"Steve Spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think you are on the right track. Keith, any thoughts on this? what do you >do with your glyc's? I just buried the stuff, never tried composting.
Hi Steve Why're your messages tucking themselves away off the top of my screen so I don't see them? And then it's too late. Keeps happening - I thought the only messages I don't read were mine (go on, tell me I'm not the only one!!). Mumble mumble... Anyway, yes, Dick seems to be on multiple "right tracks", eh? The stuff will compost, if you add it in with the usual ingredients and get all the normal ratios right. I'll try it on some red worms in the next few days, when I manage to free some of them up - they're all busy right now, the worms, got them doing piecework in a special sweatshop bin I made. Had to teach them some worksongs first though - that staunch favourite from the Working Women of the 13th General Irrigation and Nightsoil Unit of Guangzhou Commune #483 Choir and Marching Band circa 1974, "Wind and Rain Against US Imperialism", seems to work well, production's up on last week (Elvis). Well, they are red worms after all. (I kid you not about the name of the song.) Best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ > >From: "Dick Carlstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > >Subject: [biofuel] glycerol > >Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 02:16:01 -0300 > > > >1) i find that glycerol, after the excess alky evaporates, makes a passable > >soap. wonder if anybody in the list has tried filtering, neutralizing, > >coloring, and scenting it, for use as 'liquid soap' ? (i must try this > >someday !!) > > > >what would be the pros and cons ? > > > >tickell mentions turning glycerol into glycerin soap, by adding more naoh, > >etc, etc. would a liquid form of the soap be easier than tickell's > >suggested 'hard soap' transformation ? > > > >glycerin soap is a premium soap, and i would imagine that a 'hand made' > >liquid version of it would also be a premium soap of sorts. > > > >2) read somewhere that glycerol can be used as a soil improver. can't > >remember exactly if that was as an additional nutrient, or as an additional > >carbon source (ie, organic content). if so, couldn't it be mixed with an > >inert medium allowing for easy application ? what would happen if glycerol > >gets added to a compost pile, or to a methane biodigestor ? or mixed with > >chips and used as a sort of 'super mulch' ? > > > >3) will glycerol disolve into another fuel/solvent, making the end product > >easier and safer to use as a substitute for heating fuel ? > > > >4) could glycerol be used as a gasoline/alcohol/dinodiesel additive, adding > >lubricity ? > > > >5) how innocuous is glycerol ? (neutralized and no free alky) could it be > >used as an intimate lubricant ? (:-D) > > > >6) what about floating wick glycerol candles ? sort of like the old tallow > >lamps ? > > > >7) is glycerol edible ? could it be mixed with starch, fermented, and > >distilled into a potent brew ? or mixed into animal fodder ? glycerol > >wheaties, anyone ? > > > >8) could glycerol be mixed with another tensioactive product, and made into > >a 'new generation biodegradable detergent' ? anybody try using it in the > >clotheswasher, or dishwasher (my wife would give me a full bobbit, so count > >me out...), either at 100 %, or mixed with regular gunk ? > > > >9) will red worms 'process' glycerol, turning it into a very saleable 'worm > >compost' ? (big market for this...) > > > >hmmmmmmmmmmmm.......................... > > > >(nothing beats lateral thinking, methinks !!!) > > > >cheers, dick. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
