FYI --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:30:01 -0600 Subject: Re: Burning Ethanol Emits Greenhouse Gases, Too Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks, Ed. Ethanol's greenhouse gas reducing benefits are way overstated. When ethanol's manufacturing and burning emissions are added, which they should be, they no doubt exceed the emissions from transport, processing and burning of oil. Mike Neuman On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:53:00 -0600 "Ed Blume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mike, > > I've been out of town for a week, but I had aceess to e-mail, so I > have your > commentary on the blog. > > Ed Blume > Communications/Outreach > RENEW Wisconsin > 222 S. Hamilton St. > Madison, WI 53703 > 608.819.0748 > Home page: http://www.renewwisconsin.org > Renewable Energy Blog: http://www.renew-energy-blog.org > Madison Peak Oil Group Blog: > http://www.madisonpeakoil-blog.blogspot.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 7:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Burning Ethanol Emits Greenhouse Gases, Too > > > Ed - this is just the same as the comment I submitted on the Lung > association post, but I am submitting it as a separate article since > it is > more likely to be read that way. I added the references, too. > > Mike Neuman > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Burning Ethanol Emits Greenhouse Gases, Too > > For every gallon of E85 Ethanol combusted in an automobile, 17.06 > pounds of > the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide are exhausted to the atmosphere. > Sure, > that's less than the 23.95 pounds of CO2 that gets exhausted from > burning > gasoline. But it's still an addition to the already unnaturally high > volumes > of CO2 gas already present in the atmosphere. Plus this doesn't even > count > the greenhouse gases that are emitted by fuel burning to plant, > transport > and process the raw materials into ethanol in the first place. > > The other thing to consider is that once all the carbon dioxide is > emitted > to the atmosphere, it remains in the atmosphere for an average of 50 > to 200 > years, before being reabsorbed back into plants, the ocean or rocks > (IPCC > 2001). So as more CO2 is emitted in ethanol burning, it continues to > build > up in the atmosphere, just like the carbon dioxide and other > greenhouse > gases emitted from gasoline burning continue to build up in the > atmosphere, > which has been making the "greenhouse effect" stronger. That's why > global > temperatures on the average have been rising and will continue to > rise, > steadily, for the foreseeable future. > > In short, for the purpose of fighting global warming, it is far > better to > work on finding ways to burn less fuel (drive fewer and fewer miles > every > year?). Another factor to consider is that if you burn ethanol, > you'll have > to burn more of it than gasoline to travel the same distance, which > causes > more greenhouse gases to be emitted. > > There is no free lunch when it come to motor vehicle driving and the > environment, even if you shift from burning gasoline to burning > ethanol. > Better to drive less and burn more calories instead of combustible > fuels. > > > Post by: Mike Neuman at February 14, 2006 12:06 AM > Renew Energy Blog > Comment on article: "Lung association announces support for > ethanol" > http://www.zmetro.com/community/us/wi/madison/renew/ > http://o2collective.org/biodiesel.shtml > > See also: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchive/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ConserveNOW/ > > > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
