Jed Rothwell
> To put this perspective.... one acre in
Illinois at a can produce 500 million BTU. That sounds impressive until
you realize that each person in the US consumes 338 million BTU per year,
so it would take nearly an acre of prime agricultural land per person.
There are only 2 or 3 acres of arable land per person in the US, and most of it
is not as good as the land in Illinois.
Right figures. Wrong conclusion. It takes only 1/4
acre of land to feed the average citizen for one year. Intelligently managed,
one acre of land can both feed and supply the energy needs for every citizen. At
present population levels, we have the luxury of an approximate 300% cushion of
available land versus need for this.
Once again Pimentel's own previously debunked
conclusion do not follow from fairly accurate figures and have proven his "spin"
and racist-tainted logic laughably incorrect.... as expected.
Note to mention, there is plenty of prime land here
for biomass crops, land which is not now considered arable - the Bayous and
swamp lands being prime examples.
However - and most importantly - the move to
Aquanol need not involve American farmers at all !! should they do not wish to
get involved, as there is more than enough prime land - previously deforested
and now fallow - in the Amazon to supply a substitute fuel for the 4-5 quads of
petroleum we are currently importing from unfriendly nations.
Jones
