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Forget Biofuels, get onto the hard stuff

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    Forget Biofuels, get onto the hard stuff

    Biofuel government subsidy is due to end just in time for the big fuel hikes..

    linky
    The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek Points

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    Good, biofuels are destroying vast areas of rainforests as local farmers are being paid (on environmental grounds ) to slash and burn rainforests to grow crops for biofuels.

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      #3
      all the better then eh DP, start using all that addictive black stuff instead and then no more rainforests are cut.. win win
      The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek Points

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        #4
        Originally posted by chef View Post
        all the better then eh DP, start using all that addictive black stuff instead and then no more rainforests are cut.. win win
        What do you think makes a better world.

        One in which a few parts per million of CO2 goes up every 100 years or one with no bio-diversity, no CO2 absorbing rainforests?

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          #5
          so Dp, you're saying burn it all and use it all now and don't worry about future generations.. an interesting if controversial approach
          The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek Points

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            #6
            Most biofuels aren't nearly as green as they were made out to be, and they will almost certainly never be carbon neutral.

            http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/...pros-and-cons/

            Electric cars are the way forward, or hydrogen burning IC engines like the BMW ones.
            While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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              #7
              Originally posted by doodab View Post
              Most biofuels aren't nearly as green as they were made out to be, and they will almost certainly never be carbon neutral.

              http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/...pros-and-cons/

              Electric cars are the way forward, or hydrogen burning IC engines like the BMW ones.
              Where are you going to get the Hydrogen from?

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                #8
                Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                Where are you going to get the Hydrogen from?
                Water, using solar, wind, wave and nuclear energy to split the water.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                  Where are you going to get the Hydrogen from?
                  Electrolysis of water has to be the long term goal, although algae can also be used to produce it from sewage and other waste. This latter option does produce CO2 but as the CO2 is all produced in one place it should be easier to deal with than from a car exhaust. Having said that I'm not hopeful about this carbon capture and storage technology.
                  While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by doodab View Post
                    Electric cars are the way forward, or hydrogen burning IC engines like the BMW ones.
                    A decent mass transit system
                    My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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