Interesting concept Dale [about the algae] How much oil can you get from algae though?
--- Martin Klingensmith nnytech.net infoarchive.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Schutte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 7:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [biofuel] CNN report says vegetable oil may replace diesel > > Hi Steve. Jojoba oil is indeed a high quality oil. I planted some > back in the 70s when I lived in Yuma Arizona. It makes a very good > industrial lubricating oil as well as it's use for cosmetics. It > probably would make a good engine motor oil also. A few problems are > that the young plants are very sensitive to even a mild frost . It > takes several years to get a reallly good harvest of the nuts from the > bushes I still say the real answer for producing oil is to grow algae > in enclosed, mechanized greenhouses using tubular reactor vessels to > optimize the utilization of sunlight. > > Jojoba grows wild in the desert washes around Yuma AZ and it is a > favorite food of the mule deer in the summer when the nuts mature. > Most of the jojoba oil, that I know of comes from Mexico. The jojoba > nut is quite tasty. The oil doesn,t seem to get rancid either. Dale > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:38:13 -0500, you wrote: > > ><html><body> > > > > > ><tt> > >Big deal, we've been doing this for years .....<BR> > ><BR> > ><a href="http://webconx.green- > trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm">http://webconx.green- > trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm</a><BR> > ><BR> > >see <a > href="http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html";>http://journeyto fo > rever.org/biodiesel_yield.html</a> for a partial list of<BR> > >plants that can do the same.<BR> > ><BR> > ><a > href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/03/05/diesel.alternative.reut /i > ndex.htm">http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/03/05/diesel.alternative. re > ut/index.htm</a><BR> > >l<BR> > >Desert shrub may offer diesel fuel alternative<BR> > >Wednesday, March 5, 2003 Posted: 1:18 PM EST (1818 GMT)<BR> > ><BR> > ><BR> > >LONDON (Reuters) -- Egyptian scientists believe an oil commonly used > in<BR> > >cosmetic products could be a viable alternative to diesel fuel to power > cars<BR> > >and trucks.<BR> > ><BR> > >Researchers at Helwan University in Cairo and the United Arab > Emirates<BR> > >University in Al-Ain have tested jojoba oil in engines and say that not > only<BR> > >does it work as well as diesel, but the engines spew out fewer > pollutants.<BR> > ><BR> > >"Engineers think the oil has potential as a motor fuel because it > releases a<BR> > >lot of energy when it burns and is chemically stable at the high<BR> > >temperatures and pressures in a working engine," New Scientist > magazine said<BR> > >on Wednesday.<BR> > ><BR> > >Until now the oil derived from the nut of the jojoba, a desert shrub, > has<BR> > >been used in facial and hair products and as a base for make-up.<BR> > ><BR> > >Mohamed Selim, who headed the research team, thinks it has potential as > an<BR> > >alternative fuel because it contains less carbon than diesel, so there > are<BR> > >lower emissions of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and soot.<BR> > ><BR> > >But he added that producing sufficient amounts of jojoba oil to use as > an<BR> > >alternative fuel could be a problem.<BR> > ><BR> > >"The use of jojoba as a fuel needs huge quantities of seeds, which > needs<BR> > >large investment, probably by the government or private sector," he > said.<BR> > ><BR> > >New Scientist said farmers in Egypt are already planting jojoba shrubs > with<BR> > >the idea of providing the oil for fuel.<BR> > ><BR> > >--<BR> > >Steve Spence<BR> > >Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter<BR> > >& Discussion Boards. 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