Oh Sadness Keith! : - ( Does it really come as a surprise to you that that University Press releases in New Zealand may well be written by second-rate journalists over whom the academic staff have little or no control? (Probably recent graduates!). Surely recent events in the US have amply demonstrated that degree courses (notably MBA's) do not necessarily instill ethics into sub-professional students.
And does it further surprise you that a student does all the work ferreting out Alex Kac's method through JourneyToForever and yet the University PR department gives the (Associate) Professor all the credit? Has it ever been any different? And are you really shocked that the aforesaid fund-seeking Prof. actually accepts this misplaced eulogy?? Keith! I salute your idealism! Cheers! You get my Three Tankard Award for Misplaced Idealism in 2002 [_]? [_]? [_]? (Had A/P Sims been called "The Father of New Zealand Biodiesel" you might well have gone ballistic and become the first biofueller in space!) To follow up another thread, "there has been no synthetic petrol production since February 1997 , and in April 1999, Methanex New Zealand permanently closed the methanol to petrol unit at the Motunui Plant.": http://www.med.govt.nz/ers/en_stats/edfonlin/edfjuly2002/edf072002a.pdf This public document contains an overview of the countries energy resources, renewable and otherwise. The preceding sentence to the above quote contains "In 2001, 36% of New Zealand's natural gas extracted was used for petrochemicals for the production of chemical methanol and ammonia/urea production.". I believe that this makes New Zealand the largest methanol producer in the southern hemisphere. So, on behalf of the people of New Zealand, I would like to thank all you biodieselers out there for helping us use our non-renewable resource as fast as we can. Fortuitously, it was NZ methanol we were using in Thailand to make biodiesel (Just one word you will note Hakan!). Every 200 litre drum had "New Zealand --- Making it Happen" writ large upon it. So with that admonition and your help Keith, how could I possibly fail to make quality biodiesel out of palm oil? And thank you Hakan for your very kind words about New Zealand: I escaped a particularly bad NZ winter by working in Thailand but right now we are having some very pleasant weather indeed: Where I live, it is nearly as hot and humid as Thailand right now. Incidentally, I have passed your nice comments on to the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Tourism but, as it is probably staffed by failed journalists rejected by the University PR departments, don't expect any credits! : - ) I expect to see "Iminent Swede Likens NZ to Home" or "Dr. Hawking of Oslo University, Copenhagen Likes Kiwi Weather" before the week is out. And thank you also for your kind words Keith. I'm currently working on the design of two different continuous biodiesel reactors for use in Thailand and also tweaking the "Thainglish" in a paper for my Thai colleagues on the work they did with straight palm oil (SPO) in all those Kubota tractor engines last year. It will be nice to get it published so that the SVO gang have something other than just my assertions to quote. And I'm still trying to keep up with all this biofuels-biz! I had over 120 of these merry missives awaiting me when I logged on again last week! What a serious and prolific lot you are. Regards Michael Allen New Zealand 30/11/02 19:34:18, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Now Mr. Addison, >> >>We wouldn't be implying that ethics, principles, morals, ethics >>and just plain professional courtesies are excessively >>abbreviated, if not altogether non-existent amongst far too many >>of the human species, would we? >> >>:-) >> >>Todd Swearingen > >:-) > >No, we wouldn't. Too many yes, but it's still rather low, IMHO. A bit >higher in the Internet virtual community, sadly, but not very >surprisingly. And rather high in the corporate world, though still >not even approaching a majority, I don't think. But corporations are >not humans. Krugman gives a good view of why it's been on the >increase, a good read: >"For Richer" by Paul Krugman >http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/20/magazine/20INEQUALITY.html?ex= 1036041836&e > >or here, if you don't want to sign in at NYT: >http://faculty.purduenc.edu/arw/gbg344/For%20Richer.htm >http://www.humanrightsmonitor.org/article573.html > >We often get ripped off. I wrote to the guy and got the usual hurt >surprise: all in the "cause" and all that, along with a few cheap >hits and red herrings (said he had no control over what journalists >write, but it wasn't journalists, it was his own press office). >Standard performance. What Mark gets told when such folks try to >hijack the homebrewers' WVO supplies - it's for our own good or >something. People are generous, others, a small minority, take >advantage of that. We want our stuff to be used, obviously, that's >why it's there. People who use it pass it on to others who use it and >pass it on. But there's a difference between a cornucopia and a >vacuum cleaner. I don't accept that we're all in this together for >the common good. Not at all, as we've recently been seeing, right >here. > >There's a stark contrast between the way these guys handled it and >Michael Allen's work with us here, another New Zealander, using >Aleks's method with crude palm oil in Thailand. Ample credit and >thanks from Michael, of course - though I wouldn't have minded at all >even if not, as the purpose was to help small local producers. But >just the usual bluster from these guys. Oh well, so what. > >Best > >Keith > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> >>Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 4:36 AM >>Subject: Re: [biofuels-biz] VW runs biodiesel at Energywise Rally >> >> >> > Hi Todd >> > >> > Different version here: >> > http://masseynews.massey.ac.nz/2002/news_release/05_11_02b.html >> > Massey News Article | Canola oil fuels Massey entry in rally >> > >> > And here: >> > http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2109199a6160,00.html >> > Green MP drives to work in car fuelled by rapeseed oil >> > >> > It says Prof. Sims "invented the New Zealand version of >>biodiesel", LOL! >> > >> > In fact it was "invented" by Aleks Kac. The first one says >>"Associate >> > Professor Ralph Sims, Director of the Centre for Energy >>Research, and >> > post-graduate students Andy Smith and Reto Keller have two >>entries in >> > the rally." Andy Smith is a member of the Biofuel list. >> > >> > >From: "Andrew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 01:55:42 -0000 >> > >Subject: [biofuel] Biodiesel yield issues >> > >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >> > > >> > >Hi there >> > > >> > >I have just started making biodiesel from new canola oil. (for >>a >> > >fuel efficiency rally in New Zealand, we are going to be the >>only >> > >carbon neutral entry) >> > > >> > >The process is working well, but I am getting very different >>yields >> > >from different batches. >> > > >> > >I am using Alex Kac's 2 step process, and doing all the work >>in a >> > >proper chem lab, so quantities etc are all reasonably >>accurate. >> > >> > <snip> >> > >> > He also wrote to me offlist: >> > >> > >I need to keep churning out 50 litre batches for the fuel >>efficiency >> > >rally we are competing in in 2 weeks time, so any suggestions >>would >> > >be great. >> > > >> > >See - http://www.energywiserally.org.nz/ >> > > >> > >Many thanks >> > > >> > >Andrew Smith >> > >> > I contacted Aleks for him and Aleks helped him out. >> > >> > So check through all these articles and see if you can find any >> > mention of Aleks, or the Biofuel list, or Journey to Forever, >>or >> > anything but the good Professor, inventor of New Zealand's >>biodiesel. >> > Sheesh! Hmpph. >> > >> > Keith >> > >> > >> > >> > >Don't know where the article was originally printed... >> > > >> > >> >http://www.globalhemp.com/News/2002/November/biodiesel_a_viable. >>s >> > >html >> > > >> > >VW Golf using eco fuel > ><snip> > > >Biofuels at Journey to Forever >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >Biofuel at WebConX >http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm >List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! 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