Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Biofuel Industry Turns Violent and Bloody in Colombia
Hi Kirk ; http://www.freeenergynews.com/Directory/Biofuel/index.html Yes this is quite unfortunate. In third world counties money makes the laws. In the Cambodian town of Poipet, trouble started when the casinos moved in. The nearby land became much more valuable and all kinds of trouble with forged land documents and intimidation developed. They have a saying When the land is cheap the people live in peace. When the land is expensive the people live in fear. I guess no different than the 13 colonies and the native American Indians (although they did buy Manhattan island). Any solutions you can think of?? Best Regards, Peter G. Thailand Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees *#
Hi Bruno It's difficult to say how long compost takes. Certainly it can be finished in three weeks, or three months. It can be finished in 10 days too. I've read warnings from professional composters that it shouldn't take less than seven days because some of the important types of microorganisms take longer than that to build up their colonies, but it can be finished in less than seven days nonetheless, completely composted, but of lower biological quality. For instance, you say within three days it will heat up. Our compost usually hits 65 deg C and up in half a day to one day after building the pile. It can be finished in two weeks, but it suits us better here (it fits in better) to have it done in four to six weeks. There are a lot of variables in making compost, how it's made, of what, the size and shape of the pile, whether it's turned or not, how long it takes, and more, and no way of saying that one way is better than another. There are probably as many different ways of making good compost as there are good composters making it. That's why I said this: If you're correct in calling it compost, ie aerobic thermophilic compost (it got hot), or even mesophilic as long as it cured properly, it doesn't matter what kind of manure it was made from. Otherwise it wasn't compost. Cured properly means that it's properly broken down with no volatile organic acids, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, phosgene etc, which can easily be tested by sowing some cress seed in it. If they don't sprout, it's not cured. Best Keith Hi Robert, you wrote: My compost runs about three weeks from start to finish That is not compost then. When you put up a pile, with brown = woody material, mixed with green stuff grassclipings and leafy material, and enough water, within 3 day's it will heat up, and be hot for 3 weeks, ( no worms or other visible critters, but mostly action from fungi and bacteria) but then, you do not have finished compost, it will be at best half-way. To produce compost on a pile, it takes much longer than 3 week to become a stable humus like material. And some Cherry tree info: Avoid heavy, poorly drained soils or an area in which water stands at any time during the year. www.homesteadharvest.com/article19.html www.treehelp.com/trees/cherry/care.asp Grts Bruno M. ~~ At 20:34 8/06/2007, robert luis rabello wrote: Keith Addison wrote: Hi Robert With compost enough probably means more. No such thing as too much compost (as long as it is real compost). My compost runs about three weeks from start to finish, and the bin IS doing better now that the weather is warmer and a bit less rainy. The problem with compost is that I can't make enough for the size of garden I have, so I'm continually importing material to bolster what I'm making. ... cut ... = ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Philippines Prepares for $1.3 Billion Jatropha-Based Biofuels Project
http://www.industrialinfo.com/showNews.jsp?newsitemID=114152 Philippines Prepares for $1.3 Billion Jatropha-Based Biofuels Project JOHANNESBURG--June 7, 2007--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). The Philippine state-owned company PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corp (Manila) has signed a $1.3 billion contract with UK based NRG Chemical Engineering to build a biodiesel refinery and two ethanol plants in the Philippines. NRG Chemical will own a 70% stake in the joint venture and will provide the bulk of the equity requirement in building a biodiesel refinery, two ethanol plants and a 1 million hectare jatropha bush plantation. The Philippine company will own the 30% balance of the project. NRG said that the company decided to invest in the country because of its location, climate and the government's pro-active efforts in promoting biofuels. PNOC-AFC, a subsidiary of the state's Philippine National Oil was set up in 2006 to lead the country's push to develop biofuels. It has a long term goal to produce 1 million tons per annum (nominally about 23,000 barrels per day) of jatropha based biodiesel. The new refinery project, which is scheduled for commercial operation by the first quarter of 2008, will have an initial capacity of 350,000 tpa which will be increased to 3.5 million tpa. In its initial phase the refinery will use coconut and vegetable oil as feedstock until the planned jatropha $600 million plantation starts commercial production. The two ethanol plants will have a total investment of $149 million and will process jatropha and sweet sorghum to produce 300,000 tpa of ethanol for the biodiesel refinery. In another ethanol production project the US company, E-Cane Fuel Corp, is investing $150 million in an ethanol processing plant in Central Luzon. The plant will use Indian-based technology service by Praj, which already has major projects in Europe and Brazil. Construction started in 2006 and operation of the 150 million liter plant is scheduled for 2009. The feed for the plant will come from up to 20 hectares of sugar cane. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Biofuels no threat to Opec, says IEA
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a4cd7272-151a-11dc-b48a-000b5df10621.html FT.com / In depth - Biofuels no threat to Opec, says IEA By Ed Crooks and Javier Blas in London Published: June 7 2007 20:17 | Last updated: June 7 2007 20:17 Biofuels will provide only a small proportion of the world's demand for fuel in the next decade, the developed countries' energy watchdog has said in an attempt to reassure Opec that the need for oil will continue to grow. Claude Mandil, the head of the International Energy Agency, told the Financial Times that, even in the worst-case scenario for the oil cartel, there would be a dramatic need for an increase in production by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Opec has nothing to fear. Even in the most optimistic scenarios, the contribution from biofuels would be very small, Mr Mandil said. The oil producers' group has become increasingly concerned about efforts in the US and the European Union to cut oil imports. Opec ministers were appalled by the State of the Union address by President George W. Bush in January, in which he said he wanted to dramatically reduce our dependence on foreign oil. However, Mr Mandil said that even in the worst case for Opec, in which consuming countries implemented policies to curb oil consumption, the IEA forecast that global oil demand in 2015 would rise by close to 10m barrels a day, to 94.8m b/d. Demand for Opec oil would be 38.8m b/d in 2015, up from about 31m b/d today, while biofuels would provide just 3m b/d. If the oil-consuming countries did not put in place those further policies to encourage biofuel production and fuel efficiency, Opec oil demand would be 42m b/d. In the late 1970s western powers urged Opec to increase urgently its production capacity as oil prices soared. But the same countries invested in energy alternatives, including nuclear power and natural gas, and energy-saving measures. The result, according to Frédéric Lasserre, of Société Générale in Paris, was that Opec invested huge amounts of resources in new oil production capacity, just to realise that when it came on line, in the mid 1980s, the demand had evaporated. Opec is worried now about repeating the mistake. The cartel is committed to increase its oil production through more investment. But it has warned: As the world needs a security of supply, we need a security of demand. Opec argues that it is misleading to think the world can wean itself off its need for oil. Abdalla el-Badri, Opec secretary-general, said: We have no objection to changes in the energy mix but there is not a magic solution for oil. Opec's initial investment of about $120bn (?89bn, £60bn) to 2012 is already on the way, but a second wave of about $500bn will depend on new demand trends. With consuming countries devoting more resources to nuclear power, biofuels, clean coal and energy efficiency, some observers say Opec is right to be concerned. Climate warming will play a key role in the future discussion of western countries' energy mix and, in there, oil is not well placed, said Mr Lasserre. The potential of the current generation of biofuels is severely constrained by the competition with the food industry for feed stocks such as corn and wheat. As the biofuel industry is set up today, there are pretty clear limits to it, said Andrew Shepherd-Barron, an alternative energy expert at KBC Peel Hunt. In about five years you have the possibility that we could make biofuels in a completely different way, from cellulosic ethanol or algae. But those technologies are unproven. Even if there is a breakthrough to those second-generation biofuels, Wood Mackenzie, the consultancy, estimates they might displace only up to 4 per cent of world oil demand in the next decade. But even a marginal change could have a powerful impact on the oil price. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Best before date
Hello Sven With a lot of frustration I just read an article about using biodiesel in marine engines. They (the engine manufacturers) Was that engine manufacturers in general, or did it name them? claim that the diesel will get old an clogg the pipes and the tank, like it would get sour - like milk! I don't want to take sides in this. It's always useful to check for a money trail, especially when it has anything to do with Big Business and the environment, but you can't just assume there always is one. Sure Detroit or whatever is kind of hard to distinguish from Big Oil or whatever, it's the same money that's in all their pockets, but that doesn't necessarily lead to the conclusion that marine diesel makers are discriminating against biodiesel to defend the petroleum interests. If they're talking about soy biodiesel they could be right. Soy is a semi-drying oil with an IV of 130 (EN 14214 specifies 120), it oxidises easily, forms corrosive peroxides, and polymerises. Even the US NBB specifies a best-before date of six months IIRC, for B20, let alone B100. For another example, Mike Briggs of the University of New Hampshire Biodiesel group (the guy who wants to raise algae on 10,000 sq miles of Arizona desert so you can go on guzzling forever) said this about biodiesel: The biggest issue comes down to three things - quality, quality, and quality. And usually, the quality issue comes down to the storage issue. -- Mike Briggs, BioDieselNow Forums, 10/21/2004, re Concern over Bio polymerization. An American discussion, with all concerned in denial about soy and polymerisation, eg Kumar Plocher of biodiesel distributor Yokaya Biofuels agreed with Briggs, said polymerisation is a non-issue and it had been dismissed at the NBB conference as of little concern. Not a lot of these people can make fuel that passes the wash test, they mostly use Appleseed reactors that won't do the job along with super-gentle washing methods to avoid emulsions - and they say quality is all about storage. Meanwhile both bubble washing and mist washing help to oxygenate the fuel well beyond the EU 14214 Oxidation stability limit. That's not just with soy oil, sunflower oil is also a semi-drying oil, and bubble-washing and other poor techniques can help to oxidise medium-IV oils like rapeseed (canola) oil too. For whether polymerisation is a non-issue or not, see Oxidation and polymerisation: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_bubblewash.html#oxid Anti-oxidant additives for biodiesel sell well in Europe, but AFAIK not in the US, which has a much greater need of them. And on top of that the common lie about biodiesel (and ethanol) being very bad for rubber items and the oil. What is this? Why are the manufacturers so afraid of biodiesel that the keep on going telling true lies? Not as strange as some of the things people get told about biodiesel by the mechanics who fix their cars, for instance, judging from some of the enquiries we get. A lot of it is just the usual sort of prejudice against anything new. And why take a chance if you don't have to? And indeed you don't have to, though demand will change that eventually. In the US, GM for one also raised objections to biodiesel, and stated clearly it was because of the oxidation problem, which is especially a problem with soy. Last I saw GM were considering approval of B5. I don't think they were acting out of any concern for the profit margins of ExxonMobil. The Fuel Injection Equipment Manufacturers (FIEM - Delphi, Stanadyne, Denso, Bosch) do support biodiesel, but they're concerned about the quality, and they say why, specifying fuel problems and the damage each one can cause. See: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_FIEM.html FIEM report Why not read the whole section on fuel quality? http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#qual1 Biodiesel quality In a word, there's a lot of bad fuel about. Biodiesel? Which particular biodiesel is that exactly? How was it made? If I was an engine manufacturer I'd want to know that before I endorsed anything. With commercial brews I'd insist on the EU standard, and I'd want more than a rubber stamp from the usual laboratory. With homebrew you're probably better off as far as quality's concerned, but you're on your own. Best Keith Regards, Sven ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Drive on biofuels risks oil price surge
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/aeb9a650-136e-11dc-9866-000b5df10621.html Drive on biofuels risks oil price surge By Javier Blas and Ed Crooks in London Published: June 5 2007 Opec on Tuesday warned western countries that their efforts to develop biofuels as an alternative energy source to combat climate change risked driving the price of oil through the roof. Abdalla El-Badri, secretary-general of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, said the powerful cartel was considering cutting its investment in new oil production in response to moves by the developed world to use more biofuels. The warning from Opec, which controls about 40 per cent of global oil production, comes as the group of eight leading industrialised nations meets on Wednesday with climate change at the top of its agenda. The US and Europe want to use biofuels to combat global warming and to strengthen energy security. Opec has previously expressed scepticism about alternative energy but Mr El-Badri's comments mark the first clear threat that the cartel might act to safeguard its interests in the face of a shift towards biofuels. They are really concerned, said Julian Lee of the Centre for Global Energy Studies in London. Opec will continue investing, but with biofuels on the horizon, they may not invest enough. It is a difficult situation for Opec. On one hand they are asked to produce more, on the other one, Washington and Brussels are telling the cartel 'we are betting on biofuels and we don't want to rely on you [Opec]'. George W. Bush, the US president, has pledged to cut US petrol use by 20 per cent over the next 10 years through more efficient vehicles and a big increase in biofuel consumption. World production of biofuels, which are derived from agricultural commodities such as corn and sugar, was equal to 1 per cent of all road transport fuel in 2005. Mr El-Badri warned that biofuel production could prove unsustainable in the medium term as it competed with food supplies. Biofuels are one reason retail food prices are now heading for their biggest annual increase in about 30 years. Mr El-Badri said this meant the biofuel strategy championed by Mr Bush and European leaders would backfire because you don't get the incremental oil and you don't get the ethanol. In this case, he warned, oil prices would go through the roof. He said Opec members had so far maintained their investment plans but he warned: If we are unable to see a security of demand...we may revisit investment in the long-term. Opec plans to invest about $130bn until 2012 to raise its oil output. Excluding production from Iraq, the cartel forecasts a capacity of 39.7m barrels of crude oil per day in 2010, up from today's 35.7m b/d. From 2013 to 2020 Opec plans to invest another $500bn in production infrastructure but that could change depending on the biofuels outlook, Mr El-Badri said. Global oil benchmark Brent rose on Tuesday to $70.60 a barrel, close to a nine-month high. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Terra Preta - Magic Soil of the Lost Amazon
http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/Feb07_TerraPreta.pdf This is a load of sloppy nonsense, typical of the very large load of sloppy nonsense that's been mouthed off about Terra Preta soil in the last few years. Terra Preta - Magic Soil of the Lost Amazon by Allan Balliett, Acres USA, February 2007. Nice romantic title eh? A little rigour might be better. Allan Balliett is a Biodynamic farmer in the US. On 20 May 2007 he posted a Scientific American article on Terra preta in full at SANET, the Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group: http://tinyurl.com/yqg6r6 Environmental Treasure: Scientific American May 15, 2007 Special Report: Inspired by Ancient Amazonians, a Plan to Convert Trash into New bill in U.S. Senate will advocate adoption of agrichar method that could lessen our dependence on fossil fuel and help avert global warming He followed it immediately with this comment: ... my read on the agrichar/terra preta stuff is that once a fellow had applied an adequate amount of quaility biochar to his cultivated areas (which will be, what? a 3 layer application ?), and maybe applied that char mixed with an equal amount of quality HIGHLY DIVERSE compost tea, augmented with some sort of mycho spores just for good measure, and applied appropriate non-toxic fertility for ONE SEASON, that fellow is no longer going to have to keep making big piles of compost for seasonal application because, finally, finally, finally, nutrients and moisture will be retained in the root zone by the char and the microbiology in a way that we modern Americans have only seen in beds that have been biodynamically managed for 8 years or so. I'm hearing from science that this sort of 'soil improvement' can be attained in as little as 7 weeks, most certainly over a season. What do you think? Am I being too optimistic? It's easy to be optimistic, though, when you suddenly realize you may be 6000 years behind the guys who really knew how to manage soils to produce food with a minimum of annual effort and expense. Nobody ever accuses me of being overly optimistic. What do you think? Six hours later he posted a further comment: Unfortunately, as you can see from the following, had I actually read the article I just forwarded I certainly wouldn't have been so optimistic earlier. I still have faith, fueled from other sources, that a combination of biological farming techniques become stronger and more resilient with the application of char. I think one of the real short comings of the current university research in this topic is that no experienced farmers are involved in the research. I have a feeling that an experienced American bio-farmer may have a lot knowledge gained through experience that may provide a different interpretation to Bruno Glaser's observations. -Allan In addition, scientists are finding it hard to replicate the original terra preta soils. The secret of the terra preta is not only applying charcoal and chicken manure-there must be something else, says Bruno Glaser, a soil scientist at Bayreuth University in Germany. Field trials in Amazonia using charcoal with compost or chicken manure find that crop yields decline after the third or fourth harvest. If you use terra preta you have sustaining yields more or less constantly year after year, he says. (SNIP!) Many of the interactions between the char, the soil and the microorganisms that develop with time and lend the soil its richness and stability are still poorly understood. Glaser believes that the key to making agrichar behave like terra preta lies in the biological behavior of the original Amazonian dark earths-a difference he attributes to their age. You would need 50 or 100 years to get a similar combination between the stable charcoal and the ingredients, he cautions. So much for Allan Balliett and rigour. What is all this about? On 3 May Joel Gruver posted this article at SANET: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307R.shtml Kelpie Wilson | Birth of a New Wedge By Kelpie Wilson, Thursday 03 May 2007 Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia - As delegates met in Bangkok this week to debate climate change solutions contained in the IPCC's latest report, one technology not mentioned in the draft report was being closely examined at a conference in Australia in the beach town of Terrigal, just north of Sydney. The first meeting of the International Agrichar Initiative convened about 100 scientists, policymakers, farmers and investors with the goal of birthing an entire new industry to produce a biofuel that goes beyond carbon neutral and is actually carbon negative. The industry could provide a wedge of carbon reduction amounting to a minimum of ten percent of world emissions and possibly much more. Agrichar is the term not for the biomass fuel, but for what is left over after the energy is removed: a charcoal-based soil amendment. In simple terms, the agrichar process
Re: [Biofuel] Acres USA
http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/articles.htm Acres has always been a mixed bag. Some good stuff (eg William Albrecht, Elaine Ingham, Sally Fallon, Greg Palast, Devinder Sharma, Percy Schmeiser), but I'd pay no heed to Arden Andersen, Neal Kinsey et al, nor to this: Breaking the 'Royal Addiction': Alternative Fuels for Energy Security a Cleaner World Interview: Josh Tickell LOL! Nor to Elizabeth Henderson, trotting out the same old myth that CSA farms are Japanese: A Visit to the Home of CSA: Teikei Farms in Japan by Elizabeth Henderson August 2003 Check out what Steven McFadden has to say about that (same as I said before): http://www.newfarm.org/features/0104/csa-history/part1.shtml The History of Community Supported Agriculture Part I http://www.newfarm.org/features/0204/csa2/part2.shtml Part II And so on. Caveat emptor. Best Keith ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Meanwhile, back in the US of A: A price to pay for alternative fuels
THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY GAS CAN AVOID PAIN AT THE PUMP BUT NOT THE TAXES. A price to pay for alternative fuels Some N.C. officials seek relief from obscure laws BRUCE HENDERSON [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Teixeira decided it was time to take a stand against U.S. dependence on foreign oil. So last fall the Charlotte musician and guitar instructor spent $1,200 to convert his 1981 diesel Mercedes to run on vegetable oil. He bought soybean oil in 5-gallon jugs at Costco, spending about 30 percent more than diesel would cost. His reward, from a state that heavily promotes alternative fuels: a $1,000 fine last month for not paying motor fuel taxes. He's been told to expect another $1,000 fine from the federal government. And to legally use veggie oil, state officials told him, he would have to first post a $2,500 bond. Teixeira is one of a growing number of fuel-it-yourselfers -- backyard brewers who recycle restaurant grease or make moonshine for their car tanks. They do it to save money, reduce pollution or thumb their noses at oil sheiks. They're also caught in a web of little-known state laws that can stifle energy independence. State Sen. Stan Bingham, R-Davidson, is known around Raleigh for his diesel Volkswagen fueled by used soybean oil. The car sports a Goodbye, OPEC sign. If somebody was going to go to this much trouble to drive around in a car that uses soybean oil, they ought to be exempt from state taxes, he said. The N.C. Department of Revenue, which fined Teixeira, has asked legislators to waive the $2,500 bond for small fuel users. The department also told Teixeira, after the Observer asked about his case this week, that it will compromise on his fine. But officials say they'll keep pursuing taxes on all fuels used in highway vehicles. With its 29.9-cent a gallon gas tax, the state collects $1.2 billion each year to pay for road construction. With the high cost of fuel right now, the department does recognize that a lot of people are looking for relief, said Reggie Little, assistant director of the motor fuel taxes division. We're not here to hurt the small guy, we're just trying to make sure that the playing field is level. Use promoted, little regulation State policies firmly endorse alternative fuels.In 2005 legislators directed state agencies to replace 20 percent of their annual petroleum use with alternatives by 2010. About 6,000 of the state's 8,500 vehicles are equipped to use ethanol. The state fleet also includes about 135 gas-electric hybrids. Few states, however, are prepared to regulate the new fuels, says the National VegOil Board, which promotes vegetable oil fuel. State offices do not have the forms to appropriately and fairly deal with VegOil, nor the staff to enforce the non-existent forms, said director Cynthia Shelton. So either they tell people inquiring about compliance to get lost, or they make them jump through a bunch of arbitrary hoops. Outraged Illinois legislators this spring quickly waived that state's $2,500 bond requirement when an elderly man was nabbed for using waste vegetable oil. In the mountain district of state Sen. John Snow, D-Cherokee, home-brewed ethanol was once known as moonshine. But a couple of constituents who made it for fuel have been fined for the same tax violation that got Teixeira in trouble. Snow has introduced several bills to promote biodiesel, which under state law includes vegetable oil. One of the biggest problems in the state is a real lack of information for people who want to use alternative fuels, said Snow's research assistant, Jonathan Ducote. It's just now appearing on (regulators') radar. Done in by bumper sticker Teixeira's story began near Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 14. As recreational vehicles streamed in for race week, revenue investigators were checking fuel tanks of diesel RVs for illegal fuel. The investigators quickly spotted Teixeira's passing bumper sticker: Powered by 100% vegetable oil. It was like some twist of fate that put me there, he said. It was like I was asking for them to stop me. Teixeira says revenue officials are just doing their jobs. But he thinks it's unfair that he was lumped with people who purposely try to avoid fuel taxes. Individuals who are trying to do the right thing environmentally cannot and should not continue to take this kind of financial hit, he wrote Gov. Mike Easley. Teixeira says he'll pay the state fine and apply for a state fuel license. But pumping regular diesel again broke my heart. I'm ready to get myself legal, he said, and start using vegetable oil again. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] biodiesel pH
hello, Yes, you are right Andres and Keith. I realise there is no need to measure pH of fresh oil, and to do a titration on the used oils instead, I was not specific enough. So when the wash water has a pH of 7, the biodiesel should also, as the ions should be equal in both solutions. is that right? By the way, whats virgin oil then? When doing the titration, as the 2 solutions of oil and methanol don't mix, do i just need to keep them vigorously shaken? Also would you suggest a pH meter for this step. Jan, When you say to use 10% biodiesel in 90% distiled water, mix, then let separate. Do you mean to test the biodiesel's or the water's pH? thankyou to all who replied. Josh. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] biodiesel pH
Hello Josh hello, Yes, you are right Andres and Keith. I realise there is no need to measure pH of fresh oil, and to do a titration on the used oils instead, I was not specific enough. So when the wash water has a pH of 7, the biodiesel should also, as the ions should be equal in both solutions. is that right? By the way, whats virgin oil then? Not the same as fresh, new, unused, uncooked oil. Virgin oil is one thing with olive oil, another thing with coconut oil, but in all cases it refers to special processing or oil extraction methods. Most fresh oils are not virgin oils. When doing the titration, as the 2 solutions of oil and methanol Huh? don't mix, do i just need to keep them vigorously shaken? Also would you suggest a pH meter for this step. Newbie questions, answered many times before, and covered at the Journey to Forever website Biodiesel section. I believe you were warned about this when you joined. You're required to use the list resources please. Keith Addison Journey to Forever KYOTO Pref., Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel list owner Jan, When you say to use 10% biodiesel in 90% distiled water, mix, then let separate. Do you mean to test the biodiesel's or the water's pH? thankyou to all who replied. Josh. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Biofuel Industry Turns Violent and Bloody in Colombia
Men have to evolve in their hearts. If one loves money more than his fellow beings then problems follow as night follows day. One would think it self evident greed doesnt work. -Kirk Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kirk ; Yes this is quite unfortunate. In third world counties money makes the laws. In the Cambodian town of Poipet, trouble started when the casinos moved in. The nearby land became much more valuable and all kinds of trouble with forged land documents and intimidation developed. They have a saying When the land is cheap the people live in peace. When the land is expensive the people live in fear. I guess no different than the 13 colonies and the native American Indians (although they did buy Manhattan island). Any solutions you can think of?? Best Regards, Peter G. Thailand Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ - Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Terra Preta - Magic Soil of the Lost Amazon
I think it was the Discovery Channel that had videos of these fertile mounds created by the Amazon Indians. They said the charcoal adsorbed nutrients and kept them from being washed away. The mounds were certainly more fertile than the surrounding land. Unfortunately the builders died from diseases they caught from the conquistadores. I dont understand why we cant replicate the method. We have microscopes etc. Kirk Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/Feb07_TerraPreta.pdf This is a load of sloppy nonsense, typical of the very large load of sloppy nonsense that's been mouthed off about Terra Preta soil in the last few years. Terra Preta - Magic Soil of the Lost Amazon by Allan Balliett, Acres USA, February 2007. Nice romantic title eh? A little rigour might be better. Allan Balliett is a Biodynamic farmer in the US. On 20 May 2007 he posted a Scientific American article on Terra preta in full at SANET, the Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group: http://tinyurl.com/yqg6r6 Environmental Treasure: Scientific American May 15, 2007 Special Report: Inspired by Ancient Amazonians, a Plan to Convert Trash into New bill in U.S. Senate will advocate adoption of agrichar method that could lessen our dependence on fossil fuel and help avert global warming He followed it immediately with this comment: - Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future
Bernays is more pivotal to the creation of modern society than Edison yet few know who he was or what he did Kirk http://www.mercola.com/2001/sep/15/manipulation.htm How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future Book Review by Sibylle Hechtel It's not often you read a book that dramatically changes your outlook or opinions. Most books amuse, entertain, or inform. Trust Us, We're Experts shocks. It easily could lead the uninitiated to question their assumptions about facts and truth in the marketplace. PR was created to manipulate public opinion. Authors Rampton and Stauber of the Center for Media and Democracy chronicle the history of public relations, from Edward Bernays' laying the groundwork for the fledgling industry in the 1920s to the power it wields over public policy today. According to the authors, Bernays, a disciple of Sigmund Freud, created more institutes, funds, institutions, and foundations than Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Filene together. In his book Propaganda, Bernays argued that scientific manipulation of public opinion is key. A relatively small number of persons, he wrote, . . . pull the wires which control the public mind. Bernays believed that somebody interested in leading the crowd needs to appeal not to logic but to unconscious motivation. Trust Us, We're Experts shows how the world's richest and most powerful corporations do this. Third parties set PR apart from advertising. The authors describe how the tobacco industry first hired movie stars to sell cigarettes and then spent millions of dollars to counter findings that cigarettes cause cancer, a strategy based on the so-called third-party technique and on testimonials. 'How can the persuader reach these groups that make up the large public?' Bernays asked. . . . 'He can do so through their leaders . . . . The group leader thus becomes a key figure in the molding of public opinion.' The third-party technique distinguishes PR from advertising. The best use of a PR firm will be when the firm supplies useful information to influential reporters and analysts who have large audiences. This strategy camouflages the actual source of information, encourages conformity to vested interests while pretending to encourage independence, and replaces facts with emotion-laden symbolism. The GM food wars claimed a scientific casualty. I was particularly appalled at the story of scientist Arpad Pusztai. Pusztai identified troubling results in rats fed genetically modified potatoes. When he announced his findings, his bosses at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland, suspended him (he soon retired) and discredited his research. Before reading this account, I had believed the official version: Pusztai did shoddy research. But this book indicates that Pusztai's work was fine - its only fault was that it went against major commercial interests. Another disturbing case involved psychologist Claire Ernhart of Case Western Reserve University. Ernhart, who received grants from the industry-funded International Lead Zinc Research Organization, also serves as a courtroom expert witness. A physician, Herbert Needleman, published results showing that lead-exposed children are more hyperactive and suffer more attention deficit. In 1981, Ernhart formally accused Needleman of having conducted flawed research. An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation found inconsequential statistical errors. The world's largest PR firm, Hill and Knowlton, then sent a draft copy of the EPA report to journalists together with a cover letter claiming that the EPA panel had rejected Needleman's findings. PR tactic: Hire an expert to discredit an expert. When the EPA reversed its position and adopted Needleman's findings, Hill and Knowlton continued to circulate the draft report. In 1991, Ernhart wrote to the National Institutes of Health charging Needleman with scientific misconduct. In 1992 Needleman obtained an open hearing to confront his accusers. Ernhart and another psychologist claimed Needleman had manipulated variables to produce biased, anti-lead results. Needleman's scientific defenders showed that even without these variables, his results remained the same: For every 10 parts per million increase of lead in a child's baby tooth, there was a two-point drop in IQ. The authors recount similar cases in which millions of dollars were paid to PR companies by corporations whose interests ranged from the food and restaurant businesses to the oil and chemical industries. The issues involved industrial diseases and work-related illnesses; safety and risk assessment; and the impact of organochlorines such as DDT, PCBs, and dioxin, chemicals that can disrupt hormone metabolism. The government isn't guarding the public's interest. Rampton and Stauber continue with a description of the battle between
Re: [Biofuel] Best before date
Hi Keith, and thank you for a very in depth answer. First of all I believe the background is the fact that all fuel companies in Sweden (in the whole Scandinavia I think) decided to start mixing biofuel in all types fuel to get an environmental response immediately. That is, the diesel we buy always contains a part of biodiesel. It also mean that the coastal gas stations hardly can get fuel without bioproducts. The four brands used in the article are Volvo Penta, Yanmar, Marine Power and Cummins Mercruiser. All of them clearly states that biodiesel is dangerous for a marine engine and they also say (again, all of them) that if any engine is operated on bioproducts the garantuees are cancelled. One weird thing is that all Cummins diesels are supposed to follow the Environmental Protection Agency's demands, and still they do not want the engines to be used with biofuel. I'm going to call the magazine monday morning, and ask how they can totally rely upon the manufacturers without _any_ source criticism at all. It doesn't matter if I'm for or against biofuel, it's a well done example in pretty bad journalism. I will ask them to make a second research, and suggest them to call Ageratec here in Sweden or Finnish Neste and have a second opinion. I know people running high performance John Deere's on biofuel only, why would a marine engine be an exception?.. Regards, Sven 2007/6/9, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Sven With a lot of frustration I just read an article about using biodiesel in marine engines. They (the engine manufacturers) Was that engine manufacturers in general, or did it name them? ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] The Plan to Disappear Canada
I suspect this is part of a plan going back a quarter-century, also that energy is uppermost in the planners' minds . Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario -- http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/06/08/DeepIntegrate/ [see original for links to sources] The Plan to Disappear Canada 'Deep integration' comes out of the shadows. By Murray Dobbin June 8, 2007 TheTyee.ca If the machinations going on in this country regarding so-called deep integration were instead a communist conspiracy to take over the country (you will, of course, have to try hard to imagine this) the news media would be blaring the story. Pundits would pontificate, editorialists would erupt, security forces would be unleashed. Instead, a virtual conspiracy to make the country disappear through assimilation into the U.S. gets barely a mention. But news of the scheme -- formally called the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) -- is finally breaking out of the secret chambers of the ruling elite and the federal government. This is both good news and bad. It's good that ordinary citizens are finally getting a glimpse of the betrayal of their country. The news is bad because it reflects just how much of this scheme is already being implemented. Given the meetings of CEOs and politicians to advance the scheme politically, as well as all that must go into its actual implementation, there is simply too much activity to keep secret. Ten dots to connect Here are 10 developments in the plan to disappear Canada. 1) Pesticides 'harmonized.' The most thoroughly reported story (though even this did not go much beyond the CanWest chain) was the revelation that Canada was about to harmonize its regulations, setting limits for pesticide residue on fruits and vegetables. In 40 per cent of the cases, the U.S. allows for higher levels. Richard Aucoin, chief registrar of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, which sets Canada's pesticide levels, said that Canada's higher levels were a trade irritant. The downgrading of health protection had been a NAFTA initiative, but is being fast-tracked as part of the Security and Prosperity Partnership. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Some 300 regulatory regimes are currently going through the same process. 2) Tory tirade. The next story that broke through the wall of media silence reported on the paranoid reaction of the Harper Conservatives to any criticism of the SPP. The occasion was hearings of the Commons International Trade Committee into the SPP, forced by the NDP. Gordon Laxer, head of Alberta's Parkland Institute, was testifying on the energy implications of the SPP, warning that eastern Canada could end up freezing in the dark. He had barely started when the chair of the committee, Conservative MP Leon Benoit, demanded that Laxer halt his irrelevant testimony. The Committee members overruled Benoit -- who promptly (and illegally) adjourned the meeting and stomped out. The NDP and Liberal members nonetheless continued without him. 3) Council of corporate power. The SPP initiative began in earnest back in 2002 with the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (formerly the BCNI), the most powerful corporate body in the country. It continues it leadership role, but does not promote the scheme just in its own name. It instead has helped create several supportive bodies that now help drive the agenda. Included in these are the North American Competitive Council (NACC), which includes CEOs of the largest North American corporations, and which institutionalizes the exclusively corporate nature of the agreement. The NACC is the only advisory group to the three NAFTA/SPP governments. 4) Secretive summit. The NACC at least is public. But much of what happens in building the elite consensus for deep integration is done in absolute secrecy or very privately, away from the prying eyes of the media. The most secretive of these was held last year from Sept. 12 to 14, in Banff Springs. As The Tyee reported, the gathering was sponsored by something called the North American Forum* and it was attended by some of the most powerful members of the North American ruling elite. Attendees, according to a leaked list that could not be confirmed, included Donald Rumsfeld, George Schultz (former U.S. Secretary of State), General Rick Hillier, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor and Minister of Public Safety Stockwell Day. The media was not informed of the meeting and it was first revealed by the weekly Banff Crag Canyon. Stockwell Day refused to even confirm he was there, but said that even if he was, it was a private meeting that he would not comment on. There is no better indication that these meetings, and the SPP itself, constitute a parallel governing structure -- unaccountable to any democratic institution or the public. 5) 'No fly' coordination. Canada will have its own no-fly list just like our U.S. partner. As the Council
