Comments on: Renewable fuel: ethanol from waste? http://blog.jungle8.com/2008/01/16/renewable-fuel-ethanol-from-waste/ Branded adventures in and out of the jungle. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:45:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bio or fossil? | jungle [8] http://blog.jungle8.com/2008/01/16/renewable-fuel-ethanol-from-waste/#comment-1261 Bio or fossil? | jungle [8] Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:07:24 +0000 http://blog.jungle8.com/2008/01/16/renewable-fuel-ethanol-from-waste/#comment-1261 [...] As a previous blog reported, GM is supporting a new biotech company that is attempting to make ethanol from mostly agricultural waste, rather than taking from the nation’s corn crops. A smart move because new research, as reported in the New York Times, is showing that biofuels traditionally produced from corn might not be the energy source of the future. Researchers are assessing the effect of biofuel production holistically, and the results are in: mowing over forests to carve out land for agricultural crops is not so good for the environment. It seems that fossil fuels were a gift from our prehistoric past, and Mother Nature really feels that creating energy is something that should be taken slowly. [...] […] As a previous blog reported, GM is supporting a new biotech company that is attempting to make ethanol from mostly agricultural waste, rather than taking from the nation’s corn crops. A smart move because new research, as reported in the New York Times, is showing that biofuels traditionally produced from corn might not be the energy source of the future. Researchers are assessing the effect of biofuel production holistically, and the results are in: mowing over forests to carve out land for agricultural crops is not so good for the environment. It seems that fossil fuels were a gift from our prehistoric past, and Mother Nature really feels that creating energy is something that should be taken slowly. […]

]]> By: Dave http://blog.jungle8.com/2008/01/16/renewable-fuel-ethanol-from-waste/#comment-1218 Dave Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:54:09 +0000 http://blog.jungle8.com/2008/01/16/renewable-fuel-ethanol-from-waste/#comment-1218 What came to my mind was the effluents that would be released. I'm trying to find what happens to the air and water as a result of ethanol production. I am certain there are better ways to solve this problem we have with energy. Initial reports are not good, and to make this palatable to the general public they are referring to how 'profitable' the industry is for the producing communities. I am alarmed at the thought of using food for fuel and driving up the cost of food and fuel at the same time. This is a catastropic event for many families. What remains to be seen are the effects on drinking water and deforestation on the general environment of which I happen to be a constituite part. I live by one of the Finger Lakes that is struggling to maintain itself against agricultural runoff and the effects of two much plant nutrient. This is a reality to be met head on. What came to my mind was the effluents that would be released. I’m trying to find what happens to the air and water as a result of ethanol production. I am certain there are better ways to solve this problem we have with energy.

Initial reports are not good, and to make this palatable to the general public they are referring to how ‘profitable’ the industry is for the producing communities.

I am alarmed at the thought of using food for fuel and driving up the cost of food and fuel at the same time. This is a catastropic event for many families.

What remains to be seen are the effects on drinking water and deforestation on the general environment of which I happen to be a constituite part. I live by one of the Finger Lakes that is struggling to maintain itself against agricultural runoff and the effects of two much plant nutrient. This is a reality to be met head on.

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