Posts by boatman
Vegetable oil as fuel
Rudolf was right back in 1900 – fuel can be grown, & it can be carbon neutral. Diesel said that “In 1900 a small Diesel engine was exhibited by the Otto company which, on the suggestion of the French Government, was run on arachide [peanut] oil, and operated so well that very few people were aware of the fact. The motor was built for ordinary oils, and without any modification was run on vegetable oil By converting my Mercedes to run on vegetable oil I have saved 10 tons of CO2 in 5 years – a ball 68’ in diameter, and $5,000 in diesel cost. The 1986 Mercedes 300D Bought 5 years ago for $5,000, she had ~ 175,000 miles on her clock – which promptly...
Read MoreRudolf was right – fuel can be grown, & its carbon neutral.
Rudolf was right – fuel can be grown, & its carbon neutral. A 1986 Mercedes 300D Settling tank for used restaurant frying oil filter •Refueling Written off last week-end by a 4WD. Not a single pane of glass shattered, and was able to open the door – just! - and walk away without a scratch… but She prove – carbon neutral fuel can be...
Read MoreClimate Contrast
Smiles and friendly people everywhere brilliant and powerful young articulate speeches much cheering and chanting… even loud applause from 5,000 when a young lass finally got her tongue round a long word in her speech - at the third attempt! Not ONE solitary member of government dared to show their face or offer any comment A tacit admission of their abject failure, so-far and lack of any plan for the future Then all 5,000 of us walked from Parliament house to Victoria square led by the youngest, which was charming in itself oldest at the back all organised brilliantly by the students themselves music laughter chanting shouting and fun...
Read MoreKindness
The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.” Desmond Tutu said, “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” and Mark Twain: “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” — When I first came to Australia, – I went as a stranger to a new church, met some very friendly, kind people – and came out with somewhere to live! & they helped me learn all those unwritten rules here – there are loads, believe it or not – like how to park your car – and how not to! Adelaide ...
Read MoreI think it’s important
Hi Global warming is here, it’s feeding the flooding of millions within the next 3 decades – but it can be reduced if everyone looks at their own position re the 80 points in Frischmann’s talk below. I urge you to read it. We have a well insulated 8.5x house with heat pump water heating, a solar electric car and a car running carbon neutral on waste vegetable oil, with evaporative A/C installed. Sadly the house A/C uses HFCs but hopefully as it is seldom used will seldom need recharging. We still eat meat, and have yet to adopt a purely vegetarian diet. Though we do eat lots of vegetables for health reasons. We buy Carbon offsets when we fly. We...
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Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. 
