There's some unwritten law that 70% of Earth's surface can't be used by man. The leftists don't want technology-based solutions. What they really want is control over our lives to feed their narcissistic egos and placate their envious torment.
""I just couldn't justify filling up that tank with gasoline anymore for a multitude of reasons," said McNees, 43, citing global warming and the war in Iraq. "This has been great. It's totally cleaned out the engine. It runs great, has a lot more power."
Mr. McNees is putting biodiesel in a gasoline engine, according to this quote, lol.
So, did he switch from a gas to a diesel vehicle, and then to biodiesel? Or is he running fry grease in a gasoline engine?
More snappy reporting from the highly-educated MSM.
"Yet, despite its benefits and growing popularity, biodiesel might not be the fuel of the future because, as demand grows, the amount of land needed to produce the oils could become untenable, experts say."
I don't ever see a warning about this issue when the subject is ethanol, which is supposed to cover much of the US in new corn fields.
Someone was telling me that you can use vegetable oil in a regular engine? Is it that simple? Much of her science is totally bogus, so I took this with a grain of salt. And frankly, if it's big in Berkeley, I am really suspicious (having lived there for a number of years).
OK, cancel the questions. I could jsut read the article ....
How long before we are warned of the dangers of inhaling second-hand transfats?
Oils could be extracted using chemical solvents, enzymes, expeller presses, osmotic shock or ultrasonic shock waves.
Where does this come from, and is it solar powered? How much to these auxiliary "precesses" cost? What are the byproducts?
47 percent fewer particulates but 10 percent more nitrogen oxides.
Isn't his the nastiest stuff when it comes to the ***dreaded*** ozone hole? Won't cancers skyrocket?
Biodiesel appealed to the marginal members of society who would get it for free!
Bet that isn't happening much these days!
So many questions...
So few real answers.
The graphic above shows the prodution process using water to "wash" the biodiesel. This produces a unwanted "dirty" by-product. Our company has recently worked with a company called Greenline Industries which has a waterless system which is a very atractive aspect of their system. Check them out at this site:
http://www.greenlineindustries.com
What is interesting is that biodiesel can be made from almost any vegetable oil and is considered to be non-toxic and does not have the Haz-Mat issues that normal fuel has.
Is Biodiesel not a hydrocarbon? The typical petroleum product would have a C(n)H(2n+2) structure. Is the stoichiometry that different for Biodiesel that there can be a resultant 48% reduction in CO2?
Doesn't the concept that fuels which are 'grown' are 'carbon neutral' require one to conclude that the earth's plant life can soak up any additional CO2 produced by any means? Isn't that CO2 soaked up in additional plant life regardless of whether or not we then convert that plant life back into a fuel?
I assume it's not anywhere near cost-effective at this time, because searching the Internet I see no interest in it.
Those are your words, so, in light of the facts in the article, to wit:
Yet, despite its benefits and growing popularity, biodiesel might not be the fuel of the future because, as demand grows, the amount of land needed to produce the oils could become untenable, experts say.
and,
They're focusing primarily on four types of high-oil algae.....that could be cultivated in farms or ponds. Oils could be extracted using chemical solvents, enzymes, expeller presses, osmotic shock or ultrasonic shock waves.
The terms "might not" and all the coulda, woulda, shouldas, together with those coulda, woulda, shouldas being as yet unproven economically do not make this report identify a "likely" alternative, at this point.
Too much theoretical at this point, in spite of your hype and spin with "likely"; so do you have an investment in some firm you hope will profit from the idea?
California has hundreds of miles of Pacific Ocean coast, practically unlimited farmland, water, and sunshine for fuel algae production. And it's close to where the fuel is needed.
You don't really know California do you? I grew up there.
It does not have "unlimited farmland". In fact, since almost every naturally great acre of farmland in California is presently farmed (or in the path of development), other farmers seeking land have flooded the desert between Arizona and the urban areas of Southern California with Colorado river water. But, since it is not a natural process, with 100% irrigated farming on a totally flat plain, the land becomes poorer and more toxic every year (salt simply builds up).
Except for the Pacific Ocean water, usable water, is hotly contested across the state. Southern California has none. It gets all its usable water from far east at the Colorado River and from a canal that runs all the way from the Sacramento Valley to just north of San Diego. Of course the Northern half of the State thinks the Southern half is stealing more water than it is due, and Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico all think California gets more Colorado river water than it is due. Its not plentiful, its precious, every drop; and between the current landowners and water authorities every drop is allocated and accounted for. Anyone wanting to add to the "productive" use of water for farms in California is going to have to compete and contend with everyone else who already has their water rights established. So, water is not going to be cheap, and if this new idea expects to use more of the deserts of California for its farms, that water that is available will become even more expensive.
Now the lovely liberal "greens" in Massachusettes won't let anyone put wind farms off their pristine coast, so do you really think the Hollywierd crowd is going to let anyone force them to sail their sail boats and yuaghts through algae farms?? I don't think so, and they are certainly not going to let those farms anywhere near the beaches.
As they say: California Dreamin.
Good news--Big Oil is investing in biodiesel. Looks like a winner and unwholesome profits forever.
It seems to me that if we require them to cut down on combustible fuel use in India and China, then people in the US will not need to be concerned with these problems.
The engine in those klunky old whales is probably freshly rebuilt, but the actual vehicle they use is worn out and low tech.
Hot Rod magazine had a story where a guy made a new diesel Dodge Durango truck into a 200-mph speed machine that got 30mpg on the highway and had 700+ft/lbs of torque. If Biodiesel produced that kind of power, I'd actively cheer it on.
I will get back to you all when I find out if an eco-terrorist would key the paint on a biodiesel SUV or just stand there puzzled at a loss of what to do.