RE: "Reducing cancer risk by use of biodiesel" (climate change) ..also you are eliminating sulphur; reducing particulates substantially; using a waste as a resource and/or supporting agriculture and new crops or uses of crops that we might not always think of when we think of biodiesel, (eg. Jatropha, Honge, nuts, algae); supporting local and regional economic development via job creation and the retention of money within local economies and thereby capturing multiplier effects; contributing to energy independence; reducing the need to cut and haul firewood (if biodiesel used for heating and light); allowing the ongoing use of existing diesels and the large amounts of embodied energy contained in their blocks and parts instead of scrapping prematurely because of an association with the petrodiesel fuel used; reducing reliance on the long distance transportation of energy and attendant risk of spills and soil and water contamination; reducing the cost of maintenance of water treatment works and systems by making a market for used veg. oil; reducing the likelihood and cost of regional military conflict and interventons by creating more possibilities for energy self-supply...and so on...
The same sort case can be made for other renewable energies (especially those that can be accomplished without undue reliance on capital or technology and cn be accomplished on a small scale, duplicated many times in many places), and conservation efforts. If the need to combat climate change turns out to have been unnecessary, (which at this point is doubtful, IMHO, considering that among those most concerned are the insurance companies, who have seen their claims rise substantially from weather events wholly unanticipated by their actuaries, and are thus keenly interested in understanding what has caused this and what might happen next) , the need to make improvements in these other environmental, social and economic ways is obvious. Ed B. www.biofuels.ca > From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 02:59:31 +0900 > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Climate Change > >> Sheeeesh, how times do change! A few months back I posted a few >> > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
