That's why I'm basically against using corn. My other post indicated a
viable process (I've seen it) that uses (waste) cellulose. But still, as
you say, just a reasonable percentage would help considerably.
Philip.
At 06:24 PM 3/9/2006 -0500, you wrote:
Michel Jullian wrote:
I heard that the limit on biofuels is that they would require devoting
the entirety of our agricultural surfaces to the corresponding
cultivations if we wanted to run all our vehicles on them.
I have discussed that issue here before. Actually, it would take much more
than "the entirety of our agricultural surfaces" in the U.S. It would take
roughly twice as much as the entire landmass produces -- 2 times all
biomass from all dry land.
Biomass can never supply more than a few percent of our energy, and every
calorie of biomass we use condemns someone outside the United States to
malnutrition and starvation.
- Jed
