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

2006-02-03 Thread Tom Irwin
Hello Hakan and All, Thank you for the explanation. I had wondered for many years how the U.S. was able to maintain such large trade imbalances. Will there not be a huge econonic downturn globally if the U.S. economy fails? Who is going to buy all those gadgets and other products. A drop in

[Biofuel] The Failure Of Chemical Regulation: The Case Of Mercury

2006-02-03 Thread Keith Addison
From: Rachel's Democracy Health News #840, Feb. 2, 2006 The Failure Of Chemical Regulation: The Case Of Mercury By Peter Montague Mercury pollution offers us a well-lit window into the failed system of chemical regulation in the U.S. Mercury was discovered harming humans in Japan

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

2006-02-03 Thread Greg and April
I have an '76 Honda Trail Blazer with less than 1000 original miles on it, that I can't seem to get working. I and 2 others have worked on it, and none of us have been able to figure out why I can't get a spark at the plug, unless the wire in the sparkplug cable has a hidden break ( try and find

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

2006-02-03 Thread Marty Phee
One disturbing article I saw was about China. They've decided to stop buying so much US debt and diversify their holdings. What happens when we can't sell our debt? Also, the US foreign policy is losing ground to China. Their making friends/alliances with many more countries than we are. Bush

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

2006-02-03 Thread Michael Redler
Environmentally conscious countriesare shutting downtheir nuclear programs, increasing development and production of alternative energy technologies, beginning ambitious plans for recycling and recycleability and using natural fibers, including flax, kenaf, and hempinstead of synthetic materials

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

2006-02-03 Thread David Miller
Marty Phee wrote: One disturbing article I saw was about China. They've decided to stop buying so much US debt and diversify their holdings. What happens when we can't sell our debt? Also, the US foreign policy is losing ground to China. Their making friends/alliances with many more

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

2006-02-03 Thread Evergreen Solutions
Mine was sparking, but delayed and not nearly strong enough, so I was overloading cylinders and running very rich...popped off the condenser cover and took out *lots* of rust, started scrubbing to find the mechanism on the shaft that powered the condenser was covered w/ rust pockmarks. Cleaned if

[Biofuel] Ethynol vs Biodiesel

2006-02-03 Thread anna b
I am curious as to why ethynol has dominated the recent discussion in main stream media of alternative fuels. The way I see it biodiesel is already available as are diesel cars to use it. Does anyone know of any studies that compare the cost and environmental impacts of ethynol vs biodiesel?

Re: [Biofuel] Ethynol vs Biodiesel

2006-02-03 Thread Tom Irwin
Greetings Anna and All, I believe ethanol dominates the main stream media because of big companies like ADM which stand to benefit from it. From a more environmental standpointethanol can be made from diverse feedstocks like cellulose, starch, and sugar. It can be used in automobiles with

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol vs Biodiesel

2006-02-03 Thread Ken Provost
On Feb 3, 2006, at 12:58 PM, anna b wrote: I am curious as to why ethanol has dominated the recent discussion in main stream media of alternative fuels. The way I see it biodiesel is already available as are diesel cars to use it. Think of the historical difference in cost between bread

Re: [Biofuel] Ethynol vs Biodiesel

2006-02-03 Thread Andrew Netherton
I would welcome correct where due if I'm wrong, but vehicles currently being marketed (barring FFVs) aren't fully suited to either ethanol or biodiesel. With ethanol, there are the dual issues of not enough compression in a standard gas engine to make the most of ethanol, and corrossion issues in

Re: [Biofuel] Ethynol vs Biodiesel

2006-02-03 Thread Andrew Secco
It is because the mayority of our passenger vehicles which use gasoline can use ethanol without (or minor) changes in a blend 85% ethanol 15% gas oftenly called E85. The key is the ethanol source is such big quantities to serve the whole country. It is in use in Brasil more than twenty years