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

Pooh Bear wrote:
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> Steve wrote:
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>>Pooh Bear wrote:
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>>>EatMe wrote:
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>>>>With all due respect I would like to know where the fertilizer comes
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>>>>from that grows the corn?  Isn't it a petrochemical based product?
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>>>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 !
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>>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.
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> Fertilisers are not what the plant exclusively lives on though ! There's
this
> clever business with CO2 going on !
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> Graham
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