Comments on: Food Plus Fuel Answers

By: Al Fin

Al Fin — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:38:23 +0000

BTW, as you can see from the link on the April 24 1:05 AM post above, the duplicate post under my name was actually posted by someone else.

Is this a new kind of spam going around? I’ll have to keep an eye out for this sort of thing. In this case, nothing substantive seems to have been altered.

As far as the DDGs and their inferior nutritive content, naturally I would expect the price to livestock owners to be adjusted accordingly. Good ranchers are quite sophisticated on the topic of livestock nutrition. They know when to supplement and with what.

By: Al Fin

Al Fin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:05:26 +0000

Nice article, Brian. It is easy to get frustrated with the low quality of media reporting on energy topics. If it makes you feel better, media reporting is quite poor on all topics of coverage — not just energy and environment!

I have long maintained that in order to get into journalism school, a person must first flunk at least one standard IQ test.

Matt is correct that DDGs cannot be seen as a complete animal feed for most livestock. That’s not a problem.

A novel idea would be to let livestock owners locate the best source of feed, and let biofuels producers find the best source of feedstock, and let grocers and food producers find the best source of human food, all the while allowing the free market to function without restraint. It should all work out fine.
P.S. – Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!

By: Al Fin

Al Fin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:26:58 +0000

I have long maintained that in order to get into journalism school, a person must first flunk at least one standard IQ test.

Matt is correct that DDGs cannot be seen as a complete animal feed for most livestock. That’s not a problem.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:20:50 +0000

Having once worked for a burboun distiller I am aware of the limitations of distillers grain. It makes an excellent protien supplement, especially for cattle. But it’s too concentrated to use as a complete feed.

As for glycerine, here is a link to an article about a company using it as a boiler fuel.

http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3257