Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-22 Thread Tom Irwin
g and > challenging his conclusion. But to lampoon his work because you don't > like the color of - was it his socks? - is not a worthy act on your > part. I'm sure you can do better. I hope you will.> > In all sincerity and hoping that your future jests will be more benig

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-22 Thread Andrew Lowe
ook forward to additional valid studies testing and > challenging his conclusion. But to lampoon his work because you don't > like the color of - was it his socks? - is not a worthy act on your > part. I'm sure you can do better. I hope you will. > > In all sin

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-09 Thread John Hayes
hen he posted this latest bout, he does it every year. Please see these recent messages, to put it in perspective: http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg52605.html Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficien http://www.mail-archive.com/biofu

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Hakan and All ; Trying to get back into this. > The process of converting biomass to methanol > requires pyrolization > (thermochemical) reactors which convert the biomass > to crude producer > gases. (See 19th century gas street lighting and the > process of charcoal > production.) After "

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Tom Irwin
.   Tom Irwin  From: Appal Energy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 20:30:20 -0300Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies> I could be missing something, this is probably too simple an analysis.Perh

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Hakan Falk
sts.org/msg52756.html Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficienc Best wishes Keith I'm sure you can do better. I hope you will. In all sincerity and hoping that your future jests will be more benign, Bob A. - Original Message - From: "Andrew Low

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Appal Energy
s is probably too simple an analysis. Tom *From:* Appal Energy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* Biofuel@sustainablelists.org *Sent:* Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:36:44 -0300 *Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen e

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Tom Irwin
> *From:* Appal Energy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]> *To:* Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> *Sent:* Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:35:58 -0300> *Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen> energy efficiencies>> Still, all rather sad how

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Tom Irwin
, 04 Aug 2005 07:45:27 -0300>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy >efficiencies>>>Bob A,>>Pimentels research might be a valid representation of the results from a>very well defined process. The problem is that it is a very narrow set of>p

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Greg and April
4, 2005 8:07 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel,& hydrogen energy efficiencies Hi All,   I don't think ethanol will be a dinosaur in 20 years but would appreciate why you think so if it is other than yields per hectare. Methanol has the capacity to

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Keith Addison
ve.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg52605.html Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficien http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg52756.html Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficienc Best wishes Keith

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread John Hayes
Tom Irwin wrote: Greeting all, What would happen to the Cornell results if a crop like sugar beets was used instead of corn? Please don't call it the Cornell results. That implies the entire university backs Pimentel's findings. As to your question, I can't answer it directly, but you may

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread John Hayes
Tom Irwin wrote: I don't think ethanol will be a dinosaur in 20 years but would appreciate why you think so if it is other than yields per hectare. Methanol has the capacity to produce some nasty tailpipe emmission (as does ethanol but less so) and is far more toxic to humans and animals than

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Michael Redler
  I think this whole discussion might be less important if we didn't have officials in the current administration changing, misinterpreting and discrediting scientific reports that disagree with their agenda. What's worse is that some scientists are doing it for them!   Science has become po

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread John Hayes
hydrogen energy efficienc Best wishes Keith I'm sure you can do better. I hope you will. In all sincerity and hoping that your future jests will be more benign, Bob A. - Original Message - From: "Andrew Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 4:15

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Hakan Falk
results if a crop like sugar beets was used instead of corn? Tom Irwin -- From: Hakan Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:45:27 -0300 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies B

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Appal Energy
inablelists.org *Sent:* Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:35:58 -0300 *Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies Still, all rather sad how ethanol has become the predominate alternative fuel of choice for gasoline applications when m

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Appal Energy
D] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Appal Energy Sent: 04 August 2005 14:36 To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel,& hydrogen energy efficiencies Still, all rather sad how ethanol has become the predominate alternative fuel of choic

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Tom Irwin
;t >like the color of - was it his socks? - is not a worthy act on your >part. I'm sure you can do better. I hope you will.>>In all sincerity and hoping that your future jests will be more benign,>>Bob A.>- Original Message - From: "Andrew Lowe" <[EMAIL PR

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Tom Irwin
l-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg52605.html> Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficien>> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg52756.html> Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficienc>>

RE: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread malcolm maclure
.html > Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficien > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg52756.html > Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficienc > > Best wishes > > Keith > > >>

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Appal Energy
6.html Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficienc Best wishes Keith I'm sure you can do better. I hope you will. In all sincerity and hoping that your future jests will be more benign, Bob A. - Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Lowe&qu

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-04 Thread Hakan Falk
orthy act on your part. I'm sure you can do better. I hope you will. In all sincerity and hoping that your future jests will be more benign, Bob A. - Original Message - From: "Andrew Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 4:15 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-03 Thread Keith Addison
l] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficienc Best wishes Keith I'm sure you can do better. I hope you will. In all sincerity and hoping that your future jests will be more benign, Bob A. - Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-03 Thread William Adams
ew Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 4:15 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel,& hydrogen energy efficiencies Michael wrote: This press release below produced the AP story that follows it. July 5, 2005 Cornell ecologist's stud

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-08-01 Thread Andrew Lowe
Michael wrote: This press release below produced the AP story that follows it. July 5, 2005 Cornell ecologist's study finds that producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn and other crops is not worth the energy By Susan S. Lang Chris Hallman/University Photography Ecologist Davi

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-29 Thread subramanian D.V
Bravo Keith ! The ethanol game is hotting up. Very solid facts presented by you for Ethanol. Then how individuals can undo the disinformation campaign. It's the media which makes or mars such people as Pimental -and their views, particularly if they are academics with a couple of alphabets prefix

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-25 Thread Hakan Falk
Mike, Maybe you found out the reason why they died out so fast, it is at least a logical explanation. LOL Let us hope that Montsano also will join the list of destroyed species. Hakan At 03:21 AM 7/25/2005, you wrote: In all likelihood, Monsanto would volunteer to provide the huge amount of

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-25 Thread Keith Addison
In the article, Pimentel is shown pumping gas, most likely plain old regular unleaded gas... And it crossed my mind, "How much energy was used to provide a gallon of plain old regular unleaded gas, considering all the energy consumed, not only in drilling and pumping crude, cleaning, separati

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel,& hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-24 Thread MH
> des wrote: > In the article, Pimentel is shown pumping gas, most likely plain old > regular unleaded gas... > > And it crossed my mind, "How much energy was used to provide a gallon of > plain old regular unleaded gas, Hi Doug. Here's one posted to the list, [biofuel] Another reason to get

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-24 Thread Michael Redler
In all likelihood, Monsanto would volunteer to provide the huge amount of vegetation for that dinosaur. So, that means it'll probably die of a blood disorder or kidney failure.   :-)   Mike des <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In the article, Pimentel is shown pumping gas, most likely plain old regular

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-24 Thread Michael Redler
"The energy for the processes can come from biomass"   I think you are right about that. I also think that since research into alternatives has stagnated since the seventies, we are still only scratching the surface of what's possible on a large scale. IMO, each of the alternatives to fossil fue

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-24 Thread des
In the article, Pimentel is shown pumping gas, most likely plain old regular unleaded gas... And it crossed my mind, "How much energy was used to provide a gallon of plain old regular unleaded gas, considering all the energy consumed, not only in drilling and pumping crude, cleaning, separatin

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-24 Thread Ian Hodgson
Interesting read I thought maybe there is yet one more way to look at this? Hakan, I just posted this in my newsgroup     Please note the first linePhotos available at the site:from ;  http://www.aa.washington.edu/AERP/CRYOCAR/CryoCar.htmNote:  Due to lack of funding, this research project at the

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-23 Thread Hakan Falk
The problem with Pimentel is that he does not really understand what he is talking about, or that he deliberately misinform, in order to support a hidden agenda. Also the conversion of crude to gasoline, cost more energy than you get and have no real energy benefit either. Diesel is better th

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-23 Thread Keith Addison
Michael wrote: This press release below produced the AP story that follows it. Grief! This thing just WILL NOT DIE! Pimental's "work" has more resurrections than the entire New Testament and the last 20 years of the North American soap opera television genre. . . :-) I think it will no

Re: [Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-23 Thread robert luis rabello
Michael wrote: This press release below produced the AP story that follows it. Grief! This thing just WILL NOT DIE! Pimental's "work" has more resurrections than the entire New Testament and the last 20 years of the North American soap opera television genre. . . robert luis rabello "T

[Biofuel] Cornell on ethanol, biodiesel, & hydrogen energy efficiencies

2005-07-23 Thread Michael
This press release below produced the AP story that follows it. July 5, 2005 Cornell ecologist's study finds that producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn and other crops is not worth the energy By Susan S. Lang Chris Hallman/University Photography Ecologist David Pimentel, show