We made most of our ethanol out of rice. We added 20% water and drove our car and truck on it with excellent results. Marilyn
Biofuel@sustainablelists.org wrote: Sticky/Glutinous rice from the fields makes real good ethanol. If used with and injection of 15 to 20% water it produces much more energy in a tuned engine to the fuel water mix than gas. Why the need to go to other Bio-Fuels? The Ethanol with the water injection would be sufficient to run pumps, generators and the likes as long as the intake to the engine was as short as possible for easy starting. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnathan Corgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:24 AM Subject: [Biofuel] The Accidental Farmer > I've recently acquired through inheritance about 20 acres of farm land > in rural Philippines. It's currently being used for rice and I think > some tobacco. My wife's extended family works the land and the > operation has now passed into our hands. > > Being a professional engineer and California-based city boy, I have no > clue whatsoever about anything to do with farming. My lifetime > agricultural experience is watching seeds sprout in egg carton planters > as a child in an elementary school science project. > > By pure coincidence, I've recently begun experimenting with WVO-based > biodiesel production, currently at the "successful 1L batch" stage. > > In addition, we've thought of building a vacation/retirement home on > this land, emphasizing "off the grid" energy--PV, wind, battery-based > power leveling, and diesel-generator backup. > > So all this adds up to a grand opportunity--can the land be made > sufficiently productive to support methanol or ethanol based biodiesel > manufacture for a small community, for a suitable definition of "small"? > > My understanding is that the climate is suitable for several different > types of oilseed crops, but I don't even know the right questions to > ask. I do know, though, that rural Philippines has many interesting > logistical issues, not to mention some geopolitical instability and poor > infrastructure. > > I have many ideas, but little understanding of practicalities :-) > > (Not to mention the livelihoods of a number of members of my wife's > family, so this is more serious than mere experimentation.) > > -Johnathan > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainableli sts.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by Lao Telecom MailScanner with NOD32, and is > believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Lao Telecom MailScanner with NOD32, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainableli sts.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
