>Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 04:34:33 +0900 >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Benefits of Biodiesel by Jim Motavalli > >>MM, >> >>You are right, it is some dubious statements in it, that >>also are totally misleading and false. Like the one on, >>"a study indicates that carcinogenic (and air polluting) >>organic compounds are produced when the fuel is burned". > >He has to be quoting the infamous "Swedish study" (sorry Hakan!) by >Jim Olsson at Chalmers (aka the "Frying Pan Study"), sponsored by >Volvo, to their shame - thoroughly debunked and subsequently >withdrawn by Chalmers (though it was used by Volvo in an attempt to >discredit biodiesel AFTER it was withdrawn). >http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?keywords=Olsson&list=biofuel > >That was two and a half years ago. We said at the time the enemies >of biofuels would go on using it forever. > >Anyway, that's about Motavalli's weight, IMO - never seen anything >he'd written I thought was worth half a damn. > >>The fact is that the studies show an large reduction of >>carcinogenic particulars, compared with fossil diesel. > >From: >http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html#cancer > >According to a U.S. Department of Energy study completed at the >University of California at Davis, the use of pure biodiesel instead >of petroleum-based diesel fuel could offer a 93.6% reduction in >cancer risks from exhaust emissions exposure. > >Chemical and Bioassay Analyses of Diesel and Biodiesel Particulate >Matter: Pilot Study -- Final Report by Norman Y. Kado, Robert A. >Okamoto and Paul A. Kuzmicky, Department of Environmental >Toxicology, University of California, Davis, California, November >1996. Acrobat file, 3.1Mb. >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/UCDavisBiodiesel.pdf >UC Davis biodiesel study -- summary: the Summary, Results and >Discussion sections of the report, in html format. >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/UCDavisSumm.html > >>A >>quite important misunderstanding. > >If that's what it is. Note how he also confuses ethanol with ADM - >there's more to ethanol than just ADM! This is the same as Club >Sierra's benighted attitude, and David Pimentel's. > >Is ethanol energy-efficient? >http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_energy.html > >Food or Fuel? >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_food.html > >>I do think that biofuels >>in general help the environment a lot, but maybe not the >>Bush subsidies. > >:-) Maybe not. That's the whole trouble with diesels - they use 30% >less fuel, can't have that. > >>Maybe the greatest benefit lays in the dependence of >>other countries and regions. > >Not just other countries - that applies to the US too. But, well, >decentralized energy? That means decentralized **power** - AARGHHH!! > >>Food and energy must from >>a security point of view exist locally at minimum quantitates. > >These again: > >Bushfood >http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?view=20877&list=BIOFUEL > >Franken Shrub--Bush's Ties to Monsanto >http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0104/ridgeway.php#monsanto > >Monsanto's Men in the White House >http://www.gmfreescotland.net/16febd.html > >Food Bully - Bush's Biotech Shock and Awe Campaign >http://counterpunch.org/hallinan07292003.html > >>EU have a very comprehensive program for biofuels. >>Introduction of biofuels will help EVs in several ways, >>not least economically and perception of importance of >>alternative to fossils. > >Yes... but there's a downside to it too, in terms of your previous >paragraph. Ken Gotberg >posted this message to the Biofuels-biz group a couple of days ago: > > > http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5024 > > > > Breakthrough Burns Biodiesel Better > > > > September 4, 2003 [SolarAccess.com] In order to optimize the use >of biodiesel in Germany, the research institute FAL in cooperation >with Volkswagen completed the development of a fuel-sensor, which >can differentiate biodiesel from conventional diesel in the tank and >decides engine timing according to the respective fuel blend. The >application of a fuel-sensor assures that the use of biodiesel is >reaching an optimum in terms of emission reduction and fuel >efficiency. This new development is viewed as a breakthrough for >biodiesel's future on the fuel market. The cultivation of oilseed >rape for the production of biodiesel also benefits agriculture. The >production of raw materials for biodiesel has meant that the acreage >in Germany for renewable raw products has increased within five >years from approximately 500,000 hectares to approximately 840,000 >hectares. This development proves the large potential for renewable >raw materials that aid environmental and climatic protection, and >are in addition an important alternative to foodstuff production for >farmers. > >Monocrops, industrialized farming with its heavy dependence on >fossil fuels and high level of externalizations - and, the way the >EU rigs the subsidies game, a sheer disaster for developing >countries. Biofuels production does not sit well with this kind of >"farming". There's nothing sustainable about it. > >Best wishes > >Keith > >>Hakan >> >> >> >>At 05:53 PM 9/6/2003, you wrote: >> >Some of the author's points will bug people here, but I like the >>existence of >> >the basic coverage. Motavalli is the editor of www.emagazine.com >> > >> >The Benefits of Biodiesel >> >Is "biofuel" as green as it seems? >> >by Jim Motavalli >> > >> ><http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/bio-beetle_motavalli.html>http:/ >>/www.electrifyingtimes.com/bio-beetle_motavalli.html >> >
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