I've got a 24 oz clear container full of icky water and about 2 different stages of mosquito developing (hoping for one or two of the final stage). (Check out them here). A bunch of larvae and a handful of pupae.
They are eating the stuff on the bottom (nice biofilm). And this wiggling up to the top to breath, back and forth and when I move they scatter.
Why would anyone be excited about mosquitoes in developmental stage? Well they look wicked cool under the scanning electron microscope.
Came across a different point. Biodiesel made from virgin soy oil is selling for around $5/gallon. That's a lot more than the $3.91 I paid for waste oil based biodiesel. And even better, we've scored a major component of a biodiesel processor. So possibly by the end of the summer we can make home heating oil and maybe some fuel additive for the work of just collecting waste oil. Pretty exciting.
Oh and go back and give Michael Pollan's Ted take another listen. It is definitely worth watching a few times. Esp if you are distracted watching it the first time.
Found this yesterday: I commute better
Good stuff.
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Well, instead of using pure biodiesel, we can all use B5 oil. It's a blend of both regular heating oil and biodiesel. It costs about the same as regular, but gives you all the green benefits. Working for NORA, I have come across a couple of people using bioheat and they are loving it. You should check out: http://oilheatamerica.com/index.mv?screen=bioheat
Get more info, and see if Bioheat is for you. It should be, but who knows. lol
most any furnace can go up to B50 (50% biodiesel) in the home heating fuel. Most all of the newest can burn B100, some of the old ones can even do that.
B5 (5%) is certainly better than no percent!!!
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