Bernd Felsche wrote:
> "Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Mad-Biker" <madbiker666@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(baffles).com.au> wrote in message
>>> "jackbadger56" <castle56@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
>>>> It seems that if a manufacturer can make a car run on E85,
>>>> they've earned an official 'green' tag. AFAIK cars running on
>>>> this still produce greenhouse gases (is that right?), there are
>>>> stuff-all places selling the ****, a tank seems to take you half
>>>> the distance, and if everyone switched over to it there'd be no
>>>> sugar/corn/potatoes/alpaca goats or whatever they're currently
>>>> deriving it from left to eat, and the only way to make up the
>>>> shortfall of farming land would involve clearing on a massive
>>>> scale! Another bloody red herring!!
>
>>> yeah, but its renewable, that's what they were after.
>
>>> If look at India, they have vehicles than can run on 100% ethanol, and
>>> have somehow modified regular vehicles to run 50% ethanol
>
>> He's got a point about the impact it will have on farming though.
>> The World Health Organisation (and UN generally) have expressed
>
> That's be the FAO, wouldn't it?
>
>> similar concerns. When the price of oil makes it more profitable
>> for farmers to grow oil crops rather than food crops, guess what
>> most of the worlds arable land will be turned over to.........
>
> Biofuels don't *need* to impinge negatively upon food production.
> They can in fact enhance it by producing by-products such as
> fertiliser and stock-feed. And large amount of biofuels can be
> produced using only marginal land and saline water unsuitable for
> crops. It's called aquaculture.
>
> Depending on location and the choice of algal species, most
> countries between the tropics and a coastline can produce
> substantial volumes of biodiesel, consuming both the sewage waste of
> their towns and the fuel-burning power stations' CO2 directly from
> the flue.
>
> The real problem isn't the lack of know-how; that has been around
> since the 1970's.
> \\
The other problem would be the high cost of land next to the main
cities, which is where the sewage is located.
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