Re: [biofuel] First aid for house owners. final draft

>I am ready with a final draft of "First aid for house owners". As many >know, I strongly believe that alternative energy sources and energy >conservation are two sides of the same coin. I would like comments and >suggestions as usual and hope that it would be close to the subject this time. >

Re: [biofuel] States Fill Leadership Vacuum on Energy, Environment

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 06:26:57 +0900, you wrote: >EMS Update - Jan. 21, 2004 > > >States Fill Leadership Vacuum on Energy, Environment >Energy security and environmental issues were all but absent from the >President's State of the Union address last night, No kidding. :-( >as both the White

[biofuel] Request

Keith, et.al, Has somebody already posted a list [anywhere really], hopefully by State, of dealers of Methanol? Maybe the prices paid could also be regularily updated? I had a horrible time finding out who in my area I can buy Methanol from. I did however, eventually find a good vendor. I

[biofuel] States Fill Leadership Vacuum on Energy, Environment

EMS Update - Jan. 21, 2004 States Fill Leadership Vacuum on Energy, Environment Energy security and environmental issues were all but absent from the President's State of the Union address last night, as both the White House and Congress have opted not to support measures to diversify the na

Re: [biofuel] Re: west texas wind+turbines

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:08 am, srshb wrote: > Hi, > As for the group, I agree it is one of the best thing that has > happened to me, not just about energy but lot of other things > that also matter in life. > > Best regards, > Suresh. I agree. I have found some of the discussions incredibly en

Re: [biofuel] Fuel from Pine roots?

I wouldn't be surprised. turpentine, from pine trees, is a mixture of hydrocarbons which could be catalytically converted into fuel Greg and April wrote: >While I was discussing WW2 with some people on line, this comment was made. > >"The Japanese are also reported to have refined aviatio

[biofuel] welcome to biofuels list

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:07:24 EST, you wrote: >Thank you for clarifying the list purpose. I had just joined from the >biofuel-biz list, as that list was ending, and had not completely understood >the much >wider scope of this list. It was a question, afterall, not a complaint. > >Tom Leue > > >

[biofuels-biz] Citing Fire Risk, U.S. to Expand California Logging

=story&cid=585&e=3&u=/nm/20040123/sc_nm/environment_california_logging_dc Citing Fire Risk, U.S. to Expand California Logging Fri Jan 23, 1:25 AM ET Add Science - Reuters to My Yahoo! By Adam Tanner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. forestry officials announced on Thursday that

[biofuel] Citing Fire Risk, U.S. to Expand California Logging

=story&cid=585&e=3&u=/nm/20040123/sc_nm/environment_california_logging_dc Citing Fire Risk, U.S. to Expand California Logging Fri Jan 23, 1:25 AM ET Add Science - Reuters to My Yahoo! By Adam Tanner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. forestry officials announced on Thursday that

Re: [biofuel] Vegoil viscosity

>There is no single reference for this because there are no standards per se. >Soy may have one viscosity at a particular temperature, but is not part of a >standard. When it is partially or fully hydrogenated, this viscosity changes a >lot. Other types of oils, hydrogenated or not, have their own

Re: [biofuel] Vegoil viscosity

There is no single reference for this because there are no standards per se. Soy may have one viscosity at a particular temperature, but is not part of a standard. When it is partially or fully hydrogenated, this viscosity changes a lot. Other types of oils, hydrogenated or not, have their own

Re: [biofuel] west texas wind+turbines

Thank you for clarifying the list purpose. I had just joined from the biofuel-biz list, as that list was ending, and had not completely understood the much wider scope of this list. It was a question, afterall, not a complaint. Tom Leue - Homestead Inc. www.yellow

RE: [biofuel] Re: F-ing Bosch!

You have to admit though that there are distinct differences between people from different nations. My experience with German nationals is pretty limited so I can't pretend to be an expert, but I can say that the handful of Germans I have met and known in my life all shared distinct behavioral ch

[biofuel] Fuel from Pine roots?

While I was discussing WW2 with some people on line, this comment was made. "The Japanese are also reported to have refined aviation fuel from pine roots very late in the war." Does anyone know how valid this comment is and if it is, how it was done? Greg H. [Non-text portions of this mess

Re: [biofuel] Diesel MPV

Hello Robert, The first thing I would do is make sure that the rest of the engine is in very good condition before paying $1200 for a head. If you have any friends that do custom automotive work, maybe you could adapt another engine to fit. This is normally done with rear wheel drive vehicles, but

[biofuel] Re: west texas wind+turbines

Hi, I have one suggestion to those of you who can access yahoo easily. You can select not to receive e-mails. This way your mail box won't get flooded with msgs and you can access and read msgs that you like. You don't even have to delete msgs :-) As for the group, I agree it is one of the

Re: [biofuel] Vegoil viscosity

on 1/23/04 12:33 AM, Alan Petrillo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a reference anywhere that lists the kinematic viscosity of > vegetable oil? > > http://www.chanco.unima.mw/physics/biodieselanaly.html Google search on "kinematic viscosity vegetable oil". This is just one of 861 hits.

Re: [biofuel] west texas wind+turbines

Tom, The biofuel list is by far the best list that I encountered, not only for biofuels, but also for general energy discussions. I think that this is natural, if you really read through the JTF and its very worthy goals. Why is it the best and have no match, - A clear vision and excellent m

Re: [biofuel] F-ing Bosch!

Uh-oh On Friday, January 23, 2004, at 12:25 AM, Alan Petrillo wrote: > Bryan Brah wrote: > >> What a great idea! I just looked, and www.envirocrackpots.com >> is available. It could just be set >> up as a redirect to some other website (either friend or

[biofuel] Vegoil viscosity

Is there a reference anywhere that lists the kinematic viscosity of vegetable oil? AP Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address

Re: [biofuel] F-ing Bosch!

Bryan Brah wrote: > What a great idea! I just looked, and www.envirocrackpots.com > is available. It could just be set > up as a redirect to some other website (either friend or foe), or > perhaps a page of links. Imagine how funny it would be if after typing

Re: [biofuel] F-ing Bosch!

Neoteric Biofuels Inc wrote: > I think it is just the nature of large organizations in general, but to > honour the dude at Bosch, maybe we should start > > enviro-crackpots.com and then populate it with stories of things that > are actually the antithesis of crackpotism...i.e. the many times

Re: [biofuel] Re: F-ing Bosch!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That's right, it could be because it is a big corporation, with a few > bitter employees whose positions are protected by the union, or it > could be a "bosch" thing, we don't know. But I believe it is > beyond "unfair" to say that it is because they are german! It

Re: [biofuel] west texas wind+turbines

Bye! >ay, but does it belong here? > > Tom Leue Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAI

[biofuel] Diesel MPV

Hello!!! I am picking up a 1991 Mazda MPV mini van tomorrow. The body is in good shape, but the cylinder head has a hole in it (these things are notorious for that, I've heard), and a new head will cost me about $1 200, if I do the installation work myself. (This I will do because I hardly

Re: [biofuel] 4TH Batch

>Hi again, > >Well it took 4 trys but I think I got it this time. It has been blended for >about 3 hrs so far and I have seperation at the bottom. I have it in a glass >jar that just holds my 1 liter plus Methonal and it has about 1/2 inch on the >bottom that is different than the rest so far. >

Re: [biofuel] west texas wind+turbines

Hello Tom >I'm being provocative again. Is the otherwise interesting topic of wind >energy appropriate on a biofuels mailing list? Yes it is. >If so, will this list also cover >hydroelectric power, geothermal power, wave energy, etc.? Yes, as indeed it occasionally does, and much more besides.

RE: [biofuel] west texas wind+turbines

I believe that of all the wind farms in Texas, FPL was the co-developer on Southwest Mesa only (a 75 MW farm near McCamey), but they do own King Mountain and Woodward Mountain wind farms totaling around 440 MW. This is about a third of all installed wind power capacity in Texas. The way the

Re: [biofuel] re: First aid for house owners. final draft

Thor- I don't know if you know of it, but there is an organization called BuildingGreen, Inc (www.BuildingGreen.com) that publishes a monthly, "Environmental Building News" Subscriptions are not cheap, especially if you add in the cost of online access to their separate Product Specifications gu

Re: [biofuel] First aid for house owners. final draft

Actually, Glenn, much of the transpiration that pops off your adobe's outer surface comes from the opposite direction...from the inside of the adobe to the outside. The adobe needs to be able to breath on both the inside and the outside because moisture from the inside of the building passes t

RE: [biofuel] Free and Green

>On the issue of storage, you have side-stepped that such solutions are >part of the enviro-impact analysis of such power-generation schemes as >solar and wind. Even if, as you propose, one does not engage in such >solutions as batteries and such, sticking with >ready-made-stored-energy until we'

RE: [biofuel] west texas wind+turbines

: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote >Florida Power and Light put up >most of west texas's wind turbines,i believe. I believe this is a major problem in the renewable energy market. Wind projects built by these utilities, but subsidized by tax payer funds, do not serve the n

[biofuel] Re: F-ing Bosch!

That's right, it could be because it is a big corporation, with a few bitter employees whose positions are protected by the union, or it could be a "bosch" thing, we don't know. But I believe it is beyond "unfair" to say that it is because they are german! It is not ethnic origin that mads

RE: [biofuel] F-ing Bosch!

What a great idea! I just looked, and www.envirocrackpots.com is available. It could just be set up as a redirect to some other website (either friend or foe), or perhaps a page of links. Imagine how funny it would be if after typing that url, surfers were dir

Re: [biofuel] west texas wind+turbines

I'm being provocative again. Is the otherwise interesting topic of wind energy appropriate on a biofuels mailing list? If so, will this list also cover hydroelectric power, geothermal power, wave energy, etc.? I just dropped the energyresources Yahoo group because of the unrelenting number of