Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Keith Addison
So in short Todd, as with the last 25 years, there is no biodiesel from algae right now on Planet Earth, but hey! it's just around the corner (December next year this time). Ho-hum, yawn... Ho-hum yawn ANYWAY, because, frankly, so what? Are you really thinking in the same corporatist and/or guz

Re: [Biofuel] Coal

2006-08-02 Thread Appal Energy
The answer is simple. Existing Infrastructure, capitalizing on it and profit. Hoodwinking (manipulation) is all a part of the game. Todd Swearingen JJJN wrote: >I have never understood why when they know that putting it in the air is >bad they would start to try and mess up the aquifers too.

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Appal Energy
Tom, Per horizontal acre, with the algae growing vertically. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/12/greenshift_lice.html Bookmark that page and think about buying stock in the manufacturers of the technology. That is if you have all your credit cards payed off first. Todd Swearingen Tom Irw

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Keith Addison
>>We might even be >>able to harvest those algae blooms and make biodiesel from it. > >Or begin remediation and interception projects to harvest algae? > >Lake Apopka in Florida used to be the world's best bass fishing >(before mercury bioaccumation manifested itself as a reality). >People flocke

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Keith Addison
>Tom, > >Per horizontal acre, with the algae growing vertically. > >http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/12/greenshift_lice.html > >Bookmark that page and think about buying stock in the manufacturers >of the technology. That is if you have all your credit cards payed >off first. > >Todd Swearing

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Appal Energy
Actually that's a conservative value. See http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/12/greenshift_lice.html and calculate what you come up with in square feet under roof with a 30' eave. The proto's already proven the values. All that remains is to upscale. Todd Swearingen Kirk McLoren wrote:

[Biofuel] GeoExchange, on the cheap

2006-08-02 Thread Mike Redler
Hi everyone, As with many in this forum, I've been trying to stay cool today without switching on the AC. It's tempting but, so far I've resisted. I was standing under the shower head, thinking about what my air conditioner might be doing had it been turned on. Specifically, how the condenser

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Appal Energy
Southern Kaliforn-I-eh. By December's end, 2007. Plant is or has already been contracted upon and should be completed by then. Don't think it's quite yet proper to say what firm is financing it, at least not until they issue their first press release, which they may have already done for all I

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Appal Energy
>We >might even be >able to harvest those algae blooms and make biodiesel from it. Or begin remediation and interception projects to harvest algae? Lake Apopka in Florida used to be the world's best bass fishing (before mercury bioaccumation manifested itself as a reality). People flocked there

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Kirk McLoren
The manufacturing problem is you cant get there from here. If charcoal was a viable starting point for carbon black you can bet it would be used - but it isnt. Chopped up tires are experimental paving and their physical properties are quite dissimilar from brickettes. Taint that simple.   Kirk[E

[Biofuel] Seed money meant to kick-start biofuels projects - New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal - 2006.07.19

2006-08-02 Thread econogics
Seed money meant to kick-start biofuels projects; New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal Wed 19 Jul 2006 Canada's fledgling biofuels industry received $11 million in seed money Monday aimed at ensuring farmers and rural communities can get in on groundfloor opportunities in the growing renewable-fuels

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread econogics
There are a number of uses for carbon, there is a world market for it. Tires. Today some companies burn natural gas incompletely to produce carbon for tires. Road surface. Carbon can be mixed with other materials to make road surface materials, including chipped up tires, which are also a sourc

[Biofuel] {Disarmed} Re: Using biodiesel in newer truck-cars

2006-08-02 Thread Andres Secco
Dear Steve, I have been testing biodiesel in newer Hyundai and Kia diesel vehicles and have some findings. First of all the base RPM increases up to 1500 RPM. After a week using B50 (50% biodiesel) the normal range comes back. I guess is because the computer modifies the air or fuel intake, b

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Jason& Katie
its a moot point if it is done with a solar source Jason ICQ#: 154998177 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "bob allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving? and the energy savings v

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread bob allen
for those who haven't already seen this check out the videos here: http://www.doeblitz.net/ghg/ Joe Street wrote: > Walls made from plaster covered straw bales are estimated to be 10 times > as strong as wooden stud, way better insulated, way better fire > retardency, environmentally respo

[Biofuel] Perdue BBQ

2006-08-02 Thread Joe Street
Hahahah you found it! I tried to find a link but I guess Perdue made George take his website down. Obviously it found a new home. Great! On the old Perdue site there was a still photo I remember of him with a liquid hydrogen bulk tank in the background! Hahhh LOL Joe bob allen wrote: > f

Re: [Biofuel] safe temperature

2006-08-02 Thread Rafal Szczesniak
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:17:02PM +0900, Keith Addison wrote: > Hi Rafal > > >What is max temperature you would consider "safe" for the process ? > > > >I know methanol boils at 64.7 degC, but it starts evaporating before > >reaching this point. Does that mean the temperature higher than > >55 de

[Biofuel] Using biodiesel in newer truck-cars

2006-08-02 Thread Steve Barton
Hello to all I'm new to all of this and have read and studied the makeing of biodiesel and have planed out a plane to produce it as well But befor diving into to deep of water I have not found much info about runing home made biodiesel in newer engines. I have a 2005 chevy diesel truck with

Re: [Biofuel] EV is not dead

2006-08-02 Thread Mike Redler
Zeke wrote: "But both used Advanced DC motors which don't allow regen...  But they are only about $1,600 for the motor, and probably under $4k for a complete drive system, compared to $32k for a single purchase of a AC Propulsion complete drive system -- so you can see why everyone uses the ser

Re: [Biofuel] EV is not dead

2006-08-02 Thread Mike Redler
Darryll, you wrote: “Personally, I like the Advanced DC motors. But then I think regen is over-rated. If you learn to drive so that you use the brakes as little as possible, then regen offers little advantage, for there is little braking energy for it to recoup. Good strategy for improving fuel

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Joe Street
Walls made from plaster covered straw bales are estimated to be 10 times as strong as wooden stud, way better insulated, way better fire retardency, environmentally responsible, made from local (usually) resources, and accomodate unconventional techniques which result in aesthetics that some of

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread Kirk McLoren
But wood is structural and you dont need a lot of it. Current construction has 2x4 or 2x6 on 18 inch centers. The wood is surrounded by fiberglass on 2 sides and the other two are often stucco and sheetrock. Fastening sheetrock to brickettes would be a fun task. I'm not keen on the idea.   KirkZ

Re: [Biofuel] Future car: What will you be driving?

2006-08-02 Thread bob allen
and the energy savings via melting glass to sequester the carbon? Jason& Katie wrote: > is there a way to mix it with recycled powdered glass and press and heat > it until the glass melts and forms a "cage" to hold it together and > maybe slow or stall any combustion? > Jason > ICQ#: 154998177

[Biofuel] Meaning of Life interviews

2006-08-02 Thread D. Mindock
Here's a plethora (21) of very good interviews by Robin Wright of well-known thinkers and teachers on the meaning of life. Enjoy! http://meaningoflife.tv/ Peace and joy, D. Mindock ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustaina

Re: [Biofuel] EV is not dead

2006-08-02 Thread Simon Fowler MADUR-SALES
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