Alan, are you referring to wood gasification, such as was common in Europe during World War II? Also, you cite wood as having "6000 btus per oven dry pound."...
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D Mills
dmills@...
Nov 1, 2000 3:15 pm
Objective knowledge; A separation of the self from the object of inquiry, using methodolgies of assessment that cannot be influenced by subjective ...
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Robert Zatkin
rszatkin@...
Nov 1, 2000 3:27 pm
Forecast for Southland's Winter: Higher Gas Bills Energy: They'll run 40% more than in '99. It could be years before prices ease. By CHRIS KRAUL, Times Staff...
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Tom Robertson
t1r@...
Nov 1, 2000 4:46 pm
Two experiments in objectivist thinking Experiment # 1. 1. Obtain a good high-quality indelible marker pen. 2. Obtain a good hammer, e.g., one suitable for...
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Jay Woods
woodsjay@...
Nov 1, 2000 9:20 pm
Most of us would not be in the business of raising trees for fuel only. (It is likely that no one would be in that business only.) We would be using the trees...
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Robert Ehrlich
bobehrlich@...
Nov 1, 2000 9:21 pm
BRAVO!!!!!! Bob Ehrlich...
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Robert Holmes
rholmes@...
Nov 2, 2000 1:35 am
I know of no way to directly turn wood into gasoline. I could get you methanol, and work a way to strip the hydroxyl group off to get methane, then polymerize...
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D Mills
dmills@...
Nov 2, 2000 1:42 am
But Tom this experiment is a figment of your imagination, tut tut. Of course if carried through, it does prove that a certain stage in the experiment,...
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D Mills
dmills@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:53 am
The figure I have seen both in European and Australian literature is about 10cubic metres a hectare in temperate climates. Range (5 to 15)The moisture content...
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sherwood
sherwood@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:55 am
Does anyone know how kerosene was made from coal? In the 1890's it was originally called "coal oil" so it mustn't be too hard. Or is there any pathway from...
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mikebenz1@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:56 am
http://www.nytimes.com/thestreet/business/1152443.html <snip> In recent weeks, the industry group and the government agency have occasionally shown wide...
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Gary D. Lynne
gl43914@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:56 am
... Good points. In fact, it may well be that we can also make some gain on objective knowledge of self, values and ethics upon reflection. Adam Smith, who...
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smyder@...
Nov 2, 2000 3:55 am
... <jean.laherrere@w...> wrote: but kilowatt-hours (Kwh) is in common ... to, such as 10 cents ... one, or it takes a Kwh ... today are in honor of our...
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D Mills
dmills@...
Nov 2, 2000 5:40 pm
A convention commonly recommended in social science and humanities academic writing, and I think an ethical one in all discourse between strangers, is to...
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Jean Harris
jean.harris@...
Nov 2, 2000 5:44 pm
In replay to Duncan Mills, The subject we're discussing would be more appropriate in the now-defunct Darwin Society list. It's come up here because the ...
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S. Morningthunder
mthunder@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:34 pm
From: "Mark Boberg" <bitbopr@...> How about this: if you want to take a swipe at eMergy analysis, first do these four things; 1) Read Environmental...
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Chuck Wright
chuck-wright@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:36 pm
Hello All, You may recall from a previous note of mine that in the emergy study of the Austin PV plant that appears in Odum's "Environmental Accounting", most...
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Kermit Schlansker
kssustain@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:39 pm
This post from Ryan Pletka on bioenergy is so important that answers need to be formulated and posted by many people because this is a version of our overall...
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D Mills
dmills@...
Nov 3, 2000 4:20 am
I suspect you may have missed the point. Few could deny the utility of the concept of objective thought as an intellectual tool for discovering much about the...
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perry arnett
pjarnett@...
Nov 3, 2000 4:20 am
Steve, interesting!!! time for Dr. Odum to get involved in all this, I think, Perry ... From: S. Morningthunder <mthunder@...> To:...
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Robert Holmes
rholmes@...
Nov 3, 2000 4:21 am
Destructive distillation. Place coal in closed container, with a vent tube coiled for condensation and light a fire under it. This is a simple explanation in...
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Tom Robertson
t1r@...
Nov 3, 2000 4:21 am
Folks: I have as simple problem with the debate about what is real and what is not. The discussion has everywhere taken on a life of its own, with its own...
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perry arnett
pjarnett@...
Nov 3, 2000 8:17 am
Robert, great story! POINT ? don't mess with a guy who's willing to do it himself!!! thanks, Perry ... From: Robert Holmes <rholmes@...> To:...
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Mary L. Lehmann
mlehm@...
Nov 3, 2000 8:17 am
... Mary Lehmann 110 East 37th St. # 210, Austin TX 78705 . 512 478-9812 tel 478-2052 fax ....
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mwgreg140@...
Nov 3, 2000 8:18 am
In a message dated 11/2/00 9:49:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... up. Now I think I understand it. What we are really talking about is the Scientific Method...
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wrynot
dragnfly@...
Nov 3, 2000 2:11 pm
My involvement in this list is personal. Here I find intelligent and caring people groping with similiar energy related problems that I have addressed for...
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Karl Davies
kdavies@...
Nov 3, 2000 2:12 pm
Posts on this list have indicated that oil companies are not investing in additional refinery capacity, probably because they believe that existing capacity...
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Karl Davies
kdavies@...
Nov 3, 2000 2:12 pm
... Here in western Massachusetts, the published range (Natural Resource Conservation Service) is from 2-3 cubic meters per hectare per year for hardwoods, up...
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Robert T Maginnis
bobmagi@...
Nov 3, 2000 4:02 pm
Mary, Compressed air works great in pneumatic tools, but wastes a lot of energy in the production because of the heat of compression (which has to be...
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Gregson Vaux
gvaux@...
Nov 3, 2000 4:02 pm
I see that post modernism has entered our discussion. I must admit that I am not a fan of post modernism or its close relative deconstructionism. One of my...
