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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:12 AM Original message |
Nonrenewable renewables: The hidden life of biofuels |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you! I have been shouting this for years |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Modern tilling methods along with more efficient tractors...... |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Bull shit!! |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You missed my point.... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. If we used biofuels to run farm machinery |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. What about the power needed for irrigation? |
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hankthecrank (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Most of the Corn belt doesn't use irrigation |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Ethanol And Biodiesel From Crops Not Worth The Energy |
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leftupnorth (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I call BS |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 06:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. It's easy to call BS when you ignore the man's work |
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leftupnorth (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes, yes |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Really? Everyone who spreads misleading information is... |
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hankthecrank (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Green Who! |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. they are using the wrong crops to make the feedstocks |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I think algae based biodiesel is a promising technology. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Anyone that has tried to culture "algae" in the lab |
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leftupnorth (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Ding, Ding , Ding! |
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leftupnorth (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yep THE SKY IS FALLING!!! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Some people just lack imagination. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I am not sure of whom you speak, I agree |
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leftupnorth (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. there is the strawman |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Bingo, we shouldn't fall for the "it must be perfect" nonsense |
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leftupnorth (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I can almost guarantee that some of those doomsayers |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I'll happily keep my helmet'o'doom for now... |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yeah, Does ADM believe this? Does the US Government |
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leftupnorth (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Believe what? That future energy supplies will have to be |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 07:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Someone's in deep denial about PO |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I need to point out that Kunstler is a journalist, not a scientist. |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The problem is not one of resource depletion??? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I certainly hope that you have a problem with me. |
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leftupnorth (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I have no fucking "position" on Peak Oil |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. Key phrase: |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. ...ok, please don't flame me! |
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hankthecrank (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Low Sulfur Diesel just started June 1 |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Good insight.. |
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