Re: [Biofuel] Hurricane

2004-09-12 Thread Andres Yver
Ross, Weather does not follow any specific pattern, occurences are interrelated but entirely random as to the frequency of intensity. The magnitude of a hurricane is directly related to water temperature where the hurricane is. The thing is that water temperatures have not risen enough to c

Re: [Biofuel] Any help Appreciated

2004-09-12 Thread Appal Energy
Dave, Don't believe rapeseed meal has any edible characteristics for human ends. Livestock feed, yes. Sunflower meal would give the same oil yield and an edible meal, but not in a northern latitude. Canola is just the trade name for rapeseed hybrid(s?) that grow(s) well at higher latitudes in th

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a ***

2004-09-12 Thread Buck Williams
ihope this makes snese, kim has presented a problemm, that intrauques me if someone walks up ;to u ;with a 40 lbbb ham, sticks it to your chest and sayss eat this,,,firsts reactiaosn is probalbyy , i cant , its too big, imoopsiblle,,, what i might saayyy is,,, hey, give me aa loaf of bread

Re: [Biofuel] Appreciated&& some ideassss

2004-09-12 Thread Buck Williams
attempt this with wassste oil in these dieselsss, any supsended solidss,,, saltss, or acids picked up from the coocked foods would probalby make shsort shrift of the sometimes millionths of an inch clearance in the fuell injection sysstem, there are many great bargaisns in surplus milita

Re[2]: [Biofuel] Kerry preferred around World - Poll

2004-09-12 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Doug, Sunday, 12 September, 2004, 06:10:53, you wrote: DF> I like to contemplate how the US may have approached 9/11 sans Bush I DF> think the world may have been a much healthier place. DF> regards Doug Amen. Happy Happy, Gustl -- Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von un

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate

2004-09-12 Thread Doug Foskey
But straw bale building relies on the straw being encased in a water/vermin-proof wrap. Leaving a bale outside I think, is not a valid test. regards Doug On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:30 pm, Kim & Garth Travis wrote: > Greetings Heidi, > > I do understand straw bale very well, did a course on it years

[Biofuel] List matters

2004-09-12 Thread Keith Addison
There are one or two remaining glitches, but everything else seems fine. A few folks still can't figure it out, they're struggling to remove themselves or to get a password sent to them or to switch to the Daily Digest. But it all works perfectly, it's been checked and double-checked every w

Re: [Biofuel] tanstafl%%

2004-09-12 Thread Buck Williams
thankss, it quait twice at homeee,,, 4 and 7 januaray after failure in december, paacemaker 11 jan 2000i am gratefaul for every daay, i am graateful it wansnst 8 minute3s instead of whatever it was,,, i would be in some va hospital with someone wiping my chiaan every coupale of dayssif i even

[Biofuel] Creating a cool room @@

2004-09-12 Thread Buck Williams
this is buck,, read belowww, Greetings Heidi, I do understand straw bale very well, did a course on it years ago now in Arizona with the "Out on a bale, by mail" people. Unfortunately, straw bale is not a good building material for my area. I would have to truck bales in from well over a

RE: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate - solar.

2004-09-12 Thread George Page
I'm really enjoying this discussion on walkin cooler designs. I'm particularly intrigued by the solar cooler idea. I live in an area with poor solar gain, but the climate is temperate, so cooling needs are less drastic. I am needing to build a walk in cooler for my farm. I need the ability to

Re: [Biofuel] Any help Appreciated

2004-09-12 Thread Dave Brockes
Todd, Thank you very much for your input. I'll check out those companies. Have also heard of good equipment in S. America (Brazil I think); an knowledge of that? Wouldn't Canola offer a higher yield per acre or is the growing season too short? Any thoughts about the residual protein meal left ove

Re: [Biofuel] Kerry preferred around World - Poll

2004-09-12 Thread Darryl McMahon
Andres Yver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, September 9, 2004, at 11:58 AM, Allan De Groot wrote: > > > So far that is THE best aregument for re-electing Bush that I've heard. > > > > America's foreign interests may well go against world opinion. > > if so that's just too bad > > I

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate

2004-09-12 Thread balaji
Hello Kim, - Original Message - From: "Kim & Garth Travis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 4:31 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate > Greetings, > [Please note I never say 'hello'] > First I would like to than

Re: [Biofuel] Appreciation

2004-09-12 Thread Keith Addison
It seems apparent that when you talk of "the best creamy, chewy, chocolate covered pecan tasties" you don't mean virtual chocolates! And I was just kidding. But that doesn't mean I'm averse to non-virtual chocolates, especially of the best creamy, chewy, chocolate covered pecan variety. N

[Biofuel] Changing Government Agendas

2004-09-12 Thread Peggy
We may not need Washington DC to turn around the rural folks. Just say NO means doing it on our own. In any government program the money gets tied up in feasibility studies and top-heavy administration. Getting the word out becomes political and the focus tends to also get sucked into universit

[Biofuel] Find List Soruce

2004-09-12 Thread Peggy
> Getting an even transition from fossil to renewable is what we should be > looking for, Australia has not got it quite right yet. > where do i find the diy description of vegetable oil to diesel process > please > > cheers John Please let us know how to find a copy of the 500 poorest counties,

[Biofuel] Fwd: modifying a 1999 Toyota Tacoma for Ethynol

2004-09-12 Thread Keith Addison
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:20:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Mitch Wallis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: modifying a 1999 Toyota Tacoma for Ethynol To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear List Members: Hi! I'm living in San Diego near the sole california commercial gas station which pumps ethynol fuel. I'd like to

Greg - was Re: [Biofuel] PLEASE READ - Moderator's message

2004-09-12 Thread Keith Addison
Yes I do remember it, and from my view point, it's is not totaly correct. What do you mean? It's exactly what you said. Like I said before: Unless I am really careful, and know my mood is bad, I am a fish that is hooked by " Troll Bait ". I said " Troll Bait ", because that is how I perce

Re: [Biofuel] Kerry preferred around World - Poll

2004-09-12 Thread Keith Addison
Also why? It all comes with a lot of froth about democracy and rights and so on, which the rest of the world sees as anything but mutual. It says in the list rules: "Like any community, your rights end where those of others begin." But not in the world community it seems, or at least not wh

diy description - was Re: [Biofuel] Kerry preferred around World - Poll

2004-09-12 Thread Keith Addison
Hi I am new to this site, i live in regional Australai and there are plenty of oportunities to purchase/ make gear and obtain vegetable oil products. Re Bush/ Kerry How are Bush and kerry on biofuels surely that's the question guys The fossil fuel loby is very strong here. Getting an even tra

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate

2004-09-12 Thread Tomas Juknevicius
Hi folks, i was browsing a little bit about absorption cooling. Found this cool document about cooling :) http://www.eduvinet.de/servitec/henninge.pdf Not too practical for direct application, but very good for the educational/theoretical purposes :) Appal Energy wrote: > It's not glass, but i

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate

2004-09-12 Thread Appal Energy
Caroline, Kim and others. Gas absorption is not very energy intense. If you look at the Servel fridges, they operate on a flame the size of a pilot light. In a super insulated walk-in freezer, solar collectors could readily take in enough heat in one day to keep a freezer iced for a week. The ref

Re: [Biofuel] Appreciation

2004-09-12 Thread Appal Energy
Peggy, Zephyr is a grey-ticked Arabian - sweetly cantankerous and a pleasant distraction from the ugliness of the real world. FYI. We've been pushing some of the "standard" home brewer procedures for making biodiesel here lately to try and improve production cycle times. That 833 gpd plant you'

Re: [Biofuel] tanstafl

2004-09-12 Thread Appal Energy
Buck, > soem poeple want there texxt deliverd to them without error,,, > correct in syintax and punctuataion,, and these thisnks are not posssible > with me, this is what i have,, the circuits are scaramled, and all the > dirsire on my partt and all the reminddders from (regular) peo;oe will not

Re: [Biofuel] PLEASE READ - Moderator's message

2004-09-12 Thread Greg Harbican
Yes I do remember it, and from my view point, it's is not totaly correct. Like I said before: Unless I am really careful, and know my mood is bad, I am a fish that is hooked by " Troll Bait ". I said " Troll Bait ", because that is how I perceive some of it, the bait used by trolls to start a "

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate - solar.

2004-09-12 Thread Greg Harbican
This is what I would say is the best solar cooling / ice maker, I have seen in the longest time ( and I have seen allot of them ), in fact the copy I have, is the same one, and down in Texas, I think it would be the best bet. Add some thermal mass to keep it cool even when the clouds are heavy, an

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate

2004-09-12 Thread Kim & Garth Travis
I do understand straw bale very well, did a course on it years ago now in Arizona with the "Out on a bale, by mail" people. Unfortunately, straw bale is not a good building material for my area. I would have to truck bales in from well over a 100 miles away. My humidity is over 80% most of

Re: [Biofuel] tanstafl

2004-09-12 Thread Doug Foskey
Buck, you make a lot of sense. I found your text OK to readbut for the purists, perhaps someone could offer to edit it for you. (You sound very like my father, an old Fitter & Turner who has worked on ships & in industry/farming.) regards Doug On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 08:39 am, Buck Williams w

Re: [Biofuel] Kerry preferred around World - Poll

2004-09-12 Thread Doug Foskey
I like to contemplate how the US may have approached 9/11 sans Bush I think the world may have been a much healthier place. regards Doug On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 09:34 am, Appal Energy wrote: > Tyrone, > > Me thinks you never took a psych course, much less reverse psych. > > Those who oppose the

Re: [Biofuel] Kerry preferred around World - Poll

2004-09-12 Thread Doug Foskey
How (although, as an Australian, I regret to inform you that we are now the XX state, after Canada & Mexico, due to the signing of the Free Trade agreement. I think this will lead to the Australian Public getting screwed!) regards Doug On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 02:51 pm, John Gardner wrote: > Become

Re: [Biofuel] Kerry preferred around World - Poll

2004-09-12 Thread Doug Foskey
Where in Oz R U ?? regards Doug (PS: look for some Edwards Stainless Solar HW tanks: they make the best systems & they are thrown out, as they fatigue around the inlet/outlet ports which is repairable for our use.) On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:28 pm, John wrote: > Hi I am new to this site, i live i

Re: [Biofuel] Kerry preferred around World - Poll

2004-09-12 Thread Doug Foskey
Its rather funny: Our Australian leader is nicknamed 'shrub' by some. (think about it. regards Doug On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 04:01 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi all at biofuels group > > Recent telepoll in Ireland says: > > Kerry 74% > > Bush 26% > > What if Bush had spent the 1.5 Trillio

RE: [Biofuel] Putting O2 to the air input

2004-09-12 Thread Erik Lane
i've never heard of this 'italian tune up' but i guess if an injector gets clogged then pushing more volume thru it could affect it. i don't know much of the theory at all. tho if i have an issue like this with a diesel that isn't being pushed you can bet i'll try it! it's too easy and cheap to n

Re: [Biofuel] Kerry preferred around World - Poll

2004-09-12 Thread MH
> Re Bush/ Kerry > How are Bush and kerry on biofuels surely that's the question guys > The fossil fuel loby is very strong here. > Getting an even transition from fossil to renewable is what we should be > looking for, Australia has not got it quite right yet. > where do i find the diy descripti

Re: [biofuel] Complete system

2004-09-12 Thread Appal Energy
Andrew, Go ahead and have a field day with it. See if you can do something that might make it look "more real" to others? Line drawings don't float too many people's boats this day and age. Todd Swearingen > I wish to start learning Visio to do technical drawing and if >no-one, most importantl

Re: [Biofuel] tanstafl

2004-09-12 Thread Keith Addison
if any of this upsets you,,, say so and i will cheerfully withdraww, buck Please don't withdraw, and please, there's no need to apologise. If anyone gets upset with you they'll have me to deal with too. I posted a set of "List rules", more or less, when we moved the list to this new site