Monday, September 20, 2004

2004 NORML Key West Legal Seminar

December 2-4, 2004
Key West, FL

Agenda
Accommodations
Speaker Bios

Registration

The NORML Key West legal seminar is an excellent legal seminar with outstanding speakers, and it is fully accredited by all states that require Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits for practicing attorneys. In addition, it has become a wonderful opportunity to spend some time in a relaxed setting with old friends, and to make new friends, who share your opposition to marijuana prohibition. Many of our members and supporters look forward each year to this celebration of personal freedom.

The 2004 legal seminar will be held at the Pier House Resort and Caribbean Spa in Key West, FL on December 2, 3 and 4. The hotel is holding a block of reduced rate rooms for NORML legal seminar attendees. We usually sell out our block of rooms, so please try to make your reservations early.

If you join the NORML Legal Committee, you’ll also qualify for a $100 reduction in the registration fees for the Key West program. Even if you can’t join us for this program, please consider joining the NLC and becoming part of our growing network of NORML attorneys.

NLC members receive periodic NORML newsletters and a weekly e-mail press release, are entitled to a significant reduction in registration fees at all NORML legal seminars and are listed on the NORML web site. Members are also eligible for the NLC e-mail discussion group where they can locate a brief or expert witness, brainstorm a case with colleagues, or ask for other help. Click here for more information on joining the NLC. We hope to see you in Key West in early December.

For more information, contact NORML at (202) 483-5500 or email norml@norml.org.

Thursday, August 05, 2004

Biodiesel is biodegradable

DID U KNOW?
Biodiesel is biodegradable.
C16-18 methyl esters are considered biodegradable based on their chemical nature and test data collected for experimentally determined oxygen demand and carbon dioxide production as a percent of calculated theoretical values. C16-18 methyl esters do not show any micro biological inhibition up to 10,000 mg/L.

In tests performed by the University of Idaho, biodiesel in an aqueous solution after 28 days was 95 percent degraded. Diesel fuel was only 40 percent degraded. In a second study done in an aquatic environment (CO2 Evolution), various biodiesel products were 85.5-88.5 percent degraded in 28 days, which is the same rate as sugar (dextrose). Diesel degradation was 26.24 percent. From site http://www.biodiesel.org/

Biodiesel

Biodiesel is a much cleaner choice than fossil-fuel diesel. It can be used in any diesel engine with no need for modifications. And it can easily be made from a common waste product -- used cooking oil.


The National Biodiesel Board's Biodiesel Fuel Fact Sheets (Acrobat files)
http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/fuelfactsheets/

The US Department of Energy -- "Biodiesel: the Clean, Green Fuel for Diesel Engines" (Acrobat file, 108kb):
http://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/pdfs/biodiesel_clean-green.pdf

The Biodiesel Association of Australia FAQ -- see "Biodiesel Fact Sheets" and "Public FAQ"
http://www.biodiesel.org.au/

SoyGold (AG Environmental Products L.L.C.)
http://www.soygold.com/biodiesel.htm



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