Re: [Biofuel] Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water

2007-08-06 Thread Mike Weaver
It's been my experience that if given the choice between a USD 50k granite and Viking kitchen, or USD 50k worth of energy-saving upgrades, the kitchen wins everytime. Hakan Falk wrote: >So, it is the building code and inspection regime that does not work. >With a good building code and inspecti

Re: [Biofuel] VW Passat TDi

2007-08-06 Thread Mike Weaver
Also check the fuel return system - the filter has a return - be sure the lines are clear. I added an inexpensive and (easily replaced) clear inline filter before the big expensive filter and I've never had any problems with the main fuel filter. When I did finally change it at 60k , it had a

Re: [Biofuel] VW Passat TDi

2007-08-06 Thread Mike Weaver
Is it clogged with a whitish-looking gel? Andres Secco wrote: >If it is 100% biodiesel can be the fuel filter. This device is clogged by >some incomplete reacted portions of the oil. >There are some proteins wich forms a gelatine around the filtering system. >It is a common problem and can be

Re: [Biofuel] VW Passat TDi

2007-08-07 Thread Mike Weaver
From my experience it's probably caused by a slightly incomplete reaction or a bad wash. YMMV Andres Secco wrote: >Right. I saw it transparent also like gelatine. >Potato protein or animal protein, Animal is white. Depends on what was fried >with the raw oil. > > >Is it clogged with a whitis

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Mike Weaver
FWIW - I let the batch settle for a week or so (the lazy man's way) and that also seems to help w/ this. Thomas Kelly wrote: >Shawn, > > I suspect that the "dense substance at the bottom of the flask" was >unreacted glycerides, indicating an incomplete reaction. > > I now drain a sampl

Re: [Biofuel] Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water

2007-08-07 Thread Mike Weaver
The little island in Maine my family hails from did that as a joke - they have a large fresh water pond and bottled and sold the water in the one store. Made a pretty penny. Of course, the water does taste good, but it's the same stuff that comes out of the tap in the houses. -Mike Joe Street

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Mike Weaver
of a small amount of glycerine/soaps make that much of >a difference when trying to wash BD from an incomplete reaction? > > Tom > > >- Original Message - >From: "Mike Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

[Biofuel] The Bush Family America Doesn’t Know

2007-08-09 Thread Mike Weaver
It's like a Hardy novel... The Bush Family America Doesn’t Know *Lynn Stuter* In 1938, William Dodd, ambassador to Germany, sent President Franklin Delano Roosevelt the following message: "A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic g

[Biofuel] I'm ready to settle this once and for all

2007-08-10 Thread Mike Weaver
Thanks for the write up - has anyone mixed all this discussion up and settled out the most salient points? Joe Street wrote: > Thanks a lot Tom for all that work in a short time. You have really > shed some light on this discussion. Jumping to your questions at the > end, it seems clear the

[Biofuel] International Biodiesel Day

2007-08-10 Thread Mike Weaver
On this day in 1893 Rudolf Diesel’s engine ran for the first time, and it ran on peanut oil. So today we celebrate “International Biodiesel Day” and raise our glasses to the genius of using fuel that grows back! Praise the Lard! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#Historical_background ___

Re: [Biofuel] International Biodiesel Day

2007-08-11 Thread Mike Weaver
You just can't count on anyone these days - but was it from an African fire-starting procedure that he got the idea? Keith Addison wrote: >Hello Mike > > > >>On this day in 1893 Rudolf Dieselís engine ran for the first time, and >>it ran on peanut oil. So today we celebrate ìInternational Bio

Re: [Biofuel] U.S. sends mixed message on climate

2007-08-15 Thread Mike Weaver
Yeah, you guys do it, and let us know how it turns out... Keith Addison wrote: >http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-emissions12aug12, >1,523570,full.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&ctrack=1&cset=true >U.S. sends mixed message on climate >As Bush calls on developing nations to

[Biofuel] [Fwd: 40 MPG Weekly Update - U.S.: Leader in Chilled Glove Box Technology - 08/15/07]

2007-08-15 Thread Mike Weaver
Strange but true WEEKLY UPDATE *U.S.: LEADER IN CHILLED GLOVE BOX TECHNOLOGY* *August 15, 2007:* The United States may be lagging the rest of the world when it comes to vehicle fuel-efficiency innovation ... but we are No. 1 when it comes to chilled glove box technol

Re: [Biofuel] B-99 in my gas tank...

2007-08-15 Thread Mike Weaver
Also works well as a paint thinner/cleaner Keith Addison wrote: >Hello George > > > >>A new employee of mine mistakenly put 2 gallons of B99 in the gasoline tank >>for a small gas-powered reefer unit on our Isuzu NPR. I'm guessing the mix >>is now 8 gallons gasoline to 2 gallons BioDiesel. Do

Re: [Biofuel] Big Pharma, like Big Oil, owns Congress

2007-08-15 Thread Mike Weaver
What's the difference between methamphetimine and Adderall? The name and advertising budget... Kirk McLoren wrote: > > > > US Congress: "Under the Influence" of Big Pharma > > "In all, at least 15 congressional staffers, congressmen and > federal officials left to go to work

Re: [Biofuel] Weapons of mass destruction finally found

2007-08-16 Thread Mike Weaver
I'm surprised and disappointed at this. It's totally false and misleading. The US has NEVER lost AK-47's in Iraq. We lose much better weapons. AK-47's are junk compared to the hardware WE'VE lost track off. If you're going to just fling around anti-Americanism, PLEASE get the facts straight.

[Biofuel] Dick Cheney is right

2007-08-16 Thread Mike Weaver
I almost never forward these things, but this is unbelieveable. Click here to check out the video. Dear Michael, This weekend, we came across a pretty remarkable snippet of video online. You've really got to see it to believe it. Ju

Re: [Biofuel] Pepsi Forced to Admit It's....

2007-08-16 Thread Mike Weaver
What you should really be scared of: The 6 Most Over-Hyped Threats to America (And What Should Scare You Instead) http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2312 >>A fear of traffic accidents, paedophiles or bullies, and the growth >>of

Re: [Biofuel] I'm tired of being afraid...

2007-08-16 Thread Mike Weaver
All I fear is fear itself Fritz Friesinger wrote: > Hey Doug, > I'm afraid of only one thing, > humanity will never learn lessons from the past > Fritz > > - Original Message - > *From:* doug swanson > *To:* Biofuel List

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel in V6 diesel engine

2007-08-16 Thread Mike Weaver
you're being kind... Jason Mier wrote: > thats because the old american diesels were poorly designed (being > modified gassers) and burned out after a few sickly weak years. > > >> From: Doug Younker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> To: biofuel@sustainablelists.or

Re: [Biofuel] Weapons of mass destruction finally found

2007-08-16 Thread Mike Weaver
Huh. My AK47 is piece of junk - always jamming at the wrong time. Jason Mier wrote: >the RUSSIAN AK47 is the better weapon, but most of the AKs around today are >(get this) a cheap Chinese knockoff. Russian designers did a very good job >with their firearms, but they never released any specs

Re: [Biofuel] Dick Cheney is right

2007-08-17 Thread Mike Weaver
It was the first time I'd seen it... Doug Younker wrote: >Respectfully this is old news. Americans ignored it when it was trotted >out before the run up to the Iraq invasion. Even with the fact his >words have proven true, I doubt that many more Americans are going to >care today. I don't be

[Biofuel] Bloody outrage

2007-08-17 Thread Mike Weaver
My Encounter with [Insert Scary Music] ... Socialized Medicine! My foot had been sore for a couple of weeks and it wasn’t getting better. I usually would ignore that, but we were about to leave on a two-week vacation with my wife Joy’s parents to celebrate both of our big anniversaries (their 5

Re: [Biofuel] Bloody outrage

2007-08-17 Thread Mike Weaver
Bush says we can have both the most expensive military in the world AND huge tax cuts for the wealthiest. So there. swalms wrote: > So stay in Uruguay! > > > > -Original Message- > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Tom Irwin > *Sent:* Friday, August

Re: [Biofuel] Bloody outrage

2007-08-17 Thread Mike Weaver
; - Original Message - > From: Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, August 17, 2007 5:05 am > Subject: [Biofuel] Bloody outrage > To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > > My Encounter with [Insert Scary Music] ... Socialized Medicine! > > Gasp! > > &g

Re: [Biofuel] Bloody outrage

2007-08-17 Thread Mike Weaver
ouldn't like the way the US behaves in the world on our >collective conscience. > >Best regards > >Malcolm > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Weaver >Sent: 16 August 2007 15:05 >To: Biofu

[Biofuel] Iraq corruption whistleblowers face penalties

2007-08-25 Thread Mike Weaver
One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted. Or worse. For daring to report illegal arms sales, Navy veteran Donald Vance says he was imprisoned by the American military in a secu

[Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-27 Thread Mike Weaver
Smashing Capitalism Barbara Ehrenreich August 20, 2007 Somewhere in the Hamptons a high-roller is cursing his cleaning lady and shaking his fists at the lawn guys. The American poor, who are usually tactful enough to remain invisible to the multi-millionaire class, suddenly leaped onto the scene

Re: [Biofuel] Who owns you Americans?

2007-09-06 Thread Mike Weaver
Bigger car bigger house Matiss Lazdins wrote: >So what do we have to live for? subsistence is what I am aiming for. > > > ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biof

Re: [Biofuel] OECD warns against biofuels subsidies

2007-09-11 Thread Mike Weaver
We probably ought to phase subsidies to petroluem produces are well ;-) Keith Addison wrote: >http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e780d216-5fd5-11dc-b0fe-779fd2ac.html >FT.com / World - > >OECD warns against biofuels subsidies > >By Andrew Bounds in Brussels > >Published: September 10 2007 22:28 | Las

Re: [Biofuel] Volkswagon Rabbit and Cummings 5.9 Diesel

2007-09-25 Thread Mike Weaver
I added a clear in-line fuel filter ahead on the big expensive filter and have 60k on the car. I've replaced the cheap filter a few times 3 minuts and 3.99. I did replace the big filter at 59k - it was somewhat mucky and had some water but worked fine. Michael Miller wrote: >Both engines wil

Re: [Biofuel] Twentynine steps to the unthinkable

2007-09-29 Thread Mike Weaver
o proudly. When you do learn to read with getting smudge marks on your computer screen from using your finger, I urge you to do a little reseach before you post these moronic bleatings. You're a bird brain, and I mean that as an insult to the birds. -Mike Weaver 1) Why did Elie Wiesel

Re: [Biofuel] The real 9/11 culprit - Winston Churchill?

2007-10-17 Thread Mike Weaver
One can find Churchill's fingerprints on just about every Western historical artifact, both good and bad, for the roughly the past 120 years. Keith Addison wrote: >"Meeting Mountbatten a few months after partition, Churchill assailed >him for helping Britain's "enemies," "Hindustan," against "

[Biofuel] Don't let's be beastly to the Germans

2007-10-17 Thread Mike Weaver
What I can't stand is when someone says "begs the question" when they mean "raise the question." Begging the question describes a logical fallacy. As for "political hair shirt" - that's too obtuse for comment. "Having survived the Allied firebombing of his native city of Pforzheim as a child,

[Biofuel] On a lighter note...

2007-10-17 Thread Mike Weaver
Oct. 12-13, 2007 "Yesterday, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the environment. Then, in a stunning reversal, the Supreme Court awarded it to George Bush." --Amy Poehler "I think I know why you're happy tonight ... 'cause Al Gore won the Nobel prize. Al Gore won the Nobel p

Re: [Biofuel] The real 9/11 culprit - Winston Churchill?

2007-10-17 Thread Mike Weaver
I think Winnie was a pretty mixed bag myself. A better question might be why the British were so anxious to go *back* into Iraq? I think it was Stanley Maude who went stomping into Mesopotamia around 1916 and I don't think the Brits were out until '56 or so. No guarantee on those dates. Ke

Re: [Biofuel] The real 9/11 culprit - Winston Churchill?

2007-10-17 Thread Mike Weaver
Good: Early in his political career he worked hard to implement a minimum wage in England. But probably the one thing he's rightly remembered well for is his refusal to capitualte to Hitler, although I think David Lloyd George probably got that ball rolling. His speeches rallied Britain during

Re: [Biofuel] Don't let's be beastly to the Germans

2007-10-17 Thread Mike Weaver
Thanks, I thought so. These are 18-20 of Santomauro's piece.Which question(s) are you asking? 18) Why has Holocaust Revisionism been criminalized in at least eleven countries…what other historic truth needs the threat of prison or the destruction of one's career to maintain itself. Should someo

Re: [Biofuel] Don't let's be beastly to the Germans

2007-10-17 Thread Mike Weaver
place - you're clearly able to string words and thoughts together - a few minute's research and you could have debunked it yourself. And finally, thank you for your gracious invitation; next time I make it to the Southern Hemisphere we can hoist a few and no doubt

Re: [Biofuel] The great Iraqi swindle

2007-10-20 Thread Mike Weaver
*"And we keep getting richer but we can't get our picture On the cover of the Rolling Stone" -Dr Hook * Kirk McLoren wrote: > > >As long as we're there, spreading freedom, the heist of the taxpayer > will continue. > GW Bush believes that contractors have an inalienable right to steal

Re: [Biofuel] October 77% OFF

2007-12-05 Thread Mike Weaver
>> is like having sex with a blow-up doll. There's no need to get personal. Let's leave sexual preferences out of this, eh? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >LOL. I think not. > >:-) I also think not. > >Here's a case though, about Dick Cheney, I can't figure out if it's >negative growth or positive

Re: [Biofuel] In other news. Milk labelling controvery in US

2007-12-21 Thread Mike Weaver
I happen to like pus...ever google "somatic cell count + milk"? ;-) Chip Mefford wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>I have a raw milk dairy in massachusettes, i wouldn't waste my time or money >>on calling it organic, >>if i did i may wake up one day and find i'm out of buisness . Event

Re: [Biofuel] SCHOOL 1967 vs. 2007]

2008-03-28 Thread Mike Weaver
Ritalin is an upper, not a sedative. Kirk McLoren wrote: > > > SCHOOL 1967 vs. 2007 > > >Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking >lot with shotgun in gun rack. > >1967 - Vice principal comes over to look at Jack's shotgun. He goes to his

Re: [Biofuel] This Company May Be the Biggest Threat to Your Future Health

2008-04-17 Thread Mike Weaver
Mother Jones, Utne Reader... Keith Addison wrote: >Hi Chip > > > >>Keith Addison wrote: >> >> Sources: Vanity Fair May 2008 >>Just a comment/observation; >> >>I've been reading Vanity Fair on and off for >>a few decades. >> >>Why is their reporting -when the

Re: [Biofuel] We Need To Solve The Oil Crisis--Now

2008-04-25 Thread Mike Weaver
I have a 2002 Golf: on a flat road at 1850 rpm or about 59 mph, it gets close to 60 mpg. On I 95 in the US, where it is impossible to go less than 70 mph without being killed by a trucker, the mileage drops into the high 40's, at 80 or so, into the low 40's. If I had another gear (6th) I think

Re: [Biofuel] Greenest and meanest of the year

2007-02-10 Thread Mike Weaver
Generally, yes, particularly if the car is one sold overseas. Many Toyotas come in diesel models. If it a car only sold in the US, odds are not as good. What kind of car do you have? robert and benita rabello wrote: >Terry Dyck wrote: > > > >>Hi Robert, >> >>Is it possible to hire a mechani

[Biofuel] Excerpt from a Washington Post Book Review:

2007-02-14 Thread Mike Weaver
The modern skeptics' primary target is a mercury-based vaccine stabilizer called thimerosal, which critics charge has caused a sharp increase in autism in America. Between 1992 and 2002, the skeptics note, doctors in the United States diagnosed 10 times more cases of the syndrome. But anti-vacc

Re: [Biofuel] Truth or Propaganda?

2007-02-14 Thread Mike Weaver
Wolf. Wooolf! Woollff! Keith Addison wrote: >http://www.alternet.org/stories/47994/ > >Fool Us Twice? From Iraq to Iran > >By Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. Posted February 14, 2007. > >Hyped claims of nuclear weapons with no evidence to back it up ... >Why does that sound familiar? > >It's déja

Re: [Biofuel] Marijuana Called Top U.S. Cash Crop

2007-02-14 Thread Mike Weaver
Then we need a farm subsidy for it Keith Addison wrote: >See "Invisible farming": >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html#invis > >--- > >Marijuana Production in the United States (2006) >by Jon Gettman > >Full text online. >http://www.drugscience.org/bcr/ > >Entire Report (356 kb pdf) >http://

Re: [Biofuel] Marijuana Called Top U.S. Cash Crop

2007-02-14 Thread Mike Weaver
So let's legalize it,, knock out the drug gangs, and tax it, using the taxes to fund rehab programs for those who want to stop. M&K DuPree wrote: >LOL...Courtney is a typical DEA idiot and a complete BONEHEAD...OF COURSE >THERE ARE NO MOM-POP BONG SHOPS...YOU'VE ALREADY ARRESTED THEM! And, of

Re: [Biofuel] Truth or Propaganda?

2007-02-15 Thread Mike Weaver
Or, it could well be tue. Iran's current rulers are no bunch of schoolgirls on a picnic - just ask any Bahai. Of course, now no one believes anything Bush says - which is own fault. Woolf! Jason& Katie wrote: >oh, PLEASE! a few plumbing bits, some assorted cleaning chemicals, and a >lead sl

Re: [Biofuel] USDA Tells Ranchers Non-Corn Ethanol a Priority

2007-02-16 Thread Mike Weaver
Just put mothballs in your tank all you'll get 100 mpg. We've been doing in the states forever. Keith Addison wrote: >>Hi Keith, >> >>There is a company in Vancouver, BC, I believe they are called, Dynamotive, >>who make a product they call Bio Oil. They make it from wood waste. >> >>Terry Dy

Re: [Biofuel] Fund new technology to curb climate change: oil executive - CBC.ca - 2007.02.20

2007-02-21 Thread Mike Weaver
Besides, the American way of life is a blessed one. robert and benita rabello wrote: >Darryl McMahon quoted an article that included: > > > >>Fund new technology to curb climate change: oil executive >> >>New technology, not "punitive measures," is the best >>way to help oil and gas companies

[Biofuel] Meanwhile - Biodiesel start-up hauls in $214 million

2007-02-21 Thread Mike Weaver
Biodiesel start-up hauls in $214 million By Caroline McCarthy, CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: February 21, 2007, 12:30 PM PT *Seattle-based biodiesel maker Imperium Renewables announced on Wednesday that its Series B

Re: [Biofuel] Meanwhile - Biodiesel start-up hauls in $214 million

2007-02-22 Thread Mike Weaver
Gotta love the name, "Imperium" Keith Addison wrote: >How much of the biodiesel that Imperium Renewables makes with this >scale of operation will be renewable? Industrial monocrops don't >qualify as renewable, it's not renewable if the production system >isn't sustainable, and theirs isn't.

[Biofuel] Clever notion - I wonder if this woujld work viz. grid intertie? Zeke?

2007-02-27 Thread Mike Weaver
On Tuesday 27 February 2007 04:29, John Bertl wrote: >> Here we have formed a group that is building a gasifier to power a >> genset mounted on a trailer. The trailer will be moved from house >> to house where it will build up several months of credits at each >> location. Everyone's electric bi

Re: [Biofuel] Fund new technology to curb climate change: oil executive - CBC.ca - 2007.02.20

2007-02-27 Thread Mike Weaver
Not quite true, deep, deep inside all those ugly gray buildings are the 30% of gov't employees who do care and actually do 90% of the work. the final 10% is done by the other 70%. Been there, done that. A. Lawrence wrote: >Only one problem with the statement below... > > Government and Work don

[Biofuel] Somewhat OT: Any greybeards remember a solar product from the 80's make by "Solar Age Industries"?

2007-03-03 Thread Mike Weaver
I wound up with 2 12' long units (Model 37 Suncollecter Space Heater) in good shape - need cleaning. I was wondering if anyone had any experience working with them. They look like they create warm air. Not much from a Google search. Company was out of New Mexico. Thanks for any and all leads

[Biofuel] Termites - Re: Al Gore's 'Inconvenient Truth' Power Use

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Weaver
Speaking of termites - any advice for a environmentally benign way to keep them under control? -Mike Keith Addison wrote: >Hello Wendell > > > > > >>By the way, I seem to recall that termites are the source >>of 20 percent of the world's methane. I am no entomologist --is >>there any kno

[Biofuel] FDA is expected to approve the marketing of the new antibiotic called Cefquinome for use in cattle

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Weaver
/"The Washington post reports that the FDA is expected to approve the marketing of the new antibiotic called Cefquinome for use in cattle. This is over objections of the American medical association, the FDA advisory board and the World Health Organization. Cefquinome is from a class of highly

[Biofuel] [Fwd: FW: State makes big fuss over local couple's vegetable oil car fuel]

2007-03-08 Thread Mike Weaver
http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/03/01/news/local_news/1021491.txt *State makes big fuss over local couple's vegetable oil car fuel* /By HUEY FREEMAN - H&R Staff Writer/ DECATUR - David and Eileen Wetzel don't get going in the morning quite as early as they used to. So David Wet

Re: [Biofuel] What ever happened to Bob Allen?

2007-03-17 Thread Mike Weaver
Whatever happened to that loud-mouth know it all Weaver, too? Keith Addison wrote: >>I haven't seen any posts from Bob Allen these days? Are you still there? >> >>Jim >> >> > >Bob left some months ago. There'd been some problems with the server >at the time and after his unsub notice was rec

Re: [Biofuel] What ever happened to Bob Allen?

2007-03-17 Thread Mike Weaver
Wait a minute, Gustl, wuz you talking about me or Bob? Don't make me challenge you to a duel, Monsieur. -Weaver Gustl Steiner-Zehender wrote: >Hallo, > >He went to defecate and the swine devoured him. ;o) > >Happy Happy, > >Gustl > >Saturday, 17 March, 2007, 16:15:18, you wrote: > >MW> Whatev

Re: [Biofuel] How do you catch a crow?

2007-03-18 Thread Mike Weaver
Dunno what your feelings about are, what gun laws are like there, but a .22 smoothbore "varmint" gun is a mighty handy thing to have around, esp. if you are not really "gun people" and don't want something heavy in the house. It's not much good for anything bigger than a crow, though. My grand

Re: [Biofuel] How do you catch a crow?

2007-03-19 Thread Mike Weaver
I use firecrackers on the racoons here... Keith Addison wrote: >Hi Kirk > > > >>No firearms in Japan >> >> > >There are, but very high hassle factor rules it out. Quite right too, IMHO. > > > >>so trap or poison. >>You can trap one. The rest will then be educated. >> >> > >Yes, as pre

Re: [Biofuel] How do you catch 4 crows?

2007-03-19 Thread Mike Weaver
What about an airgun? I have a friend with 3 acres in a residential area and the squirrels decimate his garden; through some loophole airguns are legal, precussion guns are not, so that's how he keeps them down. Keith Addison wrote: >Hi Fritz > > > >>Hi Keith, >>there was a device mentionned

[Biofuel] For once I'm speechless

2007-04-23 Thread Mike Weaver
*Inventor turns dead cats into diesel *http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1534821.html?menu= ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever

Re: [Biofuel] bee followup

2007-04-24 Thread Mike Weaver
In the US, all "Organic" means, thanks to congress, is that the labell says Organic. It has no real value. It's to make you feel better. Keith Addison wrote: > Some valuable detail following up on the cell phone story > > > This is about the most sensible thing I've seen about it so far.

Re: [Biofuel] For once I'm speechless

2007-04-24 Thread Mike Weaver
gt;>grease traps. >>>The latest is liposuction fat biodiesel, >>> >>>regards >>>tallex >>> >>> >>> >>>> ---Original Message--- >>>> From: Zeke Yewdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>

Re: [Biofuel] Tamba diary

2007-04-24 Thread Mike Weaver
I had a Pyrenean mountain dog as well, very powerful and very protective. But not cheap to feed, and they need a lot of exercise or a job or they tend to get fat and sleepy. Keith Addison wrote: >Hi David > >Interesting, nice story, thanks. > > > >>Keith, >> >>If you want a more permanent me

Re: [Biofuel] bee followup

2007-04-24 Thread Mike Weaver
Ahhh...I should have qualified that - the *USDA Organic* label doesn't mean anything, though of course there are people who are using it and are organic. Don't rely on it to mean anything when shopping, though. -Sceptic Keith Addison wrote: >Hello Mike > > > >>In the US, all "Organic" means

Re: [Biofuel] bee followup

2007-04-26 Thread Mike Weaver
toxic sludge pellets and still market the meat as organic. Also, the SCC read in even organic milk is often quite high. I don't want to drink baked pus, which can be 10% of the volume of milk. Yechh. Chip Mefford wrote: >Mike Weaver wrote: > > >>In the US, all "Orga

Re: [Biofuel] bee followup

2007-04-26 Thread Mike Weaver
If only... Kirk McLoren wrote: > Gotta raise your own. I know I know - cant leave syphilization and > move to the country. > Or can you? > > Kirk > > */Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > I'm sure the truth is somewhere in between - I t

[Biofuel] First Successful Demonstration of CO2 Capture Technology

2007-04-26 Thread Mike Weaver
/"Global Research Technologies, LLC (GRT), a technology research and development company, and Klaus Lackner from Columbia University have achieved the successful demonstration of a bold new technology to capture carbon from the air . The "air extraction

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-30 Thread Mike Weaver
Google "prior art patent" I don't think there is much to worry about Keith Addison wrote: >I'd appreciate some opinions on this, if anyone would like to comment. > >Just to stir it up a bit, a somewhat ridiculous small company in >Japan called Someya Shoten which feels it leads the world in mat

Re: [Biofuel] Bayer Corporation gets Rachel Carson honors

2007-05-01 Thread Mike Weaver
That's nothing. Big Pharma is trying to ban vitamins and carrot juice in the US. Keith Addison wrote: >Unbelievable! Well, almost... > >Bayer's press releases below. Excerpt: > > > >>"Bayer employees are proud that we as a company take action that >>supports the public interest and demonstra

[Biofuel] DOE Announces up to $200 Million in Funding for Biorefineries

2007-05-03 Thread Mike Weaver
*DOE Announces up to $200 Million in Funding for Biorefineries* On May 1, 2007, Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced that the DOE will provide up to $200 million, from FY07 to FY11, to support the development of small-scale, (at ten percent of commercial scale), cellu

Re: [Biofuel] U.S. force aims to secure Africa

2007-05-06 Thread Mike Weaver
That's one choice I'd hate to have to make - the US or ECOMOG. Every Car Or Movable Object Gone. Kirk McLoren wrote: > threatened by transnational terrorists. > > They are the bloody terrorists. > How much protection money will Africa have to pay? > > Kirk > > > */Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Biofuel] Free Market

2007-05-06 Thread Mike Weaver
There's no apostrophe in its as used below: A car company can move it's factories to Mexico and claim it's a free market. Besides, just because drugs are safe for Canadians doesn't mean they are safe for Americans. We're more better, and thus have different DNA. Kirk McLoren wrote: > > > >

Re: [Biofuel] EMF-Omega-News 5. May 2007 (April articles)

2007-05-06 Thread Mike Weaver
Don't be ridiculous. I'll borrow the money. Just like my uncle. Sam Kirk McLoren wrote: > Yes, we have to learn to pull in the same direction. Effort opposing > each other is an isometric. > Wont get you very far. > Also we have to get past money as the objective of work. We have > mislead gen

Re: [Biofuel] The president receives "lessons" from his neoconservative tutors

2007-05-07 Thread Mike Weaver
The title is, of course, lifted from Winston Churchill, who at least did some good once in a while, though on the whole a mixed bag. The Brits finally grew tired of their empire. Why did they leave India? Keith Addison wrote: >http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/14/roberts_luncheon/

Re: [Biofuel] Troubles with the First Batch.. Request Advise from the Experienced!!

2007-05-07 Thread Mike Weaver
I would just start over - I think you need to get a good "crack" before worrying about wash tests. You should see a very clear line with no middle layer at all. Be sure there is no water in your oil, double check your titration, and maintain steady heat. I found it useful to learn on new oil i

Re: [Biofuel] Free Market

2007-05-07 Thread Mike Weaver
Aye, laddie. robert and benita rabello wrote: > Thomas Kelly wrote: > >>>There's no apostrophe in its as used below: >>>A car company can move it's factories to Mexico and claim it's a free >>>market. >>> >>> >> >> That would be the first its, ; right Miss Grundy.? >> >> > > Pos

Re: [Biofuel] Free Market

2007-05-07 Thread Mike Weaver
I am sick and tired of people wasting apostrophes. There is a finite supply, and the Oxford English Dictionary estimates that we've already used more than half. Moreover, with more and more people studying English, this alarming trend will only get worse. Remember. Think before you punctuate.

[Biofuel] Australia hands over man to US courts

2007-05-07 Thread Mike Weaver
BEFORE he was extradited to the United States, Hew Griffiths, from Berkeley Vale in NSW, had never even set foot in America. But he had pirated software produced by American companies. Now, having been given up to the US by former justice minister Chris Ellison, Griffiths, 44, is in a Virginia

Re: [Biofuel] Australia hands over man to US courts

2007-05-08 Thread Mike Weaver
Go Linux Keith Addison wrote: >>BEFORE he was extradited to the United States, Hew Griffiths, from >>Berkeley Vale in NSW, had never even set foot in America. But he had >>pirated software produced by American companies. >> >>Now, having been given up to the US by former justice minister Chris >>

Re: [Biofuel] Australia hands over man to US courts

2007-05-08 Thread Mike Weaver
All of it. Like Joseph Jenkins's book, with Linux, you can either do it yourself for free, or buy a DVD and support. I personally like Macs, though I have to say Mr. Jobs has turned out to have feet of clay... Keith Addison wrote: >>Go Linux >> >> > >Why would I want to do that? That's fo

Re: [Biofuel] Australia hands over man to US courts

2007-05-08 Thread Mike Weaver
Amiga or die doug wrote: >Careful, I can see this forming into a flame war! (Mine is bigger than yours >scenario) > > Really, once you wean off the Redmond product, it dosen't matter if its Linux >or Mac. The only reason why I probably would not buy a Mac is historical: I >used to hate the

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Gas Station Owner Told to Raise Prices

2007-05-09 Thread Mike Weaver
I'm surprised at you, Keith. You're not very sympathetic. SUV OWNERS PUZZLED BY HIGH GAS PRICES by Ben Radstein, staff reporter Before the war in Iraq began, SUV owners were polled about their attitudes toward the upcoming conflict, and by

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Gas Station Owner Told to Raise Prices

2007-05-09 Thread Mike Weaver
erception of a 6 year > old and that isnt fair to a lot of 6 year olds. > Hate to be seen in something not new. And there are children going to > bed hungry. > Disgusting toads. > > Kirk > > */Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > I'm surpri

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Gas Station Owner Told to Raise Prices

2007-05-09 Thread Mike Weaver
You're related to Rush Limberger? robert and benita rabello wrote: >Mike Weaver wrote: > > > >>William bellowed. "That's a >>bunch of vegan tree-hugger doom-saying nonsense! Where did you get that >>idea, Al Gore? Are you trying to cause panic?

[Biofuel] Gas prices - & government hot air - making drivers fume

2007-05-09 Thread Mike Weaver
t half the vehicles on the road are SUVs or big minivans. "Americans, unfortunately, have a love affair with these big vehicles. They push demand up, and that pushes up the price." Mike Weaver wrote: >I'm surprised at you, Keith. You're not very sympathetic. > > &g

Re: [Biofuel] Gas prices - & government hot air - making drivers fume

2007-05-10 Thread Mike Weaver
k spokesman >>Robert Sinclair. >> >>"But we haven't had any manmade or natural disasters. I certainly don't >>think it can be as bad as the devastation Hurricane Katrina caused to >>refineries, yet the prices are going higher," he said. >> &

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Gas Station Owner Told to Raise Prices

2007-05-10 Thread Mike Weaver
tual perception of a 6 >> year old and that isnt fair to a lot of 6 year olds. >> Hate to be seen in something not new. And there are children going to >> bed hungry. >> Disgusting toads. >> >> Kirk >> >> */Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Biofuel] Any Diesel gurus put there?

2007-05-14 Thread Mike Weaver
Greetings all, Left my 4.7 HP Changfa diesel outside in the shed through the winter and now it won't start. I left it with about 1/2 a tank of BD in it, and actually I did get it to start and run twice as soon as the weather warmed up (this week). It started with a fair amount of black smoke as

Re: [Biofuel] graybearded diesel advice

2007-05-15 Thread Mike Weaver
Thanks - I'm looking for a manual now! Roderick Roth wrote: > Hi Mike > This definitly sounds like timing and certain diesels will drive the > mechanical fuel pump with a tapered collet. Since your engine is quite > new, I would suspect that the jam nut has either slightly loosened or > was n

Re: [Biofuel] Any Diesel gurus put there?

2007-05-15 Thread Mike Weaver
;Any chance you've disturbed something and it's sucking some air now?? Go >over the whole system carefully... Easier to pull in air than fuel... > >- Original Message - >From: "Mike Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Monday, May 1

Re: [Biofuel] Isopropyl Alcohol supplies - Used to be Titrationquestion from a Newbie

2007-05-15 Thread Mike Weaver
Look for 99% anhydrous iso Thomas Kelly wrote: > Andrew, > I thought that "rubbing alcohol" (isopropyl) sold at pharmacies > was 70%. > I just noticed that a container of isopropyl alcohol in our bathroom > cabinet was 91%. It was purchased at a local pharmacy; 1 quart (950ml) > for $2.4

Re: [Biofuel] Isopropyl Alcohol supplies - Used to be Titrationquestion from a Newbie

2007-05-15 Thread Mike Weaver
I found it at a well-stocked independant pharmacy Thomas Kelly wrote: >>Mike Weaver wrote: >> >> > > > >>Look for 99% anhydrous iso >> >> > > >Where? > > > > > > >>Look for 99% anhydrous iso >> &

[Biofuel] It is a mystery why stevia, a South American plant more than 300 times sweeter than sugar, remains illegal for use as a sweetener in the United States.

2007-05-16 Thread Mike Weaver
Bitter Battle over Truth in Sweeteners By Christopher Wanjek , LiveScience's Bad Medicine Columnist posted: 15 May 2007 09:45 am ET Share this story Add to delicious

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