Re: [Biofuel] super cheap batteries
Jason Katie wrote: anybody need small 12V batteries? where i work, we install fire alarms, and there is a 24 hour failsafe requirement, but our company changes out the batteries every 3 years regardless of condition and we have a pretty big stack of batteries just laying around. normally they are hauled off to be recycled, but the recyclers charge by weight. they are about a hand length from end to end, and as wide as a playing card 7.5Ah, or double length for the 15Ah. we have 3Ah ones, but very few. Check your local amateur radio organizations; hams love these size batteries for portable transmitter/receiver operation during emergencies. -Johnathan ___ 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] Late Night in US
Mike Redler wrote: This person clearly has a case of Encephalomalacia with extreme back strain and trauma to the lower GI tract (further explanation upon request). This must be closely related to recto-cranial inversion syndrome. -Johnathan ___ 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] JtF website?
Michael Gian wrote: What happened to journeytoforever.org? Has it been hijacked? Working fine here @ 9:24AM PST. -Johnathan ___ 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] [SPAM] Re: New American Bumper stickers - Oh boy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Pres ended up dying in a plane crash and the VP immigrated to Mexico, the only place in North America warm enough to live in. Funniest line: In a case of reverse immigration... -Newscaster, describing the flow of American refugees across the Rio Grande into Mexico. -Johnathan ___ 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] The Accidental Farmer
Thanks for the replies and information regarding rice - ethanol conversion. We're looking at local market supply, demand, and prices for fuel, crops, feedstock, labor, etc. Trying to figure out some web of inputs/processing/outputs that results in a higher income than the existing rice production on the farm, and that is sustainable over time, is a very interesting and complex problem. -Johnathan ___ 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/
[Biofuel] The Accidental Farmer
I've recently acquired through inheritance about 20 acres of farm land in rural Philippines. It's currently being used for rice and I think some tobacco. My wife's extended family works the land and the operation has now passed into our hands. Being a professional engineer and California-based city boy, I have no clue whatsoever about anything to do with farming. My lifetime agricultural experience is watching seeds sprout in egg carton planters as a child in an elementary school science project. By pure coincidence, I've recently begun experimenting with WVO-based biodiesel production, currently at the successful 1L batch stage. In addition, we've thought of building a vacation/retirement home on this land, emphasizing off the grid energy--PV, wind, battery-based power leveling, and diesel-generator backup. So all this adds up to a grand opportunity--can the land be made sufficiently productive to support methanol or ethanol based biodiesel manufacture for a small community, for a suitable definition of small? My understanding is that the climate is suitable for several different types of oilseed crops, but I don't even know the right questions to ask. I do know, though, that rural Philippines has many interesting logistical issues, not to mention some geopolitical instability and poor infrastructure. I have many ideas, but little understanding of practicalities :-) (Not to mention the livelihoods of a number of members of my wife's family, so this is more serious than mere experimentation.) -Johnathan ___ 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] acids
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thsi is true that pool dealers mostly deal in muratic acid and not sulphuric. in my youth as a pool boy i have never seen sulphuric acid used in a pool. so it gets back to my problem of purchasing concentrated sulphuric acid since i am an individual and have no tax i.d. number. In my search for local sources of lye, I came across several hardware stores (Home Depot, ACE, OSH) which carry concentrated sulfuric acid. If memory serves (I didn't pay close attention) it was for cleaning septic tank lines, not drains, but was in the drain cleaner section of the store. I don't know if the label concentrated sulfuric acid is standardized, but I thought it meant 95%-98%. It was a liquid in a dark plastic bottle with a further sealed plastic bag around it, with a warning label affixed to the outer bag. Something to check out, anyway. -Johnathan ___ 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] Around Skagit Valley
Kenji James Fuse wrote: Anyways, if you haven't made a litre of biodiesel in a pop bottle, I highly recommend that as a learning test. No fumes, small amounts of caustic methoxide, quick and easy to see your results; satisfying! THere's lots of instructions on the web; many call it the Dr. Pepper method. Just to throw in my two cents--I'm brand new to biodiesel, and just started my first one liter batch. It's got about a quarter inch of glycerin on the bottom after a half hour of settling. Pretty neat. I'll wash it in the morning and see if I made biodiesel or mayonnaise. -Johnathan ___ 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/
