Re: [biofuel] US News and World Report: Cover Story
Keith Addison wrote: > >You think Jesus would drive a diesel with biodiesel in it? I guess he > would at that. And/or a bicycle. I dunno... I like donkeys, I wish I > had a donkey. A teenaged boy wanted to get his driver's license, so he approached his father and asked if he could take a driver's ed course. The father considered this request and made two stipulations: "You must improve your grades this term, and you must cut your long hair." The boy disciplined himself, studied three nights a week and made certain every assignment had been completed and handed in. When report card time came around, the boy proudly showed his father a big improvement in his academic achievement. "Can I get my license now?" the boy queried. "You haven't cut your hair," his father replied. Without skipping a beat, the boy responded: "Well dad, I've done some research. I've learned that Jesus, your favorite role model, had long hair, and if long hair was good enough for him, it's good enough for me." The father pondered this for a moment. "You're right," he said. "But if you research a little bit more, you'll learn that Jesus WALKED everywhere he went!" robert luis rabello "The Edge of Justice" Adventure for Your Mind http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/9782 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/
RE: [biofuel] US News and World Report: Cover Story
>Interestingly enough your website may have contributed to this article in a >round about way. About a month ago, US News asked for reader reaction to >the question, "What would Jesus drive?" I couldn't resist and sent in a >letter that was later published on their website. I closed with a reference >to your website, pointing anyone who was interested in learning more about >biodiesel there. I bet they used your website in their research. > >Reader's letters can be read here: > >http://www.usnews.com/usnews/world/letters/suv1.htm > >Keep up the good work! > >Ryan O-ho! I bet they did too. Thankyou Ryan. I just received an announcement about it from the NBB's Jenna Higgins: >U.S. News Features Biodiesel in >"<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030217/biztech/17oil.htm?lk=14516 >01-1451601-0-5853-1/tyWSdbPmvAmAtvz/GFhjr3N-W1687V>LIVING WITHOUT >OIL" > >Dear Biodiesel Bulletin Subscriber, > >Click on >"<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030217/biztech/17oil.htm?lk=14516 >01-1451601-0-5853-1/tyWSdbPmvAmAtvz/GFhjr3N-W1687V>Living Without >Oil-As war looms, the search for new energy alternatives is all the >more urgent" to read the cover story of the latest U.S. News & World >Report. Biodiesel is prominently featured, along with other >alternative fuels. > >Join BIODIESEL ALLIANCE! >Would you like to be supportive of biodiesel and receive more timely >information like this, and about new developments and opportunities >to take action? etc. ... But maybe us here's ahead of them there, eh? No mention of the NBB in that story. You think Jesus would drive a diesel with biodiesel in it? I guess he would at that. And/or a bicycle. I dunno... I like donkeys, I wish I had a donkey. Letters: >Americans love the freedom, power, and status that their vehicles >provide. Who knows, Jesus may be the biggest car enthusiast ever, >and he may find Reverend Ball's views "socially irresponsible." >Wouldn't that be ironic! LOL! Jesus sure was notable for being devoted to his sense of freedom, power, and status above all else... Methinks he failed to get the message, at least one. Lots of dysfunctional bipolar reasoning as usual - don't look at the substance, just blame them for trying to impose their views. How convenient. Best Keith >-Original Message- >From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 7:10 PM >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [biofuel] US News and World Report: Cover Story > > >Thanks Ryan - very good: > > "If George Bush had pointed to the wreck of the World Trade >Center, and said, `We must correct this problem,' and the only way is by >raising the cost of gasoline on a phased-in basis, it would have worked," he >says. "It was the golden opportunity missed." > >Yea, verily. > >Keith 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/
Re: [biofuel] US News and World Report: Cover Story
>Interestingly enough your website may have contributed to this article in a >round about way. About a month ago, US News asked for reader reaction to >the question, "What would Jesus drive?" I couldn't resist and sent in a >letter that was later published on their website. I closed with a reference >to your website, pointing anyone who was interested in learning more about >biodiesel there. I bet they used your website in their research. > >Reader's letters can be read here: > >http://www.usnews.com/usnews/world/letters/suv1.htm > >Keep up the good work! > >Ryan You too. I wonder, if somehow word reaches the author, or if he is reading, if he could be persuaded at some point, in future articles, to *not* use Mr. Pimentel as the only source on the ethanol sustainability issue. I thought it was an excellent article, but on that issue, it needs to be said that Mr. Pimentel is (as best I've been able to determine) nearly entirely alone in his views amongst respected reseachers, he is always the one quoted, and while there are more respected views than his which question whether ethanol is more than marginally sustainable, none seem to question the basic issue of sustainability. The issue is more widely-debated, with a much wider range of views, than Mr. Pimentel would ever let on. I do not ask that the author ignore the claims of this or that researcher, but he might like to be aware that Mr. Pimentel does not necessarily represent the mainstream of thinking on these matters, nor even the mainstream of government analyses. Rather, he comes across as the carefully-protected darling of anti-ethanol forces, partly because they can find so very few others to echo his views. The author may wish to consider that there may be several different plausible explanations as to why Mr. Pimentel is nearly alone in his views. 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/
RE: [biofuel] US News and World Report: Cover Story
Interestingly enough your website may have contributed to this article in a round about way. About a month ago, US News asked for reader reaction to the question, "What would Jesus drive?" I couldn't resist and sent in a letter that was later published on their website. I closed with a reference to your website, pointing anyone who was interested in learning more about biodiesel there. I bet they used your website in their research. Reader's letters can be read here: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/world/letters/suv1.htm Keep up the good work! Ryan -Original Message- From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 7:10 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] US News and World Report: Cover Story Thanks Ryan - very good: "If George Bush had pointed to the wreck of the World Trade Center, and said, `We must correct this problem,' and the only way is by raising the cost of gasoline on a phased-in basis, it would have worked," he says. "It was the golden opportunity missed." Yea, verily. Keith >http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030217/biztech/17oil.htm > >Living Without Oil >As war looms, the search for new energy alternatives is all the more urgent 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 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/
Re: [biofuel] US News and World Report: Cover Story
Thanks Ryan - very good: "If George Bush had pointed to the wreck of the World Trade Center, and said, `We must correct this problem,' and the only way is by raising the cost of gasoline on a phased-in basis, it would have worked," he says. "It was the golden opportunity missed." Yea, verily. Keith >http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030217/biztech/17oil.htm > >Living Without Oil >As war looms, the search for new energy alternatives is all the more urgent 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/
Re: [biofuel] US News and World Report: Cover Story
Great article, thx for sending it along. 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] US News and World Report: Cover Story
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030217/biztech/17oil.htm Living Without Oil As war looms, the search for new energy alternatives is all the more urgent By Marianne Lavelle Grant Goodman wanted to do his part to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. So two years ago, the Phoenix concrete producer began using biodiesel--made from refined soybean oil--to fuel his fleet of 130 diesel-powered cement mixers and excavators. For his efforts, Goodman in 2001 won a local entrepreneur of the year award and plaudits from the Environmental Protection Agency. But protecting the Earth was not Goodman's only concern. "Let's start with national security--the billions and billions we waste dancing around the issue, protecting those pipelines, invading Iraq, doing whatever else we're doing in the Middle East. It all gets down to continuing the flow of oil to this country." Goodman's stance hasn't been easy. Biodiesel fuel sold for 70 cents per gallon more than regular diesel fuel, giving competitors of his Rockland Materials a decided edge. "It cost me a few hundred grand," says Goodman. Those harsh economics forced him last year to resort to a petroleum mix including 40 percent or less of biodiesel. But don't count him out. He plans to build his own soybean oil refinery this year to help him return to 100 percent biodiesel. Goodman has urged other local businesses to make the switch, but as long as petroleum is cheaper, he says, "I'm this guy screaming in the wind." Sure, in theory, everyone agrees the nation should break its 20 million-barrel-a-day oil habit, 58 percent of it imported. Last week, President Bush noted that "sometimes we import from countries that don't particularly like us. It jeopardizes our national security." Antiwar protesters, who argue that Iraq's massive oil reserves have made it a U.S. target, use sharper rhetoric. "No blood for oil!" they shouted at demonstrations at gasoline stations around the country last week. At the other end of the political spectrum, Martin Feldstein, who headed former President Reagan's panel of economic advisers, has argued that the United States should set a goal of complete oil independence by the year 2020. "Otherwise, we will continue to be hostage to the policies of the current and future rulers of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and their neighbors." And indeed, the jitters of potential war in the Middle East and political upheaval in Venezuela, the nation's fourth-largest oil supplier, have pushed up the price of gasoline for eight consecutive weeks. If global events turn awry, an oil price shock could, as has happened repeatedly in the past, tip the struggling economy back into recession. Within reach. But has anyone found a reasonable alternative to the black gold that fuels the U.S. economy? Some answers seem tantalizingly close, especially for transportation, which consumes the vast majority of our oil. Hundreds of truck fleets and bus systems already run on two diesel-fuel alternatives, biodiesel and natural gas. Meanwhile, biotechnology has made it possible to extract fuels from farm products like corn husks, long discarded as waste. And, of course, there are the many recent advances in the harnessing of energy from the world's most abundant element, hydrogen--the science for which Bush pledged $1.2 billion support in his State of the Union message. But much more money and an even broader government commitment will be needed to reverse the current U.S. trajectory toward greater oil addiction. After all, largely because of the popularity of gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles, the average fuel economy of the 2003 fleet of cars sank 6 percent below the peak set 15 years ago. Critics say that until the new technology is ready to help the nation kick the oil habit, the Bush administration should focus on breaking the addiction step by step. Fuel-economy regulations, they argue, could force greater use of the breakthrough hybrid gas-electric engine and other lesser-known innovations that can squeeze more miles out of every gallon of gasoline. Japan's government, for example, vows to put 10 million "ecofriendly" cars on its roads by 2010, a number it hopes will include not only 50,000 hydrogen fuel cell cars but also natural gas vehicles, electric autos, and hybrids. Japan's auto industry views that as an attainable goal, given the tax incentives and subsidies that support it. Stephen Tang, president of Millennium Cell, an Eatontown, N.J., firm that has developed a hydrogen fueling system, is hopeful that a similar commitment will catch fire here. "If we can get the oil man to say the word `hydrogen,' that's significant progress," says Tang. In his so-called FreedomFUEL initiative, the president zeroed in on what is unquestionably the most promising alternative fuel. Hydrogen is everywhere, and when used to power a special battery called a fuel cell, its only waste product is water. It's an alluring option, but slippery. Hydrogen is extremely difficult to ha
