Re: [Biofuel] Brazil's ethanol effort

2005-06-22 Thread MH
> DERICK GIORCHINO wrote: > What you sagest is harmful to the bush family and most of the politicians > that are so heavily evolved in dino products. > You know what will happen if you have the weasel watching the hen house. > I have recently done some reading on the ethanol as a fuel of choice. Bu

[Biofuel] VW Diesel

2005-06-22 Thread Mike
Has anyone ever converted a VW diesel to run on leftover oil from restaurants or fast foods like Krispy Kreeme and McDonalds etc... I'm about to do it and want to follow the lead of someone else who's done it. Thanks. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?

RE: [Biofuel] Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-22 Thread Neil Goatman
why should the yanks care they will have killed all the rest of the world in a few years anyway . they don't even elect their president he just pays the judges off and he is in . any country that does this at the top has no hope for the people . unless there is a ground swell of change this corrupt

Re: [Biofuel] Corolla's Fuel Pump

2005-06-22 Thread TerryWhyton
while on the subect of fuel pumps and rubber i run a 1993 b5.9 cummins turbo diesel ime just starting out on bio diesel,but remember reading somewhere a statement that cummins do not reccomend use of bio in this motor,does anyone know why or if its true   terry ___

[Biofuel] Bards of the Powerful

2005-06-22 Thread bmolloy
Hi All,     Firstly thanks to John Hayes for clarifying what is involved accessing research sources (Posted under: "Nice teeth but your leg might have to come off"). On another tack, here's an interesting angle on the political impact of rock stars Bob.

RE: [Biofuel] Brazil's ethanol effort

2005-06-22 Thread dwoodard
Assuming that the problem in cool conditions is fuel vapourization and mixture formation, I expect that inlet injection (fairly common now) would work, and that if it didn't, direct injection would work. I don't know how ethanol and injection pumps get along, but I think that if there is a problem

[Biofuel] Datsun pump rebuild options

2005-06-22 Thread des
Thanks for all the replies! I guess, being the cautious type that I am, I will try upping the percentage of Bio to Dino ratio, and keep the spare filter and tools required to access it handy. As far as what might happen if the pump goes out, guess I'll coast to a stop and ride the thumb back.

RE: [Biofuel] Brazil's ethanol effort

2005-06-22 Thread DERICK GIORCHINO
What you sagest is harmful to the bush family and most of the politicians that are so heavily evolved in dino products. You know what will happen if you have the weasel watching the hen house. I have recently done some reading on the ethanol as a fuel of choice. But it seems that those in tropical

RE: [Biofuel] Corolla's Fuel Pump

2005-06-22 Thread malcolm maclure
Hello Filipe, Keith, Doug & all. If your BioD is properly made (i.e. a complete reaction) &, more importantly well washed (typically 3 or 4 washes) I see no reason to fear pump failure even in early pumps. The car companies say otherwise to cover their backs, & likewise the oil companies want you

Re: [Biofuel] Corolla's Fuel Pump

2005-06-22 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Doug Keith Addison wrote: Hello Filipe I doubt it very much. Okay, no, it's not true. By 1993 Japanese fuel pumps did not contain any rubber, especially not those exported to Europe - compatability issues with the European ULSD diesel fuel had already ensured that. Our To

[Biofuel] Supreme Court Upholds State Eminent Domain Rules

2005-06-22 Thread
It would appear to me that the final nail is being driven into the coffin of the old Republic."The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management." --Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. Supreme Court Upholds

Re: [Biofuel] Corolla's Fuel Pump

2005-06-22 Thread des
Keith Addison wrote: Hello Filipe I doubt it very much. Okay, no, it's not true. By 1993 Japanese fuel pumps did not contain any rubber, especially not those exported to Europe - compatability issues with the European ULSD diesel fuel had already ensured that. Our Toyota diesel i

Re: safety of sludge slightly crude was Re: [Biofuel] Biogas Bonanza for Third World Development

2005-06-22 Thread Keith Addison
Greetings Kim Greetings Keith, I like the explanation I ran across while researching aquaculture. If raw sewage is bad for the land, then so is the byproduct of methane digestion. Both the human body and the digester produce methane commonly referred to as farts in humans. Both do it at the

Re: [Biofuel] Corolla's Fuel Pump

2005-06-22 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Filipe Hello again, I own an Toyota Corolla 2,0D van (1993), I was tolded that diesel fuel pumps, in older diesel vehicles, aren't compatible whith the use of biodiesel. Someone said to me that the rubber parts inside the fuel pump will be damaged and they aren't replaceable. A fuel pump

Re: [Biofuel] Corolla's Fuel Pump

2005-06-22 Thread Phillip Wolfe
Filipe, The short answer is yes, there are compatability issues "at the gas station pump". The long answer is that many C-Stores are indepedently owned but use the brand name of their petroleum supplier. Thus they sorta have to comply with the parent company guidelines. The parent company has gu

safety of sludge slightly crude was Re: [Biofuel] Biogas Bonanza for Third World Development

2005-06-22 Thread Garth & Kim Travis
Greetings Keith, I like the explanation I ran across while researching aquaculture. If raw sewage is bad for the land, then so is the byproduct of methane digestion. Both the human body and the digester produce methane commonly referred to as farts in humans. Both do it at the same temperatu

Re: [Biofuel] Nice teeth but your leg has to come off..........

2005-06-22 Thread John Hayes
And what is the incidence of osteosarcoma compared to dental caries? Anyway. if you search PubMed for bassin eb you'll find Dr Bassin is the lead author on an article from 2004 entitled: "Problems in exposure assessment of fluoride in drinking water." The primary conclusion in that 2004 paper

[Biofuel] The WSJ on Exxon and the global warming "debate"

2005-06-22 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2005/06/the_wsj_on_exxo.html MoJo Blog: The WSJ on Exxon and the global warming "debate" Since Mother Jones, in late April, released our exposé on ExxonMobil's funding of global warming naysayers,

[Biofuel] G-8 weakens draft on global warming -- Bush administration pushed for changes

2005-06-22 Thread Keith Addison
See also: http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8008 U.S. Resists Strong Summit Language on Global Warming June 20, 2005 - By John Heilprin, Associated Press http://www.greenconsumerguide.com/index.php?news=2630 Fury over leaked G8 document Monday 20 June 2005 ... "Every reference to the urgency of a

[Biofuel] The Pig People Don't Talk to the Chicken People

2005-06-22 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2185/ In These Times Supplementary > June 21, 2005 The Pig People Don't Talk to the Chicken People By Peter Teague It was three years ago, when I first came to work in a New York foundation, that I learned that the pig people don't talk to the chi

[Biofuel] Environmentalism is dead. What's next?

2005-06-22 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2171/ In These Times June 21, 2005 Environmentalism is dead. What's next? By Adam Werbach Sidebar The Pig People Don't Talk to the Chicken People When the U.S. Senate voted to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this past March,

[Biofuel] Biogas Bonanza for Third World Development

2005-06-22 Thread Keith Addison
This bit, however, just ain't so: "The sludge remaining after digestion is richer in valuable nutrients than the animal manure, providing vegetables, fruits and cereals with a top quality fertilizer that guarantees better crops." A common delusion (what were we just saying about chemistry and

[Biofuel] Corolla's Fuel Pump

2005-06-22 Thread fil_paulette
Hello again, I own an Toyota Corolla 2,0D van (1993), I was tolded that diesel fuel pumps, in older diesel vehicles, aren't compatible whith the use of biodiesel. Someone said to me that the rubber parts inside the fuel pump will be damaged and they aren't replaceable. A fuel pump is a very ex