Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Wes Moore
Oh yes I read what you wrote. You seem to think I should be concerned about the latent energy from the atmosphere and count it as the input cost. The input cost is what we need to do to make it work. Here in the real world where I live I can buy 8221 Btu (2.383Kw) of electrical energy for about

Re: [Biofuel] Tyson and Chicken fat as Biodiesel

2007-01-12 Thread Keith Addison
It's interesting that in this thread so far nobody has brought up Thermal Depolymerization...that's a pretty cool technology that's in its infancy, but has potential. There's a plant in the bible belt somewhere that's been using butterball turkey offal as a base material...

Re: [Biofuel] Tyson and Chicken fat as Biodiesel

2007-01-12 Thread Keith Addison
Jason Katie wrote: BD a dollar more than DD? what a crock. if we can do it in our collective garage for less than a dollar a gallon why cant they do it in a huge super-specialized facility for even less? man, these corporate types are dumber than i thought...and i figured they were they

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Keith Addison
Wes Moore wrote: Oh yes I read what you wrote. You seem to think I should be concerned about the latent energy from the atmosphere and count it as the input cost. The input cost is what we need to do to make it work. Here in the real world where I live I can buy 8221 Btu (2.383Kw) of

[Biofuel] Bumper Stickers for 2007

2007-01-12 Thread D. Mindock
Not politically correct, in a couple cases. Bumper Stickers for 2007 At Least Nixon Resigned Let's Fix Democracy in This Country First If You Want a Nation Ruled By Religion, Move to Iran Bush. Like a Rock. Only Dumber If You Can Read This,

[Biofuel] [Fwd: Re: Global warming Sportsters]

2007-01-12 Thread Mike Weaver
Interesting cross-post from another list... -Weaver Original Message Subject:Re: Global warming Sportsters Resent-Date:Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:34:24 -0500 (EST) Resent-From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:34:11 -0600 From: David Broadwell [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Tyson and Chicken fat as Biodiesel

2007-01-12 Thread Mike Weaver
besides, the last energy bill handed the oil companies 10 Billion with a B to, uh, get more. Kurt Nolte wrote: Jason Katie wrote: BD a dollar more than DD? what a crock. if we can do it in our collective garage for less than a dollar a gallon why cant they do it in a huge

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Wes Moore
Hi Keith: I am afraid egos have entered this discussion. The reality I see from all of the objections is some folks would like to be physicists. I think being a good physicist requires extreme depth. The objections I have seen are valid to understand where the extra energy is coming from. Once

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Keith Addison
Wes Moore wrote: Hi Keith: I am afraid egos have entered this discussion. Egos, hm. The reality I see from all of the objections is some folks would like to be physicists. I think being a good physicist requires extreme depth. LOL! Clearly I'm right out of my depth here Wes. I'll just leave

Re: [Biofuel] [Fwd: Re: Global warming Sportsters]

2007-01-12 Thread Keith Addison
'Lo Weaver What a load of bollocks. Pardon me, but it's a little hard to find something he didn't get wrong. Regarding substantiation of that (a) please see the archives and (b) citing A climatologist I heard (don't recall his name, but he's well respected in his field) said that... doesn't

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Wait... you make an economic arguement for why not to count the thermal input, then claim that engineers designed it based on economics, not physics? I've got two engineering degrees, and was always taught that the laws of physics govern how stuff works. Economics is so inconsistent depending

Re: [Biofuel] Correspondance with the White House

2007-01-12 Thread Frank Navarrete
Hi Robert and Benita, Lovely letter. I heard his remarks this morning (Thursday) about the capacity of the American people to forget, and I'm offended that he would think me stupid enough to forget what happened that day. I will NEVER forget September 11th! I was in Washington that day. I saw

Re: [Biofuel] Oil sands hit major 'hurdle' in California - Globe andMail - 2007.01.11

2007-01-12 Thread Joe Street
As it should be. This is great news. I hope other states follow through with similar legislation. As the sweet crude and foreign crude runs low and the price goes up, eventually Canada's oil will be worth more anyways. Why sell it now. Better to wait until you have the world over a barrel

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Wes Moore
Zeke I think one thing that trumps the laws of physics are results. Physics, as the heat pump example explains identifies where the mysterious energy comes from. From there I think an intelligent engineer would proceed accepting this gift of energy and create the system to operate accordingly.

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Joe Street
Holy crap Wes you're paying 15 cents per Kwh? (yes don't forget the hours unit, or are you taking almost 3 hours to do this work?) I pay 6 cents or near a third of that. Where do you live man? Joe Wes Moore wrote: Oh yes I read what you wrote. You seem to think I should be concerned

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Wes Moore
Yes in all cases I have referred to KW hours. But you are right this does not take into account the few minutes of operation that would be wasted at start up for each cycle. I have set my t stat to 1 cycle per hour so this is not as much of a concern as I sometimes see up to 5 or 7cycles per hour

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Wes Moore
LOL Joe I live in Ontario as well, my calculations are derived from adding in PST, GST, Delivery charge, Debt Retirement, Administration charge and anything else they seem to add to our bill. I simply divide the total bill with the number of kilowatts consumed. It varies between 18 to 15

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Keith Addison
Zeke Sorry Wes, I can't allow this to continue. Your reasoning may seem to you to have an internal logic but it's circular, without support in the real world, it vanishes up its own orifice. According to all definitions of over-unity and free energy except your own, you've failed to produce

[Biofuel] The Push behind the Surge

2007-01-12 Thread Keith Addison
The Push behind the Surge By Jim Lobe and Michael Flynn | January 11, 2007 Neoconservatives and their allies are practically the only supporters of the surge idea to send more troops to Iraq. But this doesn't seem to bother the president, who was given a brand new blueprint for victory last

Re: [Biofuel] The Push behind the Surge

2007-01-12 Thread Frank Navarrete
The involvment of Lieberman and McCain certainly hints that Israel is one of the hands in the glove for sending more troops. On 1/12/07, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Push behind the Surge By Jim Lobe and Michael Flynn | January 11, 2007 Neoconservatives and their allies are

Re: [Biofuel] The Push behind the Surge

2007-01-12 Thread Frank Navarrete
From http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/10/media-surge-escalation/ Media Misleading Americans By Using 'Surge' To Describe Bush Policy Research compiled by ThinkProgress shows that when surge was first adopted by the mainstream media in November 2006, the term was specifically defined as a

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Mike Weaver
I'd like to take this opportunity that I am the only one on this list with Diplomatic Immunity to the Laws of Physics. -Weaver Keith Addison wrote: Zeke Sorry Wes, I can't allow this to continue. Your reasoning may seem to you to have an internal logic but it's circular, without

[Biofuel] Another Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread JAMES PHELPS
This pendulum is not new, the Amish have used a similar device to pump water for years. Thier system uses a flow of say 1 cubic foot of water falling a distance of 1 foot - to elevate a much smaller volume uphill 40 feet as time is on thier side, periods of low water use slowly fills a storage

Re: [Biofuel] The Push behind the Surge

2007-01-12 Thread Keith Addison
Thankyou Frank. It needs vigilance eh? Just mindless or slimy with it, d'you think? Not that it makes much difference I suppose. So much for the 4th estate, or at least the owned portion of it. FAIR is also covering this: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3029 Debating the Iraq Surge on PBS

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Kirk McLoren
Joe some people pay even more. Thats why I am so tickled to see the rate on my daughters house in Oregon to be 4 1/2 cents. Helps being within 10 miles of McNary Dam :) Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holy crap Wes you're paying 15 cents per Kwh? (yes don't forget the hours unit, or are

Re: [Biofuel] The Next Stage of Capitalism

2007-01-12 Thread Joe Street
Makes me think we should get a bunch of T-shirts printed with a slogan like Secure the commons! * ( Made from organic hemp of course). Joe * This message has been brought to you by 'the common man' all rights reserved. Your individual rights may vary or be illusory depending on the

Re: [Biofuel] Pendulum

2007-01-12 Thread Joe Street
Actually I'm paying the same as Wes. I was only thinking of the generation rate. I forgot about those decrepit nuclear reactors we have to pay to keep blundering along... J Kirk McLoren wrote: Joe some people pay even more. Thats why I am so tickled to see the rate on my daughters house

Re: [Biofuel] The Push behind the Surge

2007-01-12 Thread Frank Navarrete
From your link Keith, . . . sending additional troops to Iraq—a position endorsed by 12 percent of the public, according to the most recent polling (USA Today/Gallup, 1/5-7/07). (In another question, Gallup did find 36 percent support for Bush's plan to increase troops—but only when the increase

Re: [Biofuel] Threats of Peak Oil to the Global Food Supply

2007-01-12 Thread Luke Hansen
Speaking of fun films, I just saw the 1976 film Network and would highly recommend it. --- doug swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get that movie out occasionally, check it out again. one of the few that I'll watch again from time to time. Like Powder, or The Green Mile for