Well so long as some people look at biofuels with the mindset of making money and perhaps a lot of money then that prospect is where we are inevitably headed. Obviously some land is needed for growing oil seed crops but the point is that a paradigm shift is in order for this world. Less is more. The idea that we can continue with unimpeded growth is underlying many of the problems we are facing and which will not go away but rather will get worse. Continuing to cling to this philosophy will lead to collapse one day on many fronts. We all know this but why do some people even people on this forum seem to think biodiesel is an opportunity to get rich? This attitude is adding fuel to this particular fire.(no pun) Markets are created by demands and controlled by supplies. One way to reduce the severity of this problem is to give it all away. The ability for the average person to easily make a modest supply of fuel from locally obtainable resources goes a long way toward killing the demand and that will be the only thing that will avoid the eventuality of corporate control of biodiesel. However even if we are successful at putting this capability into the hands of everyone they still have to get it that it is not a substitute for petroleum and the paradigm shift is still unavoidable. I imagine the average person will continue to ignore this fact until it is not just in his face but till it gets to the point that he can no longer cope, which seems to be the usual story. No pain no gain right? What will it take for people to accept that they should live close to where they work? That they should ride a bike or walk? Are we going to have a war between food supply and fuel supply? I don't think so. Waste oil will not fill the need, and trying to produce enough virgin oil will create it's own problems. The demand just has to decrease. There is no avoiding this.
Joe Kenji James Fuse wrote: Snip > >It made no mention of the fact that biodiesel is the perfect 'locally >produced' fuel, and therefore a real tool towards social change against >monopolistic forces. Instead, it only warned of future use of food land >for corporate fuel production, which is a valid argument, but should be >balanced with the progressive and positive attributes of biodiesel. > >Kenji Fuse > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
