We travel to visit Paul Totman in Colusa, California to visit a seed to biodiesel facility. They are running two 5 tonne seed presses feeding into a WVO designs Beast Centrifuge for de-gumming. Biodiesl processing, methanol and glycerin recovery with springboard equipment
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There are some major oil stains on my driveway. There’s vegetable oil from bad fill up attempts and filter changes. Even more plentiful are the scores of little dots and one large black tar pool from elusive motor oil leaks. I’ll admit, my 79 300SD is one leaky beast, even more than my 97 F250(and a Ford mechanic once told me that the 7.3 Powerstrokes are externally lubricating engines).
I’m still not resigned to having a leaky car. I’ve changed out the oil cooler lines and turbo waste gate hose. Frustration has set in however, as more leaks seem to pop up daily. Not just oil leaks either. There’s a growing radiator l
Happy 4th of July, or Independence Day America! 235 years ago this nation declared independence from the rule of Imperial Britain. Religious, economic and personal freedom was the alluring promise of this “new land”. Liberty of spirit is a very powerful and desirable thing. Thus, the collective thinking and might of the people was to resist control in any way…and that we did and will continue to do.
A declaration of anything is really meaningless unless there is action to back it up. It takes continual sacrifice, fighting, suffering, ingenuity, collaboration, creativeness, etc to break and stay free from the powers that be. Americans have tirelessly fought, suffered and worked to protect certain freedoms over the years. I am thankful for this and enjoy my religious, speech and other liberties daily. What better day than Independence Day to address those “other” liberties and freedoms that we are willing to stand by and let erode. What about energy independence
