The Institute of Science in Society has a pretty long article on why biofuels may be a worse cure than the addiction our society has to oil.
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I've read it. It's a out of date already - written 12 months ago!
They quote David Pimentel's work at Cornell.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Aug01/corn-basedethanol.hrs.html
That dates back 6 years!!!
Even so with the developments (I've posted elsewhere on here) - from DuPont...
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-09-2007/0004543035&EDATE=
... mean that biofuels are looking postive.
I find it funny how the science is now moving on so that the biofuels cynics are out of date!
I also have to question some of the detractors - since some of the criticisms are based on an industry that is not yet fully developed technologically. Until it is - they have no real basis for some of the arguments.
Just look at the impact of cellulosic-biofuels on the net energy balance... it's a quantum leap for the biofuels sector.
The following leaps will involve other clean technologies - including novel reactor designs... membrane-reactors (minimise energy of separations), novel energy inputs (microwave or ultrasonication)...
I could go on...
Best wishes simon,
Mark
http://greenchemtech.blogspot.com/
Posted by Mark C R UK | March 10, 2007 9:15 PM
Posted on March 10, 2007 21:15