RE: [biofuel] Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread kirk
Problem is in watersheds with little ranching as well. Hormone plume intensifies with human settlements. An example is down the Columbia River. Portland has problems and Columbia Gorge and area is pretty much low animal population density. DES in steers has been abandoned by many producers here.

RE: [biofuel] Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea 12-28-02

2002-12-28 Thread kirk
In 1998 it was reported that 80,975 adult and juvenile Atlantic salmon escaped from farms into British Columbia's waters. ** And then government agents see themselves as managers. Couldn't manage their way out of a wet paper sack. We are surrounded by idio

Re: [biofuel] Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea 12-28-02

2002-12-28 Thread Keith Addison
>Keith, > >I have only experiences from Swedish fish farmers and they >are quite small. In Sweden we does not seem to have this very >large industrialized ones, but a lot of small fish farmers. They >seem to be a quite responsible bunch, more like family farms. > >I can not talk about other countr

[biofuel] In Europe, the case of the missing sparrows csmonitor.com

2002-12-28 Thread kirk
Clues in the petrol? But if so why not in all towns? This could be the canary in the coal mine. Uh oh. What have we done now? Kirk http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1227/p01s03-woeu.htm In Europe, the case of the missing sparrows By Peter Ford | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor PAR

Re: [biofuel] Re: Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread Hakan Falk
Have you tested the water so you know it is iron? Hakan At 11:03 PM 12/28/2002 +, you wrote: >Sorry to stray from the topic, but I thought the collective learning >of the group might be able to help. Someone I know has just moved >into a house with no mains water and so put in a borehole.

Re: [biofuel] Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea 12-28-02

2002-12-28 Thread Hakan Falk
Keith, I have only experiences from Swedish fish farmers and they are quite small. In Sweden we does not seem to have this very large industrialized ones, but a lot of small fish farmers. They seem to be a quite responsible bunch, more like family farms. I can not talk about other countries tha

Re: [biofuel] Re: Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread robert luis rabello
"hcr_ii " wrote: > Sorry to stray from the topic, but I thought the collective learning > of the group might be able to help. Someone I know has just moved > into a house with no mains water and so put in a borehole. Despite > two filters installed by 'experts' the water is still strongly > dis

Re: [biofuel] Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea 12-28-02

2002-12-28 Thread Keith Addison
>Yes Kirk, > >Mankind do make a mess Some of us, not others, and it's more our institutions that are to blame than individuals or communities. >and I think that you can find parallels in the >animal farming with almost all that you describe below. Look at the modern >chicken and pig farms. Yes

RE: [biofuel] Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread Hakan Falk
Kirk, When you mentioned cow manure, I suddenly thought about all the hormones that US gives to the cattle. In volume it is very much larger than birth control pills. Maybe the trace levels of hormones in US waters comes from animal farming. Apart from the risks of eating the meat, it could n

RE: [biofuel] Re: Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread kirk
basic methods to purify water of iron 1.Phospahate compounds 2.Oxidizing filters 3.Aeration followed by filtration 4.Chemical oxidation followed by filtration. http://doityourself.com/plumbing/ironinwater.htm Iron in the ferric form and manganese stains clothes a

Re: [biofuel] Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea 12-28-02

2002-12-28 Thread Hakan Falk
Yes Kirk, Mankind do make a mess and I think that you can find parallels in the animal farming with almost all that you describe below. Look at the modern chicken and pig farms. Where I have my summer house in Sweden, it has however been a quite noticeable return of wild Salmon. We also had v

[biofuel] Re: Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread hcr_ii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sorry to stray from the topic, but I thought the collective learning of the group might be able to help. Someone I know has just moved into a house with no mains water and so put in a borehole. Despite two filters installed by 'experts' the water is still strongly discoloured by iron. Can any

RE: [biofuel] Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread kirk
River water up here probably has more cow manure than human in it. You can no longer drink river water oficially due to coliform bacteria. Yes, a bit of a drought here. I think judging by tree rings a 30 year drought. The spring I think is called Big Spring and they say the water is over 100 years

Re: [biofuel] industrial livestock husbandry

2002-12-28 Thread MH
A SIDE NOTE: I've noticed locally a few farmers are extending their cattle feedlots & pastures to the harvested corn fields probably due to the anemic local & USA economy along with future anticipated US Federal and State deficits & higher personal taxes as well as higher fuel prices in th

[biofuel] Biodiesel Research and Brainstorming Workshop

2002-12-28 Thread murdoch
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 09:20:31 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Would be nice if they had the sessions online for a marginal price package >. > >Anyone from the NBB lurking?? ;-) > >James Slayden I and Keith contacted them but they didn't much go for anything. In the meantime I have another idea for

[biofuel] Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea 12-28-02

2002-12-28 Thread kirk
http://www.mercola.com/2002/dec/28/fish_farms.htm Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea By Kenneth R. Weiss Like cattle pens, the salmon operations bring product to market cheaply. But harm to ocean life and possibly human health has experts worried. If you bought a salmon filet in the s

RE: [biofuel] Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread kirk
LOL ! Good one. My wife says Nehru took a tablespoon a day of his own urine as a health aid. He was vegetarian wasn't he? Meat eaters have a lot of uric acid to dispose of. Kirk -Original Message- From: Hakan Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 5:17 AM To:

Re: [biofuel] Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread MH
Hi Kirk, Is run off water in the Missouri river, from the mountains, valleys, town or city sewers up river, a more reliable source then the big spring from the local mountain ? I'd guess the water from the mountain spring might be cleaner having been naturally filtered by mother nature

[biofuels-biz] Australian ethanol and sustainability!

2002-12-28 Thread gjkimlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'ts probably over simplistic to say oil has less political influence in Australia than in the US. But a real political impediment to ethanol in Aus is the Great Barrier Reef. Sugar cane is grown in the coastal-monsoonal belt bordered by the Reef, in many places having replaced the dryland man

Re: [biofuel] Engineers and scientists will never make as much money as busin...

2002-12-28 Thread georgemurray1
They do when they sell their successful business after a few years - thank you very much!!! In a message dated 27/12/02 17:42:38 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Engineers and scientists will never make as much money as business executives. >> Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

[biofuel] Some buffs mix up their own form of diesel (USA TODAY)

2002-12-28 Thread Steve Spence
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021226/4730681s.htm Some buffs mix up their own form of diesel By David Kiley Hayden Chasteen, 45, owns five Volkswagen TDI diesel cars and is among a group of diesel buffs who use homemade ''biodiesel'' fuel. Chasteen makes it in his garage five to 10 gall

Re: [biofuels-biz] Fwd: ETHANOL IN CALIFORNIA

2002-12-28 Thread Keith Addison
Re biotech, James, see the one at the end: "And here's one that went wrong". Ethanol from cellulose http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_link.html#cellulose "Wood-Ethanol Report: Technology Review", Environment Canada 1999 -- good overview of the problem and the current solutions on offer. http:

[biofuels-biz] Biodiesel Research and Brainstorming Workshop

2002-12-28 Thread murdoch
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 09:20:31 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Would be nice if they had the sessions online for a marginal price package >. > >Anyone from the NBB lurking?? ;-) > >James Slayden I and Keith contacted them but they didn't much go for anything. In the meantime I have another idea for

Re: [biofuels-biz] Fwd: ETHANOL IN CALIFORNIA

2002-12-28 Thread murdoch
On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 15:39:19 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Um, why do people forget about Arkenol??!! They have been around actually >"doing" cellulosic ethanol already in the Sacramento area test plant. > >http://www.arkenol.com/ Well, until this moment I had never heard of them (or perhaps I've ru

RE: [biofuel] Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread Hakan Falk
Not my day today, it should be: The Netherlands. It says that they must have the cleanest water on earth, because the water have passed at least 5 Germans before it reached there. Hakan At 12:55 PM 12/28/2002 +0100, you wrote: >It is a joke in The Netherlands. It says that they must have the

RE: [biofuel] Impure Water

2002-12-28 Thread Hakan Falk
It is a joke in The Netherlands. It says that they must have the cleanest water on earth, because the water have passed true at least 5 Germans before it reached there. Hakan At 10:45 PM 12/27/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Glad I live on a mountainside in Montana. I know the water in Great falls is