Well, well... Response below, please read carefully.
(By the way, Portugal isn't in North-Western Europe.) > Hi James, > Biofuels for transportation purposes in North-Western Europe consists of >2 variations. > 1- Pure plant oil (we call it "solardiesel" as it is stored sun energy !) > 2- Biodiesel <snip> >2) Biodiesel, generally warmpressing method, in order to get more oil out of >the seeds. > Needs therefore more energy. Generally large plants 50-100.000 >tons/year. > But basic product oil practicall same as under 1) > Then the difference begins: > -adding methanol, removing the glycerine (glycerine becomes a >By-product) > -now we have a product called Rape-oil-methyl-ester > -filtration and cleaning > -distilling rests of methanol > -conditioning and adding fluid accillerator for winteruse > -The fuel itself is based on a common accepted fuelstandard by most >European carmakers. > Energy balance 1:1 > In Europa more than 1500 gasoline stations sell this type of biodiesel, >which does > not require alterations to the engine itself. > > We wonder what Keith Addison is doing, as all techniques of this subject >available in > Europe, he only needs to study the websites of : > www.folkecenter.dk > www.solaroilsystems.nl. > www.elsbett.com > www.pflanzenoelinitiative.de > www.uni-muenster.de/Energie/bio/archiv/01/11/0802.html > www.tec.agrar.tu-muenchen.de/pflanzenoel/001er100.pdf > www.fnr.de > www.bioenergie.inaro.de > www.ufop.de > http://valenergol.free.fr > > > regards >Hein Aberson / Woodland/ Fiesland/Netherlands On the contrary Mynheer Aberson, one wonders what you are doing, since you seem to have changed your ground somewhat while pretending you haven't. Let me remind you of your original statement, which was questioned by people here who know exactly what they're doing: "However the process to chemically change the structure of Pure Plant Oil, is a very costly operation and requires a lot of energy, as it removes the glycerine substituting it by methanol as well as adding other chemicals, making the endproduct poisenous and equally hazardous as dieselfuel." Would you please comment on that paragraph, without pretending it's not there, because it is? Below is the letter I sent you offlist, which apparently makes you wonder what I am doing. Please respond to it. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Osaka, Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ >Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:29:17 +0900 >To: "Woodland B.V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Statement-SOLAROIL-Eu-tax.4.12.2001.doc >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Pardon me, but this message you've sent to the Biofuels mailing list >is rather questionable. This section is just nonsense: > >>However the process to chemically change the structure of Pure >>Plant Oil, is a very costly >>operation and requires a lot of energy, as it removes the glycerine >>substituting it by methanol as well as adding other chemicals, >>making the endproduct poisenous and equally hazardous as dieselfuel. > >Do you have any references to support these statements? > >Methyl esters is NOT costly to make, it does NOT require a lot of >energy (thousands of people all over the world make it in their back >yards and kitchens, producing their own high-quality fuel), the >end-product is proven to be less toxic than table salt and more >biodegradeable than sugar, and it has very few of the hazards of >petro-diesel fuel, as many scientific studies have thoroughly >established. It is carbon-neutral and MUCH cleaner burning. > >I can support these statements with solid references. For instance, >according to a U.S. Department of Energy study completed at the >University of California at Davis, the use of pure biodiesel instead >of petroleum-based diesel fuel could offer a 93.6% reduction in >cancer risks from exhaust emissions exposure. > >Please inform yourself a bit better about biodiesel. I'm sure you >mean well, but you do the renewable fuels movement a disservice by >spreading such misinformation. > >Keith Addison >Journey to Forever >Handmade Projects >Osaka, Japan >http://journeytoforever.org/ > >Biofuel list owner ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
