Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gaijin
I am a skeptic indeed. How many bazillion acres of this stuff to fuel the SUVs of America? There is simply not enough arable land to make even a dent in the energy usage of America.
|
apparently, you didn't read the article.
this stuff grows on very marginal land, land that cannot support commercial crops, of which we have billions of acres. the stuff makes over five times the amount of energy that it takes to produce it, which is better than OIL, being that a TANKER of oil burns 1/4 of the amount of fuel that it carries just GETTING HERE.
"Soon we'll be paying farmers to grow weeds. Super."
this might be the lamest comment on this post: if the weeds they produce make MONEY, what is the problem?
"I want an electric car, and I want the electricity to charge it to come from a combination of wind, solar and nuclear power. "
have fun plugging your inefficient car into the wall for eight hours after driving it only 60 miles. also, have fun getting rid of the spent nuclear fuel.
"The best thing by far is not to promote any of these feel good boondoggles. Corn, switchgrass or whatever. None of it can work, not by more than a tiny fraction of our energy needs - and we lose our focus on real changes plus research and development that should be going on."
this is my favorite criticism. these folks criticize biofuels because it hasn't worked yet, but they offer no solution. the status quo is so comfortable. you always have the option of riding a bicycle, no research required.