[biofuel] How was your weekend?
Sewage truck contents explode By Craig Page Inner city traffic was showered with effluent and hydrogen peroxide after the back end of a septic tank vacuum truck exploded in Dunedin yesterday. The explosion, which could heard and felt several blocks away, blew out a window at the nearby Leviathan Hotel and sent a metal sluice valve flying about 15m into the windscreen of a parked car. No-one was hurt. A 50m trail of effluent was visible along Cumberland St, State Highway 1. The buckled rear cover of the tank was also lying in the middle of the road. The incident caused "major" delays for southbound motorists, Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell said. The one-way system south was closed for almost three hours, forcing peak-hour traffic to be diverted through the heavy traffic bypass on Thomas Burns St. Some bus services were also delayed or cancelled. Police said the cause of the explosion was under investigation. Toilet jokes were flowing thick and fast among the dozens of people who rushed to the area to see what the commotion was all about. The incident occurred about 3.20pm as the Dakins liquid waste truck travelled south past the Leviathan Hotel. The vehicle had been at the RF Woolscour near Logan Park cleaning out a sump and was understood to be returning to the company's Green island depot when the accident occurred. The back end of the truck, which can be removed for cleaning purposes, blew out, covering several parked cars and the four-wheel- drive vehicle travelling behind it in sludge. The truck's driver, Joe Callahan, was visibly shaken by the incident and at a loss to explain why it occurred. "There must have been a build-up of gas or something," he said. He confirmed the truck contained a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and sludge. "There was just this loud boom. It threw the truck across the road. I had trouble keeping it straight." The truck travelled for about 50m before he was able to stop it. Mr Callahan, who has worked for Dakins for nine years, said he could not repeat his words when he realised what had actually happened. "My main concern was to see if anyone was injured. Luckily, no-one was." Parry Thomas was travelling directly behind the truck when the explosion occurred. "You could see steam start to come from the side of the truck and then, boom." The back end door of the truck was thrown metres into the air. Mr Thomas' slammed on the brakes as effluent covered his vehicle."I had no idea what was going on. It all just happened so quickly. I thought I was going to end up with a car crashing into my backside." Mr Thomas said his vehicle was not seriously damaged, although it was now overdue for a decent clean. "Perhaps I might get that new paint job done now," he said. Both Mr Callahan and Mr Thomas were treated by ambulance staff as a precaution. Former Channel 9 head of production Lorraine Isaacs was one of the unlucky ones in the accident, her car being hit by a flying sluice valve. The valve left a dent in the roof of the car before smashing the windscreen. "I just thought how lucky it was I wasn't in it at the time," she said. The incident caused a traffic backlog for rush-hour traffic as Cumberland St was cordoned off between lower Stuart St and Queens Gardens. Southbound vehicles were diverted through the heavy traffic bypass through Thomas Burns St. Three lanes of the road reopened about 5.15pm and the remaining lane reopened about 6pm. The Dunedin hazardous substances committee was called out to determine the best way to clean up the spill. Dunedin chief fire officer Dave Seque said that, once firefighters were given the all clear by Otago Regional Council and Dunedin City Council staff, the sludge was washed off the road into the storm water system. Because of the heat of the road some of the sludge, which was not deemed to be toxic, had already evaporated, he said. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/orkH0C/n97DAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Set me straight, eh
The layer between the biodiesel and the glycerine is an herbicide/ the mustard seed squeezin's are a pesticide and it should be safer than: This rigorous scientific study reinforces what we and other scientists have been saying for years -- atrazine is a dangerous pesticide," the council's Jennifer Sass said. "It's no surprise that it's been banned by many European countries." She said the study had implications for humans, especially children who have not reached puberty http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020415/sc_nm/environment_frogs_dc_1 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuels-biz] Fw: EESI Briefing on Biobased Products, Earth Day, April 22
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ Human powered devices, equipment, and transport - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/humanpower.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Ames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:54 PM Subject: EESI Briefing on Biobased Products, Earth Day, April 22 > Biobased Products: Back to the Future? > > Earth Day > Monday, April 22, 2002 > 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., 2318 Rayburn House Office Building > > > The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to an Earth > Day Congressional briefing exploring the world of biobased products. > Biobased products are derived from plant and animal materials, such as > agricultural commodities, crop residues, and wood product wastes. Before > petroleum came to dominate to market, the U.S. economy depended almost > entirely on biomass derived energy and building materials. Today, > enterprising entrepreneurs from around the country are challenging the > current paradigm, ushering in a new era where domestically produced biobased > products may again play a major role. > > EESI's briefing, held in conjunction with the U.S. Department of > Agriculture's Biobased and Renewable Energy Product Showcase (see below for > details), will feature biobased product manufacturers and marketers and > provide an overview of federal initiatives to promote biobased products. > The expert panel will include: > > * Ronald Buckhalt, U.S. Department of Agriculture > * Lloyd Ritter, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee > * Peter Nelson, President, AgroTech Communications > * Kim Kristoff, President, GEMTEK Products > * Boris A. Miksic, President, Cortec Corporation > > Essentially any product that can be derived from petroleum can also be > produced from biomass, including industrial chemicals, cleaning products, > paints and stains, lubricants, plastics, packaging materials, transportation > fuels, adhesives, and insulation, to name a few. These products have a > track record of comparable or superior performance to their petroleum > counterparts. Biobased products are also environmentally sustainable as they > are produced from renewable biomass, lessen our dependence on foreign oil, > and reduce or eliminate the use of toxic substances harmful to human health > and the environment. > > As petroleum is processed in refineries to produce fuels, chemicals, and > other co-products, so too can biomass be processed in "biorefineries," > producing energy, fuels, and a variety of marketable biobased products in > the same facility, taking advantage of synergies of production. These new > facilities can provide a needed boost to the rural economy, creating new > jobs in rural communities and providing new markets for farm commodities and > residues. > > This briefing is open to the public and reservations are not required. For > more information, please contact Jeremy Ames of EESI at 202-662-1892 or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information on EESI visit www.eesi.org. > > *** > > USDA Biobased & Renewable Energy Product Showcase > > April 22, 2002, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM > > Patio of the Jamie L. Whitten Building > 12th and Jefferson Drive SW > > The showcase will be a great opportunity to learn about biobased products > and will feature leaders in the biobased product manufacturing industry and > their products. Deputy Secretary James Moseley will speak at 10:00 AM. > *** > > > Please reply to this email to be removed from EESI's distribution list, or > to update your email address. > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/orkH0C/n97DAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm 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/
[biofuel] Fw: EESI Briefing on Biobased Products, Earth Day, April 22
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ Human powered devices, equipment, and transport - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/humanpower.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Ames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:54 PM Subject: EESI Briefing on Biobased Products, Earth Day, April 22 > Biobased Products: Back to the Future? > > Earth Day > Monday, April 22, 2002 > 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., 2318 Rayburn House Office Building > > > The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to an Earth > Day Congressional briefing exploring the world of biobased products. > Biobased products are derived from plant and animal materials, such as > agricultural commodities, crop residues, and wood product wastes. Before > petroleum came to dominate to market, the U.S. economy depended almost > entirely on biomass derived energy and building materials. Today, > enterprising entrepreneurs from around the country are challenging the > current paradigm, ushering in a new era where domestically produced biobased > products may again play a major role. > > EESI's briefing, held in conjunction with the U.S. Department of > Agriculture's Biobased and Renewable Energy Product Showcase (see below for > details), will feature biobased product manufacturers and marketers and > provide an overview of federal initiatives to promote biobased products. > The expert panel will include: > > * Ronald Buckhalt, U.S. Department of Agriculture > * Lloyd Ritter, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee > * Peter Nelson, President, AgroTech Communications > * Kim Kristoff, President, GEMTEK Products > * Boris A. Miksic, President, Cortec Corporation > > Essentially any product that can be derived from petroleum can also be > produced from biomass, including industrial chemicals, cleaning products, > paints and stains, lubricants, plastics, packaging materials, transportation > fuels, adhesives, and insulation, to name a few. These products have a > track record of comparable or superior performance to their petroleum > counterparts. Biobased products are also environmentally sustainable as they > are produced from renewable biomass, lessen our dependence on foreign oil, > and reduce or eliminate the use of toxic substances harmful to human health > and the environment. > > As petroleum is processed in refineries to produce fuels, chemicals, and > other co-products, so too can biomass be processed in "biorefineries," > producing energy, fuels, and a variety of marketable biobased products in > the same facility, taking advantage of synergies of production. These new > facilities can provide a needed boost to the rural economy, creating new > jobs in rural communities and providing new markets for farm commodities and > residues. > > This briefing is open to the public and reservations are not required. For > more information, please contact Jeremy Ames of EESI at 202-662-1892 or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information on EESI visit www.eesi.org. > > *** > > USDA Biobased & Renewable Energy Product Showcase > > April 22, 2002, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM > > Patio of the Jamie L. Whitten Building > 12th and Jefferson Drive SW > > The showcase will be a great opportunity to learn about biobased products > and will feature leaders in the biobased product manufacturing industry and > their products. Deputy Secretary James Moseley will speak at 10:00 AM. > *** > > > Please reply to this email to be removed from EESI's distribution list, or > to update your email address. > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Is it OK to heat BD to remove water?
[biofuels-biz] Who wants $5M?
Here is the reply from the Group that made an offer of $5M for a project. Dear Sir: Our Investment Credit Division, entering its 45th year, is interested in reviewing funding proposals for various conventional energy projects, alternative energy, green power, biomass, biodiesel, fuel cells, cogen, waste and water recycling or other enviro-friendly technologies on a global basis. These energy projects also may include new software technology for the reduction of energy costs that involve natural gas, electricity, power plants or other byproducts. We will consider existing companies, expansion or new technologies with patents, however minimum project must be $5 million USD. We are "proactive Investors" for enviro-friendly engineering technology. Existing energy plants requiring funds for retrofit are acceptable. The process of "plant permitting" may require our assistance for "unique solutions", which also includes plant engineering insurance for efficiency. Most loans are packaged into Investment Portfolios and sold in the international secondary capital markets. We also provide funding and recycling remediation solutions for contaminated toxic sites, manufacturing plants and real estate projects. Please send a brief summary on a qualified energy project or toxic sites for our immediate review, English only please. This message should not be construed as a solicitation or an offer, but rather an introduction to our various investment and funding services. The Fidelity is not a registered bank, but rather a Group of investment and commercial finance entities using their own resources as Investor/Lenders. Please maintain this message in your files for future reference. We suggest that you view our Web Page for a better understanding of our financial services: http://www.fidelityglobalgroup.com Donald G. Colley, MBA Senior Project Director Euro Fidelity Capital Group Ltd. Division of The Fidelity Global Group Ltd. 200 Centerville Road, Suite 6 Warwick, Rhode Island 02886 USA Phone: 401-732-0510 Fax: 401-732-0512 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> No more informative than their web page. I had asked for some criteria for project qualifications. I had promised to post the response. The contacts are listed if anyone decides to pursue them. Motie Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm 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/
Re: AW: [biofuels-biz] SVO?
Camillo, thank youI simply make the point right now that there should not be a debate of "which one is better" between SVO and biodiesel. There is a need for both, depending on the circumstances, and both will find their place in the market. We should not waste our own "energy" as people working in this field on that sort of "debate", but stick to the main problem - reducing reliance on non-renewable, highly polluting forms of petrodiesel. We need every clean diesel technology (like Sweden's city diesel used as the baseline fuel in that infamous Swedish study...a much cleaner fuel than is typical!), the Sun diesel (VW), natural gas engines, solar cells, wind, hydrogen, fuel cells, microhydro, etc. Also we need a large reduction in demand per capita and an large increase in fuel efficiency, if we are to solve the problems we face as a society thoroughly hooked on current practices of wasteful use of fossil fuel, (which is stored solar energy formed over millions of years - a very versatile gift of nature, which ought to last many generations, but which clearly will not, at present rate of use - burned up in a few generations and waste products dumped to the atmosphere, and from there back into our water. Regards, Edward Beggs www.biofuels.ca on 4/15/02 4:32 AM, Camillo Holecek at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks, > realy a heartfelt lot of thanks, > Edward, > yours is the very first educated answer I was able to obtain so far on > that matter. > > Because of lack of time today I post a SHORT answer here, although I > would like to enter this most productive discussion head long right > now > > Both is way better than dinodiesel, RIGHT! > > So far I kept hearing this alert on possible endless exhaust gas > poisions troubles and could not (and still can not) reach a final > conclusion. I am very much prepeared to accept a lot of your points on > the advanteges of SVO > > Camillo Holecek > DonauWind GmbH&Co KG > > -Ursprngliche Nachricht- > Von: Neoteric Biofuels Inc. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. April 2002 20:21 > An: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com > Betreff: Re: [biofuels-biz] SVO? > > > Camillo - > > > Obviously, emissions results of acrolein, aldehyde etc. will vary > widely > depending on a large number of factors, including engine type, > condition, > load, operating temperature, characteristics of the oil, contributions > from > the engine lubricating oil, exhaust gas after-treatment, etc. > > Next, whatever level of emissions actually occur, has to be put into > perspective. > > > If you average all the above for a wide range of conditions, what is the > amount and speciation of the emissions generated? > > > Then, look at fates, exposure pathways and exposure levels. Acrolein, > for > example, does not persist or accumulate in the atmosphere, it has a half > life of about 12 hours, and a lifetime of about 17 hours. (US EPA) > > The toxicological endpoint in humans for acrolein is the respiratory > system. > RfC (reference concentration) is 0.02g/m according to US EPA - exposure > below that level, over a lifetime, would not be expected to result in > occurrence of chronic, non-cancer effects. How many SVO diesels in what > proximity for how many hours of operation per day does it take to get to > that level of exposure? How might any risk, if it exists, be mitigated? > These are the basics of toxicology and risk assessment, and they are > often > missed in exclamations and pronouncements of fitness for use of a > particular > substance in a particular application. > > Then shall we look at biodiesel and its emissions? Whose study will we > look > at? The Chalmers study? Biodiesel did not fare much better than rapeseed > oil > in that one. Perhaps the German Federal one that found biodiesel not > worthwhile in general? No, I don't think so, that is not productive, is > it? > > Should we discuss the glut of glycerine from biodiesel production, a > problem > in itself, and one other reason why the research on SVO options > continues? > > Production, transport and use of methanol? It's usual source, > non-renewable > natural gas, produced often, in conjunction with fertilizer plants? > Emissions from those plants? Emissions getting the methanol product to > where > it is needed, risk of spills, etc.? And this (methanol) is the least > expensive and most commonly used alcohol in biodiesel production, and > 95% or > so does come from natural gas (which we have seen can quickly spike in > price, which the individual cannot produce easily and cheaply, or have > any > control over) > > Emissions to transport the glycerine to market, processing? > > CO2 life cycle emissions reduction comparisons? > > Energy balance? > > Capital /labour requirements? > > Wastewater generated? > > Safety of the materials stored, used and handled? (exposures, spills) > > Ability of local, small producers to compete in biodiesel production > agains
[biofuel] fuel cell help
hello Keith and all. I need some help confirming information about Fuel Cell. the Alkaline PEM. and other accessories where and what to perches thank you aztov [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/orkH0C/n97DAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
AW: [biofuels-biz] SVO?
Thanks, realy a heartfelt lot of thanks, Edward, yours is the very first educated answer I was able to obtain so far on that matter. Because of lack of time today I post a SHORT answer here, although I would like to enter this most productive discussion head long right now Both is way better than dinodiesel, RIGHT! So far I kept hearing this alert on possible endless exhaust gas poisions troubles and could not (and still can not) reach a final conclusion. I am very much prepeared to accept a lot of your points on the advanteges of SVO Camillo Holecek DonauWind GmbH&Co KG -Ursprngliche Nachricht- Von: Neoteric Biofuels Inc. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. April 2002 20:21 An: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Betreff: Re: [biofuels-biz] SVO? Camillo - Obviously, emissions results of acrolein, aldehyde etc. will vary widely depending on a large number of factors, including engine type, condition, load, operating temperature, characteristics of the oil, contributions from the engine lubricating oil, exhaust gas after-treatment, etc. Next, whatever level of emissions actually occur, has to be put into perspective. If you average all the above for a wide range of conditions, what is the amount and speciation of the emissions generated? Then, look at fates, exposure pathways and exposure levels. Acrolein, for example, does not persist or accumulate in the atmosphere, it has a half life of about 12 hours, and a lifetime of about 17 hours. (US EPA) The toxicological endpoint in humans for acrolein is the respiratory system. RfC (reference concentration) is 0.02g/m according to US EPA - exposure below that level, over a lifetime, would not be expected to result in occurrence of chronic, non-cancer effects. How many SVO diesels in what proximity for how many hours of operation per day does it take to get to that level of exposure? How might any risk, if it exists, be mitigated? These are the basics of toxicology and risk assessment, and they are often missed in exclamations and pronouncements of fitness for use of a particular substance in a particular application. Then shall we look at biodiesel and its emissions? Whose study will we look at? The Chalmers study? Biodiesel did not fare much better than rapeseed oil in that one. Perhaps the German Federal one that found biodiesel not worthwhile in general? No, I don't think so, that is not productive, is it? Should we discuss the glut of glycerine from biodiesel production, a problem in itself, and one other reason why the research on SVO options continues? Production, transport and use of methanol? It's usual source, non-renewable natural gas, produced often, in conjunction with fertilizer plants? Emissions from those plants? Emissions getting the methanol product to where it is needed, risk of spills, etc.? And this (methanol) is the least expensive and most commonly used alcohol in biodiesel production, and 95% or so does come from natural gas (which we have seen can quickly spike in price, which the individual cannot produce easily and cheaply, or have any control over) Emissions to transport the glycerine to market, processing? CO2 life cycle emissions reduction comparisons? Energy balance? Capital /labour requirements? Wastewater generated? Safety of the materials stored, used and handled? (exposures, spills) Ability of local, small producers to compete in biodiesel production against large interests or even to be able to be allowed to produce? Water hazard classification of biodiesel versus vegetable oil (disagreement there, even...on the relative toxicity of vegetable oil versus biodiesel). Other uses of the stored product, if needed (drastic and far-fetched, yes, but vegoil can be mixed and fed, or eaten, if need be - and nutrition derived from it - in an emergency) The relatively higher cost of production of biodiesel? On and on it goes. So, if biodiesel is too expensive and therefore will not be used in some places instead of petrodiesel, then the preferred option would be SVO, which is cheaper and often closer in price to petrodiesel - at least here it is. For the farmer, SVO is a simple and inexpensive option that makes sense - at least as much or more economic, technical, sustainability and emissions "sense" than biodiesel production. You say yourself that the amount involved is "(very little)" of these "very nasty poisons". How much is too much is little enough that the overall benefits outweigh any concerns in this regard? Look at the whole picture, and don't get caught up in fear-mongering and disinformation - the jury is still out on all of this, so don't cast SVO as if its any kind of foregone conclusion that its an "either/or" situation, with biodiesel being obviously vastly superior on all counts. This debate continues and will not be resolved any time soon. I believe actually that the outcome will be that both SVO and biodiesel will find support, depending on costs, avai
[biofuel] US Senate kills attempt to scale back ethanol use
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/15478/story.htm Planet Ark : US Senate kills attempt to scale back ethanol use USA: April 15, 2002 WASHINGTON - The Senate last week killed an attempt to roll back strong requirements for ethanol use in a pending energy bill, and instead committed to a big boost in the corn-based fuel additive beginning in two years. California lawmakers led the effort to slow the implementation of more ethanol use, fearing high gasoline prices would result if the state was not given more time to put refineries, storage facilities and other infrastructure in place to handle the extra fuel additive that would be needed. To help diversify U.S. energy supplies, the Senate bill calls for increasing the amount of renewable fuels such as ethanol that is blended into gasoline. Ethanol use would increase from the current 1.5 billion gallons a year to 5 billion gallons annually by 2012. Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California had sought to modify the bill to delay by one year, until 2005, the implementation date for the new ethanol requirements. "Every indicator I have seen points to this ethanol requirement as having unanticipated side effects, such as supply problems and resulting in higher gasoline prices for the consumer," she said. Feinstein also proposed shortening the period that the Environmental Protection Agency would have to act on individual state requests to waive the ethanol mandate in the event of supply problems from 240 days to 30 days. Lawmakers did not vote down Feinstein's proposal outright, but they voted 61 to 36 to set aside the measure which effectively killed it. The Senate is trying to finish its work on the underlying energy bill by the end of next week. Lawmakers must still debate a controversial amendment from Republicans to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/orkH0C/n97DAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuels-biz] US Senate kills attempt to scale back ethanol use
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/15478/story.htm Planet Ark : US Senate kills attempt to scale back ethanol use USA: April 15, 2002 WASHINGTON - The Senate last week killed an attempt to roll back strong requirements for ethanol use in a pending energy bill, and instead committed to a big boost in the corn-based fuel additive beginning in two years. California lawmakers led the effort to slow the implementation of more ethanol use, fearing high gasoline prices would result if the state was not given more time to put refineries, storage facilities and other infrastructure in place to handle the extra fuel additive that would be needed. To help diversify U.S. energy supplies, the Senate bill calls for increasing the amount of renewable fuels such as ethanol that is blended into gasoline. Ethanol use would increase from the current 1.5 billion gallons a year to 5 billion gallons annually by 2012. Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California had sought to modify the bill to delay by one year, until 2005, the implementation date for the new ethanol requirements. "Every indicator I have seen points to this ethanol requirement as having unanticipated side effects, such as supply problems and resulting in higher gasoline prices for the consumer," she said. Feinstein also proposed shortening the period that the Environmental Protection Agency would have to act on individual state requests to waive the ethanol mandate in the event of supply problems from 240 days to 30 days. Lawmakers did not vote down Feinstein's proposal outright, but they voted 61 to 36 to set aside the measure which effectively killed it. The Senate is trying to finish its work on the underlying energy bill by the end of next week. Lawmakers must still debate a controversial amendment from Republicans to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm 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/
[biofuel] Sanyo, Honda to develop hybrid car batteries
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/15466/story.htm Planet Ark : Sanyo, Honda to develop hybrid car batteries JAPAN: April 15, 2002 TOKYO - Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co said last week it would jointly develop batteries with Honda Motor Co Ltd for hybrid cars powered by a petrol engine and an electric motor. Sanyo, a leading battery supplier for electronic products, said the two firms would develop a nickel hydrogen battery to meet the specific needs of different vehicles. Japan's hybrid car market is still in its infancy with 50,400 units sold as of March 2001, according to the Japan Electric Vehicle Association. But the industry group said the number is expected to have grown to 73,000-74,000 by March this year. Japan's hybrid car battery market is currently dominated by Matsushita Electric Co Ltd . Sanyo said it would aim for annual sales of 50 billion yen ($380.5 million) and to capture 50 percent of the global hybrid car battery market by 2005. Honda has already rolled out two hybrid car models, using nickel hydrogen batteries supplied by Matsushita Electric. Shares of Sanyo were up 2.46 percent at 583 yen last week morning, while Honda shares edged up 0.19 percent to 5,310 yen. That compared with a 0.47 percent drop in the benchmark Nikkei average . REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuels-biz] Sanyo, Honda to develop hybrid car batteries
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/15466/story.htm Planet Ark : Sanyo, Honda to develop hybrid car batteries JAPAN: April 15, 2002 TOKYO - Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co said last week it would jointly develop batteries with Honda Motor Co Ltd for hybrid cars powered by a petrol engine and an electric motor. Sanyo, a leading battery supplier for electronic products, said the two firms would develop a nickel hydrogen battery to meet the specific needs of different vehicles. Japan's hybrid car market is still in its infancy with 50,400 units sold as of March 2001, according to the Japan Electric Vehicle Association. But the industry group said the number is expected to have grown to 73,000-74,000 by March this year. Japan's hybrid car battery market is currently dominated by Matsushita Electric Co Ltd . Sanyo said it would aim for annual sales of 50 billion yen ($380.5 million) and to capture 50 percent of the global hybrid car battery market by 2005. Honda has already rolled out two hybrid car models, using nickel hydrogen batteries supplied by Matsushita Electric. Shares of Sanyo were up 2.46 percent at 583 yen last week morning, while Honda shares edged up 0.19 percent to 5,310 yen. That compared with a 0.47 percent drop in the benchmark Nikkei average . REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/orkH0C/n97DAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm 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/
[biofuel] OPEC, Big Oil and you - 9
The Seven Sisters
The Great Oil Companies and the World They Made
Anthony Sampson
Hodder and Stoughton, 1975, ISBN 0 340 19427 8
Chapter 11 - Part 2
The Crunch
But to the radical critics the new arrangement was at least as
sinister as the old one. Professor John Blair, the compiler of the
original FTC report on the Petroleum Cartel, suspected that the
industry was now entering a new phase of 'bilateral monopoly', with
the producing countries as sellers and the companies as buyers: so
long as the companies kept the exclusive right to buy the oil, he
believed, they could control the supply, 'which is the heart of the
control of the price'. Professor Adelman saw the whole situation
after the Teheran agreement as a take-over of the old cartel by the
new one: 'The producing countries now have a cartel tolerated by the
consuming countries and actively supported by the United States.'
'OPEC,' he warned, 'has come not to expel, but to exploit.'
Certainly, as Levy, had warned, the companies' role was now much more
awkward, much harder to separate from politics. As Jim Akins warned
them from the State Department, they might find themselves as
minority partners of both producer and consumer governments, with a
more circumscribed role in negotiating. 'How the companies react to
these pressures,' wrote Akins, 'and what they offer as alternatives,
will to a large extent determine their future form and their future
activities'. In fact, they did not react. Pressed on both sides, they
hoped for the best, and for the time being they seemed to co-exist
peacefully with the producers.
But even as the Aramco agreement was being prepared a new crisis was
brewing up in the Middle East; and before it was signed, Yamani had
left the U.S. in a hurry. A chain of events had been started which
was to mix up the question of prices inextricably with the question
of politics, a mixture made more dangerous by the growing world
shortage of oil.
Shortage
Up till the late 'sixties, the sisters were worried about having too
much oil, not too little. In May 1967 Michael Haider, then chairman
of Exxon, answered a shareholder's question at the annual meeting in
Houston with the words: 'I wish I could say I will be around when
there is a shortage of crude oil outside the United States.' A year
later Socal in California was specially worried about the Alaska
discoveries, in which they had no share. A Socal company memo in
December 1968 warned that 'within five to ten years there may be
large new crude supplies from the Arctic regions of the world seeking
markets and thereby extending and magnifying the surplus supply
problems.' (Multinational Hearings: 1974, Part 7, p. 360.)
In 1969 George Piercy of Exxon was fairly confident that his
company's future supplies would meet demands. On the one side he
expected that the boom in Japan -- the biggest single importer of oil
-- would begin to slow down. On the other hand there were the huge
new expected sources of oil, including Alaska, Libya and eventually
the North Sea. But already there was an ominous turn-down in Exxon's
master-graph, showing spare capacity compared to world demand. By
1970 the trend was much more serious.
The world's demand for oil was ahead of all the predictions; a memo
from Gulf in March 1970 pointed out that their estimates of two years
earlier were 8 percent lower than the actual consumption: 'if once
again our estimates of future free world demand prove low, then a
strain on productive capacity may be approached before 1980'. Was
this consistent underestimation always a genuine statistical error,
or was it sometimes inspired by the companies' instinctive fear of a
glut?
Within the United States, production of oil was no longer going up,
and after 1970 it went down. For the first time the optimism of the
early drillers that there would always be oil somewhere else was now
unfounded. Already by 1970 28 percent of the oil used in the U.S. was
imported. The possible danger of this to national security prompted
President Nixon to appoint a special Cabinet task force, headed by
George Schultz, which reported in 1970 with historic complacency,
against the advice of the oil companies (see submissions by Exxon,
Texaco, Mobil and Socal: Investigations Subcommittee, Jan. 21, 1974,
p. 184-194), that there was little danger of an Arab boycott, and
that existing import controls should be liberalised. The president
did not accept the report, but import quotas were nevertheless
relaxed, and the imports of Middle East oil went up and up.
The oil-producers had already begun to realise that their bargaining
position was stronger, as Yamani had warned Piercy in February 1971
('George, you know you cannot take a shutdown'). By 1972 many experts
reckoned that the world was heading for an acute oil shortage in a
few years, and Shell was sending out serious warnings. In October
1971, Barran of Shell warned that the days o
Re: [biofuel] Fw: cloudiness
- Original Message - From: "Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 2:27 AM > My batch of BD settled the glycerine out nicely, though the BD still seemed a bit cloudy. It was translucent, but not crystal clear... Is this suspended water? > > I now bubble-washed it (not for long... the first few minutes produced an emulsion of BD+water which seemed murky white-ish/yewllow-ish. > > Now I´m settling it. The first wash water is very white (almost like milk). Christian, you could have soap problems. Filter a sample of the BD through a filter paper. It should filter crystal clear and leave a white soapy residue on the paper. Whatman No. 1 filter papers are rated at 11 micron. Processing may have to be adjusted so that not so much soap is formed, or use a gentler washing technique such as mist washing. > QUESTION: If the BD remains non-crystal-clear after some washing & settling, should I take it to 105 deg C for some minutes? Have done that in past. BD clears up when heated but cloudiness returns when it cools. After filtering I trialed heat drying but no water dropped out, I no longer heat dry, filtering is my final step. Regards, Paul Gobert. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/orkH0C/n97DAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: Digest Number 203
For methanol recovery, I bought one of those SaveVac 140 series from http://www.bestechind.com/product.htm Check the spec if it pulls enought vacuum for you. If it does, it is more cost evective to get it and not waist the time with the 'old clunkers' :) I bargained with the guy, and he sold it to me for 169. Best Regards, Thomas --- motie_d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Tim Castleman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I attempted a repeat last night with a Shop air > compressor, and > still > > >no positive result. The wornout old thing could > only make about 20 > > >inches of vacuum, and nothing happened in an hour > of maintaining > it. > > > > The problem you will have with a refrigeration > compressor is that > by design > > they discharge some oil on every stroke and will > therefore soon > lose enough > > to cause it to fail. You will be able to achieve a > 28" vacuum, but > this will > > probably degrade rather quickly, leaving you back > where you are now. > > There are actually vacuum pumps made for > refrigeration work that are > > designed to pull a 29" vacuum with no harm to the > pump itself. A > person > > might find one of these at their local pawn shop > for around $100, > or brand > > new for about $300. > > > > Tim > > I may try to hook 2 old clunkers in series. Once the > system is under > adequate vacuum, I can shut one down, and only have > to recirculate > CO2 as a carrier of Ethanol vapors, with no pressure > differential. > I have first Dibs on a twin cylinder compressor with > a 60 gallon > tank. When I get it home, I'll see if it can make > adequate vacuum be > itself. If not, I'll connect them in series. > I consider the 60 gallon upright pressure tank to be > worth the effort > to haul it, even if the compressor doesn't work out. > > > Motie > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm 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/
