Re: [Biofuel] Robin's solution... was: DA Drops...

2005-06-05 Thread John Hayes
lisa simpson wrote: 5.) No foreign students over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a D and it's back home baby. Clearly this author has never stepped foot on a modern American engineering quad. If you get rid of the foreign-born engineering

Re: [Biofuel] Re: was Robin's solution... was: DA Drops...

2005-06-05 Thread John Hayes
No it isn't. It's naive isolationist biggoted xenophobic crap. jh Jerry Turner wrote: Doesn't make a damn to me who said itits just plain good ole advise. Jerry - Original Message - From: Alt.EnergyNetwork [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, June

Re: [Biofuel] debunking popular myths... was Robin's solution

2005-06-05 Thread John Hayes
Seems to me I did exactly that about 2 posts back and you've completely ignored them, but I'll recapitulate them here. Regarding ANWR, at peak production in 2025, it will only reduce US foreign oil consumption by 3 to 6%. Conversely, raising the CAFE standards could do at least twice that,

Re: [Biofuel] Re: was Robin's solution... was: DA Drops...

2005-06-05 Thread John Hayes
. About all I can figure is that by labelling me a Clinton loving, American hating leebrul, you can dismiss any cognitive dissonance that might result from me challenging your worldview. jh Jerry Turner wrote: I bet you voted for Clinton. Jerry - Original Message - From: John

Re: [Biofuel] Nice teeth but your leg has to come off..........

2005-06-22 Thread John Hayes
And what is the incidence of osteosarcoma compared to dental caries? Anyway. if you search PubMed for bassin eb you'll find Dr Bassin is the lead author on an article from 2004 entitled: Problems in exposure assessment of fluoride in drinking water. The primary conclusion in that 2004 paper

Re: [Biofuel] VW Diesel

2005-06-24 Thread John Hayes
Just FYI, there is a major debate on SVO use raging at TDIclub.com right now. It's actually spilled over into 3 different threads in the biodiesel section of the forums(sic). jh Lyn Gerry wrote: Hi Mike and All, I just had my 1999 Jetta TDI converted, and so far, I'm really pleased. I live

MS/unix was Re: [Biofuel] Cheating bully

2005-06-24 Thread John Hayes
Is that why OSX is the largest unix platform on the market today? Just to be clear, I think linux and OSX both have a important place in today's OS market and I don't mean to pit OSX and linux against each other. That having been said, I don't think you can realistically discuss the pending

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread John Hayes
Yes, but in the 15th century, those dues got you what passed for national defense and maybe some roads? Today my taxes cover national defense, roads, trains and airports, educational services, the court system and social services. They also provide money to fund scientific research, space

Re: [Biofuel] Brazil's ethanol effort

2005-06-24 Thread John Hayes
Can't speak to consumer use, but yes, at least in racing, that is exactly why E85 is used. Putting out a pit fire, or worse a flaming crew member, when you can't see the flame is a rather difficult task. Also, I suspect it makes taxation and permitting issues much much easier ATF-wise, as 15%

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread John Hayes
Well, I'm certainly not a constitutional scholar, nor am I exceptionally familiar with the details of the case, but from what I do know, your depiction isn't entirely accurate. In fact, NPR had a story on it this morning while I was putting down mulch in the garden. New London CT, the town

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread John Hayes
authorized the transferr of private land from one owner to another based on how much money the land would provide back to the city. (IMHO) Larry On 6/24/05, John Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I'm certainly not a constitutional scholar, nor am I exceptionally familiar with the details

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread John Hayes
Hi Keith. Sorry if my attempted rhetorical device fell flat. I was just trying to make two separate points wrapped up in one little sarcastic package; first, that we actually do get something worthwhile for our taxes and second, that snarky comparisons to feudel crops tariffs aren't really

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread John Hayes
This is not about class or income or about those people. It was zoned as an industrial area and had been zoned as such for over 75 years. As far as living on the wrong side of tracks, my house is on the wrong side of tracks. I also happen to live in a town with an economic redevelopment

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-24 Thread John Hayes
Fair enough. My point was about the area being zoned as an industrial area, but I was trying to be colorful in my description. jh Michael Redler wrote: This wasn't some treelined Norman Rockwell-esque suburb we're talking about here. This sounds harmless and in fact seems pretty logical.

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-25 Thread John Hayes
do you think? jh Brian wrote: Sorry. No assumptions formed about you. Just a response to your comment about those affected by this decision not living in a Norman Rockwell-esque suburb. Who is it that's reading thing in here? Brian - Original Message - From: John Hayes [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] VW Diesel

2005-06-25 Thread John Hayes
You have the 'SVO destroyed my TDI' folks. And the 'SVO is just fine' pollyannas. And the Greasel 'TDIclub member don't have a clue' people. And the professional 'we need more scientific data' skeptics. And the 'yes, we need data but your studies are too old' counter-skeptics. Yup. I think

Re: [Biofuel] Mystery logo

2005-06-29 Thread John Hayes
It means more information is available in the manual. r wrote: I saw a few logos stamped on the inside of the gas tank fuel door of my vehicle, a 2003 Dodge Caravan SE. One of them, I found out is E85, the symbol for ethanol 85. Another symbol, which is a mystery to me, represents the

Re: [Biofuel] US oil war game mpg

2005-07-01 Thread John Hayes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/30/05 11:10:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you want to put a frown on the face of [Saudi] Wahhabis, talk about 100-mile-per-gallon vehicles, Woolsey said. We don't need a Manhattan Project to do it. It

[Biofuel] Pimentel is at it again

2005-07-06 Thread John Hayes
Thanks to a post at TDIclub, I discovered that Pimentel has released yet another report on ethanol. Looking at the dates below, he's a month ahead of schedule this year. http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July05/ethanol.toocostly.ssl.html

Re: [Biofuel] Hybrid Diesel

2005-07-11 Thread John Hayes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: earl, i'm not familiar with any federal laws protecting workers, except for anti-discrimination laws. if you're referring to more than that, please enlighten me. Chris are you serious? I can think of plenty of federal protection for workers off the top of my

Re: [Biofuel] Deconstructing the Nuclear Power Myths

2005-07-13 Thread John Hayes
a) It's not a board. It's a mailing list. b) List rules state that calls to limit topic discussion are explicitly forbidden. Or in the words of our fearless list owner: No Topic Cops. c) It isn't your place to decide what the purpose of this board is. Learn to use your delete key; if you

Re: [Biofuel] CUMMINS B5.9TD GOD BLESS THE SOULS WHO

2005-07-15 Thread John Hayes
Based on the 1993 date, I suspect it may simply be an issue of incompatible seals and fuel lines, no? Appal Energy wrote: Terry, Ask your mechanic Why? he tells you that biodiesel cannot be used in your vehicle. I think everyone who uses biodiesel would care to hear his or her

Re: [Biofuel] Running B20

2005-07-18 Thread John Hayes
Never believe a single tank. I'd give it 5 tanks or so, because frankly, there is no reason you should see such a dramatic drop with biodiesel. Are you certain you didn't short fill the tank? Have your driving conditions changed? More AC, shorter trips, more stop n' go traffic? jh [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: pocket bike USD85.00 (hot sale)

2005-07-19 Thread John Hayes
Keith Addison wrote: Anyone want a containerful of pocket bikes? If you're in the US you won't be doing much good for the balance of trade, so to speak, but on the other hand 138 people will be using a lot less fuel so China can have it instead. - K Not really. Buncha fat little kids in

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: pocket bike USD85.00 (hot sale)

2005-07-19 Thread John Hayes
Keith Addison wrote: Hello John Keith Addison wrote: Anyone want a containerful of pocket bikes? If you're in the US you won't be doing much good for the balance of trade, so to speak, but on the other hand 138 people will be using a lot less fuel so China can have it instead. - K Not

Re: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Biofuel] biofuels would need more energy to produce than they can provide

2005-07-19 Thread John Hayes
Umm. To quote Yogi Berra deja vu all over again. We already discussed Pimental's latest ethanol study once within the last 2 weeks. Either somebody is trolling or as a really short attention span. http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg51927.html But anyway, if we're gonna

Re: [Biofuel] Propane - ABio fuel?

2005-07-21 Thread John Hayes
Doesn't NG have some small percentage of ethane, propane and butane mixed in as well? This would presumably increase the energy desnity over straight methane. Also, while I think of it, isn't biogas closer to a 50:50 mix of methane and CO2, with, as you say, some trace impurities? Reason I

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-07-25 Thread John Hayes
malcolm maclure wrote: I couldn’t resist posting this. Malcolm all the Ivy and * * Seven Sister schools, plus Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT. * a) plus Harvard and Yale? Did they get kicked out of the Ivy League when I wasn't looking? b) And if we get all 8

Re: [Biofuel] Re: was...The New Blue States/Country

2005-07-25 Thread John Hayes
Alt.EnergyNetwork wrote: Me too, The once proud republican party has been highjacked by right wing neocons, powerfull corporations and xenophobic Jesus freaks. No administration in history has gone to the extent that this one has, to distort scientific data and water down or eliminate

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country

2005-07-25 Thread John Hayes
malcolm maclure wrote: Lol, nice 1 John. Hadn't noticed that. Not sure about this tho: a) plus Harvard and Yale? Did they get kicked out of the Ivy League when I wasn't looking? The Ivies (the Ancient Eight) consist of Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and

Re: [Biofuel] The Rapture

2005-07-25 Thread John Hayes
bmolloy wrote: Hi All, Where can I find a background to the fundamentalist belief in the Rapture. I think we discussed it some months ago vis a vis the Israeli conflict. Regards, Bob. http://www.newsaic.com/ftvsimpsons1619i.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture jh

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energyefficiencies

2005-08-02 Thread John Hayes
There is also substantial work iniitiated by the Russians and Ukrainians (and rarely reported in the West until recently) of an abyssal, abiogenic origin of petroleum, which postulates a co-eval formation of primordial petroleum with earth about 4.5 bollion years back,much earlier than the

Re: [Biofuel] Hey! Let's outsource the pres...

2005-08-03 Thread John Hayes
Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off For future reference, here is a good place to start. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang#Common_Internet_slang jh William Adams wrote: please bear with me. I'm learning the lingo , but que dice ROFLMAO? - Original Message - From:

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread John Hayes
Keith, Bob, Andrew et al. Respectfully, I need to disagree with Keith and go with Bob on this one. David Pimentel may rightfully deserve scorn for his repeatedly releasing skewed reports long after the errors have been pointed out. However, he should not be attacked for doing so, That is,

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread John Hayes
Tom Irwin wrote: I don't think ethanol will be a dinosaur in 20 years but would appreciate why you think so if it is other than yields per hectare. Methanol has the capacity to produce some nasty tailpipe emmission (as does ethanol but less so) and is far more toxic to humans and animals than

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread John Hayes
Tom Irwin wrote: Greeting all, What would happen to the Cornell results if a crop like sugar beets was used instead of corn? Please don't call it the Cornell results. That implies the entire university backs Pimentel's findings. As to your question, I can't answer it directly, but you

Re: [Biofuel] Check out Diesel Won't Solve Our Gasoline Woes

2005-08-09 Thread John Hayes
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Check out Diesel Won't Solve Our Gasoline Woes I deconstructed that Washington Post story in my blog. http://blog.john-hayes.com/?postid=122 jh ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-09 Thread John Hayes
Hi Keith. Sorry if you took my previous long winded reply as a direct reply/criticism - it wasn't intended that way. Instead, it was a broader essay I posted to my blog as as the culmination of thoughts that have resulted from the dialogue here, as well as at tdiclub.com, and in real life.

Re: [Biofuel] Check out Diesel Won't Solve Our Gasoline Woes

2005-08-09 Thread John Hayes
become perceived myth versus perceived myth, judging others by what they drive and where we can't fully know what drove their decision, I really don't want to go there. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. Doug - Original Message - From: John Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Biofuel] Check out Diesel Won't Solve Our Gasoline Woes

2005-08-10 Thread John Hayes
Dude. I think he dripped some sarcasm on my shoe. jh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: er, sorry, but were you being sarcastic or serious? -chris In a message dated 8/10/05 8:56:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The American way of life is not negotiable. I personally feel I need a huge SUV for

Re: [Biofuel] ASTM, was ... Diesel Won't Solve...

2005-08-11 Thread John Hayes
Tom Irwin wrote: They can keep the pictures of the flag drapped caskets from view but it´s really the wounded they´re going to have the most problems with. You can pretty much calculate that half of those 11,500 have been horribly maimed or burned. Bombs and booby traps do that kind of thing.

Re: [Biofuel] ASTM, was ... Diesel Won't Solve...

2005-08-11 Thread John Hayes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: those are very conservative (not in the right-wing sense) numbers. there are already close to 1800 killed, and even mcglaughlin--hardly a liberal or a dove--repeats figures in excess of 25000 for woulded/maimed/incapacitated. Actually, as of 10 Aug 2005, the DoD

Re: [Biofuel] Tax question

2005-08-11 Thread John Hayes
Jeremy Farmer wrote: Can anyone help me out here? I am looking into producing Biodiesel for electricity generation. I know the energy bill has a tax incentive, but are there other ones? I read something about a treas. department break for using a renewable source for electricity. Does

Re: [Biofuel] The bad news about Biodiesel

2005-11-23 Thread John Hayes
Sten Armstrong wrote: and other bad news: Forests paying the price for biofuels http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18825265.400feedId=online-news * 22 November 2005 * NewScientist.com news service * Fred Pearce THE drive for green energy in the developed world is having the

Re: [Biofuel] Anyone have this copy of Nature magazine

2005-11-26 Thread John Hayes
Mike Weaver wrote: *Green chemistry: Biodiesel made with sugar catalyst* Masakazu Toda, Atsushi Takagaki, Mai Okamura, Junko N. Kondo, Shigenobu Hayashi, Kazunari Domen, Michikazu Hara Nature 438, 178-178 (10 Nov 2005) Brief Communications Yes, but it doesn't have anything useful for the

Re: [Biofuel] ethanol distillation

2005-11-27 Thread John Hayes
Kenji James Fuse wrote: Getting off-topic a bit... Any concerns about consistently drinking distilled water? I've heard it can leach minerals from the body. A friend of mine uses a water distiller so I'd like to know more. Kenji Search the archives. It's in there. Short version is: If

Re: [Biofuel] ethanol industry popping

2005-11-29 Thread John Hayes
Greg Gordon of the Star Tribute wrote: Minnesota is the lone state with a 10 percent ethanol mandate, though Hawaii and Montana have enacted similar mandates that have yet to take effect. Minnesota will require 20 percent ethanol content in 2013. Whatchu talking about Willis? New York and

Re: [Biofuel] concerning rabies vaccinations

2005-12-07 Thread John Hayes
Mike Weaver wrote: With regards to making up the stories, yes, I said clearly that they we NOT TRUE in the original email. I never presented them as anything other than made up. There is a long history of using made up stories to illustrate a point. The Daily Show. The Onion. Modern

Re: [Biofuel] MadCow additional- Organophosphates, manganese, autism, Mark Purdey, BSE

2005-12-16 Thread John Hayes
bob allen wrote: If manganese and/ or phosphate insecticides (just phosmet or all OP insecticides?)were the causative agent for TSE (transmissible spongiform encephalopathy), I have a couple of questions. the disease has been described since the 17th century in sheep and has been

Re: [Biofuel] fraudulent emails claiming to be from Keith

2005-12-17 Thread John Hayes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sent several times from the above email. Can someone please explain to me how the email that belongs to Keith be hijacked like this? I don't know enough about email to understand how a name registered to someone can be used.

Re: [Biofuel] Motorbikes '16 times worse than cars for pollution'

2005-12-23 Thread John Hayes
Burak_l wrote: And finally I hope they do not research how much is waisted in car races like formula-1, Lemans endurance etc... Those machines are loud and very very thirsty. Probabily one of them during 1 race pollutes more than a typical rider can manage whole year. With regard to

Re: [Biofuel] Better titration Question

2006-01-03 Thread John Hayes
Ken Provost wrote: On Jan 2, 2006, at 3:33 PM, Logan Vilas wrote: In the better Titration Method I find it's easier to mix my stock solution with 20grams in 500milliters distilled water. OK -- we now have 4% NaOH soln. That gives .4% w/v lye solution when 5ml is added to 45ml

[Biofuel] Pataki Wants Drivers to Fill Up With Ethanol or Biodiesel

2006-01-07 Thread John Hayes
January 7, 2006 Pataki Wants Drivers to Fill Up With Ethanol or Biodiesel By DANNY HAKIM ALBANY, Jan. 6 - Some 200,000 New Yorkers own vehicles that can run on corn-based ethanol instead of gasoline. But many have no idea that their Ford Explorers, Chevy Impalas or Nissan Titans can use this

Re: [Biofuel] Appropriate Technologies Can Benefit Anyone

2006-01-23 Thread John Hayes
Michael Redler wrote: Appropriate technologies as a philosophy can benefit anyone, anywhere. I received this from my uncle today: Zero Gravity *When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: The Indigo Evolution

2006-01-29 Thread John Hayes
On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, Mika Feldmann wrote: But to have a personal conversation with him, one would consider him to be an idiot. I don't know where you get this idea. Einstein was an entertaining public speaker known for his sense of humor. He was also not able to operate a motor vehicle.

Re: [Biofuel] Quackbuster Busted in Court

2006-02-28 Thread John Hayes
Garth Kim Travis wrote: Doctors in this country tell people that what they eat makes no difference to their health. Diabetics are told that sugar intake has nothing to do with diabetes. Kim, I don't mean to be harsh, but that is utter and complete horseshit. My sister and her husband,

Re: [Biofuel] Quackbuster Busted in Court

2006-02-28 Thread John Hayes
pediatrician and he thinks a Big Mac is a balanced meal. I've been told that in medical school the subject of nutrition is covered in one single course and it is mostly about memorizing the function of all the vitamins and how they work in the body. Joe John Hayes wrote: Garth Kim Travis

Re: [Biofuel] A wealth of manuals

2006-03-04 Thread John Hayes
Why don't you make a torrent? This is a perfect application. http://www.bittorrent.com/introduction.html jh Chandan Haldar wrote: David, Since you have done so much, may I request you to also put up chooped up 50MB chunks for easier downloading of this monster? It'd certainly help

Re: [Biofuel] Interesting Read

2006-03-07 Thread John Hayes
David Miller wrote: Chip Mefford wrote: If anyone knows how to bust an iso image up into 'chunks' that can be reassembled into a workable iso image, please let me know. As for breaking the image up, it's trivial with dd, a standard unix utility. With Windows you're on your own:) I

Re: [Biofuel] Calgary Biodiesel Group

2006-03-08 Thread John Hayes
Kirk McLoren wrote: Sulphur is not added as a lubricant. WHere do they get that rubbish? Kirk */Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote: Biodiesel demand is expected to balloon when a new air pollution law comes into effect in June, dropping the maximum allowable s! ulphur

Re: [Biofuel] US Fuel Efficiency Truth-in-Advertising Act

2005-03-04 Thread John Hayes
Rating on any Golf or Jetta diesel is 46 mpg. But everyone I know who keeps their's in good repair get 50-52 mpg combined city and highway (60 mph), even in metropolitan areas. Leave the baseline alone and let the whiners and fools eventually figure out that the supposed mis-truth in

Re: [Biofuel] US Fuel Efficiency Truth-in-Advertising Act

2005-03-05 Thread John Hayes
absolute sense. However, nor am I willing to concede that slower is always safer as the 'speed kills' lobby would have us believe. First, I'd like to suggest that you're ignoring the effect of speed differentials on safety; someone that is driving 20 mph faster *or* slower than everyone

Re: [Biofuel] Bad news for Diesel driver

2005-03-07 Thread John Hayes
Don't know about the rest but you should be aware that the VW engine has a very serious design fault. If the timing belt breaks the engine will be destroyed. I don't know why vw didn't shorten the valve stems and recess the valves in the head, and maybe recess a small area over the piston

Re: [Biofuel] (Biofuel)[Fwd: Re: soybeanoil a bad choice for BD making?]

2005-03-08 Thread John Hayes
Know of any good anti-oxidants that are readily available? The reason I ask, is that it might not be a bad idea to use some with mystery oil. BHA (Butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (Butylated hydroxytoluene), and TBHQ (Tertiary Butyl Hydroquinone) are all food grade antioxidants that are

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel additives

2005-03-16 Thread John Hayes
Sorry for the repetition of this question but my mailbox got trashed! Someone posted some information a week or so ago about what chemicals to add to biodiesel to prevent oxidation. Any chance of a repeat of the chemicals in question and also if anyone knows where they can be obtained? I

Re: [Biofuel] Dr Mercola

2005-03-17 Thread John Hayes
I trust Dr Mercola far more than I do the FDA. If you have been reading his articles over the last few years, you will see that he's forthright and sincere. Any claim that he makes can be backed up with real science. *snort* Pull the other one. Real science, as you put it, requires a)

Re: [Biofuel] CAFE vs ANWR

2005-03-20 Thread John Hayes
I always figured that the smarter move security wise for the USA was to purchase our petroleum needs from others as long as they willing to sell it and we afford it, saving our reserves for future use. Oil is fungible commodity. This idea that we are somehow using up their oil now while

Re: [Biofuel] CAFE vs ANWR

2005-03-21 Thread John Hayes
1. Why is diesel fuel so much more expensive in the US? In MA, it costs at least 10% more, reducing its advantage. John, two quick comments: a) over the course of a year, diesel is NOT more expensive than gasoline. Diesel is more in the winter (when demand for home heating oil is

Re: [Biofuel] CAFE vs ANWR

2005-03-22 Thread John Hayes
I have a friend that lives in the NE US, and he too told me about the MA state ban on diesel sales! I wouldn't have beleived it otherwise! It's all politics and economics, aka oil companies. To be clear, there is no ban on diesel sales in MA or any other Northeast state. Very briefly,

Re: [Biofuel] diesel, is it cleaner?

2005-03-22 Thread John Hayes
Hi Andrew Tracy. There is a Swedish survey performed by Motor Test Center, in which FAME is compared with Swedish diesel oil Mk 1 and other similar fuels. The survey is focusing on the cancerogenity of the particulants of the fuel respectively. The results suggest that the semi-violate phase

Re: [Biofuel] US Ethanol Price

2005-03-29 Thread John Hayes
What is the price range and availability of ethanol in the US Florida to be exact? http://www.e85fuel.com/database/search.php ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] biodiesel vs diesel data request

2005-03-31 Thread John Hayes
Folks, I have a statistics project due for class (im a spoh in college) and i need some data. Here is the US DOE/USDA biodiesel lifecycle report: http://devafdc.nrel.gov/pdfs/3812.pdf Virtually all the other pamphlets and fact sheets you'll find in the US (and elsewhere?) are based on

[Biofuel] Titration question

2005-04-04 Thread John Hayes
Our Appleseed derived testbed reactor is now operational, and our longterm goal is to automate the heck out of the thing. Thus, I was pondering about how to automatically meter the correct amount of sodium methoxide into the reactor. My partner in crime is the electrical engineer in charge

Re: [Biofuel] Re: The Energy Crunch To Come(Finally an eye is opening)

2005-04-05 Thread John Hayes
This is great ... finally we are making sense. The WMD is not the issue. This is what I have said all along. People miss the big picture. Suddam Hussein was the weapon of mass destruction. 100% agreed. KS Only two problems with that: a) Iraq was a sovereign nation. We do not have the right,

Re: [Biofuel] Re: The Energy Crunch To Come(Finally an eye is opening)

2005-04-05 Thread John Hayes
John, I agree with what you say, but I did NOT write that!!! Sheesh Oops. Very sorry Keith. I know you didn't write that. That's what I get for hastily replying while I'm waiting for the coffee to finish brewing. Again. Sorry about that. jh

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Re: [Biofuel] Re: The Energy Crunch To Come

2005-04-07 Thread John Hayes
The US involvement in the fighting in Europe was not pivotal to the outcome. Clearly any good student of history knows that US losses in Europe during WWII were completely drawfed by those of Germany and Russian, but to claim that US involvement in the fighting in Europe was not pivotal

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Re: [Biofuel] Re: The Energy Crunch To Come

2005-04-07 Thread John Hayes
The US involvement in the fighting in Europe was not pivotal to the outcome. Clearly any good student of history knows that US losses in Europe during WWII were completely drawfed by those of Germany and Russian, but to claim that US involvement in the fighting in Europe was not pivotal

[Biofuel] More titration questions

2005-04-09 Thread John Hayes
this one: http://www.kimble-kontes.com/html/pg-620F.html and it came already loaded with 0.1 N NaOH. I didn't really feel like dumping it out and making some fresh 0.1% w/v NaOH so I pulled out a pencil and some scrap paper. A quick calculation reveals that 0.1 Normal NaOH is a 0.4% w/v

Re: [Biofuel] More titration questions

2005-04-09 Thread John Hayes
on 4/8/05 7:46 PM, John Hayes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A quick calculation reveals that 0.1 Normal NaOH is a 0.4% w/v solution. Thus, whatever my titration amount is in mL, I need to multiple with value by 4 to get the number of grams of NaOH per liter WVO. But then I was thinking, if I

Re: [Biofuel] The Lutec over unity device

2005-04-09 Thread John Hayes
Evolution is not science, it's a worldview that fits a set of religious beliefs and as such is really only a religious precursor. Certainly not science. And what of the fact that I can place selective pressure on bacteria in a culture and get them to evolve a new trait, like, oh say,

Re: Algae - was Re: [Biofuel] Gasoline Prices

2005-04-12 Thread John Hayes
source. I have seen several references to it but haven't investigated as of yet. It seems you could use all kinds of land not currently used for agriculture. Would you like me to supply some links? Mike Briggs at UNH is at the forefront of this work.

Re: Algae - was Re: [Biofuel] Gasoline Prices

2005-04-13 Thread John Hayes
Hello John Mike Briggs at UNH is at the forefront of this work. http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html So people keep saying, and they've been saying it for quite awhile, but I don't see anything coming out of it other than this one article. Mike has made some coy references

Re: [Biofuel] US Takes the Lead in Trashing Planet

2005-04-16 Thread John Hayes
One may think this argument is silly (and feel free to criticize - especially if the facts are off. However, if the facts are off, please cite sources for correct facts!) However, this leads me to think that since so much CO2 production is unavoidable (breathing is a right:-)), maybe we should

Re: [Biofuel] End of cheap oil is a blessing

2005-04-18 Thread John Hayes
There was a table in the article showing the number of occupant deaths per 100,000 vehicles sold. The lowest? Toyota Camry and VW Jetta. The highest, Ford F-150 if I remember correctly. Among the highest was also the Explorer, Chevy Tahoe, etc. The moral of the story? Avoiding an

Re: [Biofuel] Re: hydrogen fire place

2005-04-27 Thread John Hayes
Who is they? Where was this being done? Without those trivial little details, your message does little to increase the signal to noise ratio on the list. jh JD2005 wrote: Hi Bob; There's not anything much more to add only that they were putting mildly radioactive material in washing

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Life after the oil crash

2005-05-01 Thread John Hayes
production would fail to keep pace with demand... ...back in 1798. Seriously, even if cheap oil runs out, we are not heading toward some Malthusian crisis, because end of the world types since Malthus have ignored that ability of human beings to innovate when faced with an incentive to do

[Biofuel] Improving Peer Review

2005-08-22 Thread John Hayes
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v8/n4/pdf/nn0405-397.pdf jh ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Iran's Nuclear Program

2005-08-23 Thread John Hayes
Chris Lloyd wrote: Why a war if it is only to remove the enrichment facilities, Israel just nipped across the border and blew up Iraq’s nuclear site. I’m sure a few missiles fire from off shore would do the job. But that does mean they would still control their own oil. Chris. After the

Re: [Biofuel] What has the world come to

2005-08-25 Thread John Hayes
Is the source for this correct ? It might be good to cite the source if we are going to assasinate not only a living person but also a man's character. If you have the original source for this information then maybe we should post it here to help clear this up. Just a thought... Clif

Re: [Biofuel] Cindy Sheehan: Still Not Worth It

2005-08-25 Thread John Hayes
Appal Energy wrote: No, Casey's sacrifice was not worth it and George needs to do more than wave his flag and manipulate our sense of patriotism. He needs to march his girls to a recruitment center and send them to Iraq to fight the terrorists that his moronic and callous foreign

Re: [Biofuel] Apartment dwellers - was Re: (no subject)

2005-08-26 Thread John Hayes
In the US, fuel jugs are color-coded - red for gas, yellow for diesel and if, I remember correctly, blue for kerosene. Of course, in the vast majority of cases, the same polymer is used for all three so you can certainly substitute one for another safetywise. As to whether dispensing locations

Re: [Biofuel] Cindy Sheehan: Still Not Worth It

2005-08-26 Thread John Hayes
John Hayes wrote: I was getting my haircut in New Haven on Tuesday and walked past a Yalie watering hole Barbara is known to frequent. On a telephone pole out front, there were 2 photos of injured Iraq War vets. With the photos was a sign that read something to the effect of Is it in poor

Re: [Biofuel] Another use for glycerine

2005-08-27 Thread John Hayes
Nancy Canning wrote: Propylene glycol as it is used tons and tons of products including industrial cleaners, shampoo's, toothpaste, creams, etc. It is very toxic, the industry even has it in children's prescriptions. Wonder if this type of propylene glycol has less poison/carcinogenic

Re: [Biofuel] Sept 1 declared no buy gas day

2005-08-29 Thread John Hayes
You all probably know this, but in case some don't, the following can help in choosing which ones you might decide to boycott: Major companies that import Middle Eastern oil : Shell. 205,742,000 barrels Chevron/Texaco. 144,332,000 barrels Exxon

Re: [Biofuel] Another use for glycerine

2005-08-30 Thread John Hayes
Nancy Canning wrote: - Original Message - From: John Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Another use for glycerine Nancy Canning wrote: Propylene glycol as it is used tons and tons of products

Re: [Biofuel] chicken manure

2005-08-31 Thread John Hayes
Greg and April wrote: My dad told the story about one of his collage buddies that got a 3 month old Cadillac for $50, because the previous owner went out to the desert and committed suicide in it, and was not found for many days.. He striped the car down to bare metal, sand blasted the

Re: [Biofuel] Another use for glycerine

2005-09-01 Thread John Hayes
Myk Hill wrote: FDA has also listed Aspartame as a Neurotoxin, but there is many foods that contain it anyway Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan. Any chance you have a primary source to back up your rather extraordinary statement? Searching the FDA website for

Re: [Biofuel] Another use for glycerine

2005-09-01 Thread John Hayes
Keith Addison wrote: Myk Hill wrote: FDA has also listed Aspartame as a Neurotoxin, but there is many foods that contain it anyway Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan. Any chance you have a primary source to back up your rather extraordinary statement? Searching

Re: [Biofuel] Another use for glycerine

2005-09-01 Thread John Hayes
Nancy Canning wrote: So you guys are going to believe hook line and sinker all the bs FDA passes off. I am laughing so hard at your defending the FDA. I'm not defending the FDA here (nice red herring/strawman btw) - I just pointed out that the claim the FDA listed aspartame as a neurotoxin is

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina slams New Orleans. Is There Blame?

2005-09-02 Thread John Hayes
Garth Kim Travis wrote: Greetings, No one but you has brought up any stereo types. I prefer Blaupunkt over Pioneer, but my friend prefers Aiwa. Anything is better than Sony. Oh wait... nevermind. ;) jh ___ Biofuel mailing list

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