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impalapez (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
How about water hyacinth for a biomass fuel? It also cleans the water that it grows in...I think of corn as a very nutrient intensive crop. I've also read personal accounts, in Countryside magazine, of persons who actually got 10 mpg less w/ ethanol blended fuel. The technologies are great, but there are also tried and true organic methods, plus farming on a smaller scale, and being more regional and local would also cut down on transportation costs...
marceads (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
You are talking with an agronomist. There is no other crop that can produce food and energy more efficiently for a world population that has passed the brink. fertilizer usage is actually decreasing due to GPS technologies and hybrids producing higher yields with less inputs. I am personally not a huge fan of HFCS, but #2 yellow dent is not the devil either. I personally wish that the US gov't would make it law that all gas and diesel contained oxygenated fuels such as ethanol.
impalapez (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
the 200 billion in fossil fuel subsidies that allows for the use of artificial fertiliser to be cost affective
marceads (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
What subsidies?
Surtur676767 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
COrn=good, High Fructose Corn Syrup= not so good at all
AcaiBerryMONAVIE (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
MAN MADE SUGAR IS EVIL- Hfcs
free2hug (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Corn on the brain. If you are concerned about high fructose corn syrup, join a campaign to get cola companies to switch to beet or cane sugars at thepoint[dot]com and search for corn syrup ...I just signed my name.
Hopefully this starts the path to better corporate responsibility. Cola companies seem to use cane or beet sugar in countries outside the U.S. Why not in the US?
buffuzo (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
when I went to rigel 5 they do not have corn there, instead they eat uiop. I think it is better than corn. they do not make it into syrup. uiop can be used as fuel too, but only on the newest vrnaas.
impalapez (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
What I don't understand is how it is cost effective to produce w/ petroleum based fertiliser, petroleum fuel burning to heat the stuff for how long?!? And then to add it as an ingredient...oh yeah...Subsidies...
quikgamer (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Corn is what is used to fatten up live stock.. |
