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considered manufacturing. I guess you can bend the definition to suit your
needs.
Ken
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I doubt that this ruling applies to Big Ag. The genes Big Ag are using are not
found in nature but are manufactured using recombinant DNA technology. The
Myriad Genetics case is gene identification.
Ken
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I was browsing thru some of the old biofuel posts and saw this one and its
thread. Sorry but I couldn't resist putting in my own jaded comments.
The proper resolution of the problems is to do what Bolivia did. Get a loan
from the IMF to build a pipeline to the village. The IMF will require that
it or mechanical engineers who deal
with HVAC etc.
Best Regards to all.
Ken
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will only consume energy while the light is on and
it should consume a watt or less in order to make it practical and
beneficial. I can't seem to find that information, though. Any help
you might be able to provide would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken
How is the methane produced in my backyard compost heap any better than the
methane produced in a landfill?
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Subject: [Biofuel] Stop Trashing the
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?
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On May 18, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
Is it just a problem in developed areas (towns) or is the smoke
somehow different from the smoke from my woodstove?
I don't know all the details, but since your woodstove is indoors,
it must meet higher emission standards. There's a lot of
. I also think that I could dispose of it one
cubie at a time in my trash pickup but, that is not eco-friendly at all.
One thing is certain - I have to be more selective about the restaurants
that I get my oil from.
Thanks in advance,
Ken
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On May 6, 2008, at 8:45 AM, Brian Schneider wrote:
Jan,
You say that my concentration is very weak compared
to the standard solutions. Do you mean the standard
solution to titrate waste oil with, or are you just meaning
weak in general? If it is weak compared to what should
be used for
On May 2, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Roger wrote:
Any suggestions? It looks like water got in my new 55-gal drum of
Methanol. I keep it outside for obvious reasons but it looks like
water
got in somehow. The only thought I had was to set up a distiller to
heat up the mixture to 160°F and then
Roger:
Peanut oil is about 75-80% oleic and linoleic, with the remainder
almost entirely saturated (palmitic, stearic, and longer). I would
expect biodiesel made from it to show precipitates at temperatures
lower than maybe 65 F.
I'm not clear from your wash test whether you are actually washing
much,
probably
composts better, has some N and P to help your compost (not organic
anymore, of course :-(), and you can use the separated FFA to make
real soap
(not the soap people make from the glycerine phase, which is a
little soap
plus too much glycerine).
-Ken Provost
to
be washed
out to have known parameters for the subsequent base reaction. All in
all, I
didn't find this technique very helpful, but I was using a low glyc-
to-oil ratio,
so that may be why. Check out infopop -- lots on this subject there
-Ken Provost
from htttp://business.iafrica.com/
Doomsday scenario for oil
Michael Hamlyn
Tue, 18 Mar 2008
A gloomy forecast about the future of the oil industry — looking
forward to a possible Doomsday within a very few years — was given to
the Sub-Saharan oil, gas and petrochemical conference in Cape
Blind date with disaster
We are constantly warned by scientists that our planet is in big
trouble, so why can't we change direction? David Suzuki, one of the
world's leading ecologists, on how humans have lost the vital skill
of foresight
David Suzuki
The Guardian, Wednesday March 12 2008
. In other words, as soon as KSA is
on the downslope, we can go back to Oklahoma, North Sea,
or wherever, and there will magically be more oil there again!
-Ken Provost
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Any comments, ideas for further uses?
David S. Soriano Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh- Bradford
Bradford, PA.
school website: http://www.upb.pitt.edu
ph: 814-362-7544
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This
. Anybody hear about boosting power
with hydrogen? Seems like a lot of extra trouble to me.
Ken
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On Jan 17, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Tony Marzolino wrote:
Can you please expand on the
pumpkins as a bio-fuel source? Are other vegetables
of like kind in the same category as possible candidates
(i.e. squash, etc.)?
I've never HEARD of squash oil, like I have pumpkinseed
oil, but I suppose
On Jan 3, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
Your 150C is about 300F. That might well be OK. I believe it was Ken
P. who commented that he regenerating zeolite in an oven (broiler?)
(400+F?
~200+C). The post also said that the zeolite became less effective
over
time.
At those
Interestingly, I can't find a single reference to hese findings in a
single reputable U.S. source. I have recently seen media coverage
that directly contradicts this study, though. I'm very curious if we
(here in the U.S.) ever see any coverage on the topic. Given the
ridiculous USDA organic
I'm sure glad that I can go straight to the source and get beyond this
sort of garbage.
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/211388
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On Sep 28, 2007, at 6:15 AM, Joe Street wrote:
And what if good organic and biodynamic tecniques are used and the
health of the soil and microorganisms is considered so that
nitrogen is
fixed through natural processes? Is this not a nitrogen sink rather
than a source?
I think nitrogen
On Sep 6, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Gustl Steiner-Zehender wrote:
Grüaßdi Fritzl,
Jawoi, Bua! Leida heitztaag denga in d oid Hoamatl vuizvui Leit wia d
Saupreiß. Göid und no Göid. Jamei Bua, so a Schmarrn!
Pfüatdi
Whoa! That ain't the German I learnt in college!
-K
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Canola is just a low-erucic acid variety of rape, which is itself
closely related to mustard
and the other Brassicas. It's pretty fussy compared to, say. brown
mustard (B. juncea)
or black mustard (B. nigra), and its only advantage is that animals
can eat the oil and
seedcake, which in the
On May 2, 2007, at 5:59 PM, shawn patrick wrote:
I have a question about the purity of Isopropyl alcohol.
Will 90% yield good results or does it have to be 99%??
The other responses are technically correct -- however, the
isopropanol is only being used as a solvent for the FFAs in
the oil
2007/5/3, doug swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I've been wondering about a reverse osmosis filtering system,
whether or
not it would be able to remove water from ethanol or methanol.
Maybe it
would take a different membrane from the one commonly used to filter
impurities from water, if it
On Apr 21, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
Why buy enzymes, when sprouting some grain produces the
enzymes needed to digest starch in unsprouted grains, sweet
potatoes, or Jerusalem artichokes.
Have I got it right?
Yup, at least that's how i see it. Traditionally the sprouted grain
On Apr 21, 2007, at 5:35 PM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
How much sprouted grain : total starch? Probably better to err
on the side of too much rather than too little.
My notes on mashing corn are all packed away now, but you
should be able to learn the details from appropriate Google
searches (eg,
On Apr 21, 2007, at 5:35 PM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
I suspect I'm not done asking for help though.
After a bit of poking around, I see the best place
to start is (surprise!) Journey to Forever:
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/
manual6-7.html
JtoF really is an
On Apr 20, 2007, at 7:19 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
Can I bypass sprouting by using enzymes (bacterial amylase) on cracked
grain to break the starch in grain into simple (fermentable) sugars?
Somewhere down the line, if all goes well, I will probably move
towards
other feedstocks that are
On Apr 19, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
My questions go to point that you were able to achieve 95+%
completion,
and the fact that, in practice, we would like to maximize ethanol
output as
well as achieving complete sugar utilization.
Google Gert Strand -- they make a
On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
Is it actually possible for a person to produce 99+% pure ethanol
using readily available materials,
and at reasonable cost, or must it be produced on an industrial
scale? Are any of you making it in
your backyard?
I have actually made
On Apr 14, 2007, at 1:04 PM, Kirk McLoren wrote:
http://www.cashacme.com/sharkbite_full.swf
And did you like it?
I sometimes end up with a solder connection where I dont want to
put a flame. This looks like a nice system if it is good.
Kirk
I used it for supply line to a toilet in my
the founders of biodiesel used the
process today. Simple, easy and safer.
Though i'm open to try other stuff, some guidance is
very much appreciated starting with what temperature
and pressures are we talking about.
Best Regards to everyone.
Ken Chua
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of the week make no
sense. Someone else with lots of green will step up and buy more.
Ken
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On Feb 2, 2007, at 9:33 AM, DHAJOGLO wrote:
Finally, can anyone point me to a primary source (not a vague
reference
in a news article) of this agreement that initiated oil trade/
prices into us dollars?
This has been interesting to me lately as well. I'm afraid I can't
inform you much,
On Jan 5, 2007, at 11:31 PM, Joe Neo wrote:
If i use, say, 100ml of BD and add 50 ml of hot water for washing
(stir for 15 mins), will i get back 100ml of washed BD or less?
There should be very little if any volume loss. The actual volumes
of soap and methanol that will be washed out are
On Dec 28, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Logan Vilas wrote:
If you have a complete reaction to biodiesel will soap form from
the biodiesel? I mean if you put lye and water into it would it form
soap or would it be incapable of forming soap?
Hmmm...no firsthand experience of that happening, but I
I wouldn't worry too much about human mice escaping into the environment. The
first thing the mice would do would be to start a religion. Then the religion
would split into different sects and they would start fighting each other and
kill each other off.
Ken
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as locally
as possible.
Thanks,
Ken
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On Dec 23, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Luke Hansen wrote:
Granted, the van is one heavy piece of detroit steel,
but what exactly is the hang-up? Voltage? Total
weight? I'm guessing that most of the batterys' charge
is used in overcoming inertia, right?
There's an optimal ratio of battery weight
On Nov 27, 2006, at 8:05 PM, Bob Molloy wrote:
Icebergs larger than ocean liners were sighted off the port of
Dunedin, New Zealand, last week, well north of the Roaring
Forties, barely five weeks before mid-summer.
Watch out when the Antarctic ice starts melting/calving. That stuff,
along
On Nov 27, 2006, at 5:16 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
Can ethanol be denatured and still be used to make ethyl esters?
Yes. I've used standard paint store denatured ethanol (hardware stores
rarely have anhydrous) with methanol and methyl isobutyl ketone as
denaturants with no problems. As
On Nov 26, 2006, at 7:47 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
The idea on denaturing the ethanol is to make it unsuitable for
drinking.
Would ~ 2% BD make it unsuitable for drinking?
If not, couldn't it be denatured with methanol?
There are several levels of denaturing -- fully denatured needs to
On 11/15/06, Jesse Frayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
People who are scared and vulnerable are the
tools of those who might not be virtuous. Yet there
are virtuous religious people.
snip
Personally, I think this statement covers the discussions very accurately.
In general, people are
" off the FDR memoral, not true. Religious intolerance led both Muslims and Christians to kill millions of people. If God does exist I'm sure he is ashamed of Christians and Muslims and probably every
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many jobs he/she is
bringing into their state economy. It's too late to fix we are completely
controlled by the big money grubbing corporations.
Ken
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or Iran. Even
someone as stupid as Bush knows that this would be folly. North Korea has a
well-equipped million man army and a friendly neighbor with a huge arsenal of
nuclear weapons. Iran has the landmass many times larger than Iraq.
Ken
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I guess you can read what you want to read, but I went to the CDC website and they say that infleunza is responsible for an average of 36,000 deaths and 114,000 hospitalizations each year. Where does this woman get her information?It's comforting to know that it
Here's an interesting article about grass fuel. It also says they are working on a way to turn the grass into pellets.Grass touted as biofuel, cash crop
By Gary Pang
(Bloomsburg) Press Enterprise
BLOOMSBURG -- The native grasses growing in the area's barren farm
fields may be heating
,
grafting, inarching, etc.
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Hi Ken ;
First, correct me if I am wrong, but I
lost its ridiculous case, when it sued a farmer when their
genetically modified wheat spread uncontrollably to his fields.
Ken
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On 11/6/06, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The obvious answer is that if you make fuel you will be able to put it
in the car to go buy the parts you need to finish the reactor! ;)
Yeah, I think I'll just start into making some fuel. I'm going to use these initials trial to heat the
on the candy bars
that keep on shrinking, but there are important advances too.
Ken
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Hi All ;
You know
process your WVO
and offer him some oil in exchange for his expertise.
Ken
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Hi Ken,
Not too far from you (Spring
I have stumbled on about 200 gallons of WVO in the ~5 gallon containers that it came in. That part is great! I'll be picking it up this weekend. Now, the tricky part - in the spring I broke my ankle while skateboarding. That put an immediate halt to my processor development. Its probably 80%
I don't think Bush knows too much about democracy. Just give him a gun and
stick him in a Humvee without armor plating.
Ken
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Bush's
On Oct 28, 2006, at 7:48 PM, Bobby Clark wrote:
Anyone, can you answer my question?
Try a wholesaler of nursery chemicals -- fertilizers,
agricultural lime, etc.
-K
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On Oct 26, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Ryan King wrote:Does anyone know of a hybrid that runs on diesel? Is this a totally impractical consideration?Not at all -- it's a great idea! Probably wouldn't get much supportfor sale in the US (environmentalists here tend not to like diesel,and dealers would view
I try not to waste, but I still want.
I'm not that enamored with compact fluorescents. I've had a half-dozen of them
burnout in less than a year even though they are supposed to last five years.
They are not as bright as they claim. The information on the package will say
equivalent to 100
On Oct 21, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Alan Petrillo wrote:
Also, keep an eye on the injection pump. I've recently had to replace
the one in my 1985 S-10 Diesel, which used the same drive train as the
P'up. First the pressure regulator started to leak.Last year
the seals
on the pump itself
On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:04 AM, D. Mindock wrote:EEStor has patented a new ceramic electrical storage device that can powera car for 500 miles on a $9 charge of electricity. Even more exciting is theirclaim that fully charging the system will take all of five minutes. Assuming an
to
the changes needed to run ethanol?
Any additional help would be most appreciated.
Take care,
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On Sep 24, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Michael Friebel wrote:
If a thing (whatever it may be) is testable, then it
will, in time, be discovered acknowledged in our
process of science. If a phenomenon is not testable,
then of what relevancy can it be to us?
All that matters is that it is
On Sep 19, 2006, at 2:04 PM, bob allen wrote:
it is not science which has become the prostitute, it is
individuals which have prostituted themselves and
commit fraud- science is just a process, not a thing.
After a long life in the sciences and engineering, I've come
to believe that
On Sep 10, 2006, at 9:31 AM, robert and benita rabello wrote: Hello everyone! I have a FOREST of sunflowers in my garden this year. I don't knowwhat to do with them, and my saintly mother-in-law is getting upset atme for letting them "rot" on the ground. Any ideas for what I could do about
On Sep 10, 2006, at 10:41 AM, robert and benita rabello wrote:
I like my salads naked, and I don't own a diesel. But, where can
I find a seed press?
Journey to Forever has a good selection (all too expensive!) under
supplies and suppliers
Of course, you could come and visit, enjoy
On Sep 9, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Rafal Szczesniak wrote:
Hi all,
Could you tell me how can I tell the difference between emulsion
caused by unfinished process (glycerides left in the product) and
caused by soap formation (too much lye) ?
I suppose you could use gentle acidification followed
From Common Dreams:"After the disasters of the 20th century, Europe put nationalism aside and adopted civilization,but [US has] oceans on either side, so if the president turns out to be a shallow, jingoistic foolwith a small, rigid agenda and little knowledge of the world, we expect to survive it
On Sep 4, 2006, at 7:19 PM, JJJN wrote:
Would you have some baseline readings? and can you tell 85% from 95%
with one of these?
They typically read off in percentage by volume of alcohol, as well as
proof and Baumé (whatever that is :-)). You can easily tell 98% from
99%.
-K
On Sep 3, 2006, at 9:48 PM, JJJN wrote:
Does any one know of a good test to determine the amount of water in
methanol?
The hydrometers you can get at a homebrew shop (or on the web)
work fine for methanol -- the densities of methanol and ethanol are
practically the same.
-K
What Might Tom Paine Have Said About George Bush?By Sherwood Ross t r u t h o u t | PerspectiveSaturday 26 August 2006 As for Bush's boasting about "freedom," let us recall these words by Paine: "When it shall be said in any country in the world, 'My poor are happy; neither ignorance nor
On Aug 21, 2006, at 1:57 PM, Charles List wrote:
I would like to know, however, if I can increase the temperature
of the reaction mixture to cut down the time taken for the reaction
as ethanol boils at 78C rather than 65C.
You probably could, but the separation of glycerol takes such
On Aug 7, 2006, at 2:13 PM, bob allen wrote:
I recently received a letter from the Arkansas Department of
finance. I am to herewith submit 22.5
cents per gallon of biodiesel produced. I guess that this happened
because of an article that
appeared in a statewide newspaper, concerning
On Jul 25, 2006, at 2:23 PM, Rafal Szczesniak wrote:
I have a small batch that appars to contain too much lye as
wash test shows quite a bit of soap under murky biodiesel
(which after all doesn't wash and remain a chicken soup).
Is there a good way to reprocess it ?
The soap layer is a
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a
nail.
Ken
--- D. Mindock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BushCo is a paranoid schizo entity. It is based on
zero-sum thinking and
preference to use
force to solve all problems, both at home
(intimidation, fear) and abroad
(military
On Jul 17, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Appal Energy wrote:.. you need to size your consumption and determine whereyou can shave peak and continual use to determine your finalcosts.There may be no "inconvenience" to tolerate. I actually did all that last year, but I believe I was not
On Jul 15, 2006, at 10:00 PM, Kirk McLoren wrote:
you can cogen for 5 cents a kwhr assuming you
use the heat. Hardware is about 5 thousand dollars
unless you want an electric stove.
No electric stove. Could you elaborate a bit on the
details, please? What hardware are we talking about?
On Jul 16, 2006, at 7:48 AM, Appal Energy wrote:
Well, since you invited the infusion of other's thought
patterns
I did indeed, Todd, and your thoughts as usual are cogent.
It's true that the comforts of cheap electricity that I've enjoyed
all my life has raised the bar of my imagined
On Jul 16, 2006, at 1:25 PM, Kirk McLoren wrote:
If I had the bucks I suppose all these hi tech appliances would be
nice.
Unfortunately I dont so I have to use what most people use.
I agree -- THOUSANDS of dollars for a refrigeratorsheesh!
I think if you pump your own water 30
Just got the quote from PGE for the hookup to a power line
700 ft away -- $17000 USD !
Granted, a good standalone system would be at least
twice that, given my love of power tools and radiant
floor heat :-) Still it's offensive to just cave in to them, and
it's almost like they priced
On Jul 15, 2006, at 5:33 PM, Jason Katie wrote:
is it to a workshed or is it to your house? if it is a house, i
personally
would start with a 25Kw generator for main power
under $1 so far, and that's 200 amps of 120 VAC! Maybe
even overkill (it's a single-family dwelling, 1400 sq
On Jul 15, 2006, at 6:27 PM, Mike Weaver wrote:
You need to talk to Zeke. For those prices,
you could fly him out, have
him build you a system and fly back
and it would be STILL half as much!
Yo, Zeke !! Is that true? I'm a big believer
in consultants, having been one myself in
the
their heads wondering why exit
polls don't match up with the election results.
Ken
--- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/greg_palast/2006/06/voting_rights_
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Democracy in chains
US Republicans are planning to change the law to
stop
Geez! and I thought creationism was just a problem
here in the U.S., home of the wackos.
Ken
--- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0622-03.htm
Published on Thursday, June 22, 2006 by the
Independent / UK
World Scientists Unite to Attack
Let's not be too hasty to condemn. While the CO2
problem will continue, it is a step in the right
direction to reduce other pollutants that cause acid
rain, also coal fired plants are the primary source of
mercury pollution. Coal provides 50% of the
electricity in the US so reduction of CO2 isn't
On Jun 25, 2006, at 10:51 PM, Jason Katie wrote:
does anyone know if a regular 2'x1.5' satellite dish
(primestar i think) will work for a solar collector?
Pretty small -- 300 watts of insolation at best. Figure a typical
small stove burner puts out 1000 watts at least. Now one of
those
On Jun 24, 2006, at 5:46 AM, chem.dd wrote:
Fission reactors will have to do until we develop a
functional fusion reactor which is by its physics
inherently safe. Please let me know your thoughts
on this.
Gladly -- it's absurd and uninformed!
Both fission and fusion are boondoggles by
I was just browsing through the VW website. They now
have a brief blurb on Biodiesel and say that using B5
will not void their warranty. About two years ago I
remember a discussion on VW and at that time they did
not approve of the use of biodiesel. Here's a change
in the right direction.
Ken
corporations had the opposite effect.
Ken
--- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
12 percent of the world's population uses 85
percent of its water,
and these 12 percent do not live in the Third
World.
Same as energy, same as food, same as money.
Actually there is only one problem, IMHO
I didn't know that you guys in Canada had the same
problem as we do in the US. Our govenment is totally
controlled by big corporations.
Ken
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The only real plan (Liberal or Conservative) is to
keep big business
feeding their election campaigns
On Jun 5, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Mike Redler wrote:
Looking back, it is clear that frustrations in my personal life were
vented toward the biofuels group. I made inappropriate remarks
Apology accepted (even tho it was never MYSELF who might've
been offended :-)), with thanks..
Over the
I say let everything burn. Why should rescuers risk
their lives for idiots who build their houses in wild
fire areas, flood plains, 8 feet below sea level, near
earthquake faults or on the coast in hurricane prone
areas?
Ken
--- Jason Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
as i sit here watching
From the local paper.
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/22918
New Holland goes biodiesel
By Patrick Burns, Intelligencer Journal Staff
Intelligencer Journal
Published: May 24, 2006 8:20 AM EST
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Farm equipment maker New Holland announced
Tuesday that it is the first U.S.
On 6/1/06, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
B20 is a big step I admit, but how about B100?
I agree but, one big step is better than lying in the fetal position.
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Methanol make you go blind, I suppose the worms
wouldn't mind.
Ken
--- Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Keith;
What about in the case of vermicomposting? Any
advice on putting a
little cocktail in there? Will it harm the worms?
Joe
Keith Addison wrote:
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It's
On May 23, 2006, at 5:37 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote: My plan is to have 4 containers, each with 5 lbs (~ 2.24 Kg) of 3A molecular sieve. Allow 2 gallons of distillate to flow into eachcontainer. Occasionally swirl the contents of the containers overthe next 24 hrs.. As I understand it, 3A
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