Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-14 Thread Keith Addison
on 7/13/05 4:20 PM, John Wilson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mike, Extracting the oil from seed requires a process that is quite expensive. Harvest equipment you could probably contract out but unless you are somewhere where you can sell the cake or have livestock to feed the cake to

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-14 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Mike, John John, There is an article from Homepower magazine that gives detailed information on biodiesel production which includes oil extraction. I don't have enough experience to determine it's validity. But it seems to indicate that there is table top equipment available for

Fwd: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-14 Thread RobertCVA
RE: "Harvest equipment = a scythe." I grew up near Pennsylvania Dutch country, and I'll always remember driving through the areas farmed by the Amish, which as many of you may already know, eschew engine driven equipment. Unless they hire someone to do fieldwork, they do the work generally

Re: Fwd: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-14 Thread Garth Kim Travis
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Re: Fwd: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-14 Thread Appal Energy
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:13:48 +0900 To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org on 7/13/05 4:20 PM, John Wilson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

[Biofuel] MG diesel conversion Was:Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-14 Thread John Estill
--- bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Redler wrote: Bob, I don't disagree that there is an abundance of waste vegetable oil out there. General question -Is it really waste when the used oil is puchased (in larger metro areas) and then sold to be used in pet/animal food? I am

Re: Fwd: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-14 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Bob RE: Harvest equipment = a scythe. I grew up near Pennsylvania Dutch country, and I'll always remember driving through the areas farmed by the Amish, which as many of you may already know, eschew engine driven equipment. Unless they hire someone to do fieldwork, they do the work

[Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread Michael Redler
Hi everyone, I know we've already discussed the variety of oil producing seeds and related processes for extraction. My conclusion has been that I don't have enough land or time to process my own diesel fuel for the quantities that I need. However after researching the performance and

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread bob allen
Howdy Mike, why not used vegetable oil? Even small burger joints generate 10 or so gal a week. Around my parts the small operators have to pay to have the stuff hauled off, so they are more than willing to give it to me for free. Michael Redler wrote: Hi everyone, I know we've already

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread Michael Redler
Bob, I don't disagree that there is an abundance of waste vegetable oil out there. My curiosity in making it from scratch, comes from the same ideology that drives me to join this forum. Although I'm sure that I'll eventually be tapping into this source, I'm not convinced of it's

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread r
Try "diesel motorcycle" on Google. I got a few hits when I tried it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob, I don't disagree that there is an abundance of waste vegetable oil out there. My curiosity in making it from scratch, comes from the same ideology that drives me to join this

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread bob allen
Michael Redler wrote: Bob, I don't disagree that there is an abundance of waste vegetable oil out there. My curiosity in making it from scratch, comes from the same ideology that drives me to join this forum. Although I'm sure that I'll eventually be tapping into this source, I'm not

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread r
check out http://www.metaefficient.com/metaefficient/archives/news/efficient-diesel-motorcycle-created.html. A diesel-engined motorcycle that is said to do 150 MPG and potentially run biodiesel. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try "diesel motorcycle" on Google. I got a few hits when I tried

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread r
Metaefficient's web page is in Dutch. Altavista's Babel Fish translation web page translates web pages between different languages, for free. Enter the url of the web page (www.startwin.com) which you want to translate from (in this case, Dutch) into the "Translate a web page" field, select

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread Appal Energy
Rebuilt VW long and short blocks. www.vwdieselparts.com Reasonable pricing. Fairly good service. Probably something similar to this somewhere at a theatre near you so you wouldn't have to pay a freight bill. Todd Swearingen bob allen wrote: Michael Redler wrote: Bob, I don't

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel production and motorcycles

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Hixson
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=diesel+motorcyclebtnG=Google +Search I also saw this one mentioned on another forum recently. http://tinyurl.com/b3ylx -M@ On Jul 13, 2005, at 2:21 PM, r wrote: Try diesel motorcycle on Google. I got a few hits when I tried it. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-13 Thread John Wilson
Hi Mike, Extracting the oil from seed requires a process that is quite expensive. Harvest equipment you could probably contract out but unless you are somewhere where you can sell the cake or have livestock to feed the cake to an on site extractor I don't think would pay. Trucking the

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-13 Thread Ken Provost
on 7/13/05 4:20 PM, John Wilson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mike, Extracting the oil from seed requires a process that is quite expensive. Harvest equipment you could probably contract out but unless you are somewhere where you can sell the cake or have livestock to feed the cake to an

Re: [Biofuel] seeds on the brain - small scale diesel

2005-07-13 Thread Michael Redler
John, There is an article from Homepower magazine that gives detailed information on biodiesel production which includes oil extraction. I don't have enough experience to determine it's validity. But it seems to indicate that there is "table top" equipmentavailable for extracting the oil. I