[biofuel] Introduction and some questions - Newbie

2003-02-04 Thread Rui Fernandes
Hi, I am a gearhead first and foremost. A friend of mine has a VW Jetta diesel (TDI) and he introduced me to Biodiesel. I do not currently own a diesel vehicle but I am looking to convert my Toyota LandCruiser to diesel, plus I want to look at the potential of using a biofuel for heating oil. I

Re: [biofuel] Re: Re: Democracy--Nazi Germany wasDemocratic!???

2003-02-04 Thread MH
> Please read what you wrote a couple of times > and draw some parallels with things that happens in some > of todays democracies. You will see the picture also and > understand why I am worried. I am not saying that it will > develop along the same lines, only that it is similarities. I did jus

Re: [biofuel]palm source

2003-02-04 Thread Ken Riznyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I found this web site http://www.miles2go.com/suc2.htm --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, James Slayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And on that note, I sent off some email a while back for some Jatropha > seeds and have still not received any information back from Reinhard. I > am kinda miffe

Re: [biofuel] Re: Re: Democracy--Nazi Germany was Democratic!???

2003-02-04 Thread Hakan Falk
Thor, I wanted to take the winter war separately, see below. At 04:52 PM 2/4/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >Also, I can't imagine where you got the notion that >Germany fought in the Winter War against Finland. The >Soviet Union and Germany had a non-aggression pact >during that time, in which the

Re: [biofuel] (fwd) [ETList] Top Ten Myths about Ethanol

2003-02-04 Thread Robby Davenport
if ethanol causes canser the booze industry (which I have supported for 25 years) is screwed . and I guess so am I!! Robby murdoch wrote: >Last one for now. > >From: >http://www.ethanol.org/Information/Myths%20about%20Ethanol.htm > >Top Ten Myths about Ethanol >(according to your friends at the

Re: [biofuel] Re: Re: Democracy--Nazi Germany was Democratic!???

2003-02-04 Thread Hakan Falk
Dear Thor, I am familiar with this and more, but if you go through democratic systems, without direct or proportional representation, the wrong guy can come to power and this without representing the popular vote. US have such a system and the current president is an example on that. It is true

Re: [biofuel] Land Rover diesel P/U - BC, Canada

2003-02-04 Thread Frederick Finch
How much? Does it run? At 02:35 PM 2/4/2003 -0800, you wrote: >Who wants it? > >BC, Canada... > >60 LANDROVER 2.25L diesel, 88" pastel grn, PU cab, lockers frnt & rear, >twin tanks, batts, PTO winch, htd glass, D90 dr tops, tire carrier, 33" >BFG mud TA's, high ratio transf case, rf rack > >ema

RE: [biofuel]palm source

2003-02-04 Thread Keith Addison
>And on that note, I sent off some email a while back for some Jatropha >seeds and have still not received any information back from Reinhard. I >am kinda miffed cause he was a poster quite often here and on >biofuels-biz. Anyone know of a seed source? > Try ECHO: http://www.echonet.org/ ECHO:

RE: [biofuel]palm source

2003-02-04 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Myles >David- > >And the numbers in such tables can be widely disparate. Naturally - the situation they're grown in, the growing methods, and much besides, are also widely disparate. We use rather low averages, I've said here a few times that any small-scale grower could almost certainly d

Re: [biofuel] Re: OT: Columbia Space Shuttle Lost

2003-02-04 Thread Greg and April
Comments mixed in below. Greg H. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:22 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: OT: Columbia Space Shuttle Lost If they had determined in space that the Shuttle was not safe to return to earth the move would have b

[biofuel] Land Rover diesel P/U - BC, Canada

2003-02-04 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Who wants it? BC, Canada... 60 LANDROVER 2.25L diesel, 88" pastel grn, PU cab, lockers frnt & rear, twin tanks, batts, PTO winch, htd glass, D90 dr tops, tire carrier, 33" BFG mud TA's, high ratio transf case, rf rack email me off list if interested. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions

Re: [biofuel] Re: OT: Columbia Space Shuttle Lost

2003-02-04 Thread vern_hendershott
If they had determined in space that the Shuttle was not safe to return to earth the move would have been to send them to the Intl. Space Station where they could have docked and just sat it out until we could send a different shuttle to get most of them and if there were still two left up there

[biofuel] Re: Re: Democracy--Nazi Germany was Democratic!???

2003-02-04 Thread Thor Skov
Hakan, Curtis, and others who may have weighed in with similar opinions, First, let me apologize for a late response to this thread—I was both lurking and busy with other matters. Hakan, you asserted that the Nazi’s had democratic support and that Fascist Germany and Italy held elections until t

RE: [biofuel] $2.60 for recharging and the French aircar runs 120 miles

2003-02-04 Thread Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express
The following may interest you... Excerpt from: http://www.eru.uregina.ca/kybettbd/chem207/Chem%20207%20More%20efficient%20c ars.html Someone (A French racing car driver I believe) announced, at a conference in South Africa in 1999, that he had designed a car ( the MDI-TOP) that ran on pressuriz

RE: [biofuel]palm source

2003-02-04 Thread Myles Twete
David- And the numbers in such tables can be widely disparate. For example, Euphorbia Lathyris, in Tickell (see http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/biodiesel.html ) is rated as the 2nd highest non-tree plant source of oil at 1119kg-oil/hectare, while at journeytoforever it is only rated at 440kg-oil/

Re: [biofuel]palm source

2003-02-04 Thread Keith Addison
>If you can't find the info online, there is a wonderful by Josh Tickel >called "From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank" which has charts with this data. >--- >Jesse Parris | studio53 | 53 maitland rd | stamford, ct 06906 >203

RE: [biofuel]palm source

2003-02-04 Thread James Slayden
And on that note, I sent off some email a while back for some Jatropha seeds and have still not received any information back from Reinhard. I am kinda miffed cause he was a poster quite often here and on biofuels-biz. Anyone know of a seed source? James Slayden On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Crabb, Dav

Re: [biofuel]palm source

2003-02-04 Thread studio53
If you can't find the info online, there is a wonderful by Josh Tickel called "From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank" which has charts with this data. --- Jesse Parris | studio53 | 53 maitland rd | stamford, ct 06906 203.324.

RE: [biofuel]palm source

2003-02-04 Thread Crabb, David
Does anyone know what species produces the most oil? how about maturity times? thanks 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

[biofuel] speaking of the air car, some lingering questions about Mexico City's clean air problems

2003-02-04 Thread murdoch
Thx, I had lost track of the air car because I also am skeptical of the business-status of it. Do you happen to know what ever became of the movement to get the air car to Mexico City? So long as I'm at it, I think Mexico City continues to remain a sort of clean-air-problem-in-wait-of-a-high-p

Re: [biofuel] Re: OT: Columbia Space Shuttle Lost

2003-02-04 Thread Greg and April
I don't think so, it takes aprox 3-4 months for turn around, and it's my understanding that the other shuttles are still under evaluation for cracks in the fuel lines. I don't think that shuttles were ever ment to dock with each other, and they only have a limited number of seats ( 7 ). The limi

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: OT: Columbia Space Shuttle Lost

2003-02-04 Thread Steve Spence
The o ring problem was in the boosters. they are dropped on launch. this vehicle was returning. there is some evidence that heat tiles broke off on launch which may have damaged a seam near the landing gear. That would explain the loss of air pressure in the tires right before loss of contact. tim

Re: [biofuel] $2.60 for recharging and the French aircar runs 120 miles

2003-02-04 Thread Steve Spence
Don't confuse the believers with science ;-) Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "MH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 04,

Re: [biofuel] Is Big Energy Hijacking Hydrogen?

2003-02-04 Thread Steve Spence
There would be hydrogen cars, if there was a cheap, clean source of hydrogen. There is not. Hydrogen comes from fossil fuels, which keeps President Bush and his oil buddies in the drivers seat, while making the ignorant believe they have been saved. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energ

[biofuel] Re: diesel furnace FS

2003-02-04 Thread fremontjon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Neoteric Biofuels Inc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FYI... > > Armstrong diesel furnace, made by Lennox, 85,000 btu, brand new, $575 > obo. ÊTel: 780-476-9485 Edmonton. > $CN?? Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel

[biofuel] diesel furnace FS

2003-02-04 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
FYI... Armstrong diesel furnace, made by Lennox, 85,000 btu, brand new, $575 obo. ÊTel: 780-476-9485 Edmonton. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/

Re: [biofuel] Is Big Energy Hijacking Hydrogen?

2003-02-04 Thread Tricia Liu
Big energy owns patents on producing Hydrogen and has the muscles/capacity. They are ready to move into the next killing field where they can master, again!! President Bush just promised us Hydrogen cars for the year 2015. You think it's coincidental that the White House and the big energy see som

Re: [biofuel] Africa 'turns from leaded petrol' vs Air car factory in South Africa

2003-02-04 Thread Keith Addison
Tricia Liu wrote: >Air car in South Africa, check out this link > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/988265.stm This link was first posted to the list on 25 October 2000, the day following the story's dateline. There was a lot of discussion of it then. Here's the link to the website (al