Re: [Biofuel] Termite Methane (was The End of the Internet)

2006-02-08 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Well, it seems that there are two questions here. 1) Is climate change happening, and 2) are we causing it. Pretty much everyone (except scientists hired by Exxon) agree that the answer to 1 is yes. By the nature of question 1, it only has one negative answer (climate will stay the same), but

Re: [Biofuel] Ethynol vs Biodiesel

2006-02-04 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Part of the reason is probably because diesels in the US have a reputation of being slow, noisy, and dirty. Most people in the US haven't seen a diesel car since the early 80's, and assume that the technology is the same as 20 years ago (or worse yet, remember the famed 5.7L GM diesel engine

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

[Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-01 Thread Zeke Yewdall
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. So I admit I didn't watch the speech last night (since watching him talk makes me want to puke). But I read the text today and found

Re: [Biofuel] Daniel Kammen on Ethanol

2006-01-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I was under the impression they already do. In Washington, the oxygenated gas was supposedly made from ethanol byproduct of the paper pulp industry, rather than the MTBE stuff. http://www.ethanol-gec.org/information/briefing/20a.pdf is an interesting report from 2000 on this. On 1/31/06, [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] British nannies

2006-01-30 Thread Zeke Yewdall
People don't have very good sense of how dangerous different risks are. The most common workplace injury is repetitive stress injuries from using computers -- so using your home computer is probably more dangerous than making biodiesel, statistically speaking. Zeke On 1/30/06, Michael Redler

Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method

2006-01-26 Thread Zeke Yewdall
A small amount of gasoline in the biodiesel shouldn't affect it too much. Some of the crazy schemes for using unheated SVO call for mixing it with 15% gasoline or such. While I don't think this is necessarily good for the diesel engine, the majority of the problems I have heard of from doing

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-25 Thread Zeke Yewdall
MarkNormally I wouldn't recommend using car batteries, because they are not deep cycle batteries, and will fail pretty quickly -- less than a year. But if you can get them for free I'd recommend golf cart batteries at the very least. Stick a bunch of them in the bed of the chevy luv... And

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-25 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Good info Darryl. A few additions. There is not much gain from using 24 volts vs. 12 volts as the native voltage. Actually, almost all off grid houses use 48 volts nowadays. Cheaper since equipment is usually limited by the amperage it can take, and if you have a 10kW inverter bank, the

Re: [Biofuel] Rants

2006-01-24 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Two examples.1) The dumpster where I get alot of my fresh produce recently sprouted a sign saying that they can't allow people to get stuff from the dumpster any more. Not only would this mean that all of this food would go to waste (if anyone actually followed it), but it also would mean that I

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-24 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I'd check out homepower.com Especially their older articles (they've become much less techy over the years as the target audience has changed). The system I was referring to is essentially the same as for a wind or PV system, but with a biodiesel generator as the prime mover instead. Having the

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-24 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Another issue with net metering will be interconnection standards. Generally if you are connecting a rotating generator to the grid, you will need a level of protective relaying that will be prohibitive for the scale you are talking about -- like $25k or $100k. Using a grid connected inverter will

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-24 Thread Zeke Yewdall
You are right David. Induction generators are essentially the same as AC induction motors.On 1/24/06, David Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Paul S Cantrell wrote: Mark, I agree that a 50 kVA genset is overkill unless you live in a mansion, BUT you can check with your local utility (Reliant? or

Re: [Biofuel] Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

2006-01-24 Thread Zeke Yewdall
When it's cold, my cat will come and lay right on my face (the only thing sticking out from under the blankets). I can certainly see how this could hinder breathing.On 1/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not at all. About 1948 or 9 my mother used to put my middle sisterout in her

Re: [Biofuel] California Emissions

2006-01-23 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I don't think it is so much that the diesel will fail california emissions, so much as CA (and the northeast) plain refuse to test new diesels. In general, diesel emissions tests just measure how thick the black smoke is -- completely different than anything than is tested on gasoline cars.If you

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

2006-01-21 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I used to think so too, however I went to a Jesuit college and found it to be quite tolerant of me not being Catholic. Only once or twice in four years and 50 some classes did I feel that I was under pressure to conform to their views, either socially or academically. I got an engineering degree

Re: [Biofuel] considering a purchase of a diesel home generator, input appreciated

2006-01-21 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I don't know about that model of Isuzu engine, but their little truck engines are good, so I would tend to think it's a good engine. A direct injection engine isn't quite as good for straight veggie oil, but will run on biodiesel fine. The capacity seems a little high to me. The problem is that

Re: [Biofuel] Cooking oil isn't just for diesels anymore.

2006-01-21 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Sorry, my comment was directed at utility transformers, not computers.On 1/21/06, Chris lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can they be sealed against contamination for 40 years? I recon 4 years would be plenty long enough, I have not met anyonewith acomputer that's has not been worked on in

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

2006-01-20 Thread Zeke Yewdall
and theUS would again be a two-party democracy.I personally believe this is one of the largest flaws in our government, but I am not smart enough to come of with a good planfor doing it differently, and I try not to whine too much if Icannot give an alternative.On 1/19/06, Zeke Yewdall mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] NIMBY needs a sock stuffed in it relative towind/alternative energy

2006-01-20 Thread Zeke Yewdall
around to hear thegenerator, say 2 or 3 am.After a week or two, maybe the neighbours would chip in for a good mufflerDoug- Original Message -From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:25 PMSubject: Re: [Biofuel] NIMBY needs a sock

[Biofuel] Religious law. was Bin Laden citing US polls about withdrawing from Iraq

2006-01-20 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I have no problem with teaching creationism in science class. Just as long as Lord of the Rings is also taught in history class.But seriously, the problem with adopting religious law is that an orderly society relies on a uniform expectation of behavior. If everyone is the same religion, this may

Re: [Biofuel] Cooking oil isn't just for diesels anymore.

2006-01-20 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I remember hearing of the problems of dioxin contamination from old transformer cooling oil. I can see why they'd want a less toxic alternative. However, I wonder about the possiblity of bacterial growth in vegetable oil. A warm environment like that in a transformer seems pretty ideal for

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

2006-01-19 Thread Zeke Yewdall
) and that the cycle of holy wars comes to an end. Religious wars have haunting similarities:A statue in a Spanish cathedral showing St James slicing the heads off Moorish invaders... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3680331.stm Mike Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Biofuel] ECUADOR: Selling the Amazon for a Handful of Beads

2006-01-18 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Interesting. But compared to world use, 4.4 billion barrels is not all that much. Suadi Arabia claims to have 260 billion, and probably actually has at least 100 or 150 billion. They are currently pumping almost 2 billion a year. On 1/18/06, Michael Redler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This really got

Re: [Biofuel] NIMBY needs a sock stuffed in it relative to wind/alternative energy

2006-01-18 Thread Zeke Yewdall
It's easy. You can't have the option of NOT having a powerplant in your backyard (unless you pledge to never use electricity again). But you DO get to choose what kind. a) a PV array -- ugly sparkley blue panels on your roof (in some people's minds, I guess they're the type that would think

Re: [Biofuel] algae formation in biodiesel

2006-01-18 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Saw that article back in November. I've never had trouble, or heard of trouble with algae in biodiesel. I wonder if it was growing in the tank on the vehical, or grew in the supplier's tank. I'm a little confused how algae could grow in darkness anyway -- unless they had the translucent poly

Re: [Biofuel] Nuclear War against Iran

2006-01-17 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I believe that the quote from Ahmadinejad saying that he wanted to wipe israel off the map was taken out of context. He was talking about how after World War II, the european powers arbitrarily drew Israel on the map where it didn't exist before (and where other people lived). Does anyone have

Re: [Biofuel] Nuclear War against Iran

2006-01-17 Thread Zeke Yewdall
to somewhere else, and we'll pay for them to defend themselves so we can feel more moral about it, just so long as they leave our countries. I'm not defending Iran here, but I don't think they are the only anti-semitic ones playing on this stage. At least they're being honest. On 1/17/06, Zeke Yewdall

Re: [Biofuel] Nuclear War against Iran

2006-01-17 Thread Zeke Yewdall
religious history) is The Source, by James A. Michener Z On 1/17/06, robert luis rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Zeke Yewdall wrote: While he is wrong in his insistence that the holocaust (or the millions of Jews murdered in Europe for the 1000 years before the Holocaust) didn't happen, I

Re: [Biofuel] GMC on the right track with PAD?

2006-01-16 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Well, I thought it was considered the realm of wacko hippies to live in a solar powered school bus instead of a fixed house. or at least that's the reaction I get to mine.And when you come down to it, that's what GMC has proposed building. On 1/10/06, Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] Intro / Question

2006-01-06 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Have you done any energy loss calculations on your house? Unless you have prior bills, that's probably the only way to get a decent figure for how much fuel you'll need. Houses vary too much to be able to give a decent average number, even assuming the same climate. You can get fancy programs

Re: [Biofuel] Chicago Turns Down Discounted Venezuelan Oil

2006-01-06 Thread Zeke Yewdall
On 1/6/06, Greg and April [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wal-Mart is not a local government. Technically true thought Walmart is larger and more evil than most local (and many national) governments. Greg H. - Original Message - From: bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Huh??? I can buy that the interface layer for a completed reaction is related to the contact between water and fuel as you say, and is therefore dependent only on surface area of the interface, not volume of the reaction. Therefore it is a constant thickness regardless of volume or shape of the

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Zeke Yewdall
. An extremely thin interface layer is an indicator of being proficient, or nearly so. Todd Swearingen Zeke Yewdall wrote: Huh??? I can buy that the interface layer for a completed reaction is related to the contact between water and fuel as you say, and is therefore dependent only on surface

Re: [Biofuel] FW: Important, Congress set to gut renewable energy programs

2006-01-02 Thread Zeke Yewdall
It was all over the news here right before Christmas. I haven't heard anything since then -- I think the layoffs were going to start in January though. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/energy/article/0,2777,DRMN_23914_4328252,00.html http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3327991

Re: [Biofuel] Modification of cars to use biodiesel and insurance

2005-12-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Well, over here in the US (at least in Colorado) insurance doesn't even ask if the vehical runs or is roadworthy. To get it licensed, you have to have the emissions tested in metropolitan areas, but in most of the western states, not brakes or headlights, etc.. Some places do inspect those. I

Re: [Biofuel] inline fuel heater?

2005-12-27 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yup. This heating setup is the standard design most WVO vehicals I've seen use. I've done that to a school bus and a mercedes car. Unfortuneatly, I don't have good pictures or diagrams of it, but I am taking better pictures of the two vehicals I'm in the process of converting now, and will have

Re: [Biofuel] Run for your livees!!

2005-12-26 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Wow. Glad I'm not one of those biodiesel crackpots. Errr. Um.Nevermind Remember. Don't share this with your friends. On 12/25/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too good not to share, or, is this why people think we are crackpots?

Re: [Biofuel] Loving Nuclear Power

2005-12-25 Thread Zeke Yewdall
The fact that Republicans can call for more nuclear power with a straight face is truly an outrage, given the GOP constant calls for free markets. There has never been a more subsidized, socialized power technology as nuclear. Funny indeed. It has been a long time since either the republicans or

Re: [Biofuel] free inline fuel heater?

2005-12-24 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yeah, run two of them in series. These are pretty dumb heaters, and I doubt they have any overheat protection. Maybe a thermal fuse if you're lucky. Running them at four times the rated power might get them too hot, even if they were submerged in liquid. They won't care about the 50Hz vs 60Hz

Re: [Biofuel] VW GOLF MK3 TURBO DIESEL CONVERSION

2005-12-22 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Lay off on the all caps man. No need to yell at us. I've never used the various SVO systems that you can buy, but I have done a few systems with parts from the auto parts store etc. What I've found to be key is keeping the filter well heated, as it will usually be the first place to clog. I

Re: [Biofuel] Alternative way of producing bd (using electric)

2005-12-21 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Come on Mike. How do you argue that a perpetual motion machine wouldn't be useful? And I take issue with the public morality one too. How many useless, energy consuming gadgets have been patented which only serve to drive our society farther into unsustainability, and will lead to the downfall

Re: [Biofuel] Alternative way of producing bd (using electric)

2005-12-20 Thread Zeke Yewdall
For an interesting read on some of the bizarre twists patent law takes, search for blackberry patent in google news. It seems that althought NTP never actually built the equipment for their patent, Blackberry did (to great financial reward), without buying the patent rights from NTP. If you read

Re: [Biofuel] BioButanol replaces gasoline

2005-12-17 Thread Zeke Yewdall
H. I didn't know that butyric acid was bad for the environment, but I did know that is a component of rancid butter and vomit with a particular unpleasant odor. I think that alone could prevent use as fuel (although, to be honest, gasoline and diesel smell pretty nasty too). On 12/16/05,

Re: [Biofuel] Steam hybrid from BMW to enter market with 'Turbosteamer'

2005-12-17 Thread Zeke Yewdall
can't remember now which department they were associated with. It was about 3 years ago I saw it. I'll see if I can find anything out. Z On 12/16/05, Joe Acquisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Zeke Yewdall[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/16/05 3:01 PM Although it doesn't specify, I would suspect

Re: [Biofuel] Steam hybrid from BMW to enter market with 'Turbosteamer'

2005-12-16 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Although it doesn't specify, I would suspect that this is a turbine design, not a piston design. I've seen a 30kW steam turbine that wasn't much larger than an AC compressor for a car. Add a heat exhanger in the exhaust manifold, and it could be quite compact. Of course it was also noisy enough

Re: [Biofuel] GM to Nearly Triple India Production

2005-12-15 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I wonder how many of those GM cars will be able to compete with the Reva? On 12/15/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GM_INDIA?SITE=MYPSPSECTION=HOM ETEMPLATE=DEFAULTCTIME=2005-12-13-09-31-44 The Associated Press Dec 13, 9:31 AM EST GM to

Re: [Biofuel] BioButanol replaces gasoline

2005-12-15 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yeah. If the biodiesel with a four carbon based alcohol was that thick, why bother doing transesterification at all. I'd love something that I can use in my gasoline car though, so I can start driving it again. Zeke On 12/15/05, Tom Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Greg, I don't think you

Re: [Biofuel] BioButanol replaces gasoline

2005-12-15 Thread Zeke Yewdall
But there's a limited market for solvent. After you've sold all you can at $3.70, you have to start selling it cheaper to get into the fuel market, or not sell any more. On 12/15/05, Paul S Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the first URL: Butanol currently sells for about $3.70 per

Re: [Biofuel] Cross Posted - [solar-ac] Now thats what I call a Solar City!!!!!

2005-12-14 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yeah. I'm a little embarassed to be from the sunny and windy state of Colorado, which also has the one of the US's premier renewable energy research facilities. 90%+ coal power baby!! On 12/14/05, Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Austin definitely sounds like a happenin' place.

Re: [Biofuel] Realising Gandhi's village ideal

2005-12-12 Thread Zeke Yewdall
On 12/12/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many btu's is a standard furnace for a 2,500 sq foot house? Depends on whether it's well insulated, insulated to code, or not insulated, what the design heating temperature is, whether it has any passive solar features, and if so, how much

[Biofuel] Internet Censorship

2005-12-10 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Has anyone heard about this? --- Internet Censorship By Wayne Madsen 12-9-5 Internet censorship. It did not happen overnight but slowly came to America's shores from testing grounds in China and the Middle East. Progressive and

Re: [Biofuel] concerning rabies vaccinations

2005-12-07 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Todd wrote: You don't think that padding a practice's income by pitching unnecessary services . isn't fraudulent or at least borderline so? Uh. Selling people unnecessary good and services is what the American economy is built on. I know we all want to change that, but right now its the

Re: [Biofuel] Pump size

2005-12-07 Thread Zeke Yewdall
What is the pressure that those gpm ratings are taken at? I suspect the 1/2 horse pump is rated at a much higher head than your 1/20th HP pump. Also, are you sure you are getting 5gpm through a 3/8 fitting? It seems a little high for that small of pipe. On 12/7/05, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] Cat question was Re: Lay low in the high grass

2005-12-06 Thread Zeke Yewdall
On the vaccination issue, I think that there are other issues that could also be causing the increase in athsma, etc. When I was little, I ate dirt, played with the dogs and cats and didn't wash my hands, ate wild berries without washing them, ate ants (I don't remember this but my parents say I

Re: [Biofuel] Preheating heat source - BriteLyt? Petromax

2005-12-06 Thread Zeke Yewdall
What about the type of burners that are designed to use a liquid fuel directly rather than volatilize a liquid fuel? Like fuel oil furnaces, and waste engine oil burners. All of these I have seen are in the 100,000 Btu/hr range though -- if you could find one more like 10 or 20 kBtu, it might

Re: [Biofuel] Bob Allen -Other Vaccines during WWI - THE 1918 INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC

2005-12-06 Thread Zeke Yewdall
If vaccines are big business being forced on us for profit, then why does no one want to actually make them. Last year, less than half of the people in the US who wanted to get flu vaccines couldn't even get them, because there was only one or two companies who produced them, and one got shut

[Biofuel] Rabies Vaccine frequency. was: Bob Allen

2005-12-06 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Mary Quit screwing up the JTF archives by putting irrelevant subject titles on your emails. This one is about rabies vaccines, not Bob Allen. On 12/6/05, Marylynn Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To answer your question about the rabies shots. Rabies shots, are required by law every three

Re: [Biofuel] Bob Allen -Other Vaccines during WWI - THE 1918 INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC

2005-12-06 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yet they are already being sued over drugs like vioxx. Are the threats of law suits any higher for vaccines than for other drugs released with insufficient testing? On 12/6/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No one wants to touch them because of fears of being sued. Zeke Yewdall wrote

Re: [Biofuel] Cat question was Re: Lay low in the high grass

2005-12-05 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I assume your talking about the actual fish meat, not some processed catfood called tuna which may or may actually include real fish. I'm not sure where a tuna would get ash, living out in the ocean. Now, tuna does have alot of mercury, due to being high up on the food chain -- look at the FDA

Re: [Biofuel] Cat question was Re: Lay low in the high grass

2005-12-05 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Uuugh. Gotta love rendering plants There's one about 50 miles NE of where I live. Usually the wind blows the other way, but when it turns around, it stinks... When we raised rabbits, we would leave the extra parts up on the hillside after butchering them, and they'd be gone by the next

Re: [Biofuel] Soybean based biodiesel

2005-12-04 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I personally have not had any issues with algae growing in my tank. I use between B100 and B20 depending on temperature. My biodiesel is also commercial produced fuel, mostly soybean from Agland, but canola from Blue Sun if I can get it. Any clogging of my filters seems to be due to rust, which

Re: [Biofuel] New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-12-01 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I don't know quite how this relates, but when we were making natural plasters for a strawbale I was working on near here, we used a small amount of llama manure in the adhesion coat that went on any wood or plasterboard that was going to be plastered (very little metal lath used). It held very

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel as a wood stain

2005-12-01 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Hm. I've heard of people down in Ecuador perserving bamboo by painting it with diesel -- which we all recoiled at due to the nastyness of it. Using biodiesel sounds better -- I wonder how it will stand up, considering biodiesel is biodegradable? But then again so is tallow, beeswax, etc,

Re: [Biofuel] Methanol - was Re: neoprene gloves good enoughprotection?

2005-12-01 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Hmmm. Remind me never to come to your town, as my truck has an 18.5 gallon fuel tank filled with biodiesel/diesel. If I parked in your driveway, It'd be illegal. On 12/1/05, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg, Do people heat with fuel oil where you are? If so, that's not Biodiesel

Re: [Biofuel] Household electricity consumption questions, remarks, and theorizing.

2005-11-30 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Take a look a the standard calculations for microhydro power systems. You need quite a bit of water, with decent head, to get any power. http://www.harrishydro.com/determineoutput.html On 3/2/06, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was trying to do one of those back of envelope calculations

Re: [Biofuel] Diesel pick-ups in Canada

2005-11-30 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yeah, the stock 2.2 liter isuzu was rated at 62 horsepower, and the 1.6 liter VW was only 55 horsepower. You can boost the 1.6 a little by getting rid of the factory snorkel with a 4 system, and putting on a 2.5 straightpipe exhaust, but it's just not very powerful compared to even a stock TDI.

Re: [Biofuel] Household electricity consumption questions, remarks, and theorizing.

2005-11-30 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I have this hooked to a bank of deep cycle marine batteries, Do not use car batteries. Waste of money. Actually, in my experience, marine deep cycle batteries are a waste of money too. They are not true deep cycle batteries like ones designed for PV systems. We used a bank of four of these

Re: [Biofuel] Diesel pick-ups in Canada

2005-11-29 Thread Zeke Yewdall
If it's anything like down here, the 10 - 20% premium for diesels is for the 3/4 ton and larger ones. Small diesel pickups are fetching about twice or three times what a comparable gas truck would go for. I think '85 or '86 was the last year most of them -- toyota, nissan, isuzu, mazda,

Re: [Biofuel] NaOH does not dissolve

2005-11-29 Thread Zeke Yewdall
This is what I found for the chemical compostion of wood naptha used for denaturing ethanol: Composition of wood naptha: There is no prescriptive list of ingredients, but some or all of the following are found in approved synthetic wood naptha: * pyridine, * pyridine bases, * allyl

Re: [Biofuel] Producing biodiesel from animal fat

2005-11-29 Thread Zeke Yewdall
From what I know, the problems with animal fat are the long chains of the fatty acids / triglycerides and the high level of saturation. This means that biodiesel produced from animal fat will tend to condensate, especially at low temperatures. How can one solve this problem? Use a two tank

Re: [Biofuel] Diesel pick-ups in Canada

2005-11-29 Thread Zeke Yewdall
You might also ask the ford, mazda, isuzu, mitsubishi, chevy, nissan, dealers while you are at it. They all make pretty nice small turbodiesel trucks for africa and southeast asia. I imagine that most the people who work there don't even know that their company makes diesels overseas -- the dodge

Re: [Biofuel] Producing biodiesel from animal fat

2005-11-29 Thread Zeke Yewdall
: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Producing biodiesel from animal fat From what I know, the problems with animal fat are the long chains of the fatty acids / triglycerides and the high level

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel for model Aircraft

2005-11-29 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I imagine it would be the same as biodiesel for anything else. I wasn't aware that you could run diesel in model aircraft engines though. On 11/29/05, Jeffrey Kumjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you tell me how to make Bio diesel for a model Aircraft? Jeffrey

Re: [Biofuel] New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-11-28 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Two more reasons for being vegetarian: Comparing factory farmed meat with factory farmed vegetables, the meat consumes much more fossil fuel Btu's, and fossil water from aquifers, per calorie of food. Health effects of eating too much red meat. I'm not vegetarian, but I don't eat a big chunk of

Re: [Biofuel] truckers choose hydrogen power

2005-11-28 Thread Zeke Yewdall
All of the little electrolyzers I have seen use KOH as the electrolyte. Essentially no more than a ni-cad battery run at well above electrolysis voltage, with means to separate and gather the oxygen and hydrogen, rather than just venting it out of the top of the cell like the batteries do. And

Re: [Biofuel] Household electricity consumption questions, remarks, and theorizing.

2005-11-28 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Ouch. I've been reading this discussion, and realize how little the world at large actually knows about how to properly do off grid power systems. I grew up with a battery/PV system, and now work designing them. Several of the answers have been right in line, but if you want a more in depth

Re: [Biofuel] My solution to the oil problem

2005-11-28 Thread Zeke Yewdall
The problem is that oil exhibits rather inelastic demand due to having a monopoly on transportation, and societal requirements for transportation use. If it followed conventional nice smooth demand vs price, artificially raising the price by taxing it would reduce demand because people would

Re: [Biofuel] Diesel pick-ups in Canada

2005-11-28 Thread Zeke Yewdall
You might have an easier time in Canada than here in the US, but here the little 4 cylinder diesel pickups are few and far between. They're selling for upwards of $5,000 if in good shape with under 200,000km. I had to drive 1,200 miles to get mine, and then only because I had good connections.

Re: [Biofuel] USA should be renamed USE

2005-11-28 Thread Zeke Yewdall
You're being sarcastic Mike, I hope? On 11/28/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm shocked. radema wrote: Chairman of the House Intelligence subcommittee on terrorism and human intelligence admits taking $2.4Million in bribes.

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel's gone New Age

2005-11-27 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Well, they're right, sort of. Switching to biofuels could cause a humanitarian and environmental nightmare of such a scale that could only be exceeded by the humanitarian and environmental nightmare that staying addicted to petroleum fuels is already causing. Sort of like arguing against walking

Re: [Biofuel] disposable solar panels developed using nanotechnology

2005-11-26 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Hmmm. An A2 paper is 594mm x 420mm, which works out to be 40% efficient if it can generate 100 watts. Given that the best commercial PV module I can buy right now from SunPower is about 20% efficient, and I think the highest recorded laboratory efficiency is only 34% or so, I am immediatly

Re: [Biofuel] The bad news about Biodiesel

2005-11-25 Thread Zeke Yewdall
The studies I have read indicated that their were concerns about the genetically modified algae that they had developed to produce biodiesel, and also about the hardiness of the biodiesel (or oil rather) producing algae. The US DOE wrote a 250 page study on it, which I can't seem to find right

Re: [Biofuel] truckers choose hydrogen power

2005-11-17 Thread Zeke Yewdall
H. Well, considering that they go through 100 gallons of diesel fuel in an 8 hour day, and water (even clean water) is way more plentiful than diesel), that actually doesn't seem that bad if it allows saving maybe 5% of the diesel fuel. How many gallons of water would it take to grow the 5

Re: [Biofuel] truckers choose hydrogen power

2005-11-15 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Okay, I can buy the reductions in emissions from some hydrogen injection, and maybe by causing more complete combustion it could increase efficiency a bit, but the first law of thermodynamics remains. Using generous efficiency numbers: You take energy out of the engine from the alternator -- 80%

[Biofuel] GOP memo touts new terror attack as way to reverse party's decline

2005-11-14 Thread Zeke Yewdall
H. Not that I have ever had any love for the GOP, but even to me it seems like they picked a cynical title for the article. http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7639.shtml ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] The Rise Of America's New Enemy

2005-11-14 Thread Zeke Yewdall
The US may already be reaching that meltdown. The huge and growing poor population seem to attest to that. We saw it for the first time (at least in the national media for a while) after Katrina. The rampant social inequity that all of the developed countries have typically done a rather

Re: [Biofuel] 20 Amazing Facts About Voting in the USA

2005-11-14 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yup. Know what's funny. The republicans are doing a far better job of destroying themselves in the past few weeks than the democrats have ever managed to do, and the democrats are STILL having a hard time positioning themselves as the winners in the whole thing. Remember when we (americans)

[Biofuel] Iraq not another Vietnam

2005-11-14 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Hmmm. I have always maintained (since before the current war started) that Iraq would be another Vietnam for the US, but according to this report, I am not really correct. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GK12Ak01.html ___ Biofuel mailing

Re: [Biofuel] Power Compost!

2005-11-07 Thread Zeke Yewdall
It should be relatively easy to modify the ignition timing on a magneto driven lawnmower type engine. The magnets are usually on the flyweel/blower on top of the engine (or the other end from the drive shaft, for horizontal shaft engines). They trigger the magneto which is fixed to the engine

Re: [Biofuel] processor design

2005-11-01 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I second that. I got a gmail account mostly just for backup in case my yahoo or work email server was down, but now it is my primary email, and my others (except my crappy work email which we actually pay for) just forward here. Especially discussions. Threading of emails may be one of the

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
And are you saying we should pull out now? That, sir, would be the most irresponsible thing we could possibly do, bring all our troops home. We'd be leaving a mess we created behind, without even trying to clean it up. More people would die than are currently dying now, and the eventual

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Sodium chloride is table salt. Chlorine is the yellow gas you're talking about I think. You can get it from sodium chloride by electrolyzing saltwater, or mixing sodium hypochlorite with lye aparrently, but it's not all that dangerous by itself. On 10/30/05, logan vilas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Table salt is NOT the same as chlorine gas. Why do you think it is? On 10/30/05, Jason and Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sodium chloride is table salt. Chlorine is the yellow gas you're talking about I think. You

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
saltwater, or mixing sodium hypochlorite with lye aparrently, but sodium chloride is not all that dangerous by itself. Zeke On 10/30/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Table salt is NOT the same as chlorine gas. Why do you think it is? On 10/30/05, Jason and Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Biofuel] alternative biodiesel process

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
The electric field strength should be proportional to just the linear distance between electrodes. I believe the current needed to maintain a given voltage differential would increase proportionally to the area involved. On 10/30/05, Jason and Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if there were

Re: [Biofuel] chlorine was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I should read my emails more carefully to make sure they say what I mean them to say in the future. Especially when I ended up implying the direct opposet of what I meant. Zeke On 10/30/05, Jason and Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Alt.EnergyNetwork [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Chemicals to watch out for -- was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Hydrionic acid? Don't forget to watch out for di-hydrogen oxide. It can easily cause death by asphixiation. If you get it on your skin, it can cause hypothermia by rapidly increasing heat transfer, it promotes mold and bacterial growth, and it's effect on automobiles in the wintertime is a

Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One

2005-10-30 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I asked him if I could pull my car up and at least see if it would still crank, or at least turn over. Well, you can, but if it still runs it's worth more and I'm gonna charge you more for it. Geesh.He's tryin to sell a car that he doesn't even know whether it runs or not? What a lazy

Re: [Biofuel] Democracy

2005-10-28 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Nope. What I'm saying is: When the gods want to punish us, they answer our prayers. Touche... ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to

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