Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate
Have you considered gas fired refrigerators? They are a bit pricey, but work great, the technology is well developed and, if the refrigerants are handled properly, environmentally sound. A search on 'Servel', 'RV Refrigerator' or 'absorption refrigeration' may be useful. Kim Garth Travis said: Greetings, [Please note I never say 'hello'] First I would like to thank the committee for finding a new home for biofuels. If someone would be kind enough to share the information on how this list is set up, I would love to move my lists to elsewhere, too. I have been doing a great deal of research since my post much earlier this summer about how to preserve the harvest. I have discovered lacto fermented vegetables which are quite wonderful. The problem is now that instead of needing a bunch of freezers, I need a bunch of refrigerators.I have also acquire a Jersey cow name Carol, so I now make cheese that needs to be aged. The long term storage temperature needs to be below 50F. For corning beef and other things I need below 40F but above 32F [0 C]. I have a high water table so I can only go down 4 feet and the ground is 65F at this depth. I do make use of this for cooling my buildings, but this is a far way from the root cellar I need. My water comes out of the ground at 80F so it is no help. We really do need to go off grid so I am really trying to keep my power consumption to a minimum. Root cellaring sounds so wonderful, but I have yet to figure out how to do it in a hot humid climate. Any suggestions? Bright Blessings, Kim ___ 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/ -- Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) Reports that say something hasn't happened are interesting to me, because as we know, there are known unknowns; there things we know we know, Rumsfeld told the briefing. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know. Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing ___ 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/
[biofuel] Emissions relative to speed
Emissions Emissions at 55 mph at 65 mph Pollutant (g/mi) (g/mi) % change VOC 0.59 0.92+ 55.9 CO7.60 19.24 + 153.0 NOx 2.19 2.40 +9.6 Read more: http://www.drive55.org/pn/modules.php?op=modloadname=Sectionsfile=indexreq=viewarticleartid=25page=1 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * 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] RENEWABLE Hydrogen
I have run across two terms and a document that help me reconcile with the hydrogen economy that will most likely be the main focus during the next 20 years. The terms are RENEWABLE Hydrogen and BIO Hydrogen. I like both, but RENEWABLE Hydrogen stands out. The document is a rather large 96 page pdf, but well worth the download, The Renewable Hydrogen Forum report presented by American Solar Energy Society, October 1, 2003. http://www.ases.org/hydrogen_forum03/Forum_report_c_9_24_03.pdf In a nutshell, several very well credentialed individuals present a good case and fully acknowledge a crucial point - fossil fuel to make hydrogen is not economically sound and has dramatic environmental costs, solar and biomass are economically AND environmentally viable. Tim = Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Rent DVDs from home. Over 14,500 titles. Free Shipping No Late Fees. Try Netflix for FREE! http://us.click.yahoo.com/mk9osC/hP.FAA/3jkFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Can we spare a dime for our trrops?
$87 billion dollars is needed to fund the next 15 months of the US occupation in Iraq. The illusion that we are there to liberate the people has faded, and with no WMD found after months of searching there is very little doubt of the truth now. We invaded that country to secure vital American interests, to be more precise: OIL. There is some clamor to insure the $87 billion is spent fairly, but little resistance to the fact that we will spend it. $20 billion will go toward rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure and $67 billion will go to support our troops. The US will spend that money, now my main concern is where will it come from? Will there be any roll backs of tax cuts? Not likely, cuts to social services, probably. I have a better idea. How about we collect a special tax on imported oil? We all agree that the root issue is geopolitical control of the region with the majority of the worlds known reserves, and we all agree that America's reliance on imported petroleum is unhealthy. Yet we do have this responsibility to support our troops and clean up the mess we have made in our quest for perpetual world dominance, so how about we spread the cost in the most equitable, yet accurate way possible? Let's collect a ten cent tax on each gallon of imported petroleum! This will equitably spread the cost of our addiction across the board, with those who use the least paying the smaller portion of the tab. SUV Hummer drivers will pay the larger portion while drivers of hybrids economy cars will pay the least. Everyone will pay some part in the price of goods trucked in from across the nation, and considering the volume of petroleum we use every day, it will not take long to raise sufficient funds to cover the cost of our war to liberate Iraq. So, let's do the math! The US uses about 21 million barrels each day, and about 60% of that is imported. That means 12.6 million barrels @ 42 gallons per barrel, or 529 million gallons each day. So at ten cents per gallon, every ten days we will raise $529 million dollars. At that rate it will only take about 160 days, less than 6 months, to pay for this phase of the war. At a billion dollars per week, we will be going into debt if we rely on this tax entirely, so we will still have to fund our military ($50 billion per year) with our regular income taxes, so this special supplemental tax is just to pay for our occupation in Iraq. Can we spare a dime for our troops? Tim Castleman = Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Fw: altdiesel Presentations at Alternative Diesel Fuels Symposium
- Original Message - From: Chan Pham To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 4:22 PM Subject: altdiesel Presentations at Alternative Diesel Fuels Symposium Our Alternative Diesel Fuels (http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/diesel/altdiesel/altdieselsym.htm) web page has recently been updated with the following information: - Presentations of stakeholders (Industry, Government, Consumers) at the Alternative Diesel Fuels Symposium on August 19 and 20, 2003 If you have any question regarding this information, please call: Gary Yee - Manager Industrial Section at (916) 327-5986 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Okamoto - Air Pollution Specialist at (916) 327-2953 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] California Air Resources Board Home Page === If you would like to unsubscribe from the California Air Resources Board List Serv (http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/fuels-general/fuels-general.htm) and/or (http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/altdiesel/altdiesel.htm), please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of the message type the following: if you are on fuels-general mailing list: unsubscribe fuels-general [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you re on altdiesel mailing list: unsubscribe altdiesel [EMAIL PROTECTED] where [EMAIL PROTECTED] is your email address. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Fw: [CLIMATECHANGE-LIST] Climate Change Report Available on Line
- Original Message - From: Bob Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: [CLIMATECHANGE-LIST] Climate Change Report Available on Line A Staff Draft Report titled, Climate Change And California, publication # 100-03-17D, a document in support of the Integrated Energy Policy Report is now on line. Please go to: http://www.energy.ca.gov/energypolic/documents/ Bob Aldrich Web Team California Energy Commission Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Fw: altdiesel Workshop on proposed PM Control Measure of Diesel Trucks used in Commercial Fuel Delivery
- Original Message - From: Chan Pham To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:10 PM Subject: altdiesel Workshop on proposed PM Control Measure of Diesel Trucks used in Commercial Fuel Delivery As a member of an Air Resources Board diesel-related list serve, Staff would like to inform you of a scheduled public workshop that may be of interest. The workshop is planned for September 10th, 2003, in Sacramento and is designed to inform interested parties and obtain input and comments concerning a proposed Air Toxic Control Measure to Control Particulate Matter Emissions from Diesel-Fueled Trucks used for Commercial Fuel Delivery. Please visit our website http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/fueltrk/fueltrk.htm for workshop details. Additionally, if you would like to monitor the progress of the proposed regulation or receive future updates please visit the above website and join the Fuel Delivery Truck list serve. California Air Resources Board Home Page === If you would like to unsubscribe from the California Air Resources Board List Serv (http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/fuels-general/fuels-general.htm) and/or (http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/altdiesel/altdiesel.htm), please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of the message type the following: if you are on fuels-general mailing list: unsubscribe fuels-general [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you re on altdiesel mailing list: unsubscribe altdiesel [EMAIL PROTECTED] where [EMAIL PROTECTED] is your email address. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Valley motorists suffer as gas supplies dwindle
Emily Bittner The Arizona Republic Aug. 18, 2003 12:00 AM Gas stations Valley-wide are running on empty today thanks to dwindling supplies caused by a ruptured fuel line in Tucson two weeks ago. Drivers are circling neighborhoods to find an open gas station then waiting in long lines once they find it. Conserving gas . If you own more than one car, especially if one of your vehicles is a less fuel-efficient truck or SUV, use the more energy-conserving vehicle as often as possible. . Consolidate trips and errands. . Find one location where you can take care of all banking, grocery shopping and other chores. . Slow down. The faster a vehicle travels, the more gas it burns. . Avoid quick starts and sudden stops, which waste fuel. . Routinely maintain your vehicle. . Lighten the load. A heavier vehicle uses more gasoline. . Check your vehicle owner's manual. If your vehicle does not require premium or mid-grade fuel, then buy regular unleaded gasoline. Source: AAA Arizona Mike Severinchek, 46, of Chandler thought he had a sure deal Sunday morning at the Mobil station at Frye and Arizona Avenue in Chandler to fill his Buick Le Sabre. At 6:45 a.m., he filled his wife's truck there. Just as he started pumping around 11:15 a.m., a station employee started roping off the pumps. It's driving me crazy, said Severinchek, who commutes daily to Tempe, where he drives a school bus. I think it's a crock. I won't be able to get back and forth to work. Julie Igo, a spokeswoman for Conoco-Phillips, which owns Circle K said that stations are undergoing rolling outages. As some get refilled, others go out, she said. The pipeline that normally feeds the Valley with one-third of its daily gas supplies - 2.2 million gallons - ruptured July 30 and was shut down Aug. 8. Authorities say it might be another two weeks before it reopens. We're trying to do everything we can to ensure that the pipeline is restored back to service when we can be assured that it is safe to do so, said Hearth Murphy, spokeswoman for the Arizona Corporation Commission which is investigating the leak that shut down the pipeline. Meanwhile, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners which owns the ruptured pipeline, is trucking in fuel from Tucson and increasing deliveries from a Los Angeles-to-Phoenix pipeline. Last week, the governor's office held teleconferences, sometimes twice a day, to put together a contingency plan, Murphy said. A police dispatcher in Peoria said station managers and customers flooded the department's phone lines. Managers reported that cars were lined up 60 deep at the two stations known to be open in the city. Some arguments among customers broke out, but no one was injured, the dispatcher said. In the meantime, officials are testing the ruptured pipeline to make sure it can withstand pressure and doesn't leak hazardous materials. Those tests could take up to two weeks because they have to be conducted in stages, between each pumping station, for several hours at a time, Murphy said. I think it's safe to say that the last thing anybody wants is a pipeline that isn't safe, Murphy said. The commission is also helping oversee the tests to get the pipeline working. People may be upset that they were inconvenienced, or that there was a supply problem or the prices went up. Anybody that lives or works in the vicinity of that pipeline, they're going to want to be sure that they're safe. Reach the reporter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or (602) 444-6846. Find this article at: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0817ONLgasshortage18.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Reducing California's Petroleum Dependence - Last chance to comment on reccomendations
The Final Draft of the AB 2076 report, Reducing California's Petroleum Dependence, is now available for public review. Adoption of this joint agency draft report will be considered at the Energy Commission's regularly scheduled business meeting on July 23, 2003, and has been added to the agenda of the Air Resources Board's July 24-25, 2003, Board meeting. Public comments on the Final Draft Report are requested at both the Commission and Board hearings. Questions on the Draft Final Report should be directed to Dan Fong at 916-654-4638. Further information regarding the July 23 Energy Commission business meeting is available at www.energy.ca.gov/business_meetings/ and further information regarding the July 24-25 Air Resources Board board meeting is available at www.arb.ca.gov. ** Assembly Bill 2076 (Chapter 936, Statutes of 2000) requires the Energy Commission and the California Air Resources Board to develop and submit to the Legislature a strategy to reduce petroleum dependence in California. The statute requires the strategy to include goals for reducing the rate of growth in the demand for petroleum fuels. In addition, the strategy will include recommendations to increase transportation energy efficiency as well as the use of non-petroleum fuels and advanced transportation technologies including alternative fuel vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and high-fuel efficiency vehicles. ** Main CEC Page on AB 2076 Strategy to reduce petroleum dependence : http://www.energy.ca.gov/fuels/petroleum_dependence/ Documents page: http://www.energy.ca.gov/fuels/petroleum_dependence/documents/index.html My testimony from June 6: http://www.energy.ca.gov/fuels/petroleum_dependence/documents/2003-06-06_hearing/public_comments/2003-06-06_CASTLEMAN.DOC Which is located in the public testimony documents folder: http://www.energy.ca.gov/fuels/petroleum_dependence/documents/2003-06-06_hearing/public_comments/ My testimony from the May 15 hearing: http://www.drive55.org/pn/modules.php?op=modloadname=Downloadsfile=indexreq=getitlid=1 CEC Meeting notice: http://www.energy.ca.gov/business_meetings/2003_agendas/agenda_2003-07-23.html ARB Meeting notice: http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/ma/ma072403.htm I am still working on my comments (draft below) that I will offer at the upcoming hearings, and I know Dr. Brian O'Leary and Alden Bryant will be coming to provide theirs regarding New Energy technologies. Perhaps there are some more biofuel advocates that would like to also come and give their 5 minutes worth. (Public comments are limited to 5 minutes each, and these are regular business meetings so the AB 2076 recommendations is just an agenda item among 20 or so. It appears public comments are taken at the end of the session.) *** Public Comments for CEC Hearing July 23, 2003 (DRAFT) By Tim Castleman Introduction Thank you for allowing me to contribute my comments regarding this important issue. I would like to recognize and thank all of the hard working public servants, industry representatives, and special interest groups that have contributed to this monumental task, the goal of which is to reduce petroleum consumption in California. The recommendations that come out of this process will have far reaching effects and should be given careful consideration. The Natural Gas Solution I would like to first comment on the portion of the recommendations that offer Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a significant part of the overall solution. I have some major concerns about the approach that has been formulated. The reliance on CNG, LPG and LNG as alternative fuel to displace gasoline and diesel consumption fails on several accounts, especially considering recent testimony before congress by Alan Greenspan and the following current statement from American Petroleum Institute: As of June 2003, supply and demand for natural gas are delicately balanced. However, natural gas prices are significantly higher than this time last year; some prices have doubled for gas purchased by the companies that supply it to consumers. Storage levels are at near record lows while demand for natural gas is growing. In the short term, increases in demand due to weather (hot summer and/or cold winter) could stress the supply/demand balance. Also, hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico could disrupt offshore natural gas production and reduce supply. Long-term Supply Outlook Factors shaping long-term demand for natural gas: a.. 80 percent of new electric generating capacity is natural gas fired. b.. Demand is growing because clean-burning natural gas is a preferred fuel due to its environmental benefits. c.. The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration forecasts that natural gas demand will grow by more than 50 percent by 2025. d.. The new domestic fields being found are smaller and have shorter lives
[biofuel] Status of AB 2076 Report on Petroleum Dependence
The Final Draft of the AB 2076 report, Reducing California's Petroleum Dependence, is now available for public review. Adoption of this joint agency draft report will be considered at the Energy Commission's regularly scheduled business meeting on July 23, 2003, and has been added to the agenda of the Air Resources Board's July 24-25,2003, Board meeting. Public comments on the Final Draft Report are requested at both the Commission and Board hearings. Questions on the Draft Final Report should be directed to Dan Fong at 916-654-4638. http://www.energy.ca.gov/fuels/petroleum_dependence/documents/ Further information regarding the July 23 Energy Commission business meeting is available at www.energy.ca.gov/business_meetings/ and further information regarding the July 24-25 Air Resources Board board meeting is available at www.arb.ca.gov. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Workshop Will Explore California's Petroleum Future
For immediate release: July 9, 2003 Media Contact: Claudia Chandler (916) 654-4989 As the demand for gasoline in California increases by 2.6 percent each year, consumers find themselves increasingly vulnerable to tight supplies and sporadically higher prices. A workshop to be held in Sacramento Friday will examine the production, importing and distribution of transportation fuels. What: The California Energy Commission will hold a workshop on transportation fuels. Among the topics to be discussed are: Why has the rate of fuel consumption grown steadily since the 1980s? Can California refineries increase their output to meet demand? Could California import enough fuel to meet demand? Are changes necessary at the State's ports to handle additional shipments of petroleum products? How is California's fuel supply linked to those of other states and other countries? How have ownership changes in the petroleum industry affected competition and retail prices in California? What can be done to curtail California's greenhouse gas emissions, since more than 50 percent of them come from transportation? What steps need to be taken to move California from a petroleum-based to a hydrogen-based economy? The workshop will receive public comments for consideration in the Energy Commission's Integrated Energy Policy Report. When: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:30 a.m. Where: California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street Hearing Room A Sacramento, California 95814 (Wheelchair accessible) Audio from this meeting will be broadcast on the Energy Commission's website, at http://www.energy.ca.gov/realaudio # # # Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Coral Calcium for Greater Health. 1 month supply - $23.95 (1 bottle, 90 tablets, 400mg each with Magnesium Vitamin D) http://www.challengerone.com/t/l.asp?cid=2805lp=calcium2.asp http://us.click.yahoo.com/mcIe3D/v9VGAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Hey race fans!
Ethanol powered 194 MPH race car at Le Mans! http://www.nasamax.com = Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Help with some simple numbers?
Can I get some help with these simple calculations? US petroleum consumption is 19.65 Million Barrels per day, or about 7 Billion barrels per year. (http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/2002/htm l/table_04_01.html) If we could get 2 barrels (88 gallons) of biofuel from each acre of farmland, we would need 3.5 Billion acres to meet our demand. We only have 335 Million acres of Farmland in the US. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/meta/m5970.html) That means that even if we stopped growing food entirely, we would still come up over 3 BILLION acres short. If we find a way to get 10 barrels from each acre (440 gallons), we could nearly cover our consumption, but would have no place to grow any food. If we find a way to get 20 barrels per acre (880 gallons), we could do it with about half of the farmland available. Do these simple numbers look right? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] About those numbers...
Just to clarify, I am a biofuel advocate. I have been for a couple of years now. In my view, BioDiesel is part of a Bio-Fuel solution, but the real benefit gained from bio-fuels is the closing of the carbon loop. In other words, by using fuels derived from carbon recently taken up, rather than that stored for thousands of years in the earths crust, we can balance things out and reduce global warming. Biofuels also offer a sustainability and local productivity element to the overall energy equation. As a substitue for petroleum however, biofuels present a real problem in that some folks think we can just go on consuming any quantity with no consequence. I feel it is critical that we apply at least as much attention, if not more, to demand reduction. We just have to come to terms with the reality that we use too much, as a culture. Now I know I am preaching to the choir, I know most people that are on these lists already have a keen awareness of this fact, that we use too much. That is why I am all the more baffled at the seeming blind spot and stubborn refusal to support conservation efforts. To be specific, I have been promoting the Drive 55 Conservation Project for 2 months now, yet only 20 people (Mike Pelly the most recent) have taken the 1 or 2 minutes to sign on to the Drive 55 Petition and Pledge. Come on folks, biofuels are great, but are truly only part of the equation. We must also take the lead in regards to conservation too. I know it is not nearly as interesting, and is even a wet blanket, but this is the reality, who can disagree with that? Take the pledge: http://www.petitiononline.com/drive55/petition.html Visit the site: http://www.drive55.org Hey, I love the Lupo, but frankly, the thought of being on the same road as a 6000 pound SUV going 80 to 90 MPH, well, that's a little bit scary to me! Let's start using less, polluting less, killing less, and handing over less of our money to the petroleum industry right now. Thanks, Tim www.drive55.org www.fuelandfiber.com www.hempusflag.com www.azhemp.org = Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] No need for conservation?
First off, many thanks for the correction on the capacity of a barrel, which in fact could be anywhere from 31 to 42 gallons liquid, but then even that actual amount could change somewhat if we consider Imperial gallons rather than US. There is a variety of barrels established by law or usage. For example, federal taxes on fermented liquors are based on a barrel of 31 gallons; many state laws fix the barrel for liquids at 31 ¸ gallons; one state fixes a 36 gallon barrel for cistern measurement; federal law recognizes a 40-gallon barrel for proof spirits; by custom, 42 gallons comprise a barrel of crude oil or petroleum products for statistical purposes, and this equivalent is recognized for liquids by four states. ( http://www.apparelsearch.com/capacity_volume.htm ) However, other than pointing out my error, that contribution doesn't do much to help answer the question, which was, do we have enough farmland to produce enough biofuel, without reducing demand? Your points about extrusion making oilseed meal digestible are also interesting, but really, who do you know that actually eats extruded oilseed meal (or any other meal) without some sort of at least semi-industrial scale processing? Even livestock gets to have some other stuff added in to the actual feedcake, such as hay, molasses or whatever. A freshly extruded bowl of oilseed meal just doesn't make it to my menu. You also make an excellent point about the obscene waste of front and back yards to NOT produce food. I agree, it is insane to water and fertilize a grass lawn, only to mow it down every Saturday, using a gross polluter! Nevertheless, that IS what people do. Folks just don't grow their own food. I share the vision of one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, for an agrarian society, despite your accusation to the contrary. I also recognize that folks have always 'gone to market' to get the food they could not produce themselves. It would even be unfair to require everyone to produce their own food or starve, wouldn't you agree? I mean some are just old, or perhaps busy teaching school, or building community structures, or producing a newspaper or performing whatever service to the community and need others to pick up the slack and help them with their food supply, in exchange for their services. So there will always be centralized production, at least on some scale, right? I completely agree the industrial grade agribusiness a la ADM/Cargill/Monsanto is clearly doing more harm than good, and we do need more local production - but just how do you propose we will get there? I don't see that happening. There are, and have been for years, many small farm cooperatives a la http://www.csacenter.org/index.html people can participate in, but THEY DON'T. It is just easier, and more cost effective, to visit the local supermarket and get dinner. So, while the vision of individual families independently producing everything they need, with no reliance on industry, seems quite romantic, in reality it just doesn't work. Take one simple thing for example, barbed wire. Who would consider running a ranch or farm without it? But realistically, there must be a steel foundry to produce the steel to make the wire, and another industrial process to twist it into its final form. Or would you propose the local blacksmith should take those tasks on? I would suggest that even if he were willing to, the final cost would exceed its value and we would wind up cutting down the entire forest to make fences instead. So there is a place for industry, would you agree? Hopefully, this will bring us back to the original question, which is, based on the actual numbers, do we have enough farmland to produce enough biofuel without reducing our consumption? Is the only answer that everyone must start growing food in their front and back yards? I like that answer, I like it even better to rip up all the asphalt roadways within one mile squares and replace them with greenbelts of food and gardens. This would make our neighborhoods safe, clean the air near our homes, make people healthier for the short walk or ride via electric scooter to the surrounding clean public transit system running on the one-mile square grid. But will that happen? Not anytime soon! So why not, in the meantime, go ahead and take whatever reasonable measure we can to mitigate our heavy footprint? Why is the prospect of slowing down to a mile-a-minute so offensive? The fact is I DO ride a bicycle, every day. I know all too well how mindless drivers are - especially in their climate controlled Lazy-Boy-on-wheels with TV-sets and cell-phones and CD-players and HUGE tires and V8's - even V12's - and all too often I am cut off in the middle of a marked crosswalk by an impatient self absorbed petroleum addict, that is highly offended by the fact that a lone bike rider can actually make him wait a few seconds at an intersection, and the proposal that he consider reducing his consumption, for the
[biofuel] Useful Chart from TDIClub
Many thanks to Aaron for sending this link to a discussion going on in the TDIClub forum about MPG @ MPH. http://forums.tdiclub.com/showflat.php?Cat=Board=UBB16Number=517408page=0view=collapsedsb=5o=14fpart=1 I have reproduced chart from that forum that shows the dramatic decrease in MPG as MPH go up and placed it on the www.drive55.org website. To summarize, in TDI's the highest MPG is at 35-40MPH, and it decreases substantially as speed increases. I also found a site for Honda Insight owners where they post their actual experiences and brag about getting the highest mileage on trips, very much like the race idea that has been discussed here lately. Here is a link to that site: http://www.insightcentral.net/owners/trips.html Again, it really does come down to a compromise between standing still and movement. Of course we could use no energy by not going anywhere, and I confess the idea is appealing, but not very practical. A Mile-A-Minute seems plenty fast to me. A US family of 5 can save over $2,500 per year by simply slowing down! ( See Funding Petroleum Warlords in the archive or at www.drive55.org ) Disarm the Petroleum Warlords, Drive 55, its the next best thing to making your own fuel. = Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] how much do you know
how much do you know that reducing the speed limit again would help? Personally, I can only offer that it is simple physics. It takes energy to move mass, and more energy to move mass faster. Certainly technology has improved the efficiency of vehicles, but technology has yet to circumvent the laws of physics. A simple test one can very effectively do would require a bicycle. Peddle hard and get it going as fast as you can, then try to maintain that speed. It should not take long to notice a significant loss of speed without a great investment of more and more energy. We can also look at some of the work done in 1995, which is admittedly a bit old, but helpful. http://www.epa.gov/otaq/reports/env-spds.htm http://www.trucktires.com/library/technical/bftechnical/fuel_economy_b.htm Of course I could be wrong about the actual percentages, there are certainly a great many variables to consider, but I am not wrong that it requires more energy to move mass faster. Slowing down will save energy. Finding a compromise between standing still and movement is the real issue. This is why safety, pollution, cost, and time all enter the equation. I would certainly welcome any contribution to help clarify and substantiate or disprove the starting points of 20% to 50% reductions that I have derived from historical documentation I found so far. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] PATRIOTS ENERGY PLEDGE?
Joining the list of corporate sponsored 'eco' groups choosing to ignore the entirely sensible but wholly unpopular Drive 55 Conservation Project (http://www.drive55.org) is the PATRIOTS ENERGY PLEDGE. The PATRIOTS ENERGY PLEDGE (http://www.saveabarrel.org) was started in January of 2001 by the Alliance to Save Energy (http://www.ase.org), a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to promoting energy efficiency for a healthier economy, cleaner environment, and energy security. So far this all sounds really good right? Thinking we would make natural allies, I sent an e-mail to the PATRIOTS ENERGY PLEDGE offering to link and crosslink with the Drive 55 Conservation Project. My initial e-mail was ignored, so I sent a second and did get a response, which read in part: While we support following local and national speed limits, we aren't working for reducing the speed limit, as you are. While that would probably be beneficial, it seems like an unattainable goal, and we plan to focus on the goals set out on the PEP website. Since I'm new here at the Alliance, I'll have to get back to you about linking, or crosslinking websites. Best of luck with your project, and I'll let you know when I find out what my bosses want to do. Noting that the goals set out on the PEP website were rather spineless, I went in search of more information about the Alliance to Save Energy and who the bosses were. Here is what I found on their website under Alliance Associates: Alliance Associates are corporations and associations committed to working together to promote greater investment in energy efficiency as a primary means of achieving the nation's environmental, economic, national security, and affordable housing goals. Names proceeded by a * are Founders, Associates that gave $25,000 or more during 2002. 3M Company ABB Acuity Brands - Lighting Group ATT Foundation American Plastics Council American Gas Association Andersen Corporation Armstrong International, Inc. Association of State Energy Research and Technology Transfer Institutions * BC Hydro * Bonneville Power Administration * BP (British Petroleum) Brookhaven National Laboratory Calmac Manufacturing Corporation Cardinal Glass Industries CertainTeed Corporation * Cinergy Corporation * City of Austin/Austin Energy Perseus, LLC. CMC Energy Services, Inc. ConEdison Solutions * Dewey Ballantine Edison Electric Institute Electricity Innovation Institute E-Mon LP EPS Capital Corp. * Exelon Corporation * Fannie Mae Foundation Frito Lay Gemstar Group Goodman Global Holdings, Inc. Great Lakes Window, Inc. Hannon Armstrong Honeywell International Copper Association IBM ICF Consulting * Johns Manville Johnson Controls, Inc. Kimberly-Clark Corporation Knauf Fiber Glass Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Maytag Corporation Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance National Grid USA National Insulation Association National Renewable Energy Laboratory * New York State Energy Research Development Authority North American Insulation Manufacturers Association Nexant, Inc. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Ontario Power Generation * OSRAM SYLVANIA * Pacific Gas Electric Company Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association * Qualmag, Inc. Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sandia National Laboratory Sears, Roebuck Co. * Sempra Energy Solar Energy Industries Association * Southern California Edison Spirax Sarco Swagelok Tennessee Valley Authority Texas AM University--Energy Systems Laboratory Texas State Energy Conservation Office Turbocor Viterra Energy Services AG * Washington Gas * Whirlpool Corporation World Wildlife Fund Well, things are beginning to get clearer for me now, how about you? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] AB 2076 Report delayed
The issuance of the Final Draft of the AB 2076 Report has been delayed. This delay will allow Staff adequate time to address oral and written comments received at the June 6th Joint Hearing. In addition, the Energy Commission has removed the adoption of the report from its June 25th business meeting agenda and the Air Resources Board has removed the adoption of the report from its June 26th Board hearing. A new deadline for comments on the Final Report will be announced at a later time. http://www.energy.ca.gov/fuels/petroleum_dependence/index.html Could it be that alternative fuels, (other than natural gas), alternative vehicles, and even the crazy idea of just getting folks to USE LESS by driving slower are actually under consideration? In any case, a lot of people had something to say about this! To their credit, CEC/ARB is being very transparent in this process. All public comment documents are posted online. What a treasure trove! http://www.energy.ca.gov/fuels/petroleum_dependence/documents/2003-06-06_hearing/public_comments/ Meanwhile, I just keep pounding away at the eco groups, trying to get some support for the Drive 55 Conservation Project to reduce petroleum demand by 20% to 50% by enforcing existing speed limits and urging re-enactment of the national 55 MPH speed limit. Please visit http://www.drive55.org for details and full information. Tim = Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Help lobby the lobbyists?
by Tim Castleman www.drive55.org In my efforts to promote the Drive 55 Conservation Project I have contacted over 80 organizations dedicated to political activism oÐn behalf of human rights and the environment. It has been frustrating to be ignored by all of them, but I think I know why, and this is what I need some help with. These groups all have a lot oÐn their agenda already, and limited resources to apply to the issues they are concerned with. The Drive 55 Conservation Project proposal is not very appealing to many people, though most would certainly agree it has no downside whatsoever. I think we would all agree that the general public tends to follow trends. In other words, if a popular actor, celebrity or political action group says something is cool, then the public tends to agree and will modify their behavior or take action accordingly. Once a trend takes hold with a certain percentage of the people, it quickly spreads and becomes popular with the rest. As unpopular as the Drive 55 Conservation Project proposal may seem now, if these organizations could be convinced to endorse it, the chances of success improve substantially. Therefore, I am asking for your help to lobby these organizations, urging them to endorse the project. Please look over the list, and if you find you are a member or supporter of any of them, take a few minutes to send a letter or e-mail asking them to endorse the Drive 55 Conservation Project. If they hear from you it will help them to have confidence there is public support and encourage their endorsement. Thank you in advance for your care and concern for this fragile environment we all share. All of the following have been contacted requesting their support of the Drive 55 Conservation Project. None have indicated they would. Please take action today! Act for Change.com Al Franken Alternatives Magazine AlterNet.org Arianna Huffington Arizona Democracy Group Arizona Green Party Boycott USA.org BoycottAmerica.org BoycottBush.org BoycottUS.net CA League of Conservation Voters Campus Greens CleanAirNow.org Cockeyed.com (gas price watcher) Co-Op America Corporate Watch.org DemocracyNow.org Democrats.com DNC (Democratic National Committee) EarthdayResources.org Ecopledge.com EcoVote.org EMS (Environmental Media Services) Essential.org e-thepeople.org EthicalConsumer.org ForUSA.org Freetheplanet.org Friends of the Earth Frootsmag.com Global Exchange Green Party of California GreenCorps.org GreenpartyUS.org Greenpeace Greens.org HIA (Hemp Industries Association) IndyMedia.org InFact.org International A.N.S.W.E.R. (L.A, S.F., D.C. NYC) Kucinich for President League of Conservation Voters Michael Moore Motherearth.org Motherjones.com MoveON.org National Council of La Raza National Energy Policy Initiative National Head Start Association Natural Capitalism NewEnergyFuture.com NonViolence.org NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) Peace-Action.org Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) PIRG.org Protecting Arizona's Family Coalition Protest.net Rainforest Action Network RNC (Republican National Committee) Rock the Vote Rocky Mountain Institute SacGreens.org Salon.com SF Chronicle Sierra Club Sierra Student Coalition Sojourners Soros Foundations, OSI, New York StopSpending.org StudentPIRGs.org The Detroit Project The Nation Magazine Thom Hartmann .com TrueMajority.com TruthOut.com United for a Fair Economy (UFE) USPirg.org VoiceYourself.com (Woody's Harrelson's site) VoteNoWar.org VoterMarch.org Wellstone Action (wellstone.org) Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) Working Assets Working for Change A web-linked list is online now at www.drive55.org under the Action section. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Funding Petroleum Warlords
Funding Petroleum Warlords by Tim Castleman www.drive55.org There seems to be little disagreement that US military aggression in the Middle East is related to petroleum consumption. There also is little disagreement that US dollars fund this military aggression, and that US citizens are the largest market for petroleum in the world. Just how big is the US petroleum market? Personal Consumption Expenditures are about $160 billion per year.* Divided by 300 million US citizens, that works out to $533 per year, or $44.44 per month for each man, woman, and child in America. A typical family of 5 will spend about $222 each month for petroleum products. Consider your own experience -- does that sound about right? Remember to include oil and the other fluids your vehicles consume. The TOTAL cost of personal transportation will include two other expenses: Transportation Services and Motor Vehicles and Parts. These add $680 billion per year to the expenditures. Divided by 300 million US citizens, that works out to $2,266 per year, or $189 per month for each man, woman, and child in America. A typical family of 5 will spend about $944 each month, in addition to the $222 for petroleum, on personal transportation. These figures DO NOT take into account the amount they are spending to have food and consumer goods trucked in from all over the world -- these are just the PERSONAL transportation expenses. What if we convinced everyone to reduce their consumption by 20%? They would save $528 per year on petroleum alone! By reducing consumption of petroleum by 20%, we would also reduce our reliance on imported petroleum, and therefore our need to wage war in the Middle East. That would mean $32 billion less the petroleum warlords would get each year from US citizens. With a $32 billion cut in revenue, campaign spending would be reduced significantly, greedy executives would cut their own salaries last, and the current political system would be altered. Studies show that slowing down to 55 miles per hour (MPH) will reduce fuel consumption by 20% to 50%. As individuals, we can do our part by simply obeying existing speed limits and never exceeding 55 MPH. Even more can be done by refusing to buy gas-guzzling SUVs and using public transportation instead. WE CAN DISARM THE PETROLEUM WARLORDS by refusing to fund them. Visit www.drive55.org to learn more, and Take The Pledge to obey existing speed limits, never exceeding 55 MPH, and urging Congress to restore the national 55 MPH speed limit. * US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. http://www.bts.gov/transtu/indicators/Economy/html/Personal_Spending_On_Transportation.html = Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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] Cal Energy Commision
Well, as some of you know, the CEC ARB (Cal Energy Commission Air Resources Board) are doing a joint study in response to legislation (a law) to find ways to reduce petroleum use in California. I attended the latest public workshop to offer my silly ideas and hear their good ones. To sum up, their good ideas were to use natural gas as a straight fuel, to use natural gas to make Fischer Tropsch blend diesel, and to use natural gas. Oh, also, they will recommend purchase of a new fleet of govt vehicles (natural gas) and for good measure there is an extensive study indicating proper tire inflation will do some good. There is token mention of E-85, and ethanol - so maybe the new fleet will include some E-85 ready vehicles. Biodiesel is also mentioned, so surely the new govt fleet will include some diesel vehicles that could use it, or maybe be converted to use natural gas. LPG somehow made it onto the slate of solutions as well. As a marketing study for natural gas, the 2 inch thick set of reports, prepared by CEC, ARB and private contractors, will surely save the natural gas industry a ton of money as they develop their marketing strategies. I submitted my silly ideas to a somber crowd of well dressed consultant and govt official types, and there were a couple blue collar types, and even one professor type - but mostly this looked and felt like a stockholders meeting for the natural gas industry. There, I said it. After I read my 2 page summary, which focused greatly on how many die each year, but also how the proposition would actually exceed the desired 15% reduction by 5% - Susan Brown smiled and politely said they had covered the idea in their report - I could not resist replying that one page in a 2 inch thick report was unacceptable for such a well qualified body, and that 2 paragraphs from Highway Patrol consultant Keller hardly amounted to justification for dismissing the idea. I was polite, they were nervous. Clearly this is just not an option - I understand why. It would reduce petroleum use by as much as 20% and that is NOT what they are trying to achieve. They want 15% (or less). As a matter of fact, at the last minute they reduced their predicted results to a 10% decrease rather than the requested 15%. Plus they need to switch the market demand to another commodity controlled by their handlers, which would be, u, natural gas. The whole thing sickened me to this point: I surrender. I give up. No one wants to slow down to conserve energy. They simply will not hear of it, so I give up on that for now. I will leave www.drive55.org up (because I can), but I will not waste another btu of my energy on it. Nor will the CEC, ARB, DOE, EPA or any other agency populated by well educated well paid natural gas industry reps anytime soon. Nor will any of the so-called eco types such as NRDC, nor the dozens of political action groups that got the press release such as MoveOn.org or for that matter any of the good readers of this list, or any of the others I have pitched the idea to (maybe its my colorful personality?). Maybe instead we should subsidize Hummers. Equip them with natural gas capable V12's, 2 gallon natural gas tanks to supplement 50 gallon gasoline tanks and drop all the power robbing smog control devices altogether. This would accelerate everything, and that seems to be the order of the day - SPEED. Add a/c and cable TV to make it just like home with individual screens for the kids (yep they make them) and give everyone that wants one their piece of the american pie if they will just agree to send at least one of their offspring to rampage around the world killing dummies who happen to have our oil under their sand (or ice). That would surely accelerate things indeed. = Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) = Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/publications/nts/index.html It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society. __ J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/uetFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To
[biofuels-biz] Why not? (On farm fuel from hempseed oil)
From: Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hemp Fuel Conspiracy? Why not? I also wonder about farming (i.e., if a Hemp farmer could make just enough to forestall having to go off-farm for fuel, if this could be worth it to him, just for his own fuel needs... probably not.) This is one of those impossible questions, the answer will never satisfy because the fact is hemp cannabis HAS been deliberately repressed, several million $ is spent each year on eradication efforts on feral hemp, for example. DEA drug warriors are emotionally and financially attached to their work, and so perpetuate many lies and place many barriers. Perhaps the most insidious of which are the divisions within the cannabis/hemp/marijuana culture itself. This repression has prevented development of the crop per se, thus leaving us with the familiar chicken and egg scenario. Bottom line, when petroleum stays at $30 bbl, a plant-based economy will emerge. Meanwhile, yes, a farmer could grow hemp, harvest the seed and extract the oil for on farm use, but why would he with all the other oil crops available that will produce much more oil than hemp? In a practical sense, and most farmers are practical to a fault, to spend $600 or so to grow $600 or so worth of fuel only works with government subsidies. He would rather just buy it and save himself all that work! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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-biz] Hemp Fuel Conspitacy?
A couple of years ago I read a small article in a newspaper announcing then president Clinton's Executive Order 13134 related to increasing the use of bio-based products in specific measurable ways. This spurred a vision of the role hemp might play in such an economy, and my attendance at the 1999 Hemp Industries Association Conference in Canada. Following the conference, and inspired by what I had learned, I sequestered myself away for several months to research the issue in depth. (My kids are still mad at me over this). A good part of my results, and resulting plans, can be found at www.fuelandfiber.com - including a rather ragged paper I wrote that specifically addresses 'Hemp as biomass for energy'. In short there are a few issues that came to light: * Hempseed oil fetchs up to $30 gallon in the marketplace - as a food supplement. * Hempseed production is very low compared to MANY other oil crops. * Hemp itself is a Nitrogen USER, not fixer as so many claim. * Hemp as straight biomass only offers about 3-5 tons per acre. * Hemp bast fiber is far more valuable in textiles, composites or even paper than as a source of cellulose for ethanol. And of course, the granddaddy of them all, it is illegal to grow in the US. So the argument that hemp would be more economically sound than petroleum has been is hard to swallow. Petroleum has been free to suck out of the earth for a few decades now, which is much less bother than cultivating, planting, harvesting and processing a crop. Besides that, considering the volume of liquid fuels we use today, just imagine how much water would have been used to grow enough hemp to make this much! The Gulf of New Mexico 'Dead Zone' would probably encircle the earth by now! So, this argument, while sexy and all that, is rather hard to back up with facts. Nevertheless, I saw the POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS involved with the legal status as a sort of 'back door' into the 'system' that had the potential to affect the greatest measure of change needed to dislodge the existing power base, installing instead leadership favorable to bio-resource development. Of course this led to the Hemp US Flag project (www.hempusflag.com) as well as a number of other initiatives I have undertaken. One of these was to make biodiesel out of hempseed oil on the steps of the California State Capitol, assisted by a fine fellow named Ian Watson from the bay area and Todd Swearingen of Appal Energy. VoteHemp paid for the 15 gallons of hempseed oil, and we pulled it off on a sweltering August day. http://www.fuelandfiber.com/Archive/News/Legalize/BioDemo/biodemo.html Oops, I am rambling. I need to get back to work. In summary, from my perspective, hemp has a role to play in the energy scene more as a political issue than as a good feedstock for energy. The exception would be to employ the Fuel and Fiber Company Method - which is to fraction the material as a first step - retaining the high value bast fiber and only using the remaining 66% of biomass for energy and other co-products. Ok, a word about co-products. As has been correctly pointed out here, the majority of profits from a barrel of oil come from the co-products. The fuel itself is actually quite low value, comparatively. The same principal will apply to the Biorefinery envisioned. We will produce ethanol more as a public benefit than as a profitable venture. The profits will be found in the co-products and value adding done during processing. Lastly, I wanted to invite you to register and login to the all new FaFCo portal, www.fuelandfiber.com - I have set up a whole set of tools for you to use. Perhaps there is something useful there? Tim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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-biz] NCGA Calculator
Useful tool to calculate subsidy payments for oilseeds: http://www.ncga.com/farmbill/calculator/calculator.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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-biz] 1978 MBZ 240D
Friends, I recently have come across a Diesel Mercedes Benz 240D that may be of interest to you. It is in great shape overall and I have posted a few pictures on the web at: http://www.fuelandfiber.com/78Benz240D/index.html I am willing to drive it just about anywhere as long as I get my expenses covered. Contact info is on the site above. Tim . awebiz.com Work from Home, Run your Own Business NO CASH INVESTMENT CLICK HERE TO SET UP YOUR NEW BUSINESS NOW Tim Castleman (916) 489-8601 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- 4 DVDs Free +sp Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/RN.GAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/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-biz] Tim on KMUD radio tonight
Friday, June 14, 2002 N. California Live tonight at 7 PM on KMUD Radio, Tim Castleman, President of Arizona Fuel and Fiber Company, will be on the air to discuss the role hemp will play in the emerging Carbohydrate Economy. Topics to be discussed will include how hemp can be used for fuel and energy, and it's potential as a dedicated energy crop. Listeners are invited to call in questions and answers. Listen online at http://www.kmud.org/programs/audio.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Will You Find True Love? Will You Meet the One? Free Love Reading by phone! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Deo18C/zDLEAA/Ey.GAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/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/
[biofuel] Tim on KMUD radio tonight
Friday, June 14, 2002 N. California Live tonight at 7 PM on KMUD Radio, Tim Castleman, President of Arizona Fuel and Fiber Company, will be on the air to discuss the role hemp will play in the emerging Carbohydrate Economy. Topics to be discussed will include how hemp can be used for fuel and energy, and it's potential as a dedicated energy crop. Listeners are invited to call in questions and answers. Listen online at http://www.kmud.org/programs/audio.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Will You Find True Love? Will You Meet the One? Free Love Reading by phone! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Deo18C/zDLEAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; 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] OxyDiesel
http://www.oxydiesel.com/products/oxydiesel.html Oxygenated Diesel General Oxygenated Diesel is well positioned to play a role in the evolution of cleaner diesel systems. In order to make use of existing infrastructure for liquid fuels Pure Energy has combined diesel's positive attributes with cleaner burning renewable ethanol to run in unmodified diesel engines. The fuel is a liquid blend of low-sulfur No.2 diesel fuel, 15% ethanol and a small amount of a proprietary additive designed to stabilize the fuel and improve performance. The presence of ethanol improves the emissions profile when compared to neat diesel. Performance Characteristics a.. Composition: 80 - 84% Low sulfur No. 2 diesel, 15% fuel ethanol, 1 Ð 5% PEC additive package (2% average is expected) b.. Cetane: 42 to 45 (using #2 diesel with Cetane of 40) c.. Low Temperature Performance: Oxygenated Diesel is stable to at least -22 oF (no separation and unlike diesel, does not gel) d.. Energy Content: Oxygenated Diesel - 126,000 to 128,000 Btu/gal vs diesel ~ 135,000 Btu/gal e.. Fuel Economy: Tests to date show about 2%-6% less mileage f.. Sulfur: Sulfur is reduced 16 Ð 20% from the base diesel g.. Blending: Oxygenated Diesel can be in-line or splash blended at the terminal using existing equipment, facilities and blending techniques. h.. Lubricity: 5,200 vs. 3,100 for No. 2 Diesel i.. Water Tolerance: Designed to tolerate water exposure from storage and distribution j.. Biodegradable: Readily biodegradable in standard 28 day ASTM test (Method E1720-95) k.. Emissions: Testing at Southwest Research Institute has confirmed 41% reduction in PM, 5% reduction in NOx and 27% reduction in CO as compared with No.2 LS Diesel using EPA Federal Test Procedure for heavy-duty diesel engines. l.. Cost: Estimate $0.05 to 0.07 above No. 2 diesel (in full scale production). Cost competitive with No. 1 diesel and potentially better than the pricing expected for future low sulfur diesels. Demonstration and pre-production pricing will be higher. Demonstration Projects Archer Daniels Midland Trucking The first demonstration of Oxygenated Diesel began in November 1998 with four 1999 Mack trucks from ADM Trucking's fleet in Decatur, Illinois. The 1998-99 winter was very cold often reaching temperatures below zero. The challenge for Oxygenated Diesel was to start on command and offer driveability equivalent to diesel. Oxygenated Diesel started every time. In fact when the temperature dipped to Ð 18 degrees F the standard diesel fuel used by other trucks gelled preventing them from starting while those on Oxygenated Diesel started on cue. Recently, two older model Mack trucks were added to the program to confirm the Fuel's driveability in older vehicles. To date no operational problems related to fuel usage have occurred. See the table below for general information about the first quarter's data collected from the ADM vehicles. ADM Trucking Demonstration Data Chicago Transit Authority A demonstration with 30 buses from the Chicago Transit Authority (15 on Oxygenated Diesel, 15 will be control using diesel) is planned to start in early May 1999. Stay tuned to our site for news on this demonstration as it becomes available. Engine testing is currently being conducted at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (http://www.uiuc.edu) and emissions testing is being conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (http://www.ornl.gov). [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/Ey.GAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/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-biz] Fractions of petroleum
Someone was looking for some of this kind of data... The value of output for processes using FBR technology is the sum of gasoline, aviation and jet fuel plus the chemicals below: Product* ($1,000,000/yr) -- --- Gasoline(a) 133,940 Jet Fuel(a) 11,841 Fuel Oils(a) 29,025 Aniline 506 1,3-Butadiene773 Chloroform 207 Formaldehyde 2,129 Isobutylene 355 Maleic Anhydride 297 Perchloroethylene 91 Pthalic Anhydride598 Propylene 5,152 Styrene4,780 Vinyl chloride 3,093 --- $192,761,000,000/yr Fluidized Bed Reactors contributed to almost $200 billion in production to the US GDP for 1995. http://faculty.washington.edu/finlayso/Fluidized_Bed/FBR_Intro/dollars_scroll.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Take the Yahoo! Groups survey for a chance to win $1,000. Your opinion is very important to us! http://us.click.yahoo.com/NOFBfD/uAJEAA/Ey.GAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/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/
Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 203
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 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] Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel
Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel: SUV: 4,591 Air: 4,123 Bus: 3,729 Car: 3,672 Train: 2,138 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://199.79.179.77/btsprod/nts/Ch4_web/4-20.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/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] Novozymes A/S receives Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award 2001
http://www.novozymes.com/cgi-bin/bvisapi.dll/press/press.jsp?id=16066 26. June 2001 Award recognizes Novozymesâ strong position as a leading supplier of sustainable solutions to industries all over the world. Novozymes A/S received the prestigious Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award 2001 at a ceremony held today in Washington, DC, the company announced. The Award was presented by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which hailed Novozymes as a technical innovator in the field of green chemistry. Novozymes was recognized for designing an enzymatic process for treating cotton textiles that provides an economical and environmentally friendly alternative to the chemical-based products commonly used in the textile industry. The award-winning process called BioPreparationú reduces environmental impact, saving both energy and water without damaging cotton fibers. The dirty side of clean cotton One of the most negative environment impacts from textile production is the traditional process used to prepare cotton fiber, yarn and fabric. Before cotton yarn or fabric can be dyed, it goes through a number of processes in a textile mill. One important step is scouring - the complete or partial removal of the non-cellulosic components found in native cotton as well as impurities such as machinery and size lubricants. Traditionally this is achieved through a series of chemical treatments and subsequent rinsing in water. This treatment generates large amounts of salts, acids and alkali and requires huge amounts of water. The green alternative With BioPreparationú using the enzyme BioPrepú 3000 L, the cotton fibers can be treated under very mild conditions. The environmental impact is reduced since there is less chemical waste and a lower volume of water is needed for the procedure. The BioPreparationú process decreases both effluent load and water usage to the extent that the new technology becomes an economically viable alternative. Instead of using hot sodium hydroxide to remove the impurities and damaging parts of the fiber, enzymes do the same job leaving the cotton fiber intact. A rough estimate of the worldwide environmental impact of switching to BioPreparationú underlines the reasons why the product has been honored by this year's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. Because BioPreparationú uses fewer chemicals and rinsing steps than required during a traditional scour, textile mills may cut water consumption by as much as 30-50%. A recent statistical survey determined that 162 knitting mills used 89 million cubic meters of water a year in processing goods from scouring to finishing; the BioPreparationú approach would save between 27 and 45 million cubic meters of this water. In addition, field trials have established that the environmental loads are decreased by up to 40%, when compared to conventional sodium hydroxide treatments. Furthermore, cost savings of 30% or more per mill can be realized. We are very proud of this award. It serves as recognition of our enzyme technology as a sustainable solution to industrial problems, said Novozymes CEO Steen Riisgaard at the award ceremony. This is not the first time that the US government has recognized Novozymes' efforts to create a better balance between human consumption and nature. Earlier this year, the US government awarded funding of up to $14.8 million to an ambitious Novozymes project aimed at producing bio-ethanol fuel from biomass. Former President Bill Clinton established The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in 1995. The award reflects an outstanding achievement in utilizing green chemistry as a viable alternative in commercial applications. It recognizes fundamental breakthroughs in chemistry which prevent pollution through environmentally conscious design of chemical processes and products. Further information: Media Contact Eva Louise Holm Pedersen Phone: +45 4442 3338 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/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] Millennium Cell
http://www.millenniumcell.com Millennium Cell is a development stage company focused on the generation of a new, clean, abundant and renewable source of energy. Millennium Cell's patented boron-based energy technology delivers a hydrogen fuel that is safe, clean and easily transported, without the need for compression or liquefaction. In addition, we are developing longer-life batteries based on boron electrochemistry. Have you folks heard of this before? I guess not actually a biofuel, but seems very relevant. Tim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://promo2.yahoo.com/sbin/Yahoo!_BusinessNewsletter/survey.cgi http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/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] Hemp as Biomass for Energy
Dear list, Though I rarely make a contribution to this list, I have learned a great deal from all of your open sharing of ideas and information. A while back I posted a link to a paper I was working on regarding Hemp as Biomass for Energy. Prior to that I asked Keith to look over my work, which he graciously did, thank you Keith. Todd also got a peek at it, but as he was falling off his feet (which I assume means he was really tired) he only took a squint at it and said he would read more later and get back to me. He has not gotten back to me. Now, to the point of this post: Could you all please take a look at this and comment? I would really appreciate your honest, objective comments. http://www.fuelandfiber.com/Hemp4NRG/Hemp4NRG.htm Thanks in advance, Tim Castleman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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] Re: Hemp Destructive Distillation was Re: NEW can you help?
Donna, I have been investigating the use of fibrous crops, such as hemp, as a source of biomass for energy production. Perhaps this will shed some light on the subject for you: http://www.fuelandfiber.com/Hemp4NRG/Hemp4NRG.htm I imagine you will have questions, which I may get to a bit quicker if you e-mail me direct, off-list. Tim Castleman Fuel and Fiber Company 1058 N. Higley Rd. #108-160 Mesa, AZ 85205 www.fuelandfiber.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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] Hemp As Biomass
I stand ready to be flamed... http://www.fuelandfiber.com/Hemp4NRG/Hemp4NRG.htm Tim Castleman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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] Ecalene - Old news?
Power Energy Fuels, Inc. Leads the World In Waste-to-Ethanol Motor Fuel Conversion Source: Power Energy Fuels, Inc., Yahoo Finance 04/18 DENVER, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine being able to take the huge amounts of waste created by farm animals -- millions of tons per day -- and turn that waste into a highly usable fuel ... all with a minimum amount of waste byproduct and a maximum amount of positive environmental impact. Impossible ... NO. The proprietary process and patented catalysts, which Brookhaven National Laboratory concluded is ``superior to all others,'' will convert (using a chemical process) major environmental pollutants, such as animal and municipal solid wastes, methane gas and plastics, into a fuel that has a higher octane than ethanol. The Power Energy process produces not only a superior product, but also approximately twice the production from identical waste sources of other competing systems. Power Energy Fuels, Inc., with head offices and manufacturing facilities located in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area, has the exclusive worldwide rights to a proven, documented and demonstrated process that will convert any carbon based materials into a high grade ethanol fuel called Ecalene(TM). Ecalene(TM) can be cleanly burned in automobiles, trucks and fuel cells and is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency as a fuel additive. It is an effective and enhanced replacement for MTBE because MTBE is being banned from use after 2004. The portable conversion plants can be transported anywhere in the world, to clean the environment, and reduce the greenhouse effect. No other system can offer the mobility, flexibility, or profitability afforded by the Power Energy plants and technology. Waste to Ecalene(TM) Conversion/Revenue Rates: Source Amount Output Revenue Municipal Solid Waste 1 Ton 100 Gallons $140.00 per ton Stranded Natural Gas MCF 8.5 Gallons $11.90 MCF Coal Fines 1 Ton 130 Gallons $156.00 per ton Hog Manure 1 Ton 85 Gallons $119.00 per ton The U.S. Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee approved legislation (S. 2962) bans the use of MTBE by 2004. The banning of MTBE will triple the demand for ethanol (Ecalene(TM)) over the next ten years. The legislation has been amended to require the EPA to study how the elimination of the oxygen requirement impacts air quality. It also provides EPA with the authority to regulate on the basis of those studies to preserve the emissions benefits of Re-Formulated Gasoline (RFG). We expect the market for Ecalene(TM) to expand into many applications. Ecalene(TM) plants can be located anywhere, hence, fuel marketers can develop more retail pumps, dedicated to alternative fuels, since the supply is distributed closer to refineries and fuel distribution channels. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ 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] more windpower - Scam!?
Indeed, this appears to be a pure hoax to me. The diagram you refer to doesn't make sense-OR- I just don't understand the technology involved. I looked at it carefully and I say - SCAM! Tim http://www.wvt.de/englisch/index.htm They claim the start up speed with NO LOAD is .3 meters / second. I looked at the power curve on the site and it didn't seem like they were making any outrageous claims for low wind speed performance. The genny is a peculiar looking thing, however! Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] 1986 Ford escort wagon-diesel
I came upon an original owner 1986 Ford Escort wagon that is diesel front wheel drive. The glove box is full of receipts, and he says there are more. It started right up but I did not drive it as one tire was flat. Asking US$900. The guy says it is only one of 250 and that he had to send to Spain to get a replacement head (it's third). The car is dirty but complete straight, even nice. So, I am intrigued, or am I headed for a bunch a headaches better off with VW or M. Benz? Or is there someone with experience on this model that would offer advice? Thanks, Tim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Poor midwest farmers
Well now, isnt that just pure babble. Of course its about profit, there are people in the midwest trying to make a living. As far as corp-orations go, you cant outlaw them, they for the most part are you and I, kinda like big, bad government. Living in Arizona these past 17 years, and working as an HVAC contractor, I have met many dozens of farmers from the midwest. They come here in the winter to avoid the severe weather up north. They spend $30 to $150k on flimsy manufactured housing which are enclosed in 8 foot block walls with 24/7 guards at the gates. They invariably drive big new Oldsmobiles and dress very nice. They also spend lots of money eating in restaurants partaking of local recreation entertainment. When it starts to warm up, they close up the winter homes and go back north. These then sit empty for months, while thousands are living in the desert, under bridges and in substandard housing. My conclusion: These folks are just as greedy and selfish as any big corp, maybe even more so as I see very little contribution to our communities from them, unless it is in the form of some self serving charitable activity they enjoy, without getting their hands too dirty. These people are doing nothing to m! ake a living, they contribute little or nothing to our communities (except that they hire locals to clean their houses pull their weeds). It was these same families that depleted the midwest farmlands to the point of the notorious dustbowl years. This mess was cleaned up using public funds (USDA) and the farmers returned to the land. Now I learn that once again selfish, ignorant, greedy farmers are busy about killing off a substantial portion of the Gulf, and your only defense is that you are feeding cows, which has been proven to be the most wasteful, inefficient, environmentally damaging and stupid way to feed people. I'll pass on the beef. Sorry for the rant, but you Mr. Midwest farmer, need to take responsibility for your industries actions. Perhaps you are not one of the ones with a winter home here, but if not, I bet you would like to be! And I bet you will dump any amount of poison on the land to achieve that! Take responsibility! Learn what you are doing in the big picture. We need you to do this. The world needs you to do this. Please don't retreat into your small world of concern only for your immediate family. As far as the remark about not helping feed the world, I dont know if the rest of the world could fill in the void if we shut down for the year or not, I suppose you could eat soy burgers or something, oh I forgot we raise soybeans to. One other thing, if you dont want to contract mad cow, just keep chomping on that good ole USA beef that by the way eats the corn I raise. What's wrong with soy burgers? Tim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Apology RE:Poor farmer
Please accept my apology for my earlier post regarding Midwest farmers. I was wrong. Tim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Dead Zone
According to a PBS Nature program shown here recently, there is a Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico the size of New Jersey. This begins at the mouth of the Mississippi and spreads outward into the gulf. This is caused by excess nitrogen runoff from Midwest farmlands. Any thoughts on this? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Electric heat 99% efficent?
I don't get it, how do you conclude electrical heaters are efficient? Now -- consider this -- your most efficient heat transfer is simple electrical resistance heaters. also the cheapest. and they work very well at 1200 F range. Consider this -- the steam reformation reaction is a method of storing heat as a gas. Beats the hell out of charging batteries efficiency wise. Why -- because in a reaction chamber heated by electrical resistance elements over 99% conversion of power to heat is realized. There is no flue gas going out at 1200 F -- get it?? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] AquaLux
This would be no different than hooking up a battery charger to produce the arc. Scam. Tim - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 6:56 PM Subject: [biofuel] AquaLux I did make It to the demo at AquaLux. It was very interesting. It was geared for investors They are trying to raise 10 million dollars. I do not have any to risk but if I did I would seriously consider it. They made the gas, cooked us a steak and showed us a device that supposedly made the gas. They cannot produce enough gas to take any orders yet, but they are relocating soon and have the parts to build a new machine. This is a real ground floor investment. Either they will change the world as we know it or they will go bust outside of a year. This reminds me of the time I had a chance to buy stock cheap in a company that wanted to sell burgers out of a single wide trailer. That company is Checkers also located in Pinellas County. Years from now I may kick myself for missing this opportunity or I may be glad I didn't get taken by a scam. Does anyone know how electricity is billed to you. They did a demonstration where they clamped a device around an electric wire. They said this was to measure the resistance in the wire. Then they added another appliance and the resistance increased. Then they struck an arc and the resistance did not go up. An arc or short does not increase resistance. Under these conditions they claim that if you have an appliance running off the electricity and you create an arc the arc will cost you nothing. The water got extremely hot and I cannot figure where all the energy to hear the water came from without the electric company charging you for it. Do they charge by resistance or was this just smoke and mirrors? If anyone has any questions about this I will try to answer them but I may not have all the answers. I do not work for them but I did ask John Lux for a job if he ever got up and running. If this crap does work I can't Imagine a better job. MADMAN http://www.bazookabros.8k.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-~ We give away $70,000 a month! Come to iWin.com for your chance to win! http://us.click.yahoo.com/olMXHC/BJVCAA/4ihDAA/FZTVlB/TM -_- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Introduction-lurker
Hi, My name is Tim Castleman, in Mesa, Arizona. I have been a lurker on this list a little while. I actually created a seperate view in outlook due to the high volume of posts. I did that because this is the best list I have ever had the good fortune to subscribe to. Many thanks to all of you for your willingness to share your expertise on these things. I guess it is time to (humbly) throw my hat in the ring, so to speak, and invite your comments about my wild idea. In short, the concept envisions a renewable resource system using fibrous crops such as hemp and kenaf to produce core free fiber, ethanol and other chemicals. www.fuelandfiber.com This system would not use the seed at all, cropping would be frequent (good in Fla.) and large scale agriculture is required. The high value product would be the fiber. Fuels and chemicals would be an economic wash, but would cover crop production, harvest and seperation costs, sustainably. A system on this large of scale would indicate an ADM or Cargill or whatever, and maybe someday those guys will do just that, unless grower groups get together early. A good model is found in the many co-ops producing ethanol here in the US. Collectively, they produce about 1/2, which may be close to 1 billion gallons per year soon. So, this is what I have been working on here in sunny, irrigated Arizona. The Maricopa Ag center produced a world record 14 ton per acre of kenaf. One of the PHD guys that was in on it is a friend, and eager to proceed. We have about 400,000 irrigated acres historically used for cotton, 300+ days per year sunshine and a dry climate that eliminates any feral population issues and enhances fiber seperation during processing. For those interested, please check out the site, feed back is welcome. I ask in advance for you understanding of my limited time these days, and so I may only rarely post to the list, but I do try and read as many as I can (miss most). I closing, I would alos like to invite you to visit www.azhemp.org , a brand new site for a non-profit.org we have formed. Tim ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-~ Make good on the promise you made at graduation to keep in touch. Classmates.com has over 14 million registered high school alumni--chances are you'll find your friends! http://us.click.yahoo.com/l3joGB/DMUCAA/4ihDAA/FZTVlB/TM -_- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
