Have you subscribed to the Oilgae Blog Feeds Yet?
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Don't Bet on Corn for Energy Independence
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles.
Don't Bet on Corn for Energy Independence
May 09, 2007
This interesting article from Concord Monitor says why the world should say no to corn-based ethanol, and should instead look at ethanol from feedstock such as switchgrass, algae and cellulose.
Listen to some of the very-credible arguments.
One-fifth of America's corn crop is now fed not to people or livestock but to the ethanol factories springing up all over the Midwest.
Corn production is at a 63-year high, but prices keep rising. That's driving up the cost of meat, poultry and most other supermarket items. But those are the little problems with corn-based ethanol...there are much bigger problems.
America's bumper corn crop has been a big factor in feeding the world's poor. So have American surpluses in wheat and other grains. More corn for ethanol means more expensive grain for the poor, and is causing many other economic turbulences around the world.
Corn requires lots of nitrogen-heavy fertilizer. Corn needs a lot of water. So do the plants that turn it into ethanol - a half-million gallons per day or more. The water table is dropping in some ethanol-producing regions, and erosion and fertilizer runoff are increasing...
If every bit of corn now grown in the United States were converted to ethanol, it would meet only 12 percent of the nation's fuel needs for transportation alone...
Conclusion? Ethanol will have to be made not from crops like corn, or even soybeans or sugar cane, which reduce C02 emissions even more compared to oil. To be an alternative, ethanol will have to come from waste wood, weeds like switch-grass or perhaps even pond algae.
You would agree with the conclusion, wouldn't you?
Read the full article from here @ Concord Monitor
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae; Oilgae Blog; List of Oilgae Blog articles.
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
Oilgae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general.
Don't Bet on Corn for Energy Independence
May 09, 2007
This interesting article from Concord Monitor says why the world should say no to corn-based ethanol, and should instead look at ethanol from feedstock such as switchgrass, algae and cellulose.
Listen to some of the very-credible arguments.
One-fifth of America's corn crop is now fed not to people or livestock but to the ethanol factories springing up all over the Midwest.
Corn production is at a 63-year high, but prices keep rising. That's driving up the cost of meat, poultry and most other supermarket items. But those are the little problems with corn-based ethanol...there are much bigger problems.
America's bumper corn crop has been a big factor in feeding the world's poor. So have American surpluses in wheat and other grains. More corn for ethanol means more expensive grain for the poor, and is causing many other economic turbulences around the world.
Corn requires lots of nitrogen-heavy fertilizer. Corn needs a lot of water. So do the plants that turn it into ethanol - a half-million gallons per day or more. The water table is dropping in some ethanol-producing regions, and erosion and fertilizer runoff are increasing...
If every bit of corn now grown in the United States were converted to ethanol, it would meet only 12 percent of the nation's fuel needs for transportation alone...
Conclusion? Ethanol will have to be made not from crops like corn, or even soybeans or sugar cane, which reduce C02 emissions even more compared to oil. To be an alternative, ethanol will have to come from waste wood, weeds like switch-grass or perhaps even pond algae.
You would agree with the conclusion, wouldn't you?
Read the full article from here @ Concord Monitor
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae; Oilgae Blog; List of Oilgae Blog articles.
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
Oilgae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general.
PermaLink - Don't Bet on Corn for Energy Independence posted by Ecacofonix : 6:52 AM
Comments:
Links to this post:
<< Home
"Another Don't Bet-On-It You Might Be Suprised By."
Why is Neat and Blended algae oil for biodiesel a recipe for financial disaster?
There are few scientific answers and no biodiesel products beyond the hype. Our company was almost convinced also, and we are experts. Thus, our business planning on algae oil for biodiesel has been dropped after gathering the facts. Fortunately we know algae oil, lipid biochemistry, the current research and biodiesel standards. We do not wish to further invest in an oil spill.
We now hope to provide guidance to others, so that the green movement does not get caught up in corporate window-dressing and related public relations advertisements. The promise of oil production will not be kept in oil or biodiesel sales. We hope our report will save your company millions of dollars with its sobering truth. Your company should have known this from the start, but we have taken the research and analysis phase of this business model to the conclusive end.
With rising fuel prices and foreign oil dependence, the theoretical and hypothetical concept of algae oil conversion to biodiesel is wished for and assumed valid. Many want to believe, even non-technical green-fuel initiates and technical authorities. Agencies and firms alike are making pre-commercialized gambles because the algae oil yield is good, but no one out there will sustainably buy this oil for biodiesel.
Still an unproven endpoint, if the oil were ever finally made into biodiesel by a hopeful producer, the fuel is extremely bad for vehicles. Not a drop of biodiesel from algae oil has been sold, and for good reasons.
• Find out what the real business of algae can be, not the virtual reality.
• Find out the real world problems with algae for green points.
• Learn the chemistry of algae oil and biodiesel.
• Learn more from this report and avoid a major gum-up in your venture.
• Discover the present again and wake up from the dream after you hear the biodiesel algae bubble pop.
Our simplified summaries parallel technical depth in a 25 page report on up-to-date facts concerning the algae oil production concept for biodiesel.
100% of your money back if you are not convinced and can demonstrate evidence to the contrary
By: Scott D. Doughman, Ph.D.
Consultant and Founder of GreenLife Biotech. scott@greenlifebiotech.com
Why is Neat and Blended algae oil for biodiesel a recipe for financial disaster?
There are few scientific answers and no biodiesel products beyond the hype. Our company was almost convinced also, and we are experts. Thus, our business planning on algae oil for biodiesel has been dropped after gathering the facts. Fortunately we know algae oil, lipid biochemistry, the current research and biodiesel standards. We do not wish to further invest in an oil spill.
We now hope to provide guidance to others, so that the green movement does not get caught up in corporate window-dressing and related public relations advertisements. The promise of oil production will not be kept in oil or biodiesel sales. We hope our report will save your company millions of dollars with its sobering truth. Your company should have known this from the start, but we have taken the research and analysis phase of this business model to the conclusive end.
With rising fuel prices and foreign oil dependence, the theoretical and hypothetical concept of algae oil conversion to biodiesel is wished for and assumed valid. Many want to believe, even non-technical green-fuel initiates and technical authorities. Agencies and firms alike are making pre-commercialized gambles because the algae oil yield is good, but no one out there will sustainably buy this oil for biodiesel.
Still an unproven endpoint, if the oil were ever finally made into biodiesel by a hopeful producer, the fuel is extremely bad for vehicles. Not a drop of biodiesel from algae oil has been sold, and for good reasons.
• Find out what the real business of algae can be, not the virtual reality.
• Find out the real world problems with algae for green points.
• Learn the chemistry of algae oil and biodiesel.
• Learn more from this report and avoid a major gum-up in your venture.
• Discover the present again and wake up from the dream after you hear the biodiesel algae bubble pop.
Our simplified summaries parallel technical depth in a 25 page report on up-to-date facts concerning the algae oil production concept for biodiesel.
100% of your money back if you are not convinced and can demonstrate evidence to the contrary
By: Scott D. Doughman, Ph.D.
Consultant and Founder of GreenLife Biotech. scott@greenlifebiotech.com
# posted by 
: 7:09 AM
: 7:09 AM
Wow.....I have not seen a more worthless Blog in a long time. This guy must be a real tool with way too much time on his hands.
What do you do? I have 20 bucks that says he is a graduate student that cannot find a job or has been let go from a job where he was all talk and no worth. I am keeping up to date on this one.
What do you do? I have 20 bucks that says he is a graduate student that cannot find a job or has been let go from a job where he was all talk and no worth. I am keeping up to date on this one.
# posted by : 10:36 AM
: 10:36 AM
Wow, I think the oil biodiesel discussion was good. But I was suprised at the angry and inflammatory content in the add-on comment, offering no substance and allowed to appear. Who monitor's this site?
Post a Comment
# posted by : 6:19 AM
: 6:19 AMLinks to this post:
<< Home
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
