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The Great Biofuel Hoax of 2008 - Energy Policy and Climate Change

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Randy Bisenz asked:


Biofuels. Ch? great name! Sounds just green. Looking around I see a proliferation of labels for the bumper Biodiesel everywhere I look. In my state of belonging dell'Oregon all service stations that will be required to add at least 10% ethanol in all petrol by next year. The ecologists are encouraging while politicians and the media are jumping on the wagon of biological fuel. Sounds like a great victory for the environment and society? - Think again, in reality? biofuels are much more? brown are green. Here are five reasons why the biofuels can actually be harmful to the environment: 1. The fuels are so organic? advantageous to the rainforest, the absorber pi? efficiency of greenhouse gases, is brucianda or coupons for cultivating grains and sugar cane to make ethanol or Biodiesel.2. The farmers who grow the crops highly beneficial biological fuels are trying Development pi? Fast and the pi? large returns and use heavy amounts of chemical fertilizer, which makes the bare key micronutrients from our soil always pi? limited and the drain nitrogen-rich algae due to huge development that is destroying our streams, rivers and lakes.3. As they? biological fuels are more? advantageous for large numbers of collections for food of cultivable land is being voted on primary production of biological fuel that generates scarsit? wheat and that increases the price of grain products, particularly in third world countries.4. Although biofuels emit less greenhouse gas per gallon that oil supplies will fuel still emits the quantity? significant. The biological fuels are less economic in fuel consumption. In my vehicle mileage falls substantially when using a fuel containing ethanol. What?, Biological fuels do not reduce overall emissions of greenhouse almost as much as claim.5. There? ? perhaps the most motivation? important. To permanently solve the energy crisis is that to eliminate the emissions of greenhouse gases will have to move from fuel consumption to toward energy sources that do not consume fuel, the issue of pollutants or heat. As the power? ? the energy source pi? clean water available and companies are beginning to develop and produce powerful electric cars that can go a few hundred miles on one charge. So that? these vehicles we will have to determine the practical loading stations in each city? and next to every main road. There? requires a massive transition from service stations to loading stations. The use of biofuels perpetuate? the existing infrastructure of service stations and far? delaying the transition to the loading stations. Pi? long we delay this transition that pi? greenhouse gases will be downloaded into our atmosphere. At this point you may wonder why? Our direction and the great political affair? cos? support biofuels - but never even speak electric vehicles. Could be worth your time to see the film, Who killed the Car "electric; that? available on DVD. Click here to go to their Web site. To begin with most major producers of wheat are large corporate farms with a strong incentive to Washington and a history of giving campaign contributions to politicians who support their agendas. The biofuels are large business for these companies. The automotive industry also? very involved in politics, the efforts of incitement and contributions to the campaign. These companies have a large investment in continuing to make internal combustion engines burning fuels. Moving towards the electric motors take? The main adjustment for these companies. The biofuels will allow evit diare make this investment. The oil industry has perhaps the most to gain from biofuels. They know that the public will finally take? a movement from oil. All other solutions will take their trade. However, they will be refining and distribution of biofuels just as they do with oil - and biofuels are more rough? cheap too. What?, Bases of the oil industry to make money from selling many of the oil industry Biofuels.The d? the enormous campaign contributions to politicians safe. I managed to get many of their supporters and former managers selected and appointed to high levels of power in our management. Not? surprising that our political leaders are embracing the solution Biofuels.The both the energy crisis that pollution? the transition to non-fuel consumables. There? means solar, geothermal, wind and energy production tidal dell'elettricit?. Even nuclear energy could be a feasible alternative if the fuel used pu? be transported safely from the Earth 's atmosphere of using the technology of low-cost rocket developed recently. All these kinds of energy production are already? in use and are becoming daily in pi? inexpensive and pi? efficient. We have not yet begun to see that the economies of scale and innovation that will make this kind of energy much more? inexpensive pi? It developed and used. At this very moment several companies are planning installations bulky solar energy in Arizona, which is beginning to be known as the Silicon Valley or the Middle East by solar energy production. The wind farms are huge progettande for the conditions of the plains. We may be only years from a massive transition to electric vehicles. So that? this can we convince the great deal and our political leadership to focus on this transition. There? take? m? lto pi? long if we allow them to stay put focus on biofuels instead. When comparing energy sources not consumable to energy production based fuel remember that all fuels must be transported to where they are sold. The transportation of fuel burning pi? fuel - so that these transport costs must be calculated in numbers used for emissions of greenhouse gases and energy efficiency. The distribution dell'elettricit? involves a certain loss of energy, but? fractional compared to how much energy? used to transport fuel and emits no greenhouse gases. You may well wonder why? I have not mentioned the hydrogen fuel cells. There are three reasons why: 1. The combustion of hydrogen still produces heat, 2. Our engineers still have not calculated out how to produce hydrogen without using large numbers of energy to do it and 3. Other sources of energy for renewal mentioned pi? gi soon? have moved beyond the experimental stage and are in the environment. On the Web site offer a bright future full discussion about energy and climate. Check our radio programs: Change of climate of understanding to set up the page to listen. On our panel for this debate? Greg Jones, a distinguished scientist for climate dall'universit? South dell'Oregon. This debate reveals some of the complexity? correctly recall of climate change.

Posted by Krzysztof Lis on November 12th, 2008 No Comments

Biofuels and What They are

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gregchapman asked:


Have you heard? t of? Fuel biological but aren? End sure what it means. The biological fuel? all the fuel that? derived from living organisms biomass-recently or their metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows. ? considered? of? the green? of? of? of? perch? comes from a renewable resource, unlike other natural resources such as oil, coal and nuclear fuels. Agricultural products specifically developed for use as biofuels include corn and soybeans (mainly U.S.) cos? as the flax seed and the seed rape (especially in Europe). The waste industry, agriculture, forestry and households can? also be used to produce bio-energy and understand the inventories of straw, timber, manure, sewage, and the food dell'immondizia. The production of biofuels to replace oil and natural gas? active in the development, putting focus on the use of cheap organic matter (usually agricultural waste and sewage of cellulose) in the efficient production of biofuels and gas liquid that makes up net gain of energy. There are several issues with current production and use of biological fuel, which currently are discussing in the media and popular publications. These include: the "food against fuel" debate, levels of carbon emissions, sustainable production of biological fuels, deforestation and soil erosion, effect on water resources, issues of human rights, potential reduction of poverty? Prices biological fuel, energy efficiency and centralized control and decentralized models of production. Material that can? be used to make biofuels? The conventional ethanol? made from sugar cane, maize and sweet sorghum. The oil seed rape and soy? often used to make biodiesel, but the nut oil of coconut, palm and jatropha canola and also are using worldwide. The trees, grass, agricultural residue and municipal solid waste can also be converted into biofuels. Cellulose makes up the largest part of a structure? s? the plant? and pu? be analyzed in sugar, which can then be fermented and processed ethanol. Recent research is making the process less costly and more? of excellent performance. As the top producer of? s? the world?, Brazil uses sugar cane for ethanol prepare. Many other p? Is developing, such as those in South Africa, producing large numbers of sugar and also have potential to be good for producers of ethanol. The U.S. State middle-western counting on corn to produce nearly one fourth of of ethanol? s? of the globe? and China is rapidly emerging as the third - pi? major supplier of ethanol. Other countries with limited resources of fossil fuel are studying the prospectus of the production of domestic fuel supplies. Thailand has an aggressive policy to use tapioca and sugar cane for production of ethanol. In response to the recent passage of biofuels addressing EU Member States are spreading on the production of biodiesel. The Philippines has recently given the mandate of incorporation in biodiesel of coconut in diesel fuel, the first time oil coconut? been used as fuel to the engine. Cars, trucks and farm equipment can all be operated on mixtures with a low volume of organic fuel without alcun'alterazione. The current guarantees concerning the operation of cars with ethanol-blended gas of up to ten percent. The flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) operating on any combination of ethanol and gasoline. FFVs are sold in the United States, in Brazil and China. As they? ethanol has a higher octane,? used as an additive to gasoline to improve the performance of the vehicle. Indeed, the very international teams running the uses ethanol because of its quality? high performance. Lle biodiesel blends of operation exposure of 20% similar in conventional diesel engines as normal diesel fuel. Biofuels are the answer to the energy crisis? s? of today? Pu? be too early to tell but certainly? been an alternative source in the meantime.

Posted by Krzysztof Lis on November 9th, 2008 No Comments

Biofuel for Everyone: Will It Solve the Energy Crisis?

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Gary Patterson asked:


We need only read the front page of titles of every major newspaper to see the oil crisis of deepening and the repercussions throughout the world of supply and demand while referring to our traditional energy resources. ? the wonder that renewable energy sources are gaining in popularity? as a resource alternative? The biological fuel? an emerging energy source that can? help to provide call-and-seek the dilemma against excessive dependence of the modern world on petroleum and petroleum-based applications. Still, the proponents of fuel biological urge that biofuels emit more emissions? Clean the use of carbon dioxide and sulfur, two greenhouse gases that are responsible for climate change and global warming. The difference between biological fuel and critical difference between fossil fuel FuelThe biological and conventional fossil fuel? the number of years required to form. The biological fuel? derived from organic or biological material recently fault. The traditional fossil fuel is long from the dead (cultured Millions of years of biological organisms). For this reason, the biological fuel? considered a renewable resource perch? pu? be filled in a short period of time. The fossil fuel? classified as non-renewable resource perch? their reserves are very low pi? quickly it takes the form of new reserves. While the biological fuel and fossil fuels are properties? carbon-based (both are derived from organic matter) that the biological fuel? considered neutral because the carbon? Energy? derived from plants, which remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Whereas, fossil fuels have released carbon dioxide that? been stored beneath the surface of the earth for millions of years, in the air. Emissions of carbon dioxide is the pollutant number one. The biological fuel comes from various sources of material for which pi? those municipalities are corn, sugar cane, palm oil, wheat, algae and jatropha. From these sources of raw material, two fuels are popular products for transportation and machineries. Are biodiesel and bioethanol. Analyzed pi? Further, the biodiesel? derived from vegetable oils, bioethanol? Plants derived from fermented sugar or starch industry. As Biofulels? used? The biological fuel can be used in a pure form (denotes as B100) or mixed (denotes as a percentage). The biological fuel? fuel pi? common use in Europe perch? vendors supplying European car of their cars with diesel engines. For most diesel engines without change, proponents say that the mixtures of up to 20% (B20) are considered safe. The pi? high concentrations require changes to the diesel engine. Bioethanol? suggested as a substitute for gasoline in vehicles. However, users must be careful in choosing the proper blend of ethanol. Generally, a mixture of 10% ethanol (E10) pu? be safe to be used in pi? new cars. Concentrations pi? bass have been used in some pi? old engines without having conducted on the effects of vehicle fuel, but users should consult their suppliers to car to find out if bioethanol? safe for their engines. In some cases, conversions can clear your warranty. Proponents SayAdvocates suggests that businesses, particularly those in the transport will benefit from using biofuels on two fronts: (1) when fuel prices are more organic? stable oil prices, companies are in a better position to plan and allocate the amount of fuel per year. (2) vehicular emissions pi? clean can compress the costs of maintenance of transport companies, while helping them to meet the new government has entrusted the mandate in environmental samples. Demand for SayOpponents adversaries as governments provide samples, settings and mandates and suggest that the fundamental motivation for some samples of regulation and mandates application is politics. What? opponents contend is that politicians are showing preferential treatment to their constituents and pressure groups. The end result? that governments, not the economy, are generating the winners and losers. If your company or industry falls on the side of political favor, you can wrap up paying high taxes or incur the pi? high costs to meet those politically inspired supplier mandatesCar StatusCar today is forcing factory to produce more? vehicles that are biological fuel ready. In addition to using more fuel? inexpensive, and suppliers that buyers will be given the grounds of Government (as of the charges) to embrace renewable energy and alternative. The studies also suggest that certain types of biofuels (for example, biodiesel) can make the engines last pi? long when users make their cars using the right mixture of organic fuel. The food against fuel DebateBiofuel has one hand and? been the subject of current debate on food against fuel. As they? The biological fuel use plants that are also used in the supply of food (maize, corn, wheat, sugar cane and coconut), this raises the question of whether? suitable to use the collections for food to generate the alternative fuel instead? the demand for food to fill the world. The debate pi? further? been intensified as the world has experienced what? was considered as food crisis in 2007. Critics contend that using the farmland to produce crops to be used in the production of biological fuel to this major crisis. These issues must be faced iron out by politicians and bodies to establish a viable balance between access to energy and all other need?. Proponents and opponents are set around the fees? Disease and environmental green andante. What? conversion to pi? biofuels? probably inevitable. Some are as much concerned with that? executed, because? synchronize the changes? clear. In addition total direct and indirect costs and groups that benefit and which groups are suffering are the major concerns. Towards energy conference devoted to pi? Green accelerators in a way that benefits their constituents and pressure groups (for example, what are they? make tax deductions for help lawyers test the general public?), we definitely will be winners and losers. What the discussion of biofuels is pointing? the urgency to begin planning so that NOW? inevitabilit this? help to protect industries and consumers from rising energy costs, by the regulations and taxes.

Posted by Krzysztof Lis on November 4th, 2008 No Comments

6 Reasons to Use Biofuels

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Posted by Krzysztof Lis on October 26th, 2008 No Comments

Bio-Fuels: The Fuel Of The Future

by Susan Banks Sr

Biomass burning has an overall impact on the atmospheric chemistry as well as the climate. When there is a fire in the savannas, or tropical forests, or like the recent California fire, large quantities of particulate matter and trace gases are released.

Biomass fuel is also known as Bio-fuel. Bio-fuel is defined as liquid, solid or gaseous fuel that consists of biomass. Biomass fuels can be used for generating power and also for heating purposes. (more…)

Posted by Krzysztof Lis on March 30th, 2008 No Comments

Biofuels in general

Biofuels are all the fuels that are made of biomass (all biological matter, produced by living organisms). They are a renewable energy source, contrary to fossil fuels like oil, natural gas, coal or uranium. Some scientists use term biofuel only referring to fuels that in more than 80% (volumetric) are made of biomass harvested 10 years prior to producing that fuel. (more…)

Posted by Krzysztof Lis on March 13th, 2008 No Comments

 

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