YMMV (quite literally ;), but whether once or twice the landmass production
it's much too much to be practical, I agree with you Jed. Unless we found a
way to use seaweeds and convert supertankers to seaweed harvesters ;)
Michel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: Farrell responds to Pimentel regarding ethanol
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
