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

2005-12-15 Thread dermot
truction of at least ten times as many plants as are vegetarians! At this point, I admit, the argument becomes farcical, and I have pursued it this far only to show that those who raise this objection but fail to follow out its implications are really just looking for an excuse to g

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

2005-12-15 Thread dermot
Hi Keith, Where is all this anger and aggression coming from? I think you let yourself down when you descend to comments like this: >Hi Dermot > >That's all?? Umph. Hardly worth the effort. > > >What other kind have there been Dermot? What kind of questions won&#x

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

2005-12-03 Thread dermot
THING for no good reason, unethical and not >sustainable. > I'll try to respond to specific questions. Were they from you or from Andres? Regards Dermot ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/li

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

2005-12-01 Thread dermot
hor trying to sell yet another "cookbook" //fad; IMO her merit comes // from her interest in natural farming, not from her understanding of //nutrition evidence. // // ///I would personally therefore take everything that is said on this site with a grain of salt. / / / /Regards Dermot Donne

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

2005-12-01 Thread dermot
lers.The truth is pretty boring I'm afraid. Just google "The Secret Life of Plants and debunk" and you'll see what I mean. Regards Dermot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org wrote: >Hi Andres, > >You raised an interesting point below (on 3rd Oct, s

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

2005-11-27 Thread dermot
either! Even in the highly unlikely event that plants can experience pain it would presumably be much less severe than the pain animals experience so we would go for the lesser of two evils. I can't see how it follows that it would then be okay to inflict pain on animals A

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel Ireland

2005-11-27 Thread dermot
campaign are now available in the Green Party office. If you require some of the postcards to be sent to you please let us know asap. They can also be collected from the office during working hours.* *Please support this campaign. Regards Dermot * john owens wrote: > Hi Keith, > Do you

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

2005-10-06 Thread dermot
Andres Yver wrote: >Hello Dermot, > >Thanks for the kind and thoughtful reply. I have been a bit flippant in >my response to you, because i have judged too hastily, as i now see by >your words. I shall endeavor to answer your questions as honestly as >possible. > >

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

2005-10-02 Thread dermot
Keith Addison wrote: >Hi Andres. Dermot > > > >>Hi Dermot, >> >>On Thursday, September 29, 2005, at 05:56 PM, dermot wrote: >> >> >> >>> >>> >>>It may be the case that some people cannot tolerate a vegetarian diet

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

2005-10-02 Thread dermot
Andres Yver wrote: >Hi Dermot, > >On Thursday, September 29, 2005, at 05:56 PM, dermot wrote: > > > >> >> >>It may be the case that some people cannot tolerate a vegetarian diet. >>I >>don't know. My point is that IF we can tolerate this die

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

2005-10-02 Thread dermot
Keith Addison wrote: >Hello Dermot > > > > > >>Many very extensive studies have been done on various vegetarian groups >>such as Seven Day Adventists and some vegetarians claim that as these >>people are healthier than average that it must be due to their >

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

2005-09-29 Thread dermot
ople cannot tolerate a vegetarian diet. I don't know. My point is that IF we can tolerate this diet that we should because it is unethical to kill sentient creatures for no good reason. ANIMALS HAVE RIGHTS. Just because they are dumb doesn't mean we can deprive them of a happy existance b

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

2005-06-04 Thread dermot
v Havel or Lech Walesa (PolishTrade Union leader), if they had advocated free elections and free trade unions in El Salvador or Guatemala during the 1980's? They would have ended up disembowelled somewhere on the outskirts of town! Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Biofuel] thank you ref liquid lye

2005-06-02 Thread dermot
Hi Tom, I e-mailed you off list a few days ago about the availability of lye and methanol in Ireland. Did you receive it? Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2005 00:31 To: Biofuel

RE: [Biofuel] it looks like soapy milk facts

2004-12-17 Thread dermot
s can then be as violent as you like and you will still get good separation. Regards Dermot Here's my rather lengthy query to the group on this subject last summer. I would appreciate any suggestions or help from people who have experience with washing biodiesel by using a pump. I

RE: [Biofuel] Biodiesel Process Agitation Question.

2004-10-23 Thread dermot
Hi Luc, My experience with violent washing of biodiesel was disastrous. I used pump washing. I had a complete reaction and I still ended up with emulsion. The first wash especially has to be gentle. Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Biofuel] Re: Jewish settlers atttack US christians

2004-10-05 Thread dermot
I think we can do no better than to heed the advice below from Noam Chomsky: "The best thing to do is read widely and always sceptically. Remember that everyone, including me, has their opinions and their goals and you have to think them through for yourself." Regards Dermot ---

RE: [Biofuel] China's Energy Crisis Blankets Hong Kong in Smog

2004-09-24 Thread dermot
The report on the viability of nuclear energy below may answer your question. http://www.oprit.rug.nl/deenen/ Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken Provost Sent: 20 September 2004 00:09 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re

RE: [biofuel] Re: ready to go rquipment in the uk

2004-09-08 Thread dermot
Hi Mohamed, Could you tell me what EU legislation you are talking about or have you a reference to it? Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: mohamed hassan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 September 2004 11:10 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: ready to go

RE: [biofuel] Re: Pump Washing of biodiesel

2004-09-07 Thread dermot
Hi, I just take the cap off the carboy and put the hose into the methoxide to suck it up. Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: Greg Harbican [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 September 2004 22:01 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Pump Washing of biodiesel Do

RE: [biofuel] Re: Pump Washing of biodiesel

2004-09-06 Thread dermot
carboy with the methoxide and again has a ball valve in line which is normally closed. When I want to mix the methoxide with the wvo I just open the ball valve to the carboy a little bit and it sucks it up no problem. When all the methoxide is gone I just close the valve and mix away. Regards Dermot

RE: [biofuel] Re: Pump Washing of biodiesel

2004-09-02 Thread dermot
elp/suggestions. Dermot -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 September 2004 10:58 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [biofuel] Re: Pump Washing of biodiesel But isnt the mixing period long enough? Say you mix for a whole day would it still be

RE: [biofuel] Re: Pump Washing of biodiesel

2004-09-01 Thread dermot
I think, as you rightly suggest, that my pump is too powerful and that the mixing is too violent. Thanks for you input. Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: bioveging [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 September 2004 02:46 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Re: Pump Washing

[biofuel] Pump Washing of biodiesel

2004-08-30 Thread dermot
l get good separation. Before I try another batch I would appreciate any comments from anybody who has tried this washing method. I'm obviously doing something wrong or else pump mixing doesn't work. Sorry for being so long winded but I think in order to get good advice you need as co

RE: [biofuel] Re: Big Oil on Global Warming

2004-07-18 Thread Dermot
A good piece of research on the sustainability of nuclear power is available here http://www.oprit.rug.nl/deenen/ Regards, Dermot -Original Message- From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 July 2004 19:58 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Re: Big Oil on

RE: [biofuel] Re: washing biodiesel in large processor

2004-07-13 Thread Dermot
Thanks very much for that advice Todd. Regards, Dermot -Original Message- From: appalenergy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 July 2004 03:44 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Re: washing biodiesel in large processor Dermot, > What I intend to do is to use the pump f

RE: [biofuel] washing biodiesel in large processor

2004-07-12 Thread Dermot
up in the glycerine and not the biodiesel. I would appreciate your advice on this. Is there anything radically wrong with what I have proposed above? Regards, Dermot -Original Message- From: Appal Energy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 July 2004 00:36 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subjec

FW: [biofuel] Re: Fahrenheit 9/11

2004-06-28 Thread Dermot
See below Regards, Dermot -Original Message- From: Dermot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 June 2004 17:32 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [biofuel] Re: Fahrenheit 9/11 Pretty strong words there, partner. Can you back them up with examples of where Moore has lied or skewed

[biofuel] Waste oil

2004-06-24 Thread Dermot
question is: do I use this fatty oil as well and just mix it with the very good vegetable oil or do I scrap it as I'm sure it is fully of free fatty acids and hence hard to convert to biodiesel with the simple base stage which I want to use? Regards, Dermot -Original Message- From

RE: [biofuel] RE: [biofuels] Re: US poll about Iraq war

2004-05-15 Thread Dermot
rring Democracy)about the way America runs the world. Did you never hear of the American overthrow of democratically elected governments in Chile and Guatemala and Iran? Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: Ryan Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 May 2004 09:22 To: biofuel@yahoogroup

RE: [biofuel] Phenolphthalein

2004-04-07 Thread Dermot
Thanks Rodolpho, Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: Larosa Rodolfo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 April 2004 08:26 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Phenolphthalein Hello Dermont, Yes, is right !! Rodolfo - Original Message - From: "Dermot&quo

RE: [biofuel] Phenolphthalein

2004-04-06 Thread Dermot
Thanks for the help Paul, Now I can't get ethanol except in 45 gallon drums! Is vodka close enough to ethanol and could I mix the phenolphthalein with it? Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: gobie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 April 2004 10:27 To: biofuel@yahoogroup

[biofuel] Phenolphthalein

2004-04-06 Thread Dermot
I've managed at last to get some phenolphthalein to perform titrations but unfortunately it's in powder form. I think it needs to be mixed with ethanol in a 1% w/v solution. Can anyone confirm this? Can I mix it with isopropyl alcohol instead? Thanks Dermot Biofuel at Journey

RE: [biofuel] Copper reactor vessel

2004-02-09 Thread dermot
Thanks for the helpful advice. Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 February 2004 23:08 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject:Re: [biofuel] Copper reactor vessel Copper is a catalyst for oxidation of biodiesel

RE: [biofuel] Re: Copper reactor vessel

2004-02-09 Thread dermot
Thanks for the helpful advice. Regards Dermot -Original Message- From: girl_mark_fire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 February 2004 09:17 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject:[biofuel] Re: Copper reactor vessel the materials in galvanizing (ie zinc) are also a

[biofuel] Copper reactor vessel

2004-02-07 Thread dermot
b. My worry is that it may corrode very quickly. Has anybody any experience of using copper vessels for the reactor? Is it possible to have the copper vessel galvanised and if so would the galvanised vessel be subject to rapid corrosion also? I knew I'd regret dropping out of chemistry clas