Re: [Biofuel] Solar Concentrator & PV Modules

2006-05-13 Thread Jason & Katie
in theory, if one could find a way to waterproof the back of a PV cell it could be used as the heat-side plate in this concentrator/boiler found at (or after) http://www.ida.net/users/tetonsl/solar/page_46.htm you could safely increase the power range of a smaller PV cell without too horrible of

[Biofuel] Police Brutality in Ohio

2006-05-13 Thread D. Mindock
This is happening in America, land of the free & home of the brave. America is becoming a land of no compassion for common folk who protest against the crimes of BushCo. Even peace loving pacifists are being put into FBI databases. Anyone who loves peace and hates war is seen as a terrorist to t

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Car runs on water

2006-05-13 Thread chris davidson
it seems sea water (or possibly even grey water) could possibly leave behind evaporite deposits.i don't know how these systems work though, or whether the water is actually evaporated, but i had assumed that clean water would be needed. salt water could be theway to go...?-chris Message: 2Date: Fri

[Biofuel] Radio Interview with Dr Mills of Blacklightpower.com

2006-05-13 Thread D. Mindock
 This is a recent addition to the BlackLightPower website. Dr Randell L. Mills is an articulate, energetic, speaker for his new way to create energy from hydrogen which he says begin to end the fossil fuel era in 100 man-years. Peace, D. Mindock   May 6, 2006  Energy Week, FM Radio News Cha

[Biofuel] Now Is the Time for a Left-Right Alliance

2006-05-13 Thread D. Mindock
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/10305Now Is the Time for a Left-Right AllianceA rebel alliance already exists that could stop Bush administrationattacks on the Constitutionby Thomas R. EddlemI'm currently a life member of the John Birch Society and formerlyserved on the staff of the or

Re: [Biofuel] Police Brutality in Ohio

2006-05-13 Thread Appal Energy
How about a little less emotionally charged, speech and a little more of the facts? Nothing personal. Just that the link you offered was 1,000% lopsided. Here's a slightly more factual bit, almost devoid of facts in comparison. http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=

[Biofuel] Fw: "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism"

2006-05-13 Thread D. Mindock
  This is kooky stuff, but these Dominionists are part of the base of BushCo. IMO, they've highjacked Christianity and made it into a perversely dark image of itself. Peace, D. Mindock   http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/05/12/goldberg/print.html "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christ

[Biofuel] Fw: Diebold security flaw worst ever!

2006-05-13 Thread D. Mindock
These Diebold machines are the "ace up the sleeve" for the neo-con Repugs here in the U$ of A. November 2006, the next big election, for seats in US Congress, is fast approaching. Peace, D. Mindock == What do you think? The t r u t h o u t Town Meeting i

Re: [Biofuel] Torture and/or Nuking Iran -- was Re: "disinformation" Poll in favor of Nukes on Iran

2006-05-13 Thread Keith Addison
>Kieth >Sounds like the game of "telephone": each person whispering into >anothers ear and periodically telling what they >heard; the morphing of messages from one to another "CEO TO BLADn >TO BUSH" TAKES SO LONG BECAUSE the path is NOT LINEAL, the messages >path are 3D and of course loopy, ma

Re: [Biofuel] The Hidden Agenda Behind the Bird Flu Hoax

2006-05-13 Thread D. Mindock
Hi Jim, Well, I hope the election in Nov 2006 is relatively honest. I feel uneasy about it. Just too many Diebold and ES&S touch-screens will be in use. But, if, the Demos manage to get a majority in Congress after Nov 7, I hope they do the impeachment of Bush/ Cheney without delay. And then wo

Re: [Biofuel] The Hidden Agenda Behind the Bird Flu Hoax

2006-05-13 Thread Michael Redler
Hakan,   I read your post and I have to say; if I set aside the stuff we already talked about, the stuff with which I already disagreed (providing an extensive explanation as to why), and the stuff of which most people are already aware, I find myself in full support of you comments.   Thank yo

Re: [Biofuel] Police Brutality in Ohio

2006-05-13 Thread D. Mindock
Todd, The conversion of our country into a police state is not something I can take lightly. I am POed at what's happening. I hate seeing the promise of America being trashed by a couple of oil barons and their henchmen, oh, and Ms. Rice. The facts were there in the link I gave. If you wish

Re: [Biofuel] More Gardening News - micro ley farming

2006-05-13 Thread pan ruti
 Ola ,Keith As Brazil is one of the leading exporter of meat and chicken , this  ley farming  information bring the old , the new all available information in one place  is best done. Animal>>>animal wastes>>micrloagae>>>fish and prawn >>>organic gardening   using integrated  reuse of water  is our

Re: [Biofuel] The Hidden Agenda Behind the Bird Flu Hoax

2006-05-13 Thread JJJN
Hello D, Hope is all we have now, but as long as either party is in "charge" and The masters of greed are in the background buying them off and ruling the country for their ends,don't plan on any change very soon but there will be some long TALK TALK TALK and mudslinging and so we go.down

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Car runs on water

2006-05-13 Thread bob allen
I automatically reject anything which 1. appears to violate extremely simple laws of thermodynamics 2. is supported by testimonial, rather than hard data. 3. doesn't currently sell power to the grid with the device, even though claims are made of power production. I guess I just have a low

[Biofuel] Wood

2006-05-13 Thread Mike Weaver
I heat w/ wood and in my experience oak splits pretty well, better than hickory or elm. On the other hand, I tend to cut in in 12" rounds to split and I use a very heavy maul. Some wood, like pear, burns well and it easy to split, as it almost shatters. Other wood, like box elder, is impossib

Re: [Biofuel] Wood

2006-05-13 Thread Thomas Kelly
Mike, Have you ever split straight grained ash? Sections 2 feet in diameter yield to 1 or 2 swings of the axe with a soulful cracking sound. Makes one feel a bit like Paul Bunyan. Burns good seasoned or not. Only problem is, many were killed off by disease several years ago here in

Re: [Biofuel] Wood

2006-05-13 Thread Fritz Friesinger
Hi, we up here in Canada split the Wood rigth in the cold winter,when everything is hard frozen.It takes half the efford to due the job!The hardes Maple,Birch,Ash and Oak splits very well wth a simple strike of an Axe. Elm is an other thing,almost not splittable by hand since the crossgrain

Re: [Biofuel] Microchipping babies

2006-05-13 Thread Debra
Thank you Marylynn, I wasn't aware of this site. Deborah Howard - Original Message - From: "Marylynn Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 10:29 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Microchipping babies > This was sent through from another list > > http://www.arcticbeacon.com/11-

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism"

2006-05-13 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Folks, Saturday, 13 May, 2006, 07:07:20, you wrote: DM> This is kooky stuff, but these Dominionists are part of the base DM> of BushCo. IMO, they've highjacked Christianity and made it into a DM> perversely dark image of itself. DM> Peace, D. Mindock "Christian" reconstructionism or do

Re: [Biofuel] The Hidden Agenda Behind the Bird Flu Hoax

2006-05-13 Thread DHAJOGLO
Two Davids, how funny, I didn't comment about you or anything on Rush. I mearly responded to Keith's comment about the way we politicise issues. Rush is a deaf, racist, drug using moron. If he happened to say something worth while I'm sure it was on accident. I'm not to concerned about the a

Re: [Biofuel] The Hidden Agenda Behind the Bird Flu Hoax

2006-05-13 Thread DHAJOGLO
Jason and or Katie Perhaps isolationist is not exactaly correct... let me clarify. On Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:22 PM, Jason & Katie wrote: > >if the US is so isolationist, why do we keep getting our nose broken for >sticking it in other people's business? > My view is that our general populati

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Concentrator & PV Modules

2006-05-13 Thread Zeke Yewdall
This is exactly what I did my master's thesis on. The concept works pretty well from a theoretical perspective. I was just investigating using water cooling for non-concrentrating PV, but it would work even better for concentrating PV. You shouldn't really have to deal with 1200F, at least if yo

Re: [Biofuel] Wood

2006-05-13 Thread Mike Weaver
I don't mind splitting elm but I do it in very short pieces. It grows in a swirl so long pieces are no fun. On the other hand it keeps a long time and there is a lot free for the taking. Last year I burned red oak, box elder (waste of time, but free and already cut) silver maple (not great b

Re: [Biofuel] Wood

2006-05-13 Thread Mike Weaver
Knot that I know of! I usually burn what I can scrounge, but draw the line at poplar and some pine. Not worth the trouble. Thomas Kelly wrote: >Mike, >Have you ever split straight grained ash? >Sections 2 feet in diameter yield to 1 or 2 swings of the axe with a >soulful cracking soun

Re: [Biofuel] biodiesel from algae in New Zealand

2006-05-13 Thread Tonomár András
Hello, I hav also red about algees before and got me into thinking about a ship based BD plant flooting around the oceans. I would be into something like this. Do we have any info on how to...??? Andrew > A commercial facility has produced the first biodiesel derived from > "wild" sewage alga

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Concentrator & PV Modules

2006-05-13 Thread Hakan Falk
Zeke, Thermal solar panels can reach surface temperatures around 400 degree Celsius, but with pump or thermal driven circulation the water temperatures will not reach boiling temperature and open system can be used. I have such a system on my roof. Generally the efficiency is around 35%. The norm

Re: [Biofuel] Wood

2006-05-13 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I agree with Fritz. Larch is great -- probably the best for building (in the northwest US at least, where cottonwood and aspen is the only broadleaf tree of any size). I've tried to remove larch stumps 40 years after they were cut, and they are still largely as hard as rock -- very dense red hear

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Concentrator & PV Modules

2006-05-13 Thread Logan Vilas
The main concern would be thermal transfer rates of the materials that the cell is made out of and max temp the cell can handle. I know PV are made from silicone, but is there any more depective terms for the material? For example all Iron is not steel and every version of it has different thermal

[Biofuel] Wood ash lye - was Re: New Biodiesel Catalyst

2006-05-13 Thread Keith Addison
How about this: make sodium hydroxide from table salt, using PET bottles, flashlight batteries, glue and so on. http://snipurl.com/qes2 [biofuel] Making methanol and lye - was Re: [biofuel] Another "biodiesel from etha http://snipurl.com/qes3 Re: [biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Economy You also end up

[Biofuel] Wood ash lye - was Re: New Biodiesel Catalyst

2006-05-13 Thread Keith Addison
Hi all Re the lye, I think it's just a matter of doing it. Measure the ash lye against a standard, 0.1% NaOH solution titration of a WVO sample, so you have an idea of how much to use, and brew a series of test batches with it. You might have to keep doing that every time you made a fresh lye

[Biofuel] Wood ash lye - was Re: New Biodiesel Catalyst

2006-05-13 Thread Keith Addison
From another list, four years ago: Okay, try this: Find some used drums or other containers, & spend a day running around seeing how much used cooking grease you can obtain for free from resatraunts. Once you get home with the stuff, strain it through a couple thicknes

Re: [Biofuel] Wood ash lye - was Re: New Biodiesel Catalyst

2006-05-13 Thread Manick Harris
Hello Keith,all, The stuff you describe has a lot of potassium carbonate which must be converted to potassium hydroxide to make soap from veg oils. This can be done by boiling with slaked lime. You will get liquid soap. Get solid soap by washing this a few times with salt solution. I did not carry

Re: [Biofuel] More Gardening News - micro ley farming

2006-05-13 Thread Keith Addison
Ola, Pannirselvam >Ola , >Keith > >As Brazil is one of the leading exporter of meat and chicken , this >ley farming information bring the old , the new all available >information in one place is best done. Animal>>>animal >wastes>>micrloagae>>>fish and prawn >>>organic gardening using >int

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Car runs on water

2006-05-13 Thread John Beale
Oh, and another thing: There was an episode of Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers that I remember from my childhood where the villain, an evil genius (of course), plots to take over the city using a device that is powered by static electricity that he derives from cats' fur. He captured the cats an

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Car runs on water

2006-05-13 Thread John Beale
I want to put in my two cents before this topic is lost forever... Okay, first of all, I think this car is bunk. Completely bunk. It obviously violates the laws of thermodynamics. The first issue here is that people will believe that water can be dumped into an engine and run a car because they