Re: [biofuel] Re: VW Diesel Warranty exclusions!!

2003-03-09 Thread Darald Bantel
On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 06:15, Steve Spence wrote: why hemp? no commercial biodiesel is made from hemp. It's not a very good oil producer. Steve Spence A very good source of combustable energy for on site power generation though!!! Darald Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [biofuel] Blue Sun Biodiesel was Re: double cropping

2003-03-11 Thread Darald Bantel
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 02:43, girl_mark_fire wrote: Blue Sun Biodiesel, who is a very ambitious biodiesel producer gearing up to build a huge plant in Colorado, is banking on local farmers' doublecropping as one of their strategies. I think the locals grow winter wheat. Growing an oilcrop

Re: [biofuel] The TDI-SVO controversy?

2003-03-12 Thread Darald Bantel
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 05:30, Steve Spence wrote: We filter to .5 micron on used oil before we put into the tank. We don't prefilter virgin oil. Once it is in there. standard diesel filter ranges (10 - 30 ) micron work fine. When preheating the oil, you do not need to add anything to it, as

Re: [biofuel] Blue Sun Biodiesel was Re: double cropping

2003-03-12 Thread Darald Bantel
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 05:48, Steve Spence wrote: White mustard has very shallow roots and quickly grows a profusion of large leaves. It is useful for controlling nematodes. A substance which repels the nematodes is released from the leaves as they decompose. The leaves can either be slashed

Re: [biofuel] Blue Sun Biodiesel was Re: double cropping

2003-03-12 Thread Darald Bantel
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 11:24, Neoteric Biofuels Inc wrote: Legumes are, but castor beans are not true beans and are not nitrogen fixers. They could also be looking at something like sunflowers and vetch, intercropped. Hairy vetch is a nitrogen fixer and cover crop, and has been intercropped

Re: [biofuel] Blue Sun Biodiesel was Re: double cropping

2003-03-12 Thread Darald Bantel
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 16:38, Steve Spence wrote: heres a whole slew of nitrogen fixers http://www.agrobiologicals.com/glossary/Targ6.htm Steve Spence You bet there is a grand number of nitrogen fixation capable varieties in this list. The amount they fix is variable. The number of

Re: [biofuel] The TDI-SVO controversy?

2003-03-13 Thread Darald Bantel
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 05:53, Steve Spence wrote: diesel doesn't work at -60c ;-) seriously, if you can get the diesel heated up (big if), then our system will work. It might be best, at those temperature, to combine the features of the our greasel system with ed's veg-therm. Steve

Re: [biofuel] Arrogance of Power

2003-03-22 Thread Darald Bantel
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 17:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/21/03 7:16:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jennifer, Capt. USAF: Thank you for being who you are, and for keeping my home, wife, children, and grandchild safe. Harley in Wisconsin