Re: [Biofuel] [Fwd: Re: [DCBiodieselcoop] Police Check Point - fuel dye test.]
Hakan Falk wrote: Big snip... If you are buying your fuel, you are paying taxes. Having spent the last 25 years in law enforcement, my advice to anyone who is "asked" by a police officer if they may do whatever, like dip your tank to check for dyed fuel, I would politely respond "May I see your warrant authorizing this search?". If you are observed putting dyed fuel in a rig, a warrant would probably not be necessary. This was a fishing expedition. If they can't tell that your truck is a diesel while sitting there, they probably wouldn't know dyed diesel from a hole in the ground either. Chuck ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Kyoto- termites CH4
woods. The bears were here first. I look at all of the trees dying in Western Montana of pine bark beetle, another natural phenomenon caused in part by a warmer, dryer climate, and wonder why we don't cut them, burn them in power plants like the one in Thompson Falls, Montana USA and recycle the carbon into electricity. At the same time wildfire risks are moderated. Instead when this kind of logging is proposed, lawsuits are the inevitable consequence. I have watched hundreds of thousands of acres of Montana burn in the last few years, while the loggers want to strip mine the forests, and the tree huggers want to forbid any activity in the forests that might have any economic benefit to anyone. bob allen wrote: Howdy Kirk Not to downplay the importance of methane to radiative forcing, but it has a half-life in the atmoshpere of only a few years, (it oxidises to CO2) Now the big question: how in the world do you propose to "manage" termites? I can't even imagine what it means. Regardless of who wrote: http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/UniqueKeyLookup/SHSU5BUM9T/$File/ghg_gwp.pdf Nice discussion re most aspects. Since CH4 may be 50 times more effective than CO2 as a greenhouse gas it seems termite management might be useful. Kirk ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Latest Consumer Reports
West at 55mph. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Problems with the Biofuel list
I hardly believe that falling on your sword is necessary. People being people, we will rub one another the wrong way from time to time. Machines and software being what they are, they will fail sometimes also. This forum, warts and all provides valuable information for all of us, without the commercial necessities that power Yahoo. I want to thank all of the JTF crew for their energy and efforts. Chuck ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] The myth behind "non-taxable, " off-road fuel was Re: There derrivatives of Barrel Oil, have you wondered ?
Here in Montana the differrence is $0.50 per gallon. And that is probably why the Highway Patrol and GVW departments are advertisiing about the illegality of using dyed fuel in your on-road vehicle. Of course, they have to have probable cause to stop you to dip your tank... ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Debatable statement?
I would be inclined to think that turbocharging, or possibly supercharging the engine would be a better alternative. Of course you will have to fabricate all of the parts, and I would wager that the injector pump won't be able to deliver the extra fuel that significant boost would require for full power. Where I live in SW Montana,USA, my 1994 IDI Diesel Ford truck (not my daily driver) could use a wastgated turbocharger just so that I could reach sea level power. My home is at 6400 feet, and as such, my power is down about 22 percent right from the get go. If I could fund a new turbocharger and exhaust system, and get boost to 20 pounds absolute manifold pressure, performance would increase, and less fuel would leave the tailpipe as black smoke. As an aside, I have noticed that when I run my truck on B-20 commercial fuel, when it smokes, the smoke is gray, rather than black, which I take to be a GOOD THING. Thanks for listening, Chuck ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] 2 questions about BD production
> As for #1 diesel, I have seen it at truck refueling places, where you > can sometimes get #1, #2, or a 50/50 blend of them, but never at the > local gas station. And even the #2 diesel at truck stops seems to run > better than the diesel from in town gas stations. I suspect that > these places don't sell enough diesel to people who care to bother > getting high quality stuff. Around here, we see number one or a blend come October. The pour point of number one is substantially lower than number two, and when it's -40 out, fuel gelling can get to be a big problem, very fast. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Brazil's ethanol effort
While you may have your finger on something important here, I don't > see why an electric fuel preheater and high pressure multi port fuel > injection couldn't solve the cold weather vaporization issue > completely. Unfortunately, those of us who live and work in cold climates do not always have line power available to heat up our engines. My diesel Ford is a very marginal starter when temperatures get below -30 F. The workaround is to go out and start the thing and get it warmed up every few hours when I can't plug it in. This is not very efficient or economical. In a gas (alcohol) burner, it is even less efficient. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
