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Originally Posted by rick130
That is what is the plan! Some time in March I think for NSW.
John
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Originally Posted by rick130
That is what is the plan! Some time in March I think for NSW.
John
I know, Monsanto's spin doctors have been working overtime :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Ahh, alcohol suitable for drinking is ethanol, the stuff in E10 (well 10% anyhow) and yes it can replace petrol.Quote:
Originally Posted by LandyAndy
Someone correct me if im wrong, but being a short chain, it would logically burn quicker (higher octane) but have a lower energy density?
ok, this has more....
Ethanol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheers!
yeah in the next series they reveal that they planted the wrong seed and made diesel by accident, so they enter a diesel repmobile into Silverstone 500... with some interesting sponsors down the side of the doors :D
So in reality they STUFFED UP saying they will make petrol,not enough research done before opening their gobs:D:D:D:D Biodiesel instead:D:D:D:DThere isnt seperate petrol and diesel rapeseed genetically manipulated YET:D:D:D:D:D
LOVE THE SHOW!!!
Andrew
I think the way they said they were going to "grow petrol" is because they are simplistic about that sort of thing. Like the way they say "it's got 550 torques" Or "enough power to move the earth".
They do have excellent researchers, and they do know a bit more than they let on, but it sounds funnier the way they say it.
All very interesting, eh.
We will look into it and maybe start a learning curve test program on a small scale.
Be interesting to experiment with bio diesel from crops also. It could run
parralel to the ethanol.
I have a reconditioned three cyl, twenty HP, Mitsubishy diesel motor,
sitting on my garage floor. It could be set up as a test bed.
In the next five or ten years we dont know where the hell we will be
with fuel and taxes and the like. Europe is legislating engine outputs
that would put our stuff of the road or taxed out of existenced.
Imagine what will happen to small town OZ if tourism, as we know it
today, becomes a thing of the past ?
Can you imagine us touring around the outback in little tiny diesel -
electric cars !
Might seem far fetched but big changes are just around the corner.
I would be quite happy to go back to a horse and cart but in the
meantime my concern is the great fuel rip off that we are all subject to.
I would like to produce my own and spit in their eye.
In my case I could put in the time the same as others spend their time on
restoration projects and stuff.
If others can do it, so can I.
Redback, bite your tongue Mate. Licence indeed ! See how it goes first
and then burrow into the side of a hill or plant the still down a rabbit warren !
Cheers.
I'd be intersted to see how you go, I know it's been done before, but how many start from scratch by growing.
Good luck!
Moose, wont be growing just yet, Mate.
First, I need to check out a still and how to build one, or buy ?
Then investigate seed crops that could possibly be used.
Canola has been mentioned here for instance, lots of that available on the supermarket shelves. If a bloke was to buy about $50 worth it would be enough to begin the learning process and get small quantities of fuel to
experiment with.
While that is going on, I would need to talk to farmers already growing
these crops and learn about harvesting and processing the seed or plant.
Then it would be time to start looking at quantities of seed.
I think that beginning this way and working backwards, it would be faster and cheaper.
If things panned out, we could probably buy a small portion of a crop
already in the ground while preparing to grow ours.
If it worked and we got enough seed to fill our needs, then it might be
a good idea to double the acerage and store seed incase of a bad season
and so on. Work every other day, if you know what I mean !
Must be remembered that this would in no way be a commercial enterprise. We could always barter tho.
It would be an intertesting undertaking as long as I wasn't hassled and
hounded by big brother.
We all know what a turd he is.:D
Canola(and its vairiants) is very easy to grow,needs good incsect control till its established then it powers away.WATER SUN FERTILIZER and you have a big crop.
Harvesting for a small time grower would be a problem.
In broadacre farming the canola is swathed (cut whilst still green and laid into windrows) to dry.Its harvested with a special pickup front on the header.The biggest problem is the pods become brittle,to an explosive point when dry.By that I mean you touch the pod it explodes ejecting its seed to sow its own next crop.
Hence the swathing/pick up fronts for the header,once the pick up front gets under the windrow the seed is caught if the pods pop.
You then have the next issue as a home grower,seperating the "wheat from the chaff" ie getting the canola seed out of the pods/leaves/stalks etc!!!
The left over "meal"from crushing the seed is a valuable stockfeed.
Work on 40% oil the meal is the balance.Delivered to CBH Canola is measured for oil content,42% oil would be described as ordinary,50% oil exceptional.
IF THEY HAVE A PADDOCK FIRE DURING HARVEST YOU CANT PUT THE WINDROWS OUT!!!! WATER ON A OIL FIRE GOES MAD!!!!
Andrew