Hi Dion > A short while ago an automated biodiesel machine was located >somewhere in Japan.
Four of them. >Although you said it was expensive (what is the price anyway?) it >none the less sounded encouraging. Sorry, no, it's not encouraging at all. We've found out a lot more now, and seen one of these operations. I'll be posting a report with more details in a day or two. Briefly, we're much better off with what we've got already - we can out-produce these guys, similar quality, at a tiny fraction of the price. And I'll lay good money on Aleks coming up with a continuous processor pretty soon. >Isn't there a company somewhere in the world that manufactures an >automated easy to use Ethanol unit suitable for home/farm >production? Add the biomass and other ingredients and push a button? Wag 'n' bietjie ou maat, alles sal gou-gou regkom. >We have an abundance of biomass in the form of Prickly Pears >(Opuntia Cactaceae). I have heard of a farmer in the Eastern Cape >(South Africa) that uses Prickly Pears to produce ethanol >(Unfortunately I don't have any details --- Has anyone else heard >of him? -- I can't find any info on the net about this guy). > >There has to be at least some retired/able chemical engineers out >there who could design a unit that is safe, auto regulated and that >could produce between 50 to 100 litres of ethanol per day and that >could be easily assembled with all the parts provided. I am sure >there would be a large enough market for this device. That sounds a lot like the initial specs for the still I said Steve Spence and Journey to Forever are working on with a distillers group. It's moving fast, we should have some results soon. >My dream Ethanol Unit would use a solar concentrator to provide the >required energy -- we have a lot of sun in the Karoo. If there was >such an engineer/device then I would fly out and check it out >personally --- pity Robert Warren didn't understand that this site >is about empowering individuals/communities to be energy >self-sufficient. Nothing wrong with wanting to make a buck but then >at least be transparent and open about it. Though, I do think that >most of the people involved with this group would share without >prejudice anything they discovered with everyone else. Afterall not >sharing info ultimately led to petro-slavery (such an apt way to put >it Pedro). I love reading the e-mails from this group -- even the >bitchy ones somehow add to the sense of community. That said; anyone >want to share their design for cold nuclear fusion (or is that >fission I always forget which) with me/the world?? Naah - I'm keeping it all to myself until I get offered loadsabucks by an evil petro-enslaver. :-) >I too ordered the Charles 803 plans. They will probably arrive soon. >oh well all is all is meant to be. Perhaps Mr Warren thought the >world owed him after 20 years of thankless work. God the way he made >it sound, you could set up a mini to medium industry with this >still!! Want to produce more? Heck no problem, just connect em in >series......... > >Looking forward > >Thanks for great site/list You're most welcome - thankyou Dion. Good luck with the prickly pears, please keep us advised. All best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >Dion de Lange -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> Create your business web site your way now at Bigstep.com. It's the fast, easy way to get online, to promote your business, and to sell your products and services. Try Bigstep.com now. http://click.egroups.com/1/9183/2/_/837408/_/975260734/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
