Fossil Fuels are also carbon-neutral. It's just that the process cycle takes a tad longer. Probably longer than our future existence on this planet.
-Dave Walton On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Allan Streib <[email protected]> wrote: > Bio fuels are still carbon-based. Though you might argue they are > carbon-neutral if they are made from biomass taken from the current > environment, as opposed to fossil fuels. > > Allan > > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:27 -0700, "ernest breakfield" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> your perspective appears biased; as if you're only thinking about >> Petro-based fuels. ;-) >> the odds are they're thinking about something else completely (like >> BioDiesel is supposed to be, for example). >> the goal is to move to a fuel that has a lower overall Carbon >> Footprint than the current petroleum-based fuels. many folk were upset >> after finding out that the Emissions systems on their new 'Clean >> Diesels' won't accommodate BioDiesel use, and the idea is that the >> flexibility to use lower Carbon Footprint fuels should be part of any >> design from here forward. >> >> >> cheers! >> e >> >> >> Rich Thomas wrote: >> > So this morning on National Propaganda Radio there was a story about >> > CARB voting 9-1 to require "lower carbon fuels" and encouraging >> > refiners to make "lower carbon fuels" and car makers to accommodate them. >> > >> > I am trying to figure out, what exactly is a "lower carbon fuel?" Is >> > that like methane (CH4) as opposed to any higher carbon chain >> > molecule? Is it by weight, volume, energy content/density, what? >> > Hydrogen? >> > >> > --R >> > >> > _______________________________________ >> > http://www.okiebenz.com >> > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > >> > >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090424/f4388d7a/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
