Dr. Gluck, maybe not all that bad of news. I agree, the idea of "growing your own fuel" is dead. Ecologically, even economically, impossible under our current world situation. Bioethanol as gasoline additives will become increasingly disastrous. For a few years I grew my own biodiesel for my tractor. I grew camelina, which is an ecologically great crop for my poor farm (central Montana, USA). I crushed it and made biodiesel. A few other Montana farmers did it also. We all quit. While we might have broke even dollar-wise, the real cost (ecological and otherwise) was much too high. So, we can bid a sad farewell to a once good sounding idea, and move on to better solutions. BTW, I'm surrounded by cheap coal and now oil, which have their own loud, and controlling advocates who will rule the roost until we (hopefully sooner than later) get lenr or ? . Hopefully yours, ken
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > For your information: > > *Bioenergy: The Broken Promise: * > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121009121446.htm > > An idea has failed. I remember some 10 years ago many people > planning to cultivate rapeseed on land not good for agriculture here > and great progresses in bio-diesel. > > We have to take care that our Idea should succeed. > > Peter > -- > Dr. Peter Gluck > Cluj, Romania > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com > >
