Biodiesel

While I applaud and support Mr. Pickens in his support of increasing the amount of electricity produced from wind power, a proven economically viable alternative. Biodiesel is the only alternative, carbon neutral transportation fuel with the potential to completely replace oil based transportation fuels. And we don't have to import it. For more information and further discussion, see the blog and forum at Earth Protect.

Tags: alternative, bio, biodiesel, energy, fuels

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Permalink Reply by Debra Goldenberg on August 25, 2008 at 9:38pm: True, biodiesel may be very workable there. As long as they get off of the corn ethanol, it is seriously affecting food prices worldwide.

Also, Pickens is proposing NG for trucks, those vehicles that need the extra power. But I suppose that requires converting the engines, however they could be manufactured with NG to begin with, right?

Do you know the comparison of biofuel carbon emissions to NG?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by James D Ballotti on August 26, 2008 at 1:35pm: Biodiesel is carbon neutral. That is, the plants (including algae) from which the oil is pressed remove the same amount of CO2 from the atmosphere as is release back into the atmosphere when the biodiesel is burned. NG is the result of the breakdown of organic matter. That organic material (much of it millions of years old) removed CO2 from the atmosphere and then was buried over millennia. Burning NG releases that CO2 sequestered millions of years ago back into the atmosphere.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Debra Goldenberg on August 25, 2008 at 9:46pm: Yeah, bring it back! Wouldn't that be easier than going through this whole Volt rollout..it doesn't make sense to make us wait when they have a workable car already. It would take a huge consumer outcry to get them to change their minds, though, whatever is really motivating them, who knows!

The Volt is only one electric car, why not multiple models?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by DubleDeuce on August 24, 2008 at 9:20pm: <<until they run on electricity produced from renewable,>>

You mean like windmills and such? WHAT A FREAKIN' concept. Wait 'till I tell T. Boone Pickens about this.

P.S. Don't hold your breath on electrics. They make for a nice test drive but if you keep one long enough to trigger a lease payment, LOOK OUT. You'll be longing for $4 gas so fast, it'll make your head swim.

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Permalink Reply by James D Ballotti on August 25, 2008 at 6:46am: I'm curious, why would you use the police artist sketch of Ted Kaczynski (AKA the UNABOMBER) as the image to represent yourself to this group? Is there some subtle message or warning in your choice of avatar? Are we suppose to think of you as the same kind of madman?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by James D Ballotti on August 26, 2008 at 1:21pm: You're welcome!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Debra Goldenberg on August 25, 2008 at 10:56pm: I sent you back a friend invite, thanks!

Hard to keep track of all these different discussions, I know!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by James D Ballotti on August 23, 2008 at 11:09am: This morning, August 23, 2008, there was a story on NPR's Weekend Edition about a camp in Maryland where kids are learning how to make biodiesel. The camp produces biodiesel from used vegetable oil collected from local restaurants to power the camp's vehicles. To listen to the story click Eco-Camp Offers Lessons On Alternative Fuels.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by goneaway on August 24, 2008 at 9:31pm: I saw them making BioDiesel on Power Block Tv
its a group of car shows they put on cableTV on Saturday mornings.

They used the same deal and some company sold a kit
oil and alcohol mixed and let to sit for a while.

We had a biodiesel plant open and close here in the last 2 years they were using soy i think and making a few million gallons a year.

they said the cost ratio put them out of business due to increased food prices; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by James D Ballotti on August 25, 2008 at 6:52am: Using food crops to produce biodiesel on a commercial basis is not the best idea. There are other non-food sources that can be grown to produce the oil needed for biodiesel production and can be grown without using land needed for food production. Read this article from the University of New Hampshire for a more complete explanation.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by James D Ballotti on August 26, 2008 at 1:23pm: You're welcome! You might also enjoy looking at the Earthrace site.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by James D Ballotti on August 26, 2008 at 1:23pm: You're welcome! You might also enjoy looking at the Earthrace site.; ▶ Reply to This