After these you might scream for Noah more

What did Noah say as he was loading the Ark? "Now I herd everything

"Why did the people on the ark think the horses were pessimistic? They kept saying neigh

What animal could Noah not trust? The cheetah

Why couldn't they play cards on the ark? Noah was sitting on the deck

Who was the first canning factory run by? Noah-he had a boat full of preserved pairs

Was Noah the first one out of the Ark? No, he came fourth out of the ark

Which animal took the most baggage into the arc? What animal took the least?The elephant took his trunk.But the fox and the rooster took only a brush and comb between them,

Why weren't there any worms on the arc? Because worms come in apples not in pairs.

Where did Noah keep the bees?In the ark hives.

Where was Noah when the lights went out? In d'ark.

Why couldn't Noah catch many fish? He only had two worms.

What did the cat say when the ark landed? Is that Ararat?

Niner
Thanks, you are another reason to look forward to Friday. UGH

Brad S
Hebrews 10:39

Good luck on the interview - you'll need it!

I hope the interview is better than those jokes. :D Any way, good luck, and may you come out on top.

Good luck on your interview niner, if its for a comedy spot don't quit your day job.

Good luck with the interview, no doubt its friday, and the other thread showed so much promise too...

I guess the interview went well, its for a plant engineer at an ethanol plant being built, we'll see :)

You picked a lively industry to interview in (or maybe more accurately, they picked you), that's for sure. Ethanol plants are quite the hot ticket these days, and many of the new ones have a power plant on-site due to the rising costs of power, and the relatively large amount of power they demand. It would be an interesting environment to work in, and that's no joke. ;) Good luck!

... It would be an interesting environment to work in, and that's no joke. ;) Good luck!

no kidding, this plant is being built in Hereford,TX "beef capital of the world" or something like that so that means they have lots of cows, I'll give you one guess as to what they are planning on fueling their boilers with ;)

that really saves on the fossil fuels and thus actually lowers the cost of the ethanol being produced.

Hereford also has huge farm/range lands with prairie dogs causing problems. I am all for helping out those unfortunate land owners.

Niner
Best of luck to you.

There has been alot written lately here in MN about Ethanol and whether it actually is a positive or negative. Consumer Reports just this month was pretty critical about the actual benefits that are derived.

In Mn we have a growing opportunity for E85. The plants being built here are mainly in the SW of the State where water is at a premium. Maybe you can clarify, but the process absorbs a great deal of water, which in fresh, good condition, is not a renewable source. Unfortuately for MN, the water is in the North and the corn is in the South. Something needs to be transported.

If the opportunty does not work out in Tx check out MN, there are alot of plants going up.

Brad S
Hebrews 10:39

Niner
Best of luck to you.

There has been alot written lately here in MN about Ethanol and whether it actually is a positive or negative. Consumer Reports just this month was pretty critical about the actual benefits that are derived.

In Mn we have a growing opportunity for E85. The plants being built here are mainly in the SW of the State where water is at a premium. Maybe you can clarify, but the process absorbs a great deal of water, which in fresh, good condition, is not a renewable source. Unfortuately for MN, the water is in the North and the corn is in the South. Something needs to be transported.

If the opportunty does not work out in Tx check out MN, there are alot of plants going up.

Brad S
Hebrews 10:39

cool thanks I will check into it if this one doesn't pan out

.... I'll give you one guess as to what they are planning on fueling their boilers with ;)

that really saves on the fossil fuels and thus actually lowers the cost of the ethanol being produced.

Hereford also has huge farm/range lands with prairie dogs causing problems. I am all for helping out those unfortunate land owners.

Ahh, cow poop fuel! My guess is that the plant will get the fuel for free, delivered to their site by the feedlot operators (thus the feedlot owners avoid disposal costs), and they will either have a digester system to collect the off-gas fuel, or, they will have a rather complicated fuel wash system to get rid of all the nasties in it that boilers don't like. I hope this process has been nailed down by now.

You might be interested that such a power plant exists just North of El Centro, CA, called the Mesquite Power Plant, nominally 20 MW. It is currently sitting idled, approaching 30 or so years old now. They burned cow poop and had a lot of "issues", mainly power cycle performance, corrosion, and exhaust cleanup. There are approximately 500,000 cows within a 20 mile radius. The new plant owner is now looking at methods to get the plant back up and churning out MW's.

Those prairie dogs around the plant you interviewed at would be one nice incentive for locating there!

Ahh, cow poop fuel! My guess is that the plant will get the fuel for free, delivered to their site by the feedlot operators (thus the feedlot owners avoid disposal costs), and they will either have a digester system to collect the off-gas fuel, or, they will have a rather complicated fuel wash system to get rid of all the nasties in it that boilers don't like. I hope this process has been nailed down by now.

You might be interested that such a power plant exists just North of El Centro, CA, called the Mesquite Power Plant, nominally 20 MW. It is currently sitting idled, approaching 30 or so years old now. They burned cow poop and had a lot of "issues", mainly power cycle performance, corrosion, and exhaust cleanup. There are approximately 500,000 cows within a 20 mile radius. The new plant owner is now looking at methods to get the plant back up and churning out MW's.

Those prairie dogs around the plant you interviewed at would be one nice incentive for locating there!

I know the company I interviewed with, Panda Energy, started off in power plants and they originally chose Hereford to start up a power plant running off of manure but that wasn't feasible, hopefully they have the manure/boiler relationship down and know how to make it work, otherwise I will have plenty to do if I get on there :D

I know they are a bit worried about emission control right now since the stockyards/feedlots are grandfathered in from any air emissions regulations I know the plant will not be and we will have to make the plant environmentally friendly

No tapping the stock tanks before they put the poison in, 9'r!!!!!!! :p

No tapping the stock tanks before they put the poison in, 9'r!!!!!!! :p

already discussed this with the maintenance manager, he said something a little more discreet :D

No tapping the stock tanks before they put the poison in, 9'r!!!!!!! :p

Now kdub, did you mean the manure stock tanks, or the almost-finished ethanol before the "additives" make it in, because I can almost see niner with old gallon milk jugs at the manure tank, filling them up to take home to the garden?!! :p

Naw - he's talking ethanol, the grain stuff. I can picture him with a bunch of fruit jars tapping the stock tank before the additives are mixed in. :p

Naw - he's talking ethanol, the grain stuff. I can picture him with a bunch of fruit jars tapping the stock tank before the additives are mixed in. :p


That must be what he means by "Enjoy a good home brew"

Brad S
Hebrews 10:39