Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: [biofuel] mixing

2001-06-02 Thread goat industries
Thanks for your link on Oscillatory Flow Mixing (OFM) Keith . will check it out now paddy Make your own continuous reactor! Oscillatory Flow Mixing (OFM) provides highly effective mixing in tube reactors by the combination of fluid oscillations and baffle inserts ... OFM is

[biofuels-biz] Re: [biofuel] Sierra Club's Dismal Daniel Becker

2001-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Very well done Todd! Two points: one is that the Sierra Club has a similar downright dumb (at best) attitude to fuel ethanol. ... promotion of ethanol is not a really effective way of buying the American farmer into sustainability. ... Ethanol introduces a conflict between feeding the world

Re: [biofuel] Green Party Battle Bus

2001-06-02 Thread Biofuels
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Re: [biofuel] Green Party Battle Bus

2001-06-02 Thread David Teal
my local parliamentary candidate knows about biodiesel. His url is: http://www.eastkent-greenparty.org.uk/elections/richardboden.htm Unfortunately, there is no direct email address, although I know he has one..just can't find it at the moment. No harm in going through his agent I guess. David

Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 472

2001-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Hanns, The only way you can change things is to get out and do them. If you wait for others you will still be sitting there talking about it in 10 years time. The problem is not that people think differently to you but that most of them dont think fullstop. I am often reminded of an old

RE: [biofuel] Digest Number 472

2001-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Hanns Keith, Harry et al, Have been reading this stuff with great interest. Am wondering if there is some way all of us likeminded people could pool ideas and come up with something practical that just might begin to make a difference. Isn't that what we're doing here? In my opinion as

Re: [biofuel] Engines

2001-06-02 Thread Harmon Seaver
Ah, thanx a lot -- the density compensator in the pump explains a lot. And, interestingly enough they no longer recommend using gasoline. doctor who wrote: Ok I pulled this off another list this explains the engines combustion process better than I can.

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[biofuel] Horse Manure

2001-06-02 Thread Carl Potter
I have approximately 160,000 cubic yard of horse manure in New Mexico. Does anyone know of someone who might be interested in it to convert into fuel? Carl __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year!

[biofuel] can you make biodiesel out of clean vegatable oil??

2001-06-02 Thread eric almanzan
can it be made out of unused veggie oil? or does it need all those bits of food and fat to make power?? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Biofuel at Journey to

Re: [biofuel] Horse Manure

2001-06-02 Thread Fischmann
Are you sure it isn't just a lot of bull? (Sorry, I just couldn't help it - I love you guys). [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

Re: [biofuel] can you make biodiesel out of clean vegatable oil??

2001-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
eric almanzan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can it be made out of unused veggie oil? or does it need all those bits of food and fat to make power?? Hi Eric You can make high-quality biodiesel out of any vegetable or animal oils or fats. Someone once said here you could make it out of earwax if

Re: [biofuel] Horse Manure

2001-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
I have approximately 160,000 cubic yard of horse manure in New Mexico. Does anyone know of someone who might be interested in it to convert into fuel? Carl That's 80,000 tons of horseshit! How on earth did you manage to accumulate so much? What condition is it in? Keith Addison Journey to

Re: [biofuel] Horse Manure

2001-06-02 Thread David Reid
A lot of it is possibly to old to be used. Must have held a political rally and a lot of it is possibly pre-election B.r., David - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Horse

Re: [biofuel] Horse Manure

2001-06-02 Thread Carl Potter
It's at a closed down race track. It's been sitting untouched for 3 years after 25-30years of accumaltion. Carl --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have approximately 160,000 cubic yard of horse manure in New Mexico. Does anyone know of someone who might be interested in it to

RE: [biofuel] Digest Number 482

2001-06-02 Thread Crabb, David
I'm a 71 year old disabled veteran and I'm homeless. I served my country well and now I do not have enough income to rent an apartment. I only get $700 per month for old age social security and I get $100 per month for fighting in the Vietnam War. That is not enough money to feed myself

Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 472

2001-06-02 Thread David Reid
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 2:18 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 472 Hanns, The only way you can change things is to get out and do them. If you wait for others you will still

[biofuel] steam engine on eBay

2001-06-02 Thread Alan S. Petrillo
Any of you who have expressed interest in steam power might find this interesting. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1434825911 -- Aviation is more than a hobby. It is more than a job. It is more than a career. Aviation is a way of life. A second language for the

Re: [biofuel] steam engine

2001-06-02 Thread Harmon Seaver
Here's a guy who builds steam engine and collects and sells them: http://www.cherokeetel.com/turkey/1/ -- Harmon Seaver, MLIS CyberShamanix Work 920-203-9633 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home 920-233-5820 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html

[biofuel] Sierra Club's Dismal Daniel Becker

2001-06-02 Thread Appal Energy
Several weeks ago I spoke with Daniel Becker at the Sierra Club's corporate office in Washington, DC. The topic of discourse was a recently posted article to biofuels where Mr. Becker relegated biodiesel to status of no better than low sulfur diesel and an alternative fuel which the Sierra Club

[biofuel] does biodiesel congeal in colder weather??

2001-06-02 Thread eric almanzan
I once heard that the problem with biodiesel is that it starts to congeal at about 40 degrees making it useless during the winter. Is this so? and does it have to do with being made out of used cooking fat?? so would that mean that clean veggie oil would not congeal?? and how cheaply can

[biofuel] Re: Horse Manure

2001-06-02 Thread Wendy
Message: 21 Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 06:09:36 +0900 From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Horse Manure I have approximately 160,000 cubic yard of horse manure in New Mexico. Does anyone know of someone who might be interested in it to convert into fuel? Carl That's 80,000 tons

Re: [biofuel] Biodiesel in 10 minutes

2001-06-02 Thread NBT - E. Beggs
Co-solvent blending on its own...faster, not quite as fast as the final process, patented and now licensed from U of T to Biox... Technology New Process Cuts Time, Costs Thanks to a new manufacturing process being developed by researchers at the University of Toronto, producing biodiesel-grade

Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 482

2001-06-02 Thread ronald miller sr
MAYBE HE DIDN'T SPEND 20 YEARS IN THE SERVICE. SO HE CAN'T DRAW MILITARY RETIREMENT. MY FIRST QUESTION IS IF HE IS HOMELESS WHY DOESN'T HE GO TO A SHELTER OR THE SALVATION ARMY. MY SECOND QUESTIO IS HOW DID HE GET ONLINE - Original Message - From: Crabb, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: [biofuel] Coco-diesel - Engine repair claims turned down

2001-06-02 Thread Hanns B. Wetzel
Thanks Keith, Though when I attempted to connect to the below mwntioned URL I got a web page from yahoo with the foillowing message We're Sorry... The database is unavailable at the moment. Please try again in a few minutes. Several try's got the same result each time. I then emailed to [EMAIL

Re: [biofuel] New group for biofuels businesses

2001-06-02 Thread REPiep
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RE: [biofuel] Coco-diesel - Engine repair claims turned down

2001-06-02 Thread Hanns B. Wetzel
Ken, If you can't get it from the URL given by Keith e.g. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bio-oil/files/BIOFUELpaper4.doc please give nme your email address and I'll send it to you because we can't do this through the mailing list. Hann -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [biofuel] Biodiesel in 10 minutes

2001-06-02 Thread Barryt
I have read all this before and I still have no idea what Boocock and his group are actually doing other than faster waking biodiesel faster using a catalyst. Can anyone enlighten me please? Barryt - Original Message - From: NBT - E. Beggs To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent:

Re: [biofuel] Another missed opportunity

2001-06-02 Thread ian
At least 98% of trucks and buses in the uk are diesel Steve. Ian 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

[biofuel] bubbling devices

2001-06-02 Thread ian
Thanks To Simon Wells, I made a bubbler from a Grind stone wheel. Works perfectly. Ian 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!

Re: [biofuel] Horse Manure

2001-06-02 Thread ian
Could you try this for me, or anyone who has a large amount of crap sitting round, get 2 copper pipes or rod about 4' long. Place each one opposite each other on each side of the pile. Get a voltmeter and measure any voltage across the two. I heard of this a while back and am interested if it

RE: [biofuel] Re: Aleks' 'foolproof method' methanol reclaim

2001-06-02 Thread Mike Brownstone
No I don't think the extra ten minutes would be damaging. What was your concentration of NaOH in the methoxide and how much did you add in ml on each dosing? Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:34 PM To:

Re: [biofuel] Sierra Club's Dismal Daniel Becker

2001-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Very well done Todd! Two points: one is that the Sierra Club has a similar downright dumb (at best) attitude to fuel ethanol. ... promotion of ethanol is not a really effective way of buying the American farmer into sustainability. ... Ethanol introduces a conflict between feeding the world

RE: [biofuel] Coco-diesel - Engine repair claims turned down

2001-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Thanks Keith, Though when I attempted to connect to the below mwntioned URL I got a web page from yahoo with the foillowing message We're Sorry... The database is unavailable at the moment. Please try again in a few minutes. Several try's got the same result each time. I then emailed to [EMAIL

Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 482

2001-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
ronald miller sr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MAYBE HE DIDN'T SPEND 20 YEARS IN THE SERVICE. SO HE CAN'T DRAW MILITARY RETIREMENT. MY FIRST QUESTION IS IF HE IS HOMELESS WHY DOESN'T HE GO TO A SHELTER OR THE SALVATION ARMY. MY SECOND QUESTIO IS HOW DID HE GET ONLINE There's nothing to indicate

[biofuel] Biodiesel Bulletin

2001-06-02 Thread National Biodiesel Board
BIODIESEL BULLETIN A Monthly Newsletter of the National Biodiesel Board June 1, 2001 Headlines: á Public Biodiesel Pumps Open for Business á Caterpillar Supports Use of Biodiesel in Engines á Washington Update á Biodiesel Use on the Rise in Missouri á Minnesota

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: FW: virus alert

2001-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Keith I did react immediately and deleted the file!! DUH!! I then reloaded Win98 and it is on the Win98CD, so it definitely is a hoax!! John Hi John I hope all's well now. Please be cautious with these virus warnings - but I'll bet you will be next time! Mindless mischief, eh? Take care

Re: [biofuel] Thai king promotes home-grown green palm fuels

2001-06-02 Thread Gary and Jos Kimlin
I share your concerns about Coconut oil used unmodified as fuel, the problem in the South Pacific though is the convoluted means of import of anything even alcohol and Caustic soda. I'm not real keen on setting up high yield stills in villages having seen the mess alcohol can make in Paradise.

Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 472

2001-06-02 Thread Gary and Jos Kimlin
Earth Summit 2002 should be interesting if, as I have suggested, some NGO's in developed countries have polarised the Rio Declaration by concentrating on Cleaning the environment without attempting to better distribute wealth and eliminate poverty. I see this as too much like the Feudal system

Re: [biofuel] can you make biodiesel out of clean vegatable oil??

2001-06-02 Thread Gary and Jos Kimlin
Clean oil is great! The bits you mention are there for flavour. 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

Re: [biofuel] Sierra Club's Dismal Daniel Becker

2001-06-02 Thread Gary and Jos Kimlin
Some Oz conservationists are opposed to any energy source that produces CO2 regardless of the source. When you add hydro and nuclear to that, high yield energy become a problem. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to

Re: [biofuel] does biodiesel congeal in colder weather??

2001-06-02 Thread Gary and Jos Kimlin
I would expect that used oil had shorter chains since it is discarded when it fails to get hot enough to cook at the smoke point. Some oils (coconut) produce shorter chain esters. shouldn't be a problem in Queensland. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html

Re: [biofuel] Biodiesel in 10 minutes

2001-06-02 Thread Gary and Jos Kimlin
Homogenizing the alcohol, catalyst and oil may be the limiting factor, in that case using a solvent that dissolves both the alcohol and the oil would have the potential to vastly accelerate the process. They are not clear on the final part of the reaction but I would guess that an additive that

Re: [biofuel] can you make biodiesel out of clean vegatable oil??

2001-06-02 Thread steve spence
used or unused, doesn't matter. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212)

Re: [biofuel] Digest Number 472

2001-06-02 Thread steve spence
stay tuned for the pics of the vw jetta that Greg Yohn and I are converting to veggie oil. I designed and built the 15' long heat exchanger yesterday, Greg is designing the heated tank this weekend. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm

Re: [biofuel] Fwd: FW: virus alert

2001-06-02 Thread steve spence
Please send any virus questions to me before taking action or forwarding to others, I'll be happy to answer your requests. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Palm Pilot Pages -