[biofuel] Excellent John Ritter USA Today Article On Upward Green Building Trend In US

Since USA Today apparently makes some attempt at a Sustainable Archiving Policy, I do have some reason to assume that this author's work will not be lost to posterity due to a maliciously incompetent publisher: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/offers.html Therefore I will just paste a few pa

Re: [biofuel] Copper tubing....

IIRC = If I Recall Correctly Greg H. - Original Message - From: Mark McElvy To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:20 Subject: RE: [biofuel] Copper tubing What is IIRC Copper? -Original Message- From: Greg and April [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [biofuel] Copper tubing....

Let's make this less confusing... IIRC = "If I Recall Correctly" fred At 03:59 PM 3/31/2004 -0600, you wrote: >If I Remember Correctly---it's email shorthand. > >Mark McElvy wrote: > > > What is IIRC Copper? > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Greg and April [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [biofuel] OT: More on Measuring Appliance Energy Use

murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was discussing my home appliances and how much energy they use. > But, as many already know, it's difficult to measure some of them > because they don't come with meters which show their exact kW usage at > any given time. For high energy use devices, such

Re: [biofuel] methanol recovery before separation

- Original Message - From: "Kenneth Kron" >Catching up on ancient email. >If one continues mixing until the reaction is complete and I have not >heard of any evidence that indicates separation is required for the >reaction to complete and then introduces into the reactor enough acid to

Re: [biofuel] Copper tubing....

If I Remember Correctly---it's email shorthand. Mark McElvy wrote: > What is IIRC Copper? > > -Original Message- > From: Greg and April [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:55 AM > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Copper tubing > > II

[biofuel] newbie questions

Hi there, I am very new to the biofuel group and am just trying to determine whether anyone thinks it's a good idea to buy a VW Beetle GLS TDI (1999) and then alter it to run on SVO. *If* there is someone out there who thinks this idea is reasonable (won't ruin the TDI, etc.), or someone who

[biofuel] Re: Can I please get some help ?

interesting idea. I of course don't know if the 'precipitate' is actually a solid precipitate or a viscous liquid of some kind, or water comtaminated by something (I don' t filter the oil so there could be anything suspended in it), or what. I't s happened more than once. mark --- In biofue

RE: [biofuel] Copper tubing....

What is IIRC Copper? -Original Message- From: Greg and April [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:55 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Copper tubing IIRC Copper can cause the wrong kind of catalyzing, promoting branching chains, instead o

Re: [biofuel] Re: Corporate ethics

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 00:32:07 +0900, you wrote: >Hi Todd > >>All a bit sad. > >It would be less sad if it were the first time rather than an >established and regular phenomenon. > >>It would appear that you're a bit more patient than I. > >I don't think so - you have more choice than I. > >>The "c

[biofuel] Victory Gardens?

During the four years of the anti-renewable-energy (by doing as much as possible to downplay and ignore it, and misportray it when the other two aren't possible) Bush Administration, one of the topics I stupidly expected to hear from others, but never did, was about "Victory Gardens". I was stupi

[biofuel] Neil Young Biodiesel Comment

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.03/young.html?tw=wn_tophead_2 [Narration] But Grandpa's teenage granddaughter, Sun Green, sees the media differently. [Young]: "Sun has taught me how to use the media to do something positive. One of my pet projects is to run the next Greendale tour on

Re: [biofuel] Re: Can I please get some help ?

Hmmm, if the wvo had some calcium ion present (via extraction in the hot oil from fish or chicken bones maybe) and you used sulfuric acid as the catalyst, you could be precipitating out insoluble calcium sulfate, ie gypsum. This could also use up your catalyst and stop the esterification of t

Re: [biofuel] Copper tubing....

IIRC Copper can cause the wrong kind of catalyzing, promoting branching chains, instead of breaking them. Greg H. - Original Message - From: Mark McElvy To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 16:23 Subject: [biofuel] Copper tubing I am getting read

Re: [biofuel] US industry wants sugar excluded from free trade pact with Thailand

>More info here: > >http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/26624/1 >Big Sugar >(see links to discussion) Yes, now I remember that. This quote seems useful: >United States tariffs and price controls keep domestic sugar prices >around 22 cents a pound. Most of the rest of the world sells sugar >

[biofuel] Colin Campbell on Oil

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/102302_campbell.html FTW Exclusive Interview Colin Campbell on Oil Perhaps the World's Foremost Expert on Oil and the Oil Business Confirms the Ever More Apparent Reality of the Post-9-11 World by Michael C. Ruppert [© COPYRIGHT 2002, Michael C. Rup

[biofuel] OPEC Tightens Screw on Oil Supply Restrictions

cts. Perhaps many Americans will just pay that extra $10-$20 per week and not sweat the matter. MM http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&e=2&u=/nm/20040331/wl_nm/energy_opec_dc OPEC Tightens Screw on Oil Supply Restrictions 1 hour, 7 minutes ago Add World - Reut

[biofuel] Africa: Oil, al-Qaeda and the US military

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FC30Aa02.html Asia Times Mar 30, 2004 Africa: Oil, al-Qaeda and the US military By Ritt Goldstein Africa's Maghreb and Sahel regions recently exploded into world view with allegations that the Madrid bombers were tied to those areas' "al Qaeda" groups. A

Re: [biofuel] US industry wants sugar excluded from free trade pact with Thailand

>http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/ >77922/1/.html > >The way that this story is written, it's hard to remember that, when >I've heard other points of view, they are of the opinion that the US >Sugar Industry is one of the most unfairly protected and subsidized

FW: [biofuel] Re: Corporate ethics

Keith, I have to agree that you are incredibly patient; not only with these fellows but also with all the newbies who write in and ask the same questions over and over again. I really like the fact that there is no censorship on this list as it leads to some very interesting ex

[biofuel] Re: Can I please get some help ?

Hello Mark >I sometimes also get that 'salt' looking thing that Pieter is talking >about. Mine falls out at the end of the acid stage if I let it sit for a >few days. >mark Interesting. I've never let it sit for a few days though. Never drained it at the end of the acid stage either, but I've d

Re: [biofuel] Re: Corporate ethics

Hi Todd >All a bit sad. It would be less sad if it were the first time rather than an established and regular phenomenon. >It would appear that you're a bit more patient than I. I don't think so - you have more choice than I. >The "conversation" was taken off-list to me as well. I explained

[biofuel] EERE Network News -- 03/31/04

A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). March 31, 2004 <#news>News and Events <#6767>DOE Partnerships to Develop Wind Turbines for Low Wind Speeds <#6769>DOE and Ford Motor Company

[biofuel] US industry wants sugar excluded from free trade pact with Thailand

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/77922/1/.html The way that this story is written, it's hard to remember that, when I've heard other points of view, they are of the opinion that the US Sugar Industry is one of the most unfairly protected and subsidized industri

[biofuel] OT: More on Measuring Appliance Energy Use

I was discussing my home appliances and how much energy they use. But, as many already know, it's difficult to measure some of them because they don't come with meters which show their exact kW usage at any given time. For high energy use devices, such as refrigerators and water heaters, this cou

[biofuel] (unknown)

I don 't think you can get it for free on the 'net, but it's in an AOCS-published book on 'testing of fats and oils'. University libraries might have it (sorry I don 't have the title of the book) mark --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "Tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI! Can anyone point me

Re: [biofuel] Re: Corporate ethics

All a bit sad. It would appear that you're a bit more patient than I. The "conversation" was taken off-list to me as well. I explained having not the time or patience for discourse that lacked cohesion and bid him "Good day." Oh well. There's enough useful stuff on my plate to keep me busy for

[biofuel]

HI! Can anyone point me to the direction where i can download a copy of the procedures of "Total, Free and Combined Glycerol Iodometric-Periodic Acid Method or AOCA official Ca 14-56". I would sure appreciate it. Thanks, chris [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at

Re: [biofuel] For attention J. Curtis Cheney, VII - was Re: Corporate ethics

tomasjkn wrote: >--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Tad, > > > > > >I agree. Less politics and more biodiesel. > > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > > >J. Curtis Cheney, VII > > > > Curtis, you've been here long enough to know how this list works. > > This i

[biofuel] For attention J. Curtis Cheney, VII - was Re: Corporate ethics

--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Tad, > > > >I agree. Less politics and more biodiesel. > > > > > >Cheers, > > > >J. Curtis Cheney, VII > > Curtis, you've been here long enough to know how this list works. > This issue has come up before during that ti

[biofuel] Copper tubing....

I am getting ready to build my first processor. It appears that everyone uses black to plumb everything. I have read that galvanized can be used but is not good. How about copper tubing? Will it stand up to the chemicals used to process bio-diesel? Mark McElvy AccuBak Data Systems, Inc. 573.435

Re: [biofuel] fuel cell development

That's a good one. On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:19:26 -, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I thought some of you would find this interesting. > > >SLU student and his chemistry adviser may >have the spark for something big > >By Shera Dalin >03/29/2004 > >Imagine powering up your cell phone's battery >with

Re: [biofuel] Re: Corporate ethics

Hi Todd and all Sorry to any that Tad has gotten himself hopelessly tied up in a whole bunch of knots. So much easier in the end just to be honest with yourself and everyone else! Anyway, he seems to have worked himself up into a sort of frenzy, firing off emails to people both on- and off-li

[biofuel] Re: Corporate ethics

http://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.asp?id=254 The Fake Parade BY JONATHAN MATTHEWS ENVIRONMENT | 12.3.2002 "Carrying his placard the man in front of me was clearly one of the poorest of the poor. His shoes were not only threadbare, they were tattered, merely rags barely being held toget