On Wednesday 23 August 2006 04:02, Andy Davies wrote: > "Critics have long argued that traditional ethanol production consumes > nearly as much fossil fuel energy as it saves..." > > and using manure to produce methane is just re-organising the deckchairs; > how is it collected/ transported? and what replaces it as fertiliser? (a > point that is often ignored in bio fuel discussions is that artificial > nitrate fertiliser production uses fossil fuel - until the advent of the > oil industry the only significant sources of nitrate were manure and 'green > manure'. In victorian England arable agricultural production was limited by > the amount of manure available, and as a result the pasture to arable ratio > was very much higher than it is today. Any return to 'sustainable' or > 'organic' agricultural production would have the same problems that > victorian farmers had!).
Hi Andy! Right now they have *way* more sticky stuff than they need in the feed lots. The ethanol projects I have heard of plan to locate on the same site where the manure is, just bulldoze it into the chute. Regards, Pete _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
