[Biofuel] Milled oilseed bodiesel processing

2006-03-17 Thread dmills
Hi, Anybody got any info. on, what I'll call, 'in-situ' transesterification. I visited a place that made whole fat soy meal for animal feed, the whole fat means that the oil is not first extracted but kept and used as part of the feed. The process involved first millng the soy bean then,

Re: [Biofuel] EEB-position-on-bioenergy

2006-03-07 Thread dmills
Thanks for this doc Frantz – I wonder if there is an equivalent from other developed countries. The document has the sustainability of local biofuels production as the main criteria, which is correct. I've just been paging through Anita Roddick's book Take It Personally and was thinking that

Re: [Biofuel] What?s up with George Monbiot?!

2006-03-02 Thread dmills
Hi Mike, On the whole I agree with Mr Monbiot. About 160 years ago the Irish potato famine was in part caused by the English being able to pay more for wheat than the Irish were able to pay for potato – hence wheat was planted. The famine was, in effect, caused by a wealth gap. In the last

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha Curcas -

2005-10-20 Thread dmills
Hi Isabel, 2. We have ordered seeds from India and we intend planting these seeds and once the trees are old enough we take cuttings from them, we will supply the local people with these cuttings so that they will be able to establish small plantations. Apparently Jatropha grows easily