renewable energy policy and politics
The renewable energy policy?
Another answer struck me, given the amount of land, water, (and work) required for agriculture based on renewable energy, is it really a viable option? Asked this in the political section because energy policy Countries will play heavily in the next election cycle. In all, the production of ethanol fermentation process used to break down plant sugars yeast.By using product is CO2 and alcohol. (brewing 101) Call me silly, but we are fermenting plant sugars to make alcohol (and the release of CO2 as a byproduct) to mix with carbon based fuels to reduce emissions of CO2, Am I missing something?
Yes Esther renewable are a viable option. Those who do not think so caught up in thinking only in ethanol. Ethanol is now a little further, with a negative return at 1.3% of fossils. Brazil is better because the use of sugar. Sugar processing demands are less so, with a significant positive return. You could do same with the cane in the south and north beet daddy. The best option is biodiesel. Although maize grain is needed for ethanol, can be made from BIOD the rest of the plant that is planted and left lying in the field now. It can be made of used cooking oil, vegetable oil, human waste, animal waste, trash, used lubricating oils, food residues, food processing by products, animal fat, emissions from burning coal and any number of agriculture and industrial wastes is already occurring. No new acerage needed. There are many acres of land on which the benefit only comes from drive-through claims insurance subsidized by the government. Ask any farmer for a couple of beers in a back room and heard about it. All that land is not really is used. It's a backdoor government farm subsidies. The insurance company makes money by administration charges. That land could be covered with switch grass that only needs a supply of water and not Fert. It is a weed. (prairie grass). You can get two or more crops of it and not have to replant. Simply continues to grow. You could do even better, with hemp. The EPA made its emissions restrictions on the automotive industry based on sales of their fleets whole. In other words, to be compatible, for each Lincoln Town Car that was produced, Ford had to sell a number of escorts to make before they could sell another old car. The MPG is measured in the aggregate. It could adopt the same approach with diesel cars and trucks to insist that a minimum number be sold together with flexible fuel before a number of petrol vehicles could be sold. The oil industry is still spending over some of its infrastructure for delivery. Please, enjoy Sources: The second is 26 minutes long. Some of the others are just for fun. Yes Amos: You are missing something. Everything you just said true. However, CO2 is released in direct proportion to the CO2 absorbed by plants during their lifetime. There is also the volume of CO2 in the atmosphere. Well not really. There adds a bit when fuel is burned, but no where near as much as with fossil fuels. Turning to biodiesel: Can be used in any diesel engine immediately. No modifications are required. The problem is that imediate filters must be changed at shorter intervals at first, but, the problem disappears. BIOD gel in extreme cold, but that can be solved with a mixture of fossil or computer controlled heaters. Emissions are reduced drastically. In an engine that is made for BIOD, the emissions exist in theory only and not measurable with conventional equipment in the field. The strategy solves a lot of issues. I am not referring to the implications of national defense. We could close the deal in the Middle East and the Saudis send back to goat farming in the oasis. Oh, another problem BIOD with vehicles. If you let them stand and idle, bees are attacted to the tailpipe and his neighbors hungry.
Adam Duke – Plea for renewable energy policy in Michigan
