Re: [biofuel] Hydrated ethanol/diesel fuel blends

2002-10-12 Thread Steve Spence
I have no experience mixing ethanol with diesel. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "George Wessel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturd

Re: [biofuel] Re: help

2002-10-12 Thread Craig Pech
I remember seeing something that said DDG has three times the protien content of corn (because DDG has one third the weight and the protien is not used in the fermentation process). This is why DDG sells for a lot more than feed corn. Wet distillers grains need to be used within 24 hours as they

Re: [biofuel] Hydrated ethanol/diesel fuel blends

2002-10-12 Thread George Wessel
Steve Summers here are very hotand I was thinking of a summer time fuel only. But to help thin the mixture out a little I was wondering if I could add 10 to 20 percent ethanol. I've heard of adding ethanol to biodiesel, but not to dino diesel. Is it possible or wise? George Steve Spence wrote:

Re: [biofuel] Re: help

2002-10-12 Thread Tad Johnson
>Joe's asking about the protein content of DDG, Distillers Dried >Grains, the by-product, not the distillate, usually fed neither to >people nor fuel tanks but livestock. Lol, sounds like a big goof on my part. Although when I was helping the brewmaster at a commercial brewery here in Californi

RE: [biofuel] MIT offers all courses free online

2002-10-12 Thread kirk
Britain is far ahead of the US it seems. This from a friend in the UK: We have had the open university for decades,it is nice to see that America has finaly caught on to what we have been doing for so long that its first TV broadcasts were black and white!! Some of the archive programs are so old

Re: [biofuel] MIT offers all courses free online

2002-10-12 Thread Party of Citizens
Some say this is only a matter of putting course outlines on the Internet but I am inclined to agree with you that for the $100,000,000 projected budget one would expect a lot more. POC On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, womplex_oo1 wrote: > http://web.mit.edu/ > > Congratulations to MIT, the first school in

Re: [biofuel] Re: Taxation was Re: presentation tomorrow

2002-10-12 Thread murdoch
>If you never heard fuel tax be called >road tax, then you are very new to this list. It is also a sign of the >effects of the press who does not think when they quote. I'm afraid I don't understand the distinction. >The politicians like indirect taxes because it reduces psychologically the >

Re: [biofuel] Re: help

2002-10-12 Thread Keith Addison
>At 12:41 PM 10/12/02 -0500, you wrote: > >I had a question that is specific that I would like to know your process > >concerning ethanol. How do you measure starch content, sugar content, > >alcohol content in the various production steps and how do you measure > >protein content in ddg? > >All

Re: [biofuel] Re: help

2002-10-12 Thread Tad Johnson
P.S. Vast amounts of data are available on different sugar crops for production of ethanol via the department of agriculture and other sites. Tad Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Home Selling? Try Us! http://us.click.yahoo.com/QrPZMC/iTmEAA/MVfIAA/FGYol

Re: [biofuel] Re: help

2002-10-12 Thread Tad Johnson
At 12:41 PM 10/12/02 -0500, you wrote: >I had a question that is specific that I would like to know your process >concerning ethanol. How do you measure starch content, sugar content, >alcohol content in the various production steps and how do you measure >protein content in ddg? All standard br

[biofuel] Taxation was Re: presentation tomorrow

2002-10-12 Thread motie_d
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hakan Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > . > > The politicians like indirect taxes because it reduces psychologically the > importance of tax issues in election campaigns. It also give possibilities > of manipulating the people. For years now, we have seen this re

Re: [biofuel] Re: help

2002-10-12 Thread joetrotter
I had a question that is specific that I would like to know your process concerning ethanol. How do you measure starch content, sugar content, alcohol content in the various production steps and how do you measure protein content in ddg? I would appreciate your sharing on this. Joe - Origin

[biofuel] Re: presentation tomorrow

2002-10-12 Thread motie_d
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "mallyscott1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never heard fuel tax be called road tax. That term is reserved > for the annual licencing tax. There are several fuel tax levels, > heating fuel tax and off road fuel tax, both very low, and road fuel > tax, very high.

Biodiesel and organic food in Paraguay was [biofuel] The Debate Over Diesel and a Patented Lipase

2002-10-12 Thread Juan Boveda
Hello Keith >As Keith wrote: >"Done this way, biodiesel can be ethyl esters as the oil is virgin, a >stable supply with constant characteristics, and can be suitably >deacidified first (FFAs from acidulated soapstock providing further >process fuel). Such stable feedstock means that if using pure

[biofuel] Re: Taxation was Re: presentation tomorrow

2002-10-12 Thread Hakan Falk
Malcom, If you asked me some month ago, I would have said exactly the same thing. In Sweden and Swedish it is used with clear distinctions. I never really thought about it. When I started to read all kind of Internet publications and many articles about energy in transport sector. I also sta

[biofuel] MIT offers all courses free online

2002-10-12 Thread womplex_oo1
http://web.mit.edu/ Congratulations to MIT, the first school in the world to offer engineering courses online - And BOY did they outdo themselves !!! Check out the OpenCourseWare, the educational parallel to Open Source software... - course outlines - lecture materials - lecture videos - exa

[biofuel] Re: presentation tomorrow

2002-10-12 Thread mallyscott1
I've never heard fuel tax be called road tax. That term is reserved for the annual licencing tax. There are several fuel tax levels, heating fuel tax and off road fuel tax, both very low, and road fuel tax, very high. It has never been claimed that this tax is for spending on the roads and no