02 Thread Don Wells
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Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Tom Irwin
Greetings Zeke and All, " here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which isoften imported from unstable parts of the world" Yes, GWB actuallysaid that on national TV. Yes, this is very confusing Zeke. I remian highly skeptical. At the moment of his lowest credibility he

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Darryl McMahon
I, too, made a point of not watching Bush deliver this speech. I have just read the text. After 47 paragraphs of blather primarily about how the Administration is still winning the War On Terror (trademark), these four show up: Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And

[Biofuel] Nasa scientist censured over greenhouse gas comments

2006-02-02 Thread AltEnergyNetwork
http://www.alternate-energy.net/N/news.php?detail=n1138882168.news NASA Scientist Censured Over Greenhouse Gas Comments Houston, TX - NASA's chief climate scientist James Hansen was quoted by Good Morning America last month as saying that industry was to blame for the record high

Re: [Biofuel] Nasa scientist censured over greenhouse gas comments

2006-02-02 Thread Juan Boveda
Hello All. I have received this week, something related to this from NASA's news service. Best Regards. Juan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01/31/2006 20:15 For:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Earth Observatory: What's New Week of 31

Re: [Biofuel] Nasa scientist censured over greenhouse gas comments

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Addison
NYT article below. See also: http://snipurl.com/m5xz [Biofuel] Search results for 'hansen' --- http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/GlobalWarming/Action.asp Reactions to Climate Change Negotiations and Action - Global Issues Pressuring critics into silence As revealed towards the end of

[Biofuel] Annexing Khuzestan; battle-plans for Iran

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11743.htm Annexing Khuzestan; battle-plans for Iran By Mike Whitney 02/01/06 ICH -- -- In less than 24 hours the Bush administration has won impressive victories on both domestic and foreign policy fronts. At home, the far-right Federalist

Re: [Biofuel] [wastewatts] FYI - US commerical production of diesel motorcycle to start.

2006-02-02 Thread Greg and April
Ok, I found out some more info. Currently, undergoing a final review of Federal and State regulations with regards to commercial motorcycles. 2006 models will be a limited production run of 200, that uses the same engine as the military model. For the limited production models -

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread robert luis rabello
Zeke Yewdall wrote: here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world Yes, GWB actually said that on national TV. Big deal. He says a lot of stuff on TV. We were supposed to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, too.

Re: [Biofuel] Bin Laden citing US polls about withdrawing from Iraq

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11742.htm William Blum, Rogue State An Interview With William Blum, Author Rogue State William Blum, Rogue State, on the author's 2000 book, which was recently cited by Osama bin Laden as one Americans should read. We are faced with the fact that

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Addison
Relatively modest subsidies for 'clean coal,' nuclear, ethanol, solar, and wind, Grist called the proposals. There's nothing there that the usual suspects aren't already investing in. Shell, eg, invests in biomass energy plantations, offshore wind, PVs, and indeed, ethanol from cellulose: 08

[Biofuel] The New Geopolitics - Michael Klare

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Addison
The New Geopolitics The Spanish-American War was an intentional device by which the United States acquired an empire. By Michael Klare The war against Iraq was intended to provide the United States with a dominant position in the Persian Gulf region, and to serve as a springboard for further

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Hakan Falk
I would say that it is a very smart move, all is forgotten about the hydrogen car and the billions that went to the automotive industry. Now they do not have to show what they got for that money. No technical audits, since the direction has changed to something that will be able to achieve,

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Thanks Keith. I knew it was too good to be true -- just caught me off guard for a bit. I am a little suprises his handlers let him say that the US was addicted to oil. Even considering he's good at outright lying, and people forget anything he said within 6 months anyway, that's still a bold

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Jason L Walck
We ARE rebuilding Iraq and Af...At least that's sure what it looked like when I was on the ground in Baghdad and people told me how things were slowly improving and handed us flowers... Just my two cents while trying to get better at BioD :) Jay -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread robert luis rabello
Jason L Walck wrote: We ARE rebuilding Iraq and Af...At least that's sure what it looked like when I was on the ground in Baghdad and people told me how things were slowly improving and handed us flowers... How long ago were you there? How much money was allocated for rebuilding

Re: [Biofuel] Annexing Khuzestan; battle-plans for Iran

2006-02-02 Thread David Miller
Keith Addison wrote: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11743.htm Annexing Khuzestan; battle-plans for Iran By Mike Whitney [snip] The bottom line on the bourse is this; the dollar is underwritten by a national debt that now exceeds $8 trillion dollars and trade deficits

Re: [Biofuel] Annexing Khuzestan; battle-plans for Iran

2006-02-02 Thread Hakan Falk
US is totally in the hands of friendly oil nations, who demands payment in dollar, which means that the whole world have to buy dollar to get oil. Unfortunately, US have no longer a security base for its currency and instead built an enormous foreign debt by imported goods from other

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread John Mullan
OK. There are probably rebuttals further in this thread, and I didn't open them up, but Something tells me that he's finally accepting the final figures for peak oil. Or finally admitting there is a problem. In any case, as long as the 22% is spent wisely this has got to be a good thing.

Re: [Biofuel] [wastewatts] FYI - US commerical production of diesel motorcycle to start.

2006-02-02 Thread Evergreen Solutions
MSR $18,999 ...Wait...what? Someone's kidding, right? ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Addison
From Grist: Bush's quasi-bold pronouncements on oil prompt criticism, backpedaling In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Bush declared that America is addicted to oil and that he would make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past. Within 24 hours, fiasco

Re: [Biofuel] [wastewatts] FYI - US commerical production of dieselmotorcycle to start.

2006-02-02 Thread Greg and April
That's the estimated price for the limited edition model. I don't know if the production model is going to be that price.I would be extremely surprised if the full production model is that pricey, since they are going to have to compete with Royal Enfield bikes already on the US market. I

Re: [Biofuel] Annexing Khuzestan; battle-plans for Iran

2006-02-02 Thread Michael Redler
Hakan wrote:"If you take away the oil trade, the dollar have no base and will collapse totally. US will be called on their enormous foreign debt and since the demand of dollar no longer is there, the whole US economy will collapse with the dollar."Right-on Hakan.It's true on so many

Re: [Biofuel] [wastewatts] FYI - US commerical production of dieselmotorcycle to start.

2006-02-02 Thread Evergreen Solutions
I guess my question is the proverbial why?, with the common sigh associated with the niche market of diesel vehicles in the US. If you can find one for 6k, give me a link please. I'm currently looking for a bike like the old 79cc honda my friend used to have for my girlfriend. And with 11