May 2008 Blog Posts (4)

A recent article by Elisabeth Rosenthal in the New York Times addresses some of the follies of using switch grass or giant reed as alternatives to corn, soy, palm oil or any other food stock as a biomass resource for the refining of biofuels. She comprehensively covers the negative impact on… Continue

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The effects of using feed stock as biomass for biofuel production has without question impacted developing nations. It is estimated that over half of the world's population spend more than 50% of their total income on food. If prices double what are they supposed to do? The mis-information about the benefits of using any food stock to produce biofuel is staggering. Even the Agriculture Secretary of the United States, Edward T. Schafer, denies any significant impact.… Continue

Not using food stock or useable farmland and reusing 95% of the water required, how is this not the answer to completely replacing the diesel & jet fuel we are currently getting from oil? Algae sequesters carbon dioxide when growing to make up 2/3 of its weight, getting us much closer to a closed loop resource. Of course this is only a temporary solution, but would get us much closer to carbon neutral on these fuels. www.valcent.net From Valcent's websi… Continue