Re: [Biofuel] A Revolution in American Nuclear Policy

2005-06-03 Thread capt3d
hello, tim. tim wrote: then why was N Korea doing exactly the same things during the Clinton Administration? someone pelase corect me if i've got this wrong, but my understanding has been that the agreement(s) drafted under the clinton administration were specifically about plutonuim

Re: [Biofuel] New York : DA Drops The Charges Against Carol Lang

2005-06-05 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 6/3/05 12:45:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree that a military recruiter will paint as rosey a picture of service as possible, but no one has to volunteer. sorry, larry, but many, many, many enlisted men sign up because from their perspective, at the time they put

Re: [Biofuel] New York : DA Drops The Charges Against Carol Lang

2005-06-05 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 6/5/05 5:05:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They could be in your neighborhood selling drugs,robbing and stealing,that would be much easier than making a commitment to improving their lives. oh my, terry. enough with the ad hominim. the fact that these individuals

Re: [Biofuel] debunking popular myths... was Robin's solution

2005-06-05 Thread capt3d
sorry, ls, it is *you* who is attacking, by playing the victim. todd's comment was not an attack as you well know. he was criticising *your* failure to examine the facts adequately, and challenging you to do so. your selective quote intended to misrepresent his meaning amounts to nothing

Re: [Biofuel] New York : DA Drops The Charges Against Carol Lang

2005-06-06 Thread capt3d
sorry terry, but no. you are not addressing my observations in good faith. As you imply,there are those who would make it in or out. this is your one comment which is relatively faithful to my meaning. only, it seeks to downplay the fact that *most* who enlist make it through the military,

Re: [Biofuel] New York : DA Drops The Charges Against Carol Lang

2005-06-06 Thread capt3d
no, greg, the military is not just any other company. although it is sort of like some companies, except that those mercenaries are *extremely* well compensated and, at least in practice, pretty much outside the law, military or civil. the armed forces are an organ of the government charged

Re: [Biofuel] New York : DA Drops The Charges Against Carol Lang

2005-06-06 Thread capt3d
greetings, keith. you were right there with the appropriate citations to the subject at hand. it's beginning to look like that is as per usual. i don't know how you do it. In a message dated 6/6/05 10:31:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The share of the nation's income earned by those in

Re: [Biofuel] Bug Power

2005-06-07 Thread capt3d
hmm, i don't know ammonia in gaseous form as a fertilizer (i guess i should add here the disclaimer that i'm barely even qualified to speak the word chemistry), unless something like bo peep ammonia is considered a gaseous form of ammonia, merely trapped in a solution. but there is an

Re: [Biofuel] When corporations rule the world

2005-06-11 Thread capt3d
so much for congress' new tort reform eliminating frivolous lawsuits! -chris In a message dated 6/9/05 10:48:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Farmers buying GM seeds are required to sign technology agreements that relinquish to Monsanto their right to plant, harvest and sell the GM seeds.

Re: [Biofuel] When corporations rule the world

2005-06-12 Thread capt3d
lol keith, i was laying on the sasrcasm pretty thick, or thought i was. you're right about schmeiser. i thought the fact that he's canadian is interesting. i'd be curious to know whether monsanto is basing it's claim, wholly or in part, on provisions of NAFTA. another vehicle for

Re: [Biofuel] Dropping Fruit and Compost Tea

2005-06-19 Thread capt3d
hi, robert. the picture i'm getting is that you got these trees from a nursery; they weren't planted from seed? if this is the case, i think your friend has probably defined at least part of the problem. it's not unusual for a tree that is weak or not well nourished to produce poor, not

Re: [Biofuel] Bards of the Powerful

2005-06-23 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 6/23/05 2:09:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mass poverty and hunger are the collateral damage of neoliberal wealth creation more like an essential ingredient in the process. anywhere you find people impoverished and marginalized in their own land, if they aren't

Re: [Biofuel] Brazil's ethanol effort

2005-06-23 Thread capt3d
couldn't this be readily solved by using a block warmer, or glow plugs? -chris In a message dated 6/23/05 8:49:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The end result is a liquid puddle of alcohol in the intake manifold of a cold engine that all vaporizes suddenly as the engine warms up past a certain

Re: [Biofuel] Bards of the Powerful

2005-06-23 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 6/23/05 12:19:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Like making omelettes, don't you know. mmm-mm, and i love a good omelette! *sigh* ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Bards of the Powerful

2005-06-23 Thread capt3d
thus the success of the special trade zones created under NAFTA. . . . In a message dated 6/23/05 12:19:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: or just any kind of fodder, people who'll do virtually anything at any price to get some food for their kids and are all too aware of the hundreds or

Re: [Biofuel] Brazil's ethanol effort

2005-06-23 Thread capt3d
i suppose E85 would eliminate that problem, as suggested by another poster (was that you?). or a flex-/dual-fuel arrangement, such as in wvo-powered cars. a small reserve of E85 could be used in the first few minutes get things warmed up, and then switch over to pure ethanol. it also occurs

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-23 Thread capt3d
hello doug, chris, hakan. worthwhile discussion (though i'm sure in no way unprecedented on these boards!). you make a good point, doug. but even when able to communicate directly with americans, foreigners are very often unable to get through the thick prejudices most americans have about

Re: [Biofuel] Bards of the Powerful

2005-06-23 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 6/23/05 2:24:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: for the sake of technology transfer to the host country i'd never heard of that pretext. only ever heard it justified with talk of the 'obvious' benefits of the greater economic activity which these zones will allow. much

Re: [Biofuel] Bards of the Powerful

2005-06-23 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 6/23/05 2:24:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some years ago China was actually admitting to a displaced rural population of 200 million yeah, kind of boggles the mind, the scale of demographics in that country. i remember hearing last year that china has a migrant labor

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-23 Thread capt3d
how well you have expressed this, hakan. and this is the dliemna which i tried to describe, since on the one hand there is such a disconnect, as you so aptly put it. yet, on the other hand far, far too many americans simply shrug at their lack of involvement, and lack of guiltover itsconsequences.

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 6/24/05 1:23:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: it's usually the hyenas that did the killing, then the lions come along and chase them away and steal the product. Remind you of anything? lol, yes. as does the fact that the hyenas, when they have a mind to, will gang up on

Re: [Biofuel] Brazil's ethanol effort

2005-06-24 Thread capt3d
i guess you could use an e100-powered generator to work the engine/fuel heater. (sorry, couldn't resist the sarcasm) you're right, though, extreme conditions and/or remote locations might require a different approach. anyway, i don't think anyone was suggesting that we abolish all

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread capt3d
wow, sam, that was well said. some on this board write with such skill, it's quite humbling. i don't understand the goat reference though. . . . -chris b. (yeah, chris n, the thought had crossed my mind as well) :) ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-25 Thread capt3d
whaa-a-a?!? In a message dated 6/24/05 12:05:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the Vikings (probably ancestors to Roman legions from the part that we now know as Turkey) ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Fwd: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-26 Thread capt3d
just to elaborate a little further on the example of roads, there wasn't a lot of investment in them in general; whether for the peasants/serfs or for the lords. and they--the lords--would have done so had they felt it suited them, but as keith aptly pointed out, one's affairs were much more

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-26 Thread capt3d
i have to agree. in this case, the people's homes are being approproated to serve another's interest. how many of them will enjoy any long-term benefit, such as employment with the new firm? few, if any, i supsect. what's more, the development corp (how many of them, btw, reside in the

Fwd: [Biofuel] Money that grows on crops

2005-06-26 Thread capt3d
cool bit of news. in a similar though sinister vein, surely one of the agro-giants like monsanto is already working on a gm bacteria or algea to extract gold from seawater. -chris b. ---BeginMessage--- http://csmonitor.com/2004/0415/p17s02-sten.html Money that grows on crops By Jen Ross |

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-26 Thread capt3d
hello, hakan. ok, i thought you meant something along those lines. still, i don't get the link between the roman legions and the turks. or are you referring to the byzantines (if so, they didn't have 'legions')? i'll have to try and google the website you speak of, and see what they say.

Re: [Biofuel] War-bent administration

2005-06-26 Thread capt3d
i agree that if there is another world war-type conflict, trade/economic tensions between the u.s.a. and china is the obvious breeding ground. but i don't think it will be caused by a war-bent adminitration, at least not this one. it foresee a rather more complex (and worrisome) dynamic.

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-26 Thread capt3d
btw, hakan, without getting into a whole spiel about the vikings and linguistics/linguistic origins as well as the turks, there was a corps of vikings--the varingian guard--who served the emporors of byzantium. thus they would have inevitably left relics in what is modern day turkey. -chris

Re: [Biofuel] VW Diesel

2005-06-26 Thread capt3d
hi, bob. wvo = waste vegetable oil svo = straight vegetable oil biod = biodiesel dino = petroleum-based fuel (or so i infer) e85 = 85% ethanol fuel (the norm in the u.s.a. is 10% max) e100 = 100% ethanol vw diesel simply refers to a vw diesel. i think that about covers it. -chris b.

[Biofuel] vikings, turks and romans (was: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?)

2005-06-26 Thread capt3d
hakan, i wasn't disputing everything you suggest. what i do have trouble with, and correct me if i'm misinterpreting you, is the notion that the vikings could somehow be descended both from the roman legions and the turks. could there have been contact between the romans and scandinavia?

Re: [Biofuel] vikings, turks and romans

2005-06-27 Thread capt3d
hi, hakan. there is absolutely no question that the vikings traded with byzantium.there was one viking groupwhichalso tried to conquer it. having failed at this, theyopted to formally establish friendly trade and diplomaticrelations,arranging dynastic marriages (whichserved as the foundation for

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-28 Thread capt3d
sorry, i forgot who originally wrote this in reply response to my earlier statement, but i have to echo k's comment. what you refer to is the 'social contract', as many historians like to call it, which formed the basis of feudalism. serfs were bound to their lords, as you say. they had to

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel as a rural community development project in Mozambique

2005-06-29 Thread capt3d
hello, alexis. you may have received numerous replies already, but just want to point out that the optimum temperature range for fermentation is roughly between 50 and 70 degrees fahrenheit. efficiency drops off as you get further out of that range. something to be taken into account when

Re: [Biofuel] maximum MPG

2005-06-29 Thread capt3d
For a perfect vehicle with no friction or air resistance losses at 100% efficiency it would probably run forever. LOL! a vehicle like that, who would need an engine? you could drive it flintsones-style! -chris ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] Mystery logo

2005-06-30 Thread capt3d
"intel inside"?;)-Original Message-From: r [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:45:25 -0400Subject: [Biofuel] Mystery logo I saw a few logos stamped on the inside of the gas tank fuel door of my vehicle, a 2003 Dodge Caravan SE. One of them, I found

Fwd: [Biofuel] Hybrid Diesel

2005-07-01 Thread capt3d
hi, mark. i, too, am kind of skeptical about hybrids, and i have a lot of doubts about fuel cell vehicles as well. but to be fair, the life expectancy of the battery units can only go up, and their cost only go down. you also, even if only jokingly, raise a good point about the co2 credits.

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-07-01 Thread capt3d
don't speak too soon. the ftc just announced rules changes which essentially augur a redefinition of the internet as a broadcast media. -chris In a message dated 6/29/05 8:29:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think that if major corporations could have their way, the Internet would not

Re: [Biofuel] Hybrid Diesel

2005-07-01 Thread capt3d
hi, frantz. here in the usa we call that car-pooling! -chris In a message dated 6/30/05 5:23:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: co-voiturage (don't know the right translation in English : co-conveyance or car sharing ?). ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] Hybrid Diesel

2005-07-01 Thread capt3d
hello paddy and frantz. i didn't understand this exchange. what's this about turf? wold appreciate the education. -chris In a message dated 6/30/05 6:58:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Believe me, with the amount of smoke coming from some of the exhausts its as if the vehicles were

Re: [Biofuel] US oil war game

2005-07-01 Thread capt3d
there was a car maker (don't remember the name) here in the usa which had very comparable performance. fairly sizeable vehicles, too; not puny little things like the nash metropolitan. they disappeared somewhere around the '50s. -chris b. In a message dated 6/30/05 9:10:27 AM, [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] fuel efficient cars and motorcycles

2005-07-01 Thread capt3d
todd, that's awesome! curiously, i've been pondering this very concept--a diesel-powered motorbike--recently. i figured it had to have been done somewhere by someone. best fo luck! -chris b. ---BeginMessage--- I'm getting a 1965 Royal Enfield Bullet ready for the road.  It is powered by a

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel as a rural community development projectinMozambique

2005-07-01 Thread capt3d
you know, it doesn't necessarily have to be an either/or proposition. you could put solar collectors and biogas pits on the same piece of land. -chris b. ---BeginMessage--- Title: RE: [Biofuel] Biofuel as a rural community development projectinMozambique

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-05 Thread capt3d
i've never heard this term of 'the bilderbergers' before, butidon't find teh notion too farfetched. more likely to me that their idea of safeguarding supply is simply to make it more expensive, regardless of whether it provokes economic downturn or depression. take the fact that oil prices spiked

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread capt3d
hi, joe. a few counterpoints to some of your observations. Currently more forest area is lost to natural causes than logging. well, truly this is how it should be, so long as the 'natural' causes are not anomalously numerous due to 'unnatural' i.e. human-made environmental imbalances.

Re: [Biofuel] Bush wants to shift global warming debate

2005-07-06 Thread capt3d
my favorite part waswhere he mentions"harnessing greenhouse gasses". harness them for what? is this yet another"bubba-ism", or something very orwellian disguised as one? -chris b.-Original Message-From: Michael Redler [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Tue, 5 Jul

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-07 Thread capt3d
hi hakan. i don't know the figures, but the oil production in iraq since desert storm has been a very small piece of the pie, much diminished from what it had been. i can't argue, though, with the impactof bothincreased demand from emerging economies and the decline in the value of the $u.s.

Re: [Biofuel] Pimentel is at it again

2005-07-07 Thread capt3d
todd, you make an excellent point. i still remember how stunned i was when i first heard how much feed/grain/meal goes into each unit of meat purchased at the supermarket. also, i understand there are aspects of chemistry involved which limit this to some degree (especially when it comes to

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread capt3d
hi, keith. i have my own 'issues' with the big enviro groups. but i have been quite impressed with one group as i learn more about them. that would be 'the nature conservancy'. (although, i should point out there was some sort of unsavory business a few years back wherein certain members of

Fwd: [Biofuel] give up meat?

2005-07-08 Thread capt3d
ryan, if you want to eliminate meat from your diet, then you need to find another way of getting the protein meat provides. there aren't many 'veggies' (at least, as i understand the word) which contain much protein. the primary non-animal protein sources are cereals/grains, potatoes, beans

Re: [Biofuel] ASPO on the Economic near-Future

2005-07-09 Thread capt3d
hakan, When we talk about oil prices, we are talking on the prices and trading on the spot market trading on the market means trade on the international exchanges. Most large supplies are contracted and not bought on the spot market, but the contractual prices are regulated by the spot

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-09 Thread capt3d
back in the '80s i started comparing the dual-party system here to choosing between coke and pepsi. with some satisfaction, i sometimes hear that same sentiment from others. i must admit, though, that while at first i was quite in favor of dean, my disappointment was short-lived once he got

Re: [Biofuel] Pimentel is at it again

2005-07-09 Thread capt3d
hi, keith. In a message dated 7/8/05 2:22:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: todd, you make an excellent point. i still remember how stunned i was when i first heard how much feed/grain/meal goes into each unit of meat purchased at the supermarket. And none of it necessary, nor of any benefit

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-09 Thread capt3d
intentional neglect, if you ask me. since the '70s the right wing (primarily) of the political establishment has been arguing that america's next great challenge was going to be terrorism. they dialed up this rehetoric considerably when reagan got ito office, and redoubled it after the

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-09 Thread capt3d
the u.s.a. allows dual-citizenship with a very few specific countries. -chris b. In a message dated 7/8/05 5:12:36 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Frantz wrote: USA don't allow dual citizenship I am a dual citizen of the USA and Switzerland. As far as being citizen of the world, many of

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-09 Thread capt3d
hi, kim. perhaps my understanding of the political trajectory is more limited than i give myselfcredit for, but i've kind of had the notion that canada's political process was hijacked in the sameway as the u.s.' during the reagan era (though perhaps somewhat more discretely?). thanks for the

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-09 Thread capt3d
yep, and just short months ago, you almost couldn't talk about abu ghreib without speaking gonzales' name breath thanks to his role in redefining the armed forces' interpretation of the word 'torture'. suddenly, given justice o'connor's resgination, the right and the complicit media arewasting no

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-10 Thread capt3d
i'm far from convinced that it was al queda, or even arab/islamist terrorists of any stripe. -chris b. In a message dated 7/9/05 11:43:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I find it fascinating that virtually nothing has been said in this forum about London. Lots of argument about what each

Re: [Biofuel] give up meat?

2005-07-10 Thread capt3d
hi, ken. sorry, did it sound like i was suggesting that non-meat/non-animal protein sources are hard to find? that wasn't my intention. they are, in fact and as you say, plentiful. though it is best to make sure you're getting the full complement of amino acids. this requires a bit of

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid

2005-07-10 Thread capt3d
yeah, and now rushie et al are about to go to irak on their truth tour to tell the side of the war that the media i afraid to. (i know, it's hard to make sense of that for me, too) -chris b. ---BeginMessage--- well said keith, I can't believe he gets around the whole world with this. Ryan

Re: [Biofuel] Terrorism defined

2005-07-10 Thread capt3d
funny, i remember how the turck-bombing of the marines headquarters in lebanon was called a terrorist attack and those who carried it out were called terrorists. to this day, when it is brought up by commentators/pundits these terms are used. -chris b. In a message dated 7/10/05 12:06:51

Re: Fwd: [Biofuel] give up meat?

2005-07-11 Thread capt3d
not just grains, but *whole* grains. beans and *whole* grains. and even then only certain combinations. not all beans will complete the amino acid set when combined with brown rice. of course, there are still more grains that those beans might be combined with, but i personally don't know

Re: [Biofuel] It's imperialism, stupid- limbaugh

2005-07-11 Thread capt3d
hmm, don't be sure, todd. you're assuming that rushie's true beliefs aren't ten times more extreme than what he lets show in public. hitler was very selective and careful about the image he projected to the general public. and if by rabid little zealot you're referring to the extreme

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Hybrid Diesel

2005-07-11 Thread capt3d
earl, i'm not familiar with any federal laws protecting workers, except for anti-discrimination laws. if you're referring to more than that, please enlighten me. as fro state laws, don't be fooled by what you found in PA. many states have very poor worker protections. for example, employers

Re: [Biofuel] give up meat?

2005-07-11 Thread capt3d
yo, i think you're over-reacting a bit. and you're dragging in something which is barely relevant. no one's talking about severe or extreme malnutrition. i wouldn't expect to ever meet someone here who suffered from K because there are very few people here who don't eat meat. there are a

Re: [Biofuel] Hybrid Diesel

2005-07-11 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 7/11/05 9:19:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chris are you serious? I can think of plenty of federal protection for workers off the top of my head. a) minimum wage b) overtime rules (40 hr work week for hourly employees) c) OSHA d) EPA e) NLRB f) maternity/paternity

Re: [Biofuel] give up meat?

2005-07-11 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 7/11/05 11:49:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We could actually take the discussion further to stipulate _properly processed_ whole grains. Corn meal should be processed with alkali (masa harina) as I recall to to make the thiamin more absorbable, as one example.

Re: [Biofuel] Limiting coffee breaks. was: Deconstructing theNuclear Power Myths

2005-07-14 Thread capt3d
if what you're referring to is debunking the allegation that iraq had sought to purchase said material from niger, that would have been her husband, ambassador wilson. :) btw, i looked at those links you provided re veggie nutrition. i don't see any contradiction with what was being posted

[Biofuel] the RNC's karl rove talking points

2005-07-14 Thread capt3d
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Re: [Biofuel] Anybody have a vw engine (pre electronic injectorcontrol)

2005-07-14 Thread capt3d
a diesel should conservatively get 350k. it wouldn't surprise me if the japanese ones did a little better. you should be able to count on 500kor morefrom amercedes diesel. -chris-Original Message-From: Thompson, Mark L. (PNB RD) [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Thu,

[Biofuel] It's Cultural Imperialism, Bitch (was: Bitch was: It's. . . .)

2005-07-14 Thread capt3d
yes, mr. brodie was doing what has so often been done in the past. the brits did a marvelous job of it in india, and cortes in mejico was no slouch either. but as you all have so rightly pointed out, this group seems too well-knit, sharp-mindedand keen-eyed. discontent and divisiveness would have

Re: [Biofuel] the RNC's karl rove talking points

2005-07-14 Thread capt3d
it's all about 'staying on message', todd. the republicans are masters at it. -chris-Original Message-From: Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:12:46 -0400Subject: Re: [Biofuel] the RNC's karl rove talking points Where are the

Re: [Biofuel] Anybody have a vw engine (preelectronic injectorcontrol)

2005-07-15 Thread capt3d
chris, there is a definite decline in vw reliability since around the end of the '90s. add to that the fact that vw parts are more expensive than most, it becomes a double whammy. i really loved my old 85 jetta, but boy those parts were expensive. odds are that when i do get me that diesel,

Re: [Biofuel] the RNC's karl rove talking points

2005-07-15 Thread capt3d
lol well, yeah, that's what 'staying on message' means for a bunch like this. little more than a gang of technothugs, or thugocrats or something like that. or wait, how about. . . ? -chris b. In a message dated 7/14/05 7:39:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, no, no, no, no. It's

Re: [Biofuel] Turd Blossom aka Karl Rove

2005-07-17 Thread capt3d
hi bud, this question of whether plame was or was not a covert operative, has already been circulating for at least a week. frankly, it smacks of the typical obfuscation and counter-fingerpointing tactics that these jerk-offs use all the time. i was unable to download the article you linked

Re: [Biofuel] Burning glycerol for heat / Acrolein

2005-07-17 Thread capt3d
LOL all jokes aside, though, that's actually an interesting idea. if it were possible to keep the N and glycerine separate, and inject them into the cylinder where they would combine, then explode. . . . of course, there's the question of how energy efficient this would be (i'm assuming it

Re: [Biofuel] Article on Marx from www.commondreams.org

2005-07-18 Thread capt3d
huh, that was a nice little piece (i liked that expression, market fundamentalism). truly, the best indicator of the relevance of socialist thought in general, and the accuracy and penetrating insight of marx's thesis in particular, is the immense intellectual capital invested over

Re: [Biofuel] Burning glycerol for heat / Acrolein

2005-07-18 Thread capt3d
hi rich. i'm not a chemist or engineer. anything beyond the very general and hypothetical comments i made previously are beyond me. this line of inquiry raises so many questions which i really don't consider myself competent to comment on (and therefore didn't). keith is right about how

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: pocket bike USD85.00 (hot sale)

2005-07-19 Thread capt3d
i'd be curious to know more (specs, pics) about any scooters they have. -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Turd Blossom aka Karl Rove

2005-07-19 Thread capt3d
hi, bud. In a message dated 7/18/05 11:20:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Granted, Wilson is on the opposite side of the political spectrum from the Whitehouse, and probably did have an axe to grind, but does this in any way diminish his findings? yeah. . .well, maybe. . .but not really.

Re: I don't think many people really get it was Re: [Biofuel] Turd Blossom aka Karl Rove

2005-07-19 Thread capt3d
the odds are definitely in his favor. look at what happened to that other long-time close friend of bush's whose name (we won't mention it) is synonymous with the big scandal of bush's first term. and even if he is prosecuted, he has the precedent of that other leaker's plea-bargain. so he

Re: [Biofuel] Re: CUMMINS B5.9TD

2005-07-19 Thread capt3d
is it the assertion, then, that running b100 would yield a 40% loss in power? In a message dated 7/16/05 8:22:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Second, biodiesel has a lower heating value than Petro diesel, therefore the higher the biodiesel blend the lower the available power from the engine.

Re: [Biofuel] Test data on SVO/WVO fuel; better than diesel.

2005-07-20 Thread capt3d
i would definitely like to see test data. -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html

Re: [Biofuel] Harnessing hurricane/tornado power

2005-07-20 Thread capt3d
well, i suppose you could have wind turbines that operate in higher windspeed conditions. -chris b. -Original Message-From: r [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:31:10 -0400Subject: [Biofuel] Harnessing hurricane/tornado power Would it be

Re: [Biofuel] Harnessing hurricane/tornado power

2005-07-21 Thread capt3d
Anyway as another pointed out hurricanes and tornadoes events are so brief and unpredictable to seriously consider them as a power source. tornadoes certainly are unpredictable, but hurricanes follow a much more regular pattern; they last around 10 days (a little less?) from beginning to end,

Re: [Biofuel] Propane - ABio fuel?

2005-07-21 Thread capt3d
i suspect that the lines running from the biogas pit to the storage could beset up kind of like a stil, toremove the water vapor by cooling. best, -chris Malcolm wrote: Would water vapour inthe gas cause problems should it also be removed? Or is all this notneeded when using it as a single

Re: [Biofuel] Harnessing hurricane/tornado power

2005-07-21 Thread capt3d
that's not so big a problem. hurricanes cover thousands of square milesof area. it's just a matter of shaping your approach according to those variables. -chris -Original Message-From: Greg Harbican [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:06:22

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period (was, hurricane/tornado power)

2005-07-21 Thread capt3d
no argument here. but that wasn't the point. yet at the same time, it was. i mean, if we were to let such considerations determine our actions--let alone what we are willing to think or imagine--we wouldn't all be on this list, would we? ;›) cheers, -chris b. on 7/21/05 6:21 PM, Kirk

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
lol. no, you don't. when you have amassed that kind of firepower in a foreign country, the local political process almost becomes irrelevant to your presence. especially so when you've played things as masterfully as these guys have. they (the bush-neocon faction of the right, who

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
In a message dated 7/22/05 12:43:52 PM, keith writes: There's something similar in The Art of War, to the effect that a great general wins his victories by never allowing a war to happen in the first place. War is a failure of strategy, you've already lost by that time and so has everyone

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
oops, forgot to include the materials extraction industries. -chris b. In a message dated 7/22/05 5:48:16 PM, chris b. writes: they (the bush-neocon faction of the right, who represent above all the interests of the energy industries and arms and military-related industries)

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period (was, hurricane/tornado power)

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
this *homebrew* wturbine reportedly withstands 60+ mph winds. i can't see how even stronger ones couldn't be made. i have my own idea of how it could be done. . . . -chris b. In a message dated 7/22/05 6:21:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Power increases to the CUBE of wind velocity.

Re: [Biofuel] Payback Period (was, hurricane/tornado power)

2005-07-22 Thread capt3d
robert, that's cool as hayil! thanks for passing that along. -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Windmills in the Sky (was Harnessing hurricane/tornado power)

2005-07-23 Thread capt3d
keith, finally got around to following the link you recently provided. very cool. -chris b. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to

Re: [Biofuel] Re: was...The New Blue States/Country

2005-07-25 Thread capt3d
hi john, i agree with your point about the republican party. but don't be fooled by arnold's initiatives in cali. i was at the EV World website the other day, and found several articles about rules changes at CARB since 2002 or so. not very pretty. i'll try and post the links.

Re: [Biofuel] The Tragic Abuse of Corn

2005-07-25 Thread capt3d
ok, so is pimentel now using current data or not? if the answer is no, then the question becomes is this chick legit? the blurb about corn syrup is pretty over the top. -chris In a message dated 7/25/05 8:04:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: . . .In any case, Pimentel's new report with

Re: [Biofuel] Re: was...The New Blue States/Country

2005-07-25 Thread capt3d
here are the links i mentioned. first, an article published in three parts: http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=articlestoryid=691 http://www.evworld.com/general.cfm?pageIDENT=a_brooks1.cfm http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=articlestoryid=690 below is an earlier article by the same

Re: [Biofuel] The Tragic Abuse of Corn

2005-07-25 Thread capt3d
keith, no doubt refined carbos have their health effects. i was just referring to the implication (whether intentional or not) that hfcs introduction is wholly responsible for the horrible rates of obesity. as though eating and exercise habits, and the whole plethora of other very bad

Re: [Biofuel] The Tragic Abuse of Corn

2005-07-26 Thread capt3d
hi keith. no i didn't follow your link, but i'm already pretty familiar with health problems that have been linked to high fructose intake. so, no dis. :) still, i do think that the wording of that paragraph was. . .ill-considered. she simplistically (and somewhat inaccurately in terms of

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