Re: [Biofuel] Hormone use may make dairy farming greener-US study

2008-07-02 Thread Douglas Woodard
Off the top of my head, I would say that rbST is part of a process of substituting cultivated grains for perennial forages in milk production, something which is not a good idea, especially looking at a declining supply of fossil fuels and mined fertilizers. Not to mention increasing the produc

Re: [Biofuel] EVs on Canadian Roads (was BC's Carbon Tax)

2008-07-02 Thread Darryl McMahon
They have. The KillaCycle is mentioned in my background paper. It was specifically mentioned in our first conference call with the ministry officials. The link to the EVCO version of the paper appears to be broken. The last draft I provided can be viewed here: http://www.econogics.com/Electr

Re: [Biofuel] Gates and food

2008-07-02 Thread Chris Burck
nice article. i recently saw the bbc program called "planet earth." i highly recommend it to anyone who has not seen it. anyway, they spend time the last couple chapters talking about the threat to ecosystems. the woman who iirc started the greenbelt movement, is one of the people whose commenta

Re: [Biofuel] Sources of WVO drying up?

2008-07-02 Thread Keith Addison
Ho Chip, Ken and all >Ken Riznyk wrote: >> I've been reading in the press accounts of companies selling their >>waste oil for up to $1.35 per gallon. >> Are people still able to get quantities of WVO that they need at a >>reasonable price, if not for free? > >What's unreasonable about $1.35/ga

Re: [Biofuel] Saying "no" to chemical farming in India

2008-07-02 Thread Rick Emmet
Hi Keith, I have about 10 square feet and the "experiment" is that I haven't done it myself. Also, I've read that one can produce nutrient solutions using compost. Cheers, Rick --- On Tue, 1/7/08, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Biof

[Biofuel] Waste Oil Problems

2008-07-02 Thread Brian Schneider
Hi all, I have a couple of quick questions. I have looked at the J2F site and can't find an exact answer to what I am looking for so I am turning to you all for some help or suggestions. I have a source of waste oil that will provide about 20 gal of oil per week. They are using soy oil and

Re: [Biofuel] Hormone use may make dairy farming greener-US study

2008-07-02 Thread Chip Mefford
Chip Mefford wrote: > Keith Addison wrote: >> About the dumbest thing I saw all week. - K > > Yup, > > there is a full court press on behalf of the Monsato > rBST crowd to rid the world of 'real' dairy. To learn more; visit http://www.itisafact.org/Default.aspx see what they are up to. > >

Re: [Biofuel] Hormone use may make dairy farming greener-US study

2008-07-02 Thread Chip Mefford
Keith Addison wrote: > About the dumbest thing I saw all week. - K Yup, there is a full court press on behalf of the Monsato rBST crowd to rid the world of 'real' dairy. I'm defining real dairy as dairy farms like in the picture books. They do exist, I knew a few. Regular ole dairy cows, wanderi

Re: [Biofuel] Sources of WVO drying up?

2008-07-02 Thread Chip Mefford
Ken Riznyk wrote: > I've been reading in the press accounts of companies selling their waste oil > for up to $1.35 per gallon. > Are people still able to get quantities of WVO that they need at a reasonable > price, if not for free? What's unreasonable about $1.35/gal? (US) Anyway, that aside,

[Biofuel] Hormone use may make dairy farming greener-US study

2008-07-02 Thread Keith Addison
About the dumbest thing I saw all week. - K - http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7621130 Hormone use may make dairy farming greener-US study Reuters, Monday June 30 2008 By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, June 30 (Reuters) - Using bovine growth hormones to boost milk production co

Re: [Biofuel] The food emergency and food myths

2008-07-02 Thread Dawie Coetzee
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[Biofuel] Sources of WVO drying up?

2008-07-02 Thread Ken Riznyk
I've been reading in the press accounts of companies selling their waste oil for up to $1.35 per gallon. Are people still able to get quantities of WVO that they need at a reasonable price, if not for free? ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@su

Re: [Biofuel] The food emergency and food myths

2008-07-02 Thread Jason Mier
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