Re: [Biofuel] Radiation being emitted from Fukushima is 70 million becquerels per hour - It is increasing - Up 12 million from last month .

[James Quaid]

This is the Radiation Network.  It's a private network of radiation
detectors.. This is the link to Japan..
<http://www.radiationnetwork.com/Japan.htm>  

Please note these detectors are privately owned and are operating at the
owner's discretion.  I've seen as many as six stations operating at
once. If any unit exceeds 100 CPM the station will go RED.

The closest to Fukushima is ~ 68 mi due North.  It's station name is
Miyagi..  Levels here have dropped of late.  But, for  that area,
readings are still fluctuating into the high to mid 20 CPM (max) marks.
This is an indoor unit.  My best estimate is a CPM max should not exceed
~ 15- 17 CPM.   During Mar - Aug, this station had an AVG of ~20 CPM
with a MAX of ~37- 43 CPM.  Not good. 

>From what I can see, levels are down but still fluctuating.   Of course
that depends on where you are and how the wind / rain blows..  I'm in AZ
(North Valley Phx) I've seen four instances of my pre Fukushima AVG of
20 CPM, going into the  21 CPM AVG range.  My MAX was 41 CPM on a 21 CPM
AVG high.. (window mount detector)

Please note, due to all the dessicated granite in the Desert SW there is
a higher ambient CPM level.

Regards,
JQ 
CC_13
Radiation Network

On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 11:23 +1300, Bob Molloy wrote:

> http://sherriequestioningall.blogspot.com/2012/01/tepco-has-just-announced-r
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[Biofuel] 34 Shocking Facts About U.S. Debt

[Bob Molloy]

What did Americans do with all that money? It must have been a helluva
party.

 

 

Link:
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[Biofuel] Radiation being emitted from Fukushima is 70 million becquerels per hour - It is increasing - Up 12 million from last month .

[Bob Molloy]

This appears to contradict all those soothing noises made by the nuclear
authorities.

 

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[Biofuel] Touch Iran in a War, You Will Hear Russia and China

[Keith Addison]

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30337.htm

The Eurasian Triple Entente: Touch Iran in a War, You Will Hear 
Russia and China

By Mahdi Darius NAZEMROAYA

January 23, 2012 "SCF" --  Despite the areas of difference and the 
rivalries between Moscow and Tehran, Russian and Iranian ties are 
increasing. Both Russia and Iran share many commonalities. They are 
both major energy exporters, have deeply seated interests in the 
South Caucasus, oppose NATO's missile shield, and want to keep the 
U.S. and E.U. from controlling the energy corridors around the 
Caspian Sea Basin. Moscow and Tehran also share many of the same 
allies, from Armenia, Tajikistan, and Belarus to Syria and Venezuela. 
Yet, above all things, both republics are also two of Washington's 
main geo-strategic targets.

The Eurasian Triple Entente and Iran's Significance for Russia and China 

With the inclusion of the Chinese, the Russian Federation and Iran 
are widely considered to be allies and partners. Together the Russia 
Federation, the People's Republic of China, and the Islamic Republic 
of Iran form a barrier against the United States. The three form this 
through a triple alliance that is the core of a Eurasian coalition 
resisting Washington's encroachment into Eurasia and America's quest 
for global hegemony. The Chinese primarily face U.S. encroachment 
from East Asia and the Pacific, the Iranians primarily face U.S. 
encroachment in Southwest Asia, and the Russians primarily face U.S. 
encroachment in Eastern Europe. All three states also face U.S. 
encroachment in Central Asia and are wary of the U.S. and NATO 
military presence in Afghanistan.

Iran can be characterized as a geo-strategic pivot. The entire 
geo-political equation in Eurasia will change on the basis of Iran's 
political orbit. Should Iran ally with the United States and become 
hostile to Beijing and Moscow, it could seriously destabilize Russia 
and China and wreak havoc on both nations. This would be due to its 
ethno-cultural, linguistic, economic, religious, and geo-political 
links to the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Iran could also become the greatest conduit for U.S. influence and 
expansion in the Caucasus and Central Asia, because Iran is the 
gateway to Russia's soft southern underbelly (or "Near Abroad") in 
the Caucasus and Central Asia. In such a scenario, Russia as an 
energy corridor would effectively be upset and challenged as 
Washington would unlock Iran's potential as the primal energy 
corridor for the Caspian Sea Basin and advocate for Iranian 
pipelines. Part of Russia's success as an energy transit route has 
been due to American efforts to weaken Iran by preventing energy from 
transiting through Iranian territory.

If Iran changed camps, the Chinese economy and China's national 
security would also be held hostage on two counts. Chinese energy 
security would be threatened directly because Iranian energy reserves 
would no longer be secure and subject to U.S. geo-political 
interests. Additionally, Central Asia could also re-orient its orbit 
should Washington open a direct and enforced conduit from the open 
seas via Iran. 

Thus, both Russia and China want a strategic alliance with Iran as a 
means of screening them from the geo-political encroachment of 
Washington. "Fortress Eurasia" would be left exposed without Iran. 
This is why neither Russia nor China could ever accept a war against 
Iran. Should Washington transform Iran into a client then Russia and 
China would be under threat.

Misreading the Support of China and Russia for U.N. Security Council Sanctions

There is a major misreading of past Russian and Chinese support of 
U.N. sanctions against Iran. Even though Beijing and Moscow allowed 
U.N. Security Council sanctions to be passed against their Iranian 
ally, they did it for strategic reasons that intended to keep Iran 
outside of Washington's orbit. In reality, the United States would 
much rather co-opt Tehran as a satellite or junior partner than take 
the unnecessary risk and gamble of an all-out war with the Iranians. 
What Russian and Chinese support for past sanctions did is allow for 
a wider rift to emerge between Iran and Washington. In this regard 
realpolitik is at work. As American-Iranian tensions broaden, Iranian 
relations with Russia and China become closer and Iran becomes more 
and more entrenched in its camp with Moscow and Beijing.

Russia and China would never support crippling sanctions or any form 
of economic embargo that would threaten Iranian national security. 
This is why both China and Russia have refused to be coerced by 
Washington into joining its new 2012 unilateral sanctions. The 
Russians have also warned the European Union to stop being 
Washington's pawns, because they are hurting themselves by playing 
along with the schemes of the United States. In this regard Russia 
commented on the impractical and virtually unworkable E.U. plans for 
an oil embargo against Iran. Teh

Re: [Biofuel] Bio Engine Oil

[Keith Addison]

Hi Francisco

Thanks for the information.

I tend to agree with you about burning used oil, but you should 
exclude Roger Sanders' burner - as I said, it doesn't burn the oil, 
it burns the heated vapours, which is a different matter, and benign.

Best

Keith


>  lubricants do contain metals compounds like cu oleate, zinc dialkyl
>di tio Phosfate and Ca p enates and sulp onates. Quantities are not
>significant in the cranckase but  a lot is dumped in the environment.
>Use oil do absorb ( thats t eir main job) metals from their engine and
>they Have a complex mettalurgy. It is not advisable in fact it s ould
>be p orbiden to burn used lubricant oil. In my opinion it is a crime
>do burn used oil lubricant. 
>  On Ter 24/01/12 07:19 , Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>sent:
>   Greetings Tom, good to hear from you.
>  > Used motor oil contains metals, including dangerous
>  >heavy metals. Because of the presence of heavy metal
>  >contaminants there are often restrictions on the
>  >burning of WMO in residential heating systems in
>  >countries that have air quality regulations.
>  Commercially made forced-air WMO burners atomise the oil to burn it,
>  and the heavy metal contaminants go straight up the smokestack into
>  the atmosphere.
>  Roger Sanders and I were trying to figure this out. His WMO burner
>   doesn't use power and
>  doesn't actually burn the oil - instead it heats the oil and burns
>  the vapours. The only emissions are soot (pure carbon) and water
>  vapour - the soot falls to the ground and the carbon is effectively
>  sequestered. Inside the heater it produces ash, easily removed and
>  disposed of, and a tiny amount of unburnt residue left at the bottom
>  of the cone. This residue would include any heavy metals etc. It can
>  easily be collected, after a year or so you'd have maybe enough to
>  fill a tomato can, which you can take to the hazmat folks.
>  What puzzled us is where the heavy metals come from. Does it come
>  from the engine or the oil? Mercury, lead, cadmium, in an engine?
>  That doesn't sound right. Trying to find out what the oil additives
>  contain is difficult, murky, like everything else connected with the
>  oil industry.
>  > "Filtering" of waste motor oil, I hope, would include a
>  >away to remove the metals, before recycling it.
>  I also hope.
>  > While non-synthetic motor oil does experience thermal
>  >breakdown, synthetic motor oil does not. Is recycling
>  >only done on synthetic motor oil?
>  When the workshops dump the WMO into the disposal/recycling/whatever
>  drum, do they separate the non-synthetic from the synthetic? Doesn't
>  it all go in together?
>  Below is what I tell people who want to use WMO as fuel in their
>  diesels (that's quite a lot of people):
>  >Your truck will probably run on it, diesel engines will run on just
>  >about anything. But for how long?
>  >
>  >...
>  >
>  >Used engine oil should be sent to a used oil recycling centre so
>  >that it can be re-refined for reuse. One gallon of used motor oil
>  >(3.78 litres) provides the same 2.5 quarts (2.37 litres) of
>  >lubricating oil as 42 gallons of crude oil (159 litres), and
>  >re-refining used oil takes 50 to 85% less energy than refining crude
>
>  >oil (US EPA, American Petroleum Institute). It can be recycled again
>
>  >and again.
>  >
>  >More information:
>  >
>  >http://www.oilrecycling.gov.au/what-happens.html [2]
>  >What Happens to Your Recycled Used Oil
>  >
>  >http://www.recycleoil.org/ [3]
>  >Used Motor Oil Collection and Recycling - American Petroleum
>Institute
>  >
>  >http://www.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/materials/usedoil/oil.htm [4]
>  >EPA Wastes: Used Oil Management Program
>  >
>  >Recycling Used Engine Oil into Fuel Oil
>  >http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/08/recycling_used_.html [5]
>  >
>  >Recycle Waste Oils, Crude Oils and Plastic into Low Sulphur EN590
>  >Diesel (for Heating, Transport and Power Generation)
>  >http://www.globalfinest.com/tech/ [6]
>  I think, though, that a large proportion of the WMO stream ends up in
>
>  landfills and sewers. :-( Wastes shouldn't be wasted, IMHO.
>  Regards
>  Keith
>  >Notes:
>  > -Samples of used motor oil can be analysed. The
>  >presence/concentrations of metal contaminants can help
>  >determine wear to specific engine parts. This can be
>  >useful to companies, ex. bus companies, that have
>  >fleets of vehicles, in determining maintenance
>  >schedules and replacement of parts.
>  > -The company that delivers methanol to me provides this
>  >service (analysis of used motor oil). Their
>  >representative explained to me that motor oil contains
>  >additives including cleansers that effectively bind
>  >microparticles ("soot") together so the filter(s) are
>  >better able to remove them. In the case of synthetic
>  >motor oil the oil itself is still good, and the reason
>  >to change the oil is that the "cleansers" have been
>  >removed. The difference between synthetic motor oils
>  >that must be 

Re: [Biofuel] Bio Engine Oil

[francisco_ramos]

ng, whisps of
 >>>> cloudiness started
 >>>> > appearing. Not perfect, and they never brought a
 >>>> product to market.
 >>>> >
 >>>> > Still, castor oil is probably the best bet. It's
 >>>> strange stuff - give
 >>>> > this a read:
 >>>> > http://www.georgiacombat.com/CASTOR_OIL.htm [11]
 >>>> >
 >>>> > IIRC Brazil's Petrobras had plans for producing
 >>>> castor oil-based
 >>>> > engine oil, but I can't find any details.
 > >>> >
 >>>> > HTH, and good luck - best
 >>>> >
 >>>> > Keith
 >>>> >
 >>>> >
 >>>> >>This is something I've also been wondering about.
 >
 >>>> -D
 >>>> >>
 >>>> >>>
 >>>> >>> From: C Pinelli 
 >>>> >>>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org [13]
 >>>> >>>Sent: Saturday, 21 January 2012, 1:56
 >>>> >>>Subject: [Biofuel] Bio Engine Oil
 >>>> >>>
 >>>> >>>
 >>>> >>>Hi all.
 >>>> >>>I'm still new to biofuels but have been making
 >>>> biodiesel and
 >>>> >>>ethanol for my vehicles for a few months now and
 >am
 >>>> thrilled with
 >>>> >>>it. However, I can't stand filling up my gas tank
 >>>> with home made,
 >>>> >>>environmentally friendly fuel, then changing the
 >>>> oil with expensive
 >>> > >>>petroleum. So, I have been doing some research
 >>> into making
 >>>> >>>Bio-Engine Oil, it seems possible which makes me
 >>>> very enthusiastic.
 >>>> >>>
 >>>> >>>Does anybody know anything about making vegetable
 >>>> based motor oil?
 >>>> >>>Or does anybody have any experience with using it?
 >>>> >>>
 >>>> >>>Thanks very much
 > >> > >> >Chris
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Re: [Biofuel] Bio Engine Oil

[Keith Addison]

Greetings Tom, good to hear from you.

> Used motor oil contains metals, including dangerous
>heavy metals. Because of the presence of heavy metal
>contaminants there are often restrictions on the
>burning of WMO in residential heating systems in
>countries that have air quality regulations.

Commercially made forced-air WMO burners atomise the oil to burn it, 
and the heavy metal contaminants go straight up the smokestack into 
the atmosphere.

Roger Sanders and I were trying to figure this out. His WMO burner 
 doesn't use power and 
doesn't actually burn the oil - instead it heats the oil and burns 
the vapours. The only emissions are soot (pure carbon) and water 
vapour - the soot falls to the ground and the carbon is effectively 
sequestered. Inside the heater it produces ash, easily removed and 
disposed of, and a tiny amount of unburnt residue left at the bottom 
of the cone. This residue would include any heavy metals etc. It can 
easily be collected, after a year or so you'd have maybe enough to 
fill a tomato can, which you can take to the hazmat folks.

What puzzled us is where the heavy metals come from. Does it come 
from the engine or the oil? Mercury, lead, cadmium, in an engine? 
That doesn't sound right. Trying to find out what the oil additives 
contain is difficult, murky, like everything else connected with the 
oil industry.

>"Filtering" of waste motor oil, I hope, would include a
>away to remove the metals, before recycling it.

I also hope.

>While non-synthetic motor oil does experience thermal
>breakdown, synthetic motor oil does not. Is recycling
>only done on synthetic motor oil?

When the workshops dump the WMO into the disposal/recycling/whatever 
drum, do they separate the non-synthetic from the synthetic? Doesn't 
it all go in together?

Below is what I tell people who want to use WMO as fuel in their 
diesels (that's quite a lot of people):

>Your truck will probably run on it, diesel engines will run on just 
>about anything. But for how long?
>
>...
>
>Used engine oil should be sent to a used oil recycling centre so 
>that it can be re-refined for reuse. One gallon of used motor oil 
>(3.78 litres) provides the same 2.5 quarts (2.37 litres) of 
>lubricating oil as 42 gallons of crude oil (159 litres), and 
>re-refining used oil takes 50 to 85% less energy than refining crude 
>oil (US EPA, American Petroleum Institute). It can be recycled again 
>and again. 
>
>More information:
>
>http://www.oilrecycling.gov.au/what-happens.html
>What Happens to Your Recycled Used Oil
>
>http://www.recycleoil.org/
>Used Motor Oil Collection and Recycling - American Petroleum Institute
>
>http://www.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/materials/usedoil/oil.htm
>EPA Wastes: Used Oil Management Program
>
>Recycling Used Engine Oil into Fuel Oil
>http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/08/recycling_used_.html
>
>Recycle Waste Oils, Crude Oils and Plastic into Low Sulphur EN590 
>Diesel (for Heating, Transport and Power Generation)
>http://www.globalfinest.com/tech/

I think, though, that a large proportion of the WMO stream ends up in 
landfills and sewers. :-( Wastes shouldn't be wasted, IMHO.

Regards

Keith


>Notes:
>-Samples of used motor oil can be analysed. The
>presence/concentrations of metal contaminants can help
>determine wear to specific engine parts. This can be
>useful to companies, ex. bus companies, that have
>fleets of vehicles, in determining maintenance
>schedules and replacement of parts.
>-The company that delivers methanol to me provides this
>service (analysis of used motor oil). Their
>representative explained to me that motor oil contains
>additives including cleansers that effectively bind
>microparticles ("soot") together so the filter(s) are
>better able to remove them. In the case of synthetic
>motor oil the oil itself is still good, and the reason
>to change the oil is that the "cleansers" have been
>removed. The difference between synthetic motor oils
>that must be changed every 8 or 9 thousand miles and
>those newer ones that are good for 15,000 miles is the
>amount of additives put in. There are filters available
>that can accomodate the increased "stuff" filtered from
>the newer, higher mileage synthetic oils.
>-These additives and filters do not remove the metals,
>including dangerous heavy metal, that contaminate the
>oil. If they did, analysis for them in the oil would be
>of little diagnostic value.
>  Tom
>
>
>>  Hi Zeke
>>
>>  Is filtering all that's required? Filtering what, I
>>  wonder, little
>>  bits of engine that get worn off? Isn't that what the
>oil
>>  is supposed
>>  to prevent? By the time it needs changing, isn't the oil
>>  itself
>>  somewhat worn out, having been subjected to all that
>heat
>>  and high
>>  pressure?
>>
>>  Just asking.
>>
>>  Regards
>>
>>  Keith
>>
>>
>>>Bio based, no... but I have seen, in the last few
>months,
>>>  introduction of a
>>>whole