Here's a site comparing corn to other fuels:
http://burncorn.com/CountrysideCostAnalysis.php
And realize that organic/sustainable agriculture is gaining ground rapidly, at
least in the US and Europe, and they *can* grow crops with equal or higher
yeilds than chemically dependant farmers. So
Earlier this year I saw an interesting presentation at the NY Academy of Sciences by
the head science guy from Genencor Int'l.( http://www.genencor.com ) He talked about
some of the long range research they are doing about enzymes which will allow them to
use protiens, starches and cellulose
Bill Stewart wrote:
Making biodiesel from virgin oil scales well, since you can use
non-food-grade oils, but there's still a substantial ecological effect
of converting land from non-farming or food-farming to energy-farming.
That's a common arguement used against biofuels which doesn't
Harmon Seaver posted:
[...]
VW presents new synthetic fuel strategy
[...]
To a large extent, this biomass consists of carbon and hydrogen. In
the first step of the SunFuel process, these major constituents of
biomass are converted into synthesis gas (H2, CO, CO2). This is then
