Comments on: Big Oil Gets Ankle Deep In Biofuels http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2009/02/23/big-oil-gets-ankle-deep-in-biofuels/ News and Views for Making and Saving Money in New Energy and Fuel Tue, 22 May 2012 09:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: suplementy http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2009/02/23/big-oil-gets-ankle-deep-in-biofuels/comment-page-1/#comment-608325 suplementy Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:47:50 +0000 http://newenergyandfuel.com/?p=1666#comment-608325 Nice post. I was checking constantly this blog and I'm impressed! Very helpful information particularly the last part :) I care for such information a lot. I was seeking this particular info for a very long time. Thank you and good luck. Nice post. I was checking constantly this blog and I’m impressed! Very helpful information particularly the last part :) I care for such information a lot. I was seeking this particular info for a very long time. Thank you and good luck.

]]> By: Al Fin http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2009/02/23/big-oil-gets-ankle-deep-in-biofuels/comment-page-1/#comment-19035 Al Fin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:36:11 +0000 http://newenergyandfuel.com/?p=1666#comment-19035 Matt is exactly wrong. Increased demand in China swamped world grain production and drove up grain prices. Demand for biofuels was not even close. The same thing is apt to happen again, as China's drought and grain blight picture suggests its grain harvests will not be even nearly enough this year again. Of course there are always unintended consequences for everything. But making them up doesn't help anyone plan for the future. Nice posting, Brian. Oil companies are certainly not investing their money into grain alcohol. Cellulosic biofuels -- not just alcohol but jet fuel, diesel, gasoline, etc -- are the first step, and a big one. Algal fuels, once developed and scaled, will put palm oil plantations in the rainforests out of business and create a revolution in bio-energy. Breakthroughs in fuel cells running on alternate fuels (not hydrogen), nanotech-assisted electrodes for batteries and photovoltaics, and better supercapacitors all point toward a better energy match for the biological planet called Earth. Of course we're going to need all the other energy sources we have while we bridge to more sustainable sources. Matt is exactly wrong. Increased demand in China swamped world grain production and drove up grain prices. Demand for biofuels was not even close. The same thing is apt to happen again, as China’s drought and grain blight picture suggests its grain harvests will not be even nearly enough this year again.

Of course there are always unintended consequences for everything. But making them up doesn’t help anyone plan for the future.

Nice posting, Brian. Oil companies are certainly not investing their money into grain alcohol. Cellulosic biofuels — not just alcohol but jet fuel, diesel, gasoline, etc — are the first step, and a big one.

Algal fuels, once developed and scaled, will put palm oil plantations in the rainforests out of business and create a revolution in bio-energy.

Breakthroughs in fuel cells running on alternate fuels (not hydrogen), nanotech-assisted electrodes for batteries and photovoltaics, and better supercapacitors all point toward a better energy match for the biological planet called Earth.

Of course we’re going to need all the other energy sources we have while we bridge to more sustainable sources.

]]> By: Matt http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2009/02/23/big-oil-gets-ankle-deep-in-biofuels/comment-page-1/#comment-19028 Matt Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:21:26 +0000 http://newenergyandfuel.com/?p=1666#comment-19028 The unintended consequence of corn ethanol plants was a huge run up in the cost of food. In addition, marginal farm lands were planted in corn which was energy and fertilizer intense. Let's hope that cellulosic ethanol can be successful with out harmful unintended consequences. The unintended consequence of corn ethanol plants was a huge run up in the cost of food. In addition, marginal farm lands were planted in corn which was energy and fertilizer intense.

Let’s hope that cellulosic ethanol can be successful with out harmful unintended consequences.

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