[biofuel] Re: homebrew education tour in Tucson?

2004-03-09 Thread skillshare
I';m definitely going to go do a tucson class, just haven't decided exactly when. I'm thinking late April or early May. Last time I did a class in Tucson it was several years ago and we somehow got 30 people to attend, so there's definitely interest. Mark --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, mu

[biofuel] Biodiesel Equipment Building workshop, Santa Cruz, CA, April10 and 11th

2004-03-09 Thread girl mark
I'm running a biodiesel equipment building Intensive class two days- April 10th and 11th, 10 am-5 pm, Santa Cruz. To register and for location, please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] this is a hands-on class where we'll build: -A `fumeless' enclosed processor which can be converted to a methanol

[biofuel] Comprehensive Homebrew Biodiesel Seminar in Laytonville, CA,this saturday

2004-03-09 Thread girl mark
Comprehensive Homebrew Biodiesel Class March 13, 2004, 9am -5 pm At Biofuel Station, Laytonville, CA Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from any plant oil and other fats. It can be used in any diesel engine without modifications, and can be made easily in your backyard. Biodiesel greatly reduce

[biofuel] cost of santa cruz biodiesel class

2004-03-09 Thread girl mark
Sorry, I just sent out that announcement without including the class costs: $20-$50 per day sliding scale (ie pay what you wish, and we encourage you to be there for both days but it being Easter Sunday I imagine some people will miss one of the days), the homebrew book is optional and $7 (I do

[biofuel] biodiesel mixing

2004-03-09 Thread j_schearer
My question to the group involves a 55 gallon drum used as a processing tank. If the mixing shaft were to be lowered straight down into the center of the tank, would adequate mixing take place? Or would a vortex form in the mixture and inadequate mixing take place? I see some tanks have th

[biofuel] Josh Tickell speaking in Amherst, MA, USA

2004-03-09 Thread Aaron F. Wieler
Just thought you all might want to know that Josh Tickell is speaking at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts on Tuesday, March 9. (tomorrow). I am looking at this as an opportunity to ask him about the plans (thoroughly discussed on this list as less-than-safe) that he published for a bd

[biofuel] The RNC - Same Old Disinformation Tactics

2004-03-09 Thread Appal Energy
MoveOn.org Voter Fund's lawyer, Joseph Sandler of Sandler, Reiff and Young observed, "The federal campaign laws have permitted precisely this use of money for advertising for the past twenty five years. The most recent court rulings continue to uphold the legality of what MoveOn.org Voter Fund is

[biofuel] Hiding War's Toll

2004-03-09 Thread Appal Energy
Hiding War's Toll http://tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/10071 Nancy Lessin is the co-founder of Military Families Speak Out, an organization of families opposed to the U.S. invasion and now the occupation of Iraq, all of whom have loved ones in the military. Her son Joe is a Marine who was de

[biofuel] Re: Nitromethane fuel question

2004-03-09 Thread amrqq
Nitromethane has very low energy content per gallon,about one-fourth as much as gasoline. The only reason for use of NM is that it carries some free-able oxygen, to use for its own combustion. NM needs only a little extra oxygen to burn. For use in situations where the limiting factor is handlei

[biofuel] biofuel in Minnesota

2004-03-09 Thread northlandwood
Good reading on biofuel in Minnesota. http://www.minnesotatechnology.org/publications/magazine/2003/Spring/f eature_Page4.asp Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscri

[biofuel] Inexpensive stainless "tanks"

2004-03-09 Thread Appal Energy
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[biofuel] Re: Hiding War's Toll

2004-03-09 Thread spriggsbororon
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hiding War's Toll > > President Bush's rationale for taking us to war in Iraq has crumbled. The > truth about supposed Iraqi weapons of mass destruction is being told. At the > same time, another truth remains hidden b

Re: [biofuel] biodiesel mixing

2004-03-09 Thread Appal Energy
Jonathan, Yes. No. Yes. If you get the contents mixing well enough for a vortex to form, you shouldn't need to worry about baffles. If you're speaking of using an open head drum without the lid, I certainly hope that you're working upwind of the fumes and with a TEFC, hydraulic or air motor. T

Re: [biofuel] biodiesel mixing

2004-03-09 Thread Keith Addison
>My question to the group involves a 55 gallon drum used as a >processing tank. If the mixing shaft were to be lowered straight >down into the center of the tank, would adequate mixing take place? >Or would a vortex form in the mixture and inadequate mixing take >place? I see some tanks have the

[biofuel] Energy Balance

2004-03-09 Thread Lyle Estill
Dear list, My understanding is that biodiesel claims an energy balance of around 3:1, which I understand to mean that for every btu going into its creation, it returns 3 btus. If this is correct, what is the energy balance of fuel made from WVO? Surely I can charge the energy necessary for g

Re: [biofuel] Josh Tickell speaking in Amherst, MA, USA

2004-03-09 Thread Tilapia
Thanks for the notice, I am planning to go as it is. I like Josh, and always take the time to wish him well. As for homebrew, I guess I'm a precautionary tale. I now am developing a commercial scale processor, 100 times the size of the previous, and that is where my faith lies. Homebrew is ne

Re: [biofuel] Energy Balance

2004-03-09 Thread Tilapia
Hello Lyle, I've ben working on this issue for a while. Here are my conclusions. >From the references given below, we have a methodology for calculating the Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI, although some folks have other acronyms) for soy biodiesel. The generally agreed number is 3.2, t

[biofuel] S.F. has among nation's highest public transit use among commuters

2004-03-09 Thread Keith Addison
Pathetic. http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2004/03/01/da ily22.html - 2004-03-02 - San Francisco Business Times March 2, 2004 S.F. has among nation's highest public transit use among commuters San Francisco is among the cities with the highest use of public transit,

[biofuel] Re: Hiding War's Toll

2004-03-09 Thread Keith Addison
>--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hiding War's Toll > > > > President Bush's rationale for taking us to war in Iraq has >crumbled. The > > truth about supposed Iraqi weapons of mass destruction is being >told. At the > > same time, another truth remains

Re: [biofuel] ox2engine

2004-03-09 Thread Alan Petrillo
Bryan Brah wrote: > I don't know if I'd be quite that uncharitable in my characterization. > It takes a lot of time and resources to bring a new product to market. > Furthermore, they may just be vague and evasive to protect their > proprietary technology. I inquired about the OX2 engine about a

Re: [biofuel] S.F. has among nation's highest public transit use among commuters

2004-03-09 Thread murdoch
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:49:28 +0900, you wrote: >Pathetic. > > >http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2004/03/01/da >ily22.html >- 2004-03-02 - San Francisco Business Times > >March 2, 2004 > >S.F. has among nation's highest public transit use among commuters Some thoughts: 1.

[biofuel] Notify about your e-mail account utilization.

2004-03-09 Thread keith
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Re: [biofuel] Notify about your e-mail account utilization.

2004-03-09 Thread Frederick E. Finch
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[biofuel] CalTech car runs half of DARPA course ... autonomously

2004-03-09 Thread Party of Citizens
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Re[2]: [biofuel] Notify about your e-mail account utilization.

2004-03-09 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
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Re: [biofuel] Notify about your e-mail account utilization.

2004-03-09 Thread Doug Foskey
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Re: [biofuel] Notify about your e-mail account utilization.

2004-03-09 Thread Appal Energy
It's not necessarily the "car" that is unreliable as much as it is the humans who are vandalizing the "car." MS has its problems, but the people who's intent is to wreak havoc have considerably more. This is the Beagle/Bagle virus. Todd Swearingen - Original Message - From: "Doug Fos

[biofuel] Gas Prices Reach Record Highs

2004-03-09 Thread murdoch
http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/automotive/2908995/detail.html My view: I think there are some AM talk-show hosts and other public-discourse participants who think that a very large portion of this is due to the refusal of the U.S. Government to allow domestic production of fuel. In a way th