Re: Shell's 100-RON fuel - what actually is it?

Pooh Bear wrote:

> EatMe wrote:
> 
> 
>>With all due respect I would like to know where the fertilizer comes
>>from that grows the corn?  Isn't it a petrochemical based product?
> 
> 
> Are you suggesting that *fertiliser* is what the plant actually consumes
> to grow ?
> I suggest you learn something about how plants grow. They existed before
> fertiliser you know !

Getting crop yields anywhere NEAR high enough to feed the world 
population with existing cropland (let alone have leftovers for 
biofuels!) ABSOLUTELY REQUIRES artificial fertilization, whether by 
petroleum-derived fertilizers or mined deposits of nitrates (eg bat 
guano). Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.