[Biofuel] Okay, This time I really am going to take down the list, , , , but first, please read

2017-03-16 Thread Chip Mefford
Good day all of you who are left, I really want to thank everyone who has sent their thoughts on taking the list down. There have been some, , no, not some, all, great stories. Before I take the list down, , I was wondering how many of you are still interested in keeping something like

[Biofuel] Happy Solstice all, Taking the list down.

2016-12-22 Thread Chip Mefford
It has been many years now since Keith passed. As things stand, Darryl is about the only traffic posted here and even that is echoing (admittedly interesting) stuff posted elsewhere. If anyone is interested, I can and am willing to provide the subscriber's list if anyone wishes to continue

[Biofuel] List is back up.

2015-03-29 Thread Chip Mefford
I think this issue is resolved. Thanks kindly for your forbearance. -- ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel

Re: [Biofuel] Temporarily Taking Down the Mailing List for 24 hours

2015-03-28 Thread Chip Mefford
Oh You may continue to submit articles for the list, they will be held and released to the list once I've tended to the problem. - Original Message - From: Chip Mefford c...@well.com To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2015 9:22:54 PM

Re: [Biofuel] Cheaper wind turbines.

2014-11-30 Thread Chip Mefford
Call me skeptical of *ALL* so-called energy breakthroughs. As to wind power here in the US, here's what I wrote on industrial scale wind power a few years back, and for the most part, I still agree with myself. :) http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2010/06/wind-farms-some-considerations.html

Re: [Biofuel] The Future of the Biofuels mailing list, your input needed.

2014-11-20 Thread Chip Mefford
Well, I gotta admit, I've gotten a huge response to my query, and honestly I wasn't expecting it. Aside from the responses you've all perhaps read, I've received many off-list as well. Okay, we'll leave it up. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing

[Biofuel] The Future of the Biofuels mailing list, your input needed.

2014-11-19 Thread Chip Mefford
Good day all; As of this morning, there are 456 subscribers to this list. The recent news of Keith's passing come as sad news to us all and we saw a tiny uptick in traffic over those few days. Since then, we're back to some updates on issues that many of us find interesting by Darryl, and not

Re: [Biofuel] Oil Is Back! A Global Warming President Presides Over a Drill-Baby-Drill United States

2014-09-06 Thread Chip Mefford
FWIW; I've only been alive long enough to have paid attention since Nixon, and in that time, every single president has made big public noises about how we had to break our dependence on oil, and every single president (yes, including Carter, and Clinton) has done what they could to increase our

Re: [Biofuel] Any beekeeping contacts in Switzerland?

2014-08-19 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Zeke, We're going to be in switzerland for a few days in early oct. I too share these interests, and we know folks who know folks too. - Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdall zyewd...@gmail.com To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, August 19,

Re: [Biofuel] The rise of social capital

2014-03-24 Thread Chip Mefford
Good thread folks! I, use open source, free as in speech tools exclusively and have since the mid-90s, going on 20 years now. Never looked back. I, could give a shit about cars anymore. And I'm something of a car nut. Just for fun, here's a short and incomplete list of cars I've owned that I

Re: [Biofuel] Are Utility Companies Out to Destroy Solar's 'Rooftop Revolution'?

2013-10-13 Thread Chip Mefford
In a word? Yu Becha! - Original Message - From: Keith Addison ke...@journeytoforever.org To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 8:41:54 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Are Utility Companies Out to Destroy Solar's 'Rooftop Revolution'?

Re: [Biofuel] Monsanto gives up fight for GM plants in Europe

2013-06-04 Thread Chip Mefford
Good Morning all: - Original Message - From: Darryl McMahon dar...@econogics.com To: Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, June 3, 2013 8:27:49 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Monsanto gives up fight for GM plants in Europe

Re: [Biofuel] Cost of electric cars dropping to gas equivalents

2013-06-04 Thread Chip Mefford
Good morning all; - Original Message - From: Dawie Coetzee dawie_coet...@yahoo.co.uk To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 2:31:28 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Cost of electric cars dropping to gas equivalents To answer the first question,

[Biofuel] Test, please ignore

2013-05-21 Thread Chip Mefford
Changes to the email system behind the list, Just checking to see if they are working. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel

[Biofuel] News is bad for you, your health, your mind, your body.

2013-04-19 Thread Chip Mefford
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli And I believe every word of it. It makes sense: News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier News is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to

Re: [Biofuel] Battery Breakthrough?

2013-04-19 Thread Chip Mefford
I've got a 10 y/o prius, still working, though not as well. but mostly, I ride a bicycle. Ride a bicycle. through the rain, through the snow, through the nice weather, it's better than any EV. i want to get rid of the prius, be a 1-car family, but there'll be time for that later, it sill

Re: [Biofuel] The N.R.A. Wins Again

2013-03-22 Thread Chip Mefford
Good Morning all; - Original Message - From: Darryl McMahon dar...@econogics.com To: Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 7:58:14 AM Subject: [Biofuel] The N.R.A. Wins Again

Re: [Biofuel] Anti-nuclear madness doesn't jibe with concern about global warming

2012-12-02 Thread Chip Mefford
Good day all: At some point, I meant to transcribe some bits and pieces from this presentation from our annual conference last Feb at PASA (Pennsylvania Assoc for Sustainable Agriculture) due to it's relevance on asking the really tough questions that will stimulate the environment wherein we

Re: [Biofuel] Anti-nuclear madness doesn't jibe with concern about global warming

2012-12-02 Thread Chip Mefford
Ooops, Wrong presentation, But it's still directly germane. - Original Message - From: Chip Mefford c...@well.com To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 9:19:37 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Anti-nuclear madness doesn't jibe with concern

Re: [Biofuel] Anti-nuclear madness doesn't jibe with concern about global warming

2012-11-28 Thread Chip Mefford
Well, Just for fun, I've yet to see any real numbers on how this nuclear renaissance actually addresses anything. There's a lot of rhetoric about how it's cleaner than the fossil fuel alternatives, but that's all, just rhetoric. Very little about actually replacing burning fossil carbon with

Re: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology

2012-11-05 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Tony cr...@vianet.net.au To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 6:39:10 AM Subject: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology Page / Story Link

Re: [Biofuel] Protecting nuclear power plants from nature's worse

2012-11-05 Thread Chip Mefford
Wow; While I expect nothing less from my fellow countrymen, than to lean heavily on the FUD (fear, uncertainly and doubt) aspects of 'renewables' to keep any nuclear country glowing, that others can't see through the veil that the US has done everything it can to cripple and deter real

[Biofuel] Testing the new list

2012-10-30 Thread Chip Mefford
Okay list; We're almost there. Keith is having issues posting to the list. I'm supposing this is due to the DNS changes that I made for the new list not fully propagating across everything as of yet. Also, the new email address (@lists.sustainability.org, rather than @sustainability.org)

[Biofuel] This is just a test, please ignore and delete.

2012-10-29 Thread Chip Mefford
Sorry for the inconvenience. --chipper ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel

Re: [Biofuel] This is just a test, please ignore and delete.

2012-10-29 Thread Chip Mefford
29, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Chip Mefford c...@daviswv.net wrote: Sorry for the inconvenience. I feel so inconvenienced. I presume this is the new list? -dave hojo ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel

Re: [Biofuel] This is just a test, please ignore and delete.

2012-10-29 Thread Chip Mefford
Okay, Another test. having some teething issues with the new list. - Original Message - From: Chip Mefford c...@well.com To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 5:58:10 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] This is just a test, please ignore

Re: [Biofuel] More list problems

2012-10-29 Thread Chip Mefford
I'm sorry everyone, I've found another typo in the list information (my fault) I'm going to dump and re-create the list. Please pardon all these administrative issues as I get the new list sorted. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list

[Biofuel] A compromise position in the food/farming dilemma ?

2012-10-22 Thread Chip Mefford
An interesting read: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/a-simple-fix-for-food/?src=recg Summary: Seems the folks at Iowa State Univ, at their Marsden Farm did a medium term experiment comparing short rotation chem intensive conventional industrial model ag with a hybrid long

Re: [Biofuel] Dear all...

2012-10-12 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Keith, I can host the list if you like, Just say'n. What will happen to the archives? (I'm only panicking mildly) - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 11:26:41 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Dear

Re: [Biofuel] How the G.O.P. Became the Anti-Urban Party

2012-10-08 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 2:54:04 PM Subject: [Biofuel] How the G.O.P. Became the Anti-Urban Party

Re: [Biofuel] 90 Million Americans Can't Be Wrong

2012-08-21 Thread Chip Mefford
Well, , , I can certainly say that the lack of civics education must be intentional. Even our elected leaders and our supreme court justices seem to have never taken a civics class in their lives, and they like it that way. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] 'Clean Energy' Politics Take Energy Out of Wind Industry Sails

2012-08-16 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Jason; Thanks for taking the time to read and respond. I do appreciate it. I worked long and hard on it, and I can certainly understand folks who wonder why on earth am I even bothering? Yes, I am saying that. but more than that. This is the only large scale wind power implementation

Re: [Biofuel] 'Clean Energy' Politics Take Energy Out of Wind Industry Sails

2012-08-14 Thread Chip Mefford
I'm pretty much deeply suspect of 'wind energy' on the commercial scale. I know how well it works on a homestead/farm scale, and that's pretty excellent stuff. But this big stuff? I ain't so sure. Here's my write up from a few years back:

Re: [Biofuel] Solar, Wind other Alternatives

2012-08-08 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Zeke; Interesting. I've pondered these things a lot over the last few years, and there seems to be some interesting points with them, mostly due to the internal resistance. Aside from the big pluses on their chemistry, which is gentle compared to most storage batteries out there, their

Re: [Biofuel] Solar, Wind other Alternatives

2012-08-08 Thread Chip Mefford
FWIW; Another vote for SMA inverters. Yeah, not cheap, but worth it. Solid technology. - Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 10:10:37 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar, Wind other

Re: [Biofuel] Solar, Wind other Alternatives

2012-08-08 Thread Chip Mefford
200 ah at what voltage? - Original Message - From: Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 9:18:37 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar, Wind other Alternatives I wonder how big 2 x 200 amp/hour batteries would end up being?

[Biofuel] recovering an old stone lined septic,

2012-07-06 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey all; been /so/ long since i posted to this list. I miss ya'll, and hope some of you are still following it. we bought our forever place a year ago, and this coming weekend, we will christen/commission the first of our two composting toilets. after a LOT of deliberation, we decided to go

Re: [Biofuel] China Benefits as US Solar Industry Withers

2011-09-06 Thread Chip Mefford
it's kinda crazy. SPI makes its panels in the US, But I *think* they actually ship the panels to china, to have them mounted, and then ship the finished panels back. This is what Evergreen was doing. This is just simply crazy. yes Zeke, I completely agree, this is what 'consumer demand'

Re: [Biofuel] The Jobs Mirage: How Much More Work Do Humans Really Need?

2011-09-06 Thread Chip Mefford
Pretty funny, i was just ruminating on how the USDA has done an excellent job over the last 50 years of completely decimating the population of it's constituents. Furthermore, it's PROUD of it. The us Ag-Industry is PROUD of the fact that there are fewer folks involved in agriculture than

Re: [Biofuel] Time for U.S. to say yes to Canadian oil sands

2011-09-02 Thread Chip Mefford
on Thursday, September 1, 2011 1:48:16 PM Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Economically viable does not equal environmentally viable. Indeed. Economically viable has become nearly the antithesis of environmentally viable If 'nearly' applies. Some would say it IS the antithesis.

Re: [Biofuel] Time for U.S. to say yes to Canadian oil sands

2011-09-02 Thread Chip Mefford
On Friday, September 2, 2011 10:04:50 AM Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting that when you are addicted to coke, the problem does not seem to be the addition, but where to get more coke. Nowhere in the article did I see any discussion of reducing oil demand. Z Nor is it

Re: [Biofuel] Bill Gates's Nuclear Miracle?

2011-08-24 Thread Chip Mefford
These are by far and away the safest reactors ever designed. As long as they remain unbuilt, they will remain so. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:12:08 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Bill Gates's

Re: [Biofuel] How do you get WVO?

2011-08-10 Thread Chip Mefford
What little WVO I've used, I've bought. I'm glad it's out of the 'waste' stream. - Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:42:37 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How do you get WVO? That's

Re: [Biofuel] Seeking Help - Lister-Petter 1-cylinder diesel engine

2011-08-08 Thread Chip Mefford
As you are no doubt aware, diesels require a *lot* of compression to fire. You may not be able to get it spinning fast enough to build enough compression to get it to fire, esp since the engine hasn't run in many years, and was likely pretty worn when it was taken out of service. I'd shoot a

Re: [Biofuel] A Manifesto for Earth

2011-07-25 Thread Chip Mefford
Just a couple of thoughts that are relevant. Bill Doer's 'Tenets of basic Foundational Forestry' http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2010/09/tenents-of-basic-foundational-forestry.html and of course: What is the prime product of the farm? The prime product of the farm is soil. any farming

Re: [Biofuel] Bicycle and pedestrian funding in danger

2011-07-20 Thread Chip Mefford
Dawie Coetzee [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 4:27:04 AM Dawie Coetzee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the average American city can solve at least 50% of its transport problem simply by allowing shophouses in all its neighbourhoods. You'll find no argument with me. The idea

Re: [Biofuel] The Market Is Lying: Why We Must Tax Carbon, Not Subsidize It

2011-07-14 Thread Chip Mefford
and trade. On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keith Addison wrote: Sweden has been using a carbon tax since 1991. It works. See http://www.carbontax.org http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/0/2108273.pdf If markets are to deliver a least-cost

Re: [Biofuel] The Market Is Lying: Why We Must Tax Carbon, Not Subsidize It

2011-07-13 Thread Chip Mefford
Keith Addison wrote: Sweden has been using a carbon tax since 1991. It works. See http://www.carbontax.org http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/0/2108273.pdf If markets are to deliver a least-cost economy then prices have to be corrected to include costs external to market transactions.

Re: [Biofuel] Petroleum alternatives, yes; How about Nuclear?

2011-06-27 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Zeke; Zeke Yewdall wrote On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about we just turn away from hard path energy all together and embrace the soft path? Soft path energy approaches lead us off into an uncertain future. The hard path leads us

Re: [Biofuel] Petroleum alternatives, yes; How about Nuclear?

2011-06-26 Thread Chip Mefford
How about we just turn away from hard path energy all together and embrace the soft path? Soft path energy approaches lead us off into an uncertain future. The hard path leads us to oblivion. Rather than arguing over what car to drive, why not take a hard look at not driving cars at all. it's not

Re: [Biofuel] Trees not cure for global warming

2011-06-24 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Lee; that's a negative. Of the solar energy that hits the tree canopy, much of it gets used, which cuts down on the reflectivity. Further, by the usual way in which we think about stuff, this could be considered excess or waste heat. Lots of stuff go on in photosynthesis, not the least

Re: [Biofuel] Are We on the Brink of Burying Nuke Power Forever?

2011-06-21 Thread Chip Mefford
Just wanted to say, I keep reading this thread subject as Are We on the Brink of Buying Nuke Power Forever? And I'd have to say, yes. Forever and ever, in any human-scaled timeline. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Trees not cure for global warming

2011-06-21 Thread Chip Mefford
Trees do a whole lot more than 'just' sink carbon. and 'we' are losing forests, not gaining forests. Net LOSS Not Net Gain. - Original Message - From: Bruno M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 9:24:07 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Trees not cure for global warming FYI:

Re: [Biofuel] Trees not cure for global warming

2011-06-21 Thread Chip Mefford
Sorry, I don't know much, but this is something I actually do know about. And this article really got my goat, as it were. - Original Message - From: Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:41:08 PM Subject: Re

Re: [Biofuel] Andrea Rossi and his approach to Cold Fussion

2011-06-08 Thread Chip Mefford
Alex Rodriguez wrote: Hello everyone! I'm just wondering if any of you has looked into Andrea Rossi and his approach to Cold Fussion. According to reports I've found over the net, they are about to go commercial in Greece with a 1MW power plant by October. I found the following web site to

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: New Engine 100 MPG

2011-06-07 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:43:14 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: New Engine 100 MPG I expect to be picking up my 'new' ride this coming Sunday. BIG SNIP He does

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: New Engine 100 MPG

2011-06-03 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Fritz; Even though I grew up and live in the states, I remember isettas/500s/hillman hunters/austin 1000s and all those fun things. I even know where there is about 85% of a messerschmitt in a barn not too far away. I loved those cars, all of them. My dad, back in '62, opted for a large

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: New Engine 100 MPG

2011-06-03 Thread Chip Mefford
Oh, and as a follow-up, here's an incomplete list of cars I have owned in my life, I know I've left some out. http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2010/07/cars-i-have-owned.html - Original Message - From: Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent

Re: [Biofuel] Safe nuclear does exist, and China is leading the way with thorium - Telegraph

2011-06-02 Thread Chip Mefford
Yes, safe nuclear does exist. Any plant that hasn't been built is much safer than any one that is. Besides, we already have fusion, right up there, about 93 million or so miles away, and since we are already forced to deal with it's safety issues regardless of our use of the power, we may as

Re: [Biofuel] Human Intelligence and the Environment

2011-05-15 Thread Chip Mefford
Interesting discussion; I've heard it postulated that having a significant prefrontal cortex allows us humans to -if we work really really hard at it- achieve something that isn't pure evil. That said, we -as a species- don't really like to use our prefrontal cortex all that much. We prefer to

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-04 Thread Chip Mefford
It ended, we're in the anthropocene. - Original Message - From: Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 10:38:49 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough. Yep. Like it or not the earth is going to warm up,

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-04 Thread Chip Mefford
no moving parts and will last about 30 or 40 years. What more technology are you freaking waiting for. You want your cake and to eat it too... but even that's not good enough... you want a robot to chew it for you, and then to not get fat from eating cake all day. On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Chip

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-03 Thread Chip Mefford
are you freaking waiting for. You want your cake and to eat it too... but even that's not good enough... you want a robot to chew it for you, and then to not get fat from eating cake all day. On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Chip Mefford[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brilliant! yet still another

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-03 Thread Chip Mefford
- From: Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 4:46:43 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough. Yes, you're correct. Much better to use that power to run furnaces to make beer and coke cans. That's a better use

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-03 Thread Chip Mefford
: Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 5:02:13 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough. LOL! BP Solar. Mobil Solar. OIL Solar. Think about it. What a laugh. J On 03/05/2011 4:51 PM, Chip Mefford wrote: Sorry, I'm

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-02 Thread Chip Mefford
Brilliant! yet still another reason to not deploy PV solar! Seems like every time PV solar gets legs, an announcement of a breakthrough technology (was in NanoSolar last time?) comes along explaining how PV solar is now 'Obsolete' and this emerging technology will make solar power ubiquitous

Re: [Biofuel] Saskatchewan government announces $1.24 billion carbon storage project

2011-04-27 Thread Chip Mefford
Wait a sec, I thought the Weyburn project was running into a few 'issues'. http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Sask+family+claims+carbon+capture+storage+site+captured+spewed+dead/4093755/story.html Guess that doesn't count. - Original Message - From: Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] Rush to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears

2011-04-20 Thread Chip Mefford
Well, despite what 'we all know', viz the growing of crops in a way that doesn't destroy the earth, but rather sustains, even improves the fertility of the soil, and all that. Contemporary 'agribusiness' style agriculture being what it is, I'm still completely unclear on the EROEI of

Re: [Biofuel] Has BP Really Cleaned Up the Gulf Oil Spill?

2011-04-20 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 1:40:20 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Has BP Really Cleaned Up the Gulf Oil Spill? BP Is Messing With the Wrong Woman Tuesday 19 April 2011 by: David Swanson, War is a

Re: [Biofuel] Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power (George Monbiot)

2011-03-31 Thread Chip Mefford
A general response to the response to the responses to the responses: Note: I'm sooo glad to finally see some discussion on this list. Once vibrant, thanks so kindly to all for playing :) And I'm going to try to avoid getting into that trap where we are all talking past one another, rather than

Re: [Biofuel] Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power (George Monbiot)

2011-03-31 Thread Chip Mefford
No, it wasn't satire. - Original Message - From: GEORGE PAGE [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:31:45 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power (George Monbiot) Did everyone

Re: [Biofuel] Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power (George Monbiot)

2011-03-30 Thread Chip Mefford
I started on this response days ago, and at Keith's prompting, I figure I'll try to wrap it up: Hey Robert: |- Original Message - |From: robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] |To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org |Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:01:00 PM |Subject: Re:

Re: [Biofuel] Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power (George Monbiot)

2011-03-30 Thread Chip Mefford
Snipped for clarity, Just responding to the points with which I have issue: |Dave Hajoglou wrote: | |On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:01 PM, robert and benita rabello |[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |...  Does it follow | that a reduction in energy use and reliance on renewables would | necessarily result in

Re: [Biofuel] Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power (George Monbiot)

2011-03-25 Thread Chip Mefford
Well, I have a lot of respect for George Monbiot. However, I think the nuclear business folks haven't just been sitting on their hands these last few decades, they've been working very hard on winning support from their own enemies. They are anything but stupid. - Original Message -

Re: [Biofuel] Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power (George Monbiot)

2011-03-23 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:25:52 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power (George Monbiot)

Re: [Biofuel] Gun Crazy

2011-01-11 Thread Chip Mefford
Here was one thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg66127.html there have been others. - Original Message - From: MH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 1:22:12 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [Biofuel] Gun Crazy

2011-01-11 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Mark Please read up on False Analogy. It's a type of informal fallacy. an easy thing to fall into, we all do it. All the best :wq |- Original Message - |From: MH [EMAIL PROTECTED] |To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org |Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:01:31 PM

Re: [Biofuel] More on Bees and CCD - EPA Knew of CCD issue with Clothianidin

2010-12-13 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 9:24:33 AM Subject: [Biofuel] More on Bees and CCD - EPA Knew of CCD issue with Clothianidin BIG SNIP Is it just me, or does it seem that

Re: [Biofuel] greenhouse farming

2010-12-03 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Keith; - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks very much Chip. Those are good. Compost 'tea' distillery, though? No need for a distillery. Take a 5-gallon pail, add 2 double handfuls of worm casts or finely sifted compost (aerobic, thermophilic compost,

[Biofuel] I'm just

2010-12-02 Thread Chip Mefford
downright excited to see all this activity on this list after all this time. Keep it up! ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] greenhouse farming

2010-12-02 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: David Penfold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org These chaps do geodesic greenhouses: http://www.geodesic-greenhouse-kits.com/features.php If you like that kinda thing, I've loved these people for many years. Nice folks, cool

Re: [Biofuel] greenhouse farming

2010-12-02 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2010 10:40:18 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] greenhouse farming Anyone willing to send me photos of their greenhouses? Plus whatever information you think might be

Re: [Biofuel] greenhouse farming

2010-12-02 Thread Chip Mefford
And this is another picture that shows the greenhouses http://cpm01.smugmug.com/Bicycles/buy-fresh-bike-local-2010/IMG0747/963630486_GKPoV-XL.jpg The woman in the white shirt is the farm manager. ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] The 'Transition Town' Movement's Initial Genius

2010-11-30 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 12:40:54 PM Subject: [Biofuel] The 'Transition Town' Movement's Initial Genius http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/11/29-7 Published on Monday, November 29, 2010

Re: [Biofuel] 8 Electric-Car Myths Busted

2010-11-29 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:40:00 AM Subject: [Biofuel] 8 Electric-Car Myths Busted http://motherjones.com/environment/2011/01/electric-car-myths 8 Electric-Car Myths Busted I enjoyed

Re: [Biofuel] Fighting Doom: The New Politics of Climate Change

2010-11-29 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 8:37:33 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fighting Doom: The New Politics of Climate Change Well Joe. Derrick Jensen really got the best of me. A sad admission. What a

Re: [Biofuel] World Energy Outlook, 2010

2010-11-10 Thread Chip Mefford
Oh I have no doubt that DEMAND will continue to rise, but the report says that PRODUCTION will continue to rise right along with it. This, i just cannot buy. I've yet to hear one geologist credibly back this up. OTOH, I've heard plenty say quite the opposite. - Original Message -

[Biofuel] World Energy Outlook, 2010

2010-11-09 Thread Chip Mefford
http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/ Any clueful commentary welcome. I choked at paragraph 10 of the 'Fact Sheet' The eventual peak in oil will be determined by factors affecting both demand and supply. In the New Policies Scenario, production in total does not peak before 2035, though it

Re: [Biofuel] A gem (and it's nuclear-powered)

2010-11-02 Thread Chip Mefford
Wow, I don't know what to say. This is a timely and important news story if ever there was one. :) Interesting read, thanks for passing it along. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 5:02:01 AM

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel powered radiant heat (was Nigera)

2010-10-27 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey Seth: - Original Message - From: Seth Macdonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:57:16 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel powered radiant heat (was Nigera) Thanks for the tip Chip! The only reason I would want to be

Re: [Biofuel] Nigeria: Shell Oil's 'License to Kill'

2010-10-26 Thread Chip Mefford
- Original Message - From: Seth Macdonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:11:35 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Nigeria: Shell Oil's 'License to Kill' |SNIP |I am also madly trying to pour a floor in my shop complete with

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel powered radiant heat (was Nigera)

2010-10-26 Thread Chip Mefford
be happy you did. You don't have time to do it this year, but maybe next summer. Again, neat project, keep us posted! cheers --chipper - Original Message - From: Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:06:16 AM

Re: [Biofuel] Nigeria: Shell Oil's 'License to Kill'

2010-10-23 Thread Chip Mefford
|- Original Message - |From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] |To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org |Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 5:22:20 AM |Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Nigeria: Shell Oil's 'License to Kill' | |Keith, thanks for the link to the Gutenberg 'Wealth of Nations'. |Curiously, I

Re: [Biofuel] Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder Update

2010-10-22 Thread Chip Mefford
Yeah, I've been watching this news break and spread (like a virus) for a few months now. While I have no doubts that there are in fact contributing factors, I remain a bit skeptical as to this being the smoking gun, esp in view that these stories make no mention of the correlation (though

Re: [Biofuel] Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder Update

2010-10-22 Thread Chip Mefford
] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:19:57 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder Update Thanks Chip, that Web search was informative. Darryl On 22/10/2010 5:46 AM, Chip Mefford wrote: Yeah, I've been watching this news break and spread (like a virus

Re: [Biofuel] UN to Confront Sci-fi Climate Solutions at Biodiversity Meeting

2010-10-18 Thread Chip Mefford
The way I've explained my reticence towards all this stuff has been; When we come up with computer modeling that is able to accurately predict the weather years into the future, THEN our models will be good enough that we can think about fiddling about with altering the genetics of 'stuff'

Re: [Biofuel] japanese facility aimed at creating sun on earth

2010-10-07 Thread Chip Mefford
Hey I'm all for fusion. Fortunately, we've already got a fine fusion reactor already, and it delivers all the power we need in about 8 minutes. It's called the sun. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, October 7,

[Biofuel] looking forward, looking back - Wind Farms

2010-07-01 Thread Chip Mefford
A recent blog posting of mine. Just thought I'd share, to stir the pot. Things are pretty quiet. http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2010/06/wind-farms-some-considerations.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Legality of WVO in commercial application

2010-07-01 Thread Chip Mefford
Just a quick note, as I'm new to the game. couple of years ago, I acquired 50 gals of wvo from a local renderer, for use as fuel in my pickup. I dug around, ascertained that the road tax in my home state for diesel was .56/gal, so I wrote the revenue division a check for $28, enclosing a

Re: [Biofuel] FDA documents showing GMO hazards

2009-07-30 Thread Chip Mefford
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FDA documents showing GMO hazards _http://biointegrity.org/list.html_ (http://biointegrity.org/list.html) Nice Catch! Thanks for passing it along. --- Chip Mefford Before Enlightenment; chop wood carry water After Enlightenment; chop wood

  1   2   3   4   >