Re: [Biofuel] man pays $520 electric bill in pennies

2007-03-14 Thread Doug Younker
I suspect Ameren CIPS will be instituting a policy, where they will not accept cash payments in cash, below a certain denomination. I recall a case where it was revealed while US coins are legal tender, for amounts less than a dollar, but I can't find a reference to it. In regards to

[Biofuel] New political metaphors

2007-03-14 Thread Dawie Coetzee
I think most of us will agree that the terms 'left' and 'right' are fast losing their relevence in the political sense. Many of us will optimistically try to deny that there is any new dichotomy in its place. I have been aware of such a dichotomy for over a decade, and I submit that it is real,

[Biofuel] Fwd: Re: [LittleHouses] Bioconversion of Putrescent Wastes

2007-03-14 Thread Kirk McLoren
crosspost http://www.esrla.com/brazil/frame.htm interesting Kirk To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Cynthia Womack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:26:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [LittleHouses] Bioconversion of Putrescent Wastes Thank you for an excellent article! I'd like to

[Biofuel] Fowl play: The poultry industry's central role in the bird flu crisis

2007-03-14 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.grain.org/briefings/?id=194 GRAIN | Briefings | 2006 | Fowl play: The poultry industry's central role in the bird flu crisis GRAIN | February 2006 Read the press release (Feb 2006) Read GRAINs letter about bird flu to the FAO (Feb 2006) Backyard or free-range poultry are not

[Biofuel] Fowl play - Updated references

2007-03-14 Thread Keith Addison
Updated references Fowl play: The poultry industry's central role in the bird flu crisis GRAIN | February 2006 References [1] Hans Wagner, FAO-RAP, Protecting the environment from the impact of the growing industrialization of livestock production in East Asia, APHCA 26th Session, Subang

[Biofuel] The top-down global response to bird flu

2007-03-14 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=12 GRAIN | Against the grain | 2006 | The top-down global response to bird flu GRAIN | April 2006 We live in poverty, without any basic facilities and no one coming to enquire about our problems. All of a sudden all the television crew, media persons and

Re: [Biofuel] New political metaphors

2007-03-14 Thread MK DuPree
Works for me, Dawie...unfortunately the hydroponic mind, having been carefully crafted and nurtured over the years, when presented with your new terminology, will not be able to understand words with more than one syllable and will probably think it is being presented with some kind of sexual

Re: [Biofuel] New political metaphors

2007-03-14 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Mike, Dawie Then you need two terms Mike. Your view of the hydroponic mind might be a bit American, but I guess it has its variations everywhere, or at least everywhere in the industrialised societies. Anyway it would apply to the subscribers, people who've been lulled and hypnotised by

Re: [Biofuel] New political metaphors

2007-03-14 Thread MK DuPree
Hi Keith...wonderful expose and thanks for the additional references. No doubt my views are suburban, middle-class American, I guess middle-middle class, maybe almost lower-middle class. Anyway, I'm not sure of your suggestion for my needing two terms. Could you please expound, keeping in

[Biofuel] MAGNASOL

2007-03-14 Thread JAMES PHELPS
If you are getting into biodiesel or have had some weird results with consistent reactions even though you are sure they should be in closer tolerance. Do this check with the supplier of your oil to see if they use a filter powder, MANY MANY do in the US. This is fine but I found that they