[biofuel] Re: Connecticut versus Biodiesel

2004-03-13 Thread amrqq
bout tax > revenues. Otherwise there wouldn't be a dictate for a 1,000% increase in > testing, nor would there be demands to meet spec for distillate fuel oils. > > Todd Swearingen > > - Original Message - > From: "amrqq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[biofuel] Re: Connecticut versus Biodiesel

2004-03-12 Thread amrqq
The Con. politicians want their tax money. A.M. --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Below is the text of a bill filed in Connecticut that will apparently stifle > the development of biodiesel through the regulation of any production of the > fuel or any biodiesel mixes

[biofuel] Re: Methanol Price correction

2004-03-12 Thread amrqq
The Mar 5 '04, price of wholesale methanol, US gulf coast, was 72 cents /gal. Note that there is an excise tax on methanol, but that tax is less than the similar tax on gasoline. check this url http://www.methanex.com/methanol/currentprice.htm A.M. \--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTEC

[biofuel] Re: Nitromethane fuel question

2004-03-09 Thread amrqq
Nitromethane has very low energy content per gallon,about one-fourth as much as gasoline. The only reason for use of NM is that it carries some free-able oxygen, to use for its own combustion. NM needs only a little extra oxygen to burn. For use in situations where the limiting factor is handlei

[biofuel] Re: How Bush reversed regulatory effort on polluting gas additive

2004-02-25 Thread amrqq
> > Maybe what we oughta' do is serve up a daily glass of drinking water from a > local well contaminated with MTBE to Rush Lim-bought before he goes on air > every day and wait to see how long it is before he starts whining about it a > little differently > > Green he is

[biofuel] Re: How Bush reversed regulatory effort on polluting gas additive

2004-02-22 Thread amrqq
Keep in mind that any state is free to ban MTBE, ethanol,or whatever else they don't like. Gasoline leakage is not new. If this was a real problem, I would think that the greens would have cared enough about our health to bring it to the attention of state legislatures,if they(greens) thought th