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EDUCATION: Montana State University; Major: Bachelor of Science in Agricultural OperationsTechnology. Minor: Agricultural Education. Undeclared minor: Plant Science, December, 2006. Research Papers: Business Plan For Culture And Production Of Algae For Food And Fuel Using Photobioreactor Technology Waste Not, Want Not – The Biofuel Cycle Motorizing And Testing Biodiesel Production The Healthy Soil Foodweb as a Foundation for Biodynamic Farming Asparagus Production For Small Scale Farm Production And The Home Gardener In Montana Linn Benton Community College, Fall, 2007: Chemistry, Integrated Pest Management, Occupational Health and Safety; and Horticulture independent study paper: Evaluation Of Chlorella Vulgaris As An Algal Oil Feedstock For Biodiesel MEMBERSHIPS: Member, American Society of Agricultural and Biotechnology Engineers

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Jim Miller

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Oregon, USA

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Corvallis

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http://montanasynergy.wetpaint.com/

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http://icdb.org/show.php?r=jimmiller5417

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jimmiller5417

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541-757-9797

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Executive Summary AlgalOilDiesel, LLP We have found the technological “sweet spot” for harvesting the Chlorella vulgaris cells and extracting the algal oil. The process of harvesting the mature “parent” cells and returning the “daughter” cells to the head of the growing system has been solved. The opening of the Chlorella cell is done by osmotic rupture, leaving the cell wall intact, looking like an opened flower. The cytoplasm and the cell walls are separated and then the lipids (oil) removed, returning the balance of the cytoplasm to the algae production system to add to the nutrient. The cell walls can be dehydrated and sold as a health food supplement or fermented into ethanol. The wash water used to clean the raw biodiesel is laced with potassium and serves as a nutrient for the algae or field crops. We have completed the science and engineering phase and are now ready for the pilot project phase which includes the building a covered algae pond, building the algal oil extraction plant, and building the biodiesel refinery, all on a small scale. This phase will cost about $100,000. The next phase is a full-scale operation requiring about 1500 acres. We have a prospect of leasing a mothballed biodiesel plant and renting or buying the 1500 acres. This phase would cost about 15 million in capital costs and two million in start-up costs, and would produce about 10,000,000 gallons a year of biodiesel. You will want to read our paper, PROSPECTS FOR THE BIODIESEL INDUSTRY . Please email or call for a copy. Contact: James E. Miller, jimmiller5417@yahoo.com; 541-757-9797

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Terrifying future ahead? --Transition and Transformation is the challenge. By Jim Miller I was trying to deal with the terrifying futures I saw ahead and I wanted to help steer humanity toward a more positive future, but I began to feel like a pretty frail instrument. I realized that I needed to feel a power greater than myself. Otherwise I would have just given up. I needed help.” -- Donella Meadows (1941 – 2001) * The problem is not one of "escape" from the greater evil to the lesser evil, but one of "transition". Change is the common theme, yet most folks are very reluctant to change. The early adopters will make the change successfully, and the later adopters will be lost in the shuffle. Here's how the transition will likely take place: Start several intentional communities in rural town areas. Models include Findhorn Foundation, [http://www.findhorn.org/index.php ] Mondragon Cooperative Corporation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_cooperative ]and Mutual Aid Society of America [ http://icdb.org/show.php?r=masa ] Network these intentional communities via the World Wide Web and inter-Intentional Community working groups. http://www.joomlapolis.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/abcd/ ; http://www.boonex.com/products/dolphin/ Create a community-wide “Community Schooling Program” to bring non-members into the loop (inspiration, visioning, membership). http://www.ruralstrategies.org/issues/edstudy.html Create a “Virtual The World Cafe” site and simulate postings. http://www.theworldcafecommunity.net/webx?50@@.1adee709!login=true Create several public and private schooling entities (home schooling, charter schools, re-envisioned public schools). http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-education-and-bigger-picture Create many, local, viable, profitable business enterprises which are employee owned (worker cooperatives, consumer and producer cooperatives). http://youtube.com/watch?v=GO6uAV3GCDU Take control of the governmental entities which have laws which when applied defeat or slow down the creation of intentional communities. http://www.tryonfarm.org/share/node/22 ; http://www.worldchanging.com/local/portland/archives/006661.html Change the laws to favor eco-villages, permaculture, small businesses. http://www.eugenepermacultureguild.org/main/?cat=13 Create member owned credit unions which makes micro loans. See www.nova.org Please email me your suggestions to add to this list: jimmiller5417@yahoo.com. * Visionaries, People & Ideas to Change Your Life, Jay Walljasper, Jon Spayde, and editors of Utne Reader, New Society Publishers (printed on forest friendly paper, 100% post-consumer recycled paper) pg. 183, ISBN: 0-86571-445-2. See also: Sustainability Institute http://www.sustainer.org/

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