Re: [biofuel] How We Lost the Victory

2003-04-24 Thread Hakan Falk
Because it is two of you, that does not know the differences and definitions of a democracy, does not mean that any of you are right. If this guy mean pure democracy = direct democracy, he is closer to what he is maybe talking about. In that case he is still awfully wrong, because US is still dem

Re: [biofuel] cleanschoolbussusa

2003-04-24 Thread martin
Most of them were half-worn through the babbit Not real bad, but the oil was quite thin. Of course, we realized that the diesel fuel was leaking in the oil after a few days so it didn't hurt it too bad. Steve Spence wrote: >what shape were the bearings? > >Steve Spence >Subscribe to the Renewab

Re: [biofuel] cleanschoolbussusa

2003-04-24 Thread Steve Spence
what shape were the bearings? Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:31 AM

[biofuel] Re: methanol recovery still anyone

2003-04-24 Thread provost_k2001
bowlcole wrote: > > Has anyone made a still and > how much are they recovering? > Can you use the methanol > indefinitely? A real nice way to recover your methanol is with a solar still. The methanol comes over 100% pure, with no need for propane etc. Plans are available on the web, usually

[biofuel] Will our diesel day come?

2003-04-24 Thread Steve Spence
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/auto/article/0,12543,198235-2,00.html Will our diesel day come? While Americans purchase virtually no diesel cars, Europeans buy many, and even an ultracool machine like BMW's remake of the Mini may join the European diesel brigade. Meanwhile, fuel-economy pressures

[biofuels-biz] Will our diesel day come?

2003-04-24 Thread Steve Spence
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/auto/article/0,12543,198235-2,00.html Will our diesel day come? While Americans purchase virtually no diesel cars, Europeans buy many, and even an ultracool machine like BMW's remake of the Mini may join the European diesel brigade. Meanwhile, fuel-economy pressures

Re: [biofuel] cleanschoolbussusa

2003-04-24 Thread martin
I used to work on a farm. We had a tractor that was leaking fuel into the oil. I couldn't figure out why the oil light would come on, but the dipstick said it was full. When we took it apart (to replace the bearings) it was the cleanest looking engine you have ever seen. Steve Spence wrote: >

Re: [biofuel] cleanschoolbussusa

2003-04-24 Thread Steve Spence
getting diesel in your crankcase would be severe problem, as it's not a lubricant like oil. vegetable oil would be less of a problem, but over time, could be an issue. fortunately that time period is much longer than your oil change parameters. a diesel that idles for long periods of time should h

Re: [biofuel] How We Lost the Victory

2003-04-24 Thread Steve Spence
This guy is right on the mark! http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr012903.htm Sorry, Mr. Franklin, “We’re All Democrats Now” Introduction At the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin told an inquisitive ci

The ends justifies the means? was Re: [biofuel] Re: I am ... that I am

2003-04-24 Thread Appal Energy
The ends justifies the means, huh Steve? Too bad that what you've missed in all the discourse is that there is a large number that also felt that deposing a dictator would be necessary - just that exacting such an end on one dictator by using the dictatorial means of another "wrapped in sheep's c

[biofuel] Re: methanol recovery still anyone

2003-04-24 Thread girl_mark_fire
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "bowlcole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm about 100 gallons into this home brew game and quite > addicted. Congratulations! it only gets more obsessive from here on out. But there's the environmental issue tht I hear many of > y'all turning over, meth

[biofuel] Rats! Re: Another Plastics question

2003-04-24 Thread girl_mark_fire
Yes the .1% lye solution is OK in #1 pop bottle plastic, though lye in a concentrated form supposedly eats through this plastic. So do rats, I just found out tonight. I went to pick up some of my stuff from a storage room of a university where I taught a class a couple of weeks ago, and the '