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Hello Caroline,
Thanks for the post, but I have to admit to being completely in the dark as
to what was actually done. Maybe you can help. Is there a section that you
can point me to that summarizes what they actually voted against? Or was
it simply a matter of voting against voting for now
Thought some here might be interested.
Caroline
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Hi,
I am searching for information on making aerated concrete. For those
interested, basically foam is added to a mortar mix, and the mortar can be up
to double the quantity, with reduced strength, but added insulation.
This is achieved with an organic soap (from what I have found), but I was
excerpt...
Doing away with solar cells and batteries, their robot
http://www.ias.uwe.ac.uk/Energy-Autonomy-New/New%20Scientist%20-%20EcoBot%20II.htmEcobot
II has a stomach consisting of eight microbial fuel cells, or MFCs, that
contain bacteria harvested from sewage sludge. The microbes
If I get a watt-hour meter for Christmas, I could be persuaded to do
additional
measurements.
I have a watt meter, so I will try your same test and tell you what I get
with my microwave. I don't have the other appliances and I know of no good
way to accurately measure propane with a
I would not give up the on-demand boiling water unit. Perhaps put some
additional
insulation around the housing to retain heat when power is off. Ours
definitely
reduces our electrical consumption relative to an electric kettle (which
is in turn
better than a conventional kettle on a burner
Generator is primary. I do have wind and sun, but I do get lots of cloudy
days and when it is the hottest, my wind dies. Solar panels are too
expensive for me. We have no hydro possibilities.
Solar panels are coming down in price, and you can always start small and
add as you can afford.
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Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate
Ice Houses, canning, things like that, but, down were you live, it wasn't
until the 1800's that they had a reliable way of preserving fresh food - it
was an ammonia based refrigerator.
I have, but if
There is a Daily Digest option, a single email containing all that day's
messages. But Daily Digests are not a good way of doing it, they only
look like a good way at first, but they make the information less
accessible, not more..
If want to choose this option anyway, how do I go about
[Message edited to change title from Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 2306]
At 12:35 PM 8/26/2004, you wrote:
However,in the meantime, take down my material from journeytoforever,
specifically the article about the appleseed processor, and the
bubblewashing article I wrote. You no longer have my
My husband and I would like to come, got a couple rate? :) Your email
came back undeliverable so I am posting to the list.
Thanks,
Caroline Graham
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Drying is definitely the best in terms of energy used to store. If you
make a solar dryer, (and have sunshine when you need it) that is also
the best (FREE) way to get it preserved. I made a solar dryer out of a
food tray holder (like in hospitals and cafeterias) I found at the
recycle yard.
At 05:19 AM 4/17/2004, you wrote:
f you are interested in having some equipment built at this class, please
contact me [EMAIL PROTECTED] . If we schedule this class I will
also be announcing it through the above lists.
Thanks!
mark
Gee if you want to do one of those workshops in VA, we would
At 12:33 AM 4/16/2004, you wrote:
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:06:43 -0500
From: Kim Garth Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Re: Biogas was Rejoining list with a question
I thank you for the offer, but at this time I think it is too large a
capacity. While I do have 2
At 06:34 AM 4/3/2004, you wrote:
Thanks. I've literally received about six similar suggestions. I'm
suggesting it should be built in to appliances (or maybe wall-sockets)
for folks who are not handy enough, or don't feel like, trying to do
it themselves.
Actually, though I
At 07:23 AM 4/2/2004, you wrote:
Re: OT: More on Measuring Appliance Energy Use
Hey,back in the day you could order anew car with amotor minder.All it
was,was a vacuum gauge connected directly to the intake manifold.The idea
was to keep the arrow in the green area of the gauge,which was high
We probably find one Black widow a day here in rural VA in the
summer. Wearing gloves as suggested is a great idea, but I find not
always practical. I ALWAYS look to see what I am putting my hand on
though, that habit is pretty easy to get. Black widows are almost always
hanging
At 09:02 PM 12/31/2003, you wrote:
Caroline here is something that looks to me to be completely over the top. I
might add that I'm a millitant antismoker.
Courier Mail 6th Nov 2003 (Australia)
snip
The Anti-Smoking Manifesto Bra
It seems to be over someone's top.
Caroline
Biofuel at
At 10:38 PM 12/29/2003 +, you wrote:
Tellingly, visit the Department of Energy's Million Solar Roofs (MSR)
website http://www.millionsolarroofs.org and click on the button,
How's MSR doing? and you get a blank page!
I was at a DOE conference in DC in 1999 as part of the research I did in
At 10:38 PM 12/29/2003 +, you wrote:
Get rid of the caffeine, nicotine, meat and cut way back on dairy and you'll
find that nobody smells as bad as they did with it.
True and even as I wrote that I knew there was more to it than gender, I
must say my opinion is based on a limited study
At 11:35 PM 12/28/2003 +, you wrote:
The grey system required twice
as large a drain field as the black, something which ate up a lot of yard
space and a goodly chunk of the budget. We do all the plumbing work
ourselves, but if you were hiring it done, the expense of running double
systems
At 11:22 PM 12/27/2003 +, you wrote:
Almost any garden variety physician will tell you that there are ~5 liquid
flushes to one solid flush. Even if that solid flush has to be repeated
twice or thrice, the water savings per person per day is still 50%. So you
get caught with a floater once in
This is the best! And it pretty much explains the sustainable vs factory
farm movement in a nutshell.
http://www.themeatrix.com/
(If you have not seen the Matrix movie this will not seem nearly so humerous.)
Caroline
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I realize this is not particularly about biofuel, but some on the list may
be interested in a no poison way of getting rid of a yellow jacket
nest. (Perhaps I should have measured how much electricity this used with
my watt meter. In my case I'd be willing to pay whatever it costs. ;)
We
At 02:52 PM 9/21/2003 +, you wrote:
Hi Caroline
double-walled SS things of various types, with a
firebox inside
What was that originally? I want one.
Water heaters, for hot water on demand, not for a constant supply:
You find the coolest recycle at your dump. ;)
Especially not this
double-walled SS things of various types, with a
firebox inside
What was that originally? I want one. ;)
Then there's a
constant 60+ deg C heat supply from two one-cubic-metre compost piles
(in series),
So how exactly are you harvesting this heat to heat a home?
I have an endless supply of
At 10:54 PM 9/3/2003 +, you wrote:
Scarcity of Diesels Available For Purchase?
I was perusing the trader paper tonight. What do you all think? Mercedes
Benz 1979 240D Runs, inspected, $500.
Should I check it out? Or is it too old to consider?
What am I looking for?
Caroline
At 07:55 PM 8/31/2003 +, you wrote:
Can I use cow's milk fat to make biodiesel?
May I ask why you would do this? I have a milk cow and cannot imagine that
it is cost effective.in terms of feed and processing. Butter and cream is
a premium product, sell it and use the money to go pick up
I am doing a solar project for the next two days. I will try to get back
with more car info for those interested. The manual in the glovebox has
1986 on it. I would assume this is the correct year. As for other info, I
will look ASAP. If anyone is still interested, feel free to contact me
In doing some research for my 4-H solar class, I came across a simple
biogas experiment.
http://www.re-energy.ca/t-i_biomassbuild-1.shtml
If biogas production basically involves just mixing poop and water, and
letting it sit for a while, why is there not some attachment or something
made to
We were just given a VW Jetta. It had 25 miles, but ran fine. My
daughter, 19, who was to get the car, seems to have killed the transmission
practicing learning to drive stick. It seems to only want to go into third
gear now. I tagged it, and had it inspected. I put two new tires on it
At 04:26 PM 4/7/2003, you wrote:
but I read that oils
mixed with lye makes soap basicly.If someone has some answers or
recipes, it would be so valuable to me!
Google soap making- Here is the beginning:
The Soap Making Home Page
... The way the old timers used to make it... Soap Making Today: ...
I do not know the author of this, so I do not even know if it is a true
opinion or fiction. But it does sound plausible, I must admit I find it
difficult to not find the everyday violence which is more common is
non-western countries, somewhat horrifying. I taught a summer class last
year
I was trying to find the thread/study on SUV's being less safe than cars,
police depts. buying them etc. I get a page of results all too far back. I
see no way to go to the next page of results. I tried putting 2003 in my
search, but that didn't work either. How do I use it?
Thanks,
Caroline
1/2 Dura PEX -- $0.39 per foot in big rolls.
They also have 7/8 for $0.64 per foot -- don't know
which you want.
I seem to remember the runs are laid out on 4 centers.
Call your local plumbing supply store. I ended up getting a package deal
only because it was cheaper to buy the Polaris
At 01:34 AM 12/15/2002, you wrote:
I let my wife read this because I couldn't understand why anyone would get
a floor so wet that it would even have an opportunity to drain, and she
couldn't understand this either! I clean all the floors at home using a small
vacuum cleaner to get rid of dust,
At 01:01 AM 12/15/2002, you wrote:
Graham,
Did you already built your new house? Leaking floor in concrete, I
hope that you did not install copper pipes in it. It was a long time,
around 30 years, since I heard anyone do this.
The unfortunate old man did have copper I think, installed about 12
At 02:22 PM 12/15/2002, you wrote:
Linseed oil as concrete sealer:
http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/flaxind7.htmhttp://www.flaxcouncil.ca/flaxind7.htm
prevents the breakdown of reinforcing steel.
So an interesting idea would be to coat your rebar with oil before pouring
your concrete. Then also
Here is a link for the exact roofing material I used. I chose an aluminum
colored roof for the (hopefully) enhanced reflective abilities (and the
paint would never peel. :) After placing my order (to be trucked in from
another state) a local metal roofing supplier started producing an almost
At 08:40 PM 12/12/2002, you wrote:
This is a bit OT, but I don't know where else to address an audience
with the potential interest level.
I'm planning to build a new house in a rural area, and I'd like to do
it in an ecologically sound way. The plan at present is 1700 sq.ft.,
straw bale walls,
At 06:41 AM 9/27/2002 -0400, you wrote:
In this area, this type of construction is just a few percent more than
conventional wood framing if you have it done. As I will be doing the
construction myself, it comes out quite a bit less than stick framing.
My house ended up being quite a
And this link for the home construction
http://WWW.REWARDWALLS.COM/productoverview/iform_01.shtml?http://WWW.REWARDWALLS.COM/productoverview/iform_01.shtml?
Very energy efficient, labor efficeint (my wife and kids can stack these
blocks), and cost competitive to framing with wood. Joe :-)
Did
At 06:34 AM 9/25/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Check out this link for the subflooring that I plan to use in my new home.
http://www.warmboard.com/http://www.warmboard.com/
Joe.
Looks cool, I installed our radiant floor system. One thing that I would
like about putting the PEX under a wood floor is
At 09:13 PM 9/24/2002 +0200, you wrote:
This as many things are relative, of course it will be less effective
with dirt or oxidation on it. This because the surface is no longer
the surface, it is the dirt. Mixed with a material aluminium could
go from its potential emission factor of less than
At 02:09 PM 9/23/2002 -0600, you wrote:
If you have access to cotton!!!
I would turn that cotton into mushrooms.
There are several papers on mushroom culture on cotton waste.
Turn cellulose into yummy!
One of the projects on my list was going to be growing mushrooms on coffee
grounds. But my
At 12:10 AM 9/24/2002 +, you wrote:
If we want to make something better, we have to look for a material
or mixing with a material that give a significant reduction of the
emission factor for the wall (like aluminium). Maybe straw with
aluminium mixed in the glue (clay traditionally). I think
Anybody going or interested?
http://www.eren.doe.gov/solar_decathlon/schedule.html
Caroline G
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At 07:07 PM 9/20/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Quite an old concept, cotton insulation is made of recycled
leftovers from blue-jean manufacturing (to be fair, 30 percent of
fiberglass material is recycled glass). It has no formaldehyde or
itchy fibers and is treated with borax to make it fire- and
At 07:34 PM 9/3/2002 -0700, you wrote:
To get off my high horse a bit, why would peanuts
(or any other crop, for that matter) EVER become more
expensive to grow than what they are worth? Does this
happen because of the high costs of water, pesticides,
herbicides, plow blades, combines,
At 05:59 AM 9/3/2002 +, you wrote:
That's not really what I meant. I meant that if you can manufacture
a product and all its components in-house you are much more likely to
have a lower price than competitors that out-source their
components. In-house doesn't mean within the borders of this
This is short notice for such a big leap isn't it? However, you must be
more specific. I live in the middle of VA. Cost of living varies greatly
depending on the county, etc. I am figuring you will be working in a city,
perhaps Northern VA? If you live in the city it will cost more in rent
At 05:42 PM 7/4/2002 +, you wrote:
Thinking back, I recall that for quite awhile we were trying
something we'd read about to help keep the goats warm in Winter. The
idea was to just keep putting down fresh bedding, not removing the old
or the manure. This would compost and the heat would
At 04:04 AM 7/3/2002 +0100, you wrote:
Not to sound too nieve or anything, but I've only just joined this group.
My questions are thus:
How is biodiesel made?
is it used the same as dinodiesel?
does it have any disadvantages?
and does it give the same power output?
You may have already answered
From a consignment store perspective, this looks like a great new money
making venture... importing Japan's used cars! Hmm how much to ship one or
those things? Also seriously though, what about other parts that may need
to be replaced- doors, glass, tires etc. Here of course we use used
Bravo! That is a great site. I couldn't have asked for more, lest I was
standing there watching.
For those of us who follow along with difficulty, being that chemistry was
a 20+ year distant memory, that was an excellent demonstration on how
everything is done.
Thanks,
Caroline G.
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