Cool things: Listeroids
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 05/14/2006 - 08:36
Over at Greater Democracy, Jock has a blog post about Biofuels. On the mailing list, the discussion has drifted over to Listeroids. Listeroids are diesel engines based on designs from the Lister company. They are cool running slow speed engines that can burn waste vegetable oil and be used as efficient inexpensive generators.
As I read more about them, I found Kevin Kelly's website. Kevin is doing all kinds of interesting stuff, and you should read his narrative to find out about projects like The All Species Foundation, the The Long Now Foundation and The Rosetta Project.
His Cool Tools section is, well, cool. Maybe I should make a yurt. Likewise, his True Films section provides a lot of pointers to interesting films worth viewing.
Exhaust Fumes?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/26/2006 - 20:38.I'm wondering how clean the exhaust fumes would be from burning waste vegetable oils. -- Jessada.
Like French Fries
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 06/01/2006 - 17:51.I'm told that the exhaust fumes from burning waste vegetable oils smells a lot like french fries and that they are much cleaner than other exhaust fumes. For example, one of the big issue if fossil fuels is the sulfer content, but WVO doesn't have sulfer.