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The problems with crop based biofuels are many. None more so, than supply and demand.
Posted by 2011wd in 2012 BTL report, 2012 Energy Report, Biorefinery, BTL, Supply & Demand, Sustainable Food Production on March 5, 2012
There are those who think you can take an old ethanol plant and convert it to new advanced working methods, thus saving money. The more logical & cost effective path is that the buyers of these old plants, simply hope to produce more and better crop based ethanol with their processing know how.
What they may not factor in is the potential problems.
None more so, than supply and demand.
If you reduce gasoline use in the U.S. Domestic, you will also reduce the need for ethanol as a blending fuel. If you have a crop based ethanol plant & that crop is selling at a high price, now your FEEDSTOCK has priced your plant out of business, or at the very least SHUT IT DOWN.
This might give you time for your first old design idea and that was to retro fit the plant. Problem is the cost. Big mistake using a FOOD source for FUEL.
Until your FEEDSTOCK is Non Crop Based your plant is of little value as a blending fuel because your product is not in Demand. This while demand is dropping all the time U.S. Domestic as less FUEL is being used. The goal is to REDUCE DEMAND BY 33%. This allowing for the END of IMPORTS coming from the M.E.
It would seem most in alt. fuels, simply forget that conservation objective. BIG MISTAKE.
The Future of Education in America is Here!
Posted by greensciences in Education, Favorite People, Female Leadership, Green Edu., Green Schools, Non profit, Power to the People, Progressive Leadership, Sustainable Food Production on March 29, 2011
Installing Rainwater Cistern
Posted by 2011wd in Cistern, Sustainable Food Production, Water on June 18, 2010
Excellent video on installing a Rainwater Cistern. Best we have seen. Very well done. She has been wanting that Cistern for a very long time and it looks like she got a great one. 5 Stars from the author of the Nude Gardener, a must read if you want to grow a sustainable garden in your own yard. Looks just like the one we told her about two years ago.
Edible City
Posted by 2011wd in Fertigation, Green Cities, Green Design, Green Sustainable Future, Integrated Farming, Sustainable Food Production on July 8, 2009
Dirt The Movie
Posted by 2011wd in Eco Trust Land Acq., Favorite People, Fertigation, Green Edu., Green Sustainable Future, Integrated Farming, Movie, Sustainable Food Production on July 7, 2009
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