Mike Borgelt wrote:
At 11:12 AM 2/04/2007, you wrote:
Rumour - ethenol takes 3 litres of water per litre to produce
uh oh, which do we need more?
Wayne
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Wayne,
I can't give the reference but I'm told it is much, much worse than
that. Then you have to get rid of the byproduct called vinasse.
No doubt we'll kill a few people(possibly boaties lost at sea) with
ethanol induced fuel system failures. Might be cheaper and a lot less
trouble to just give money to farmers NOT to grow crops to turn into
ethanol which is forced by law on an unsuspecting public.
Then there are the secondary effects. In Australia we are already
seeing one consequence of the rush in America and elsewhere to produce
ethanol. The cost of most fertilizer in Australia has just been lifted
by about $100/tonne (20%) in the past week or so. The main reason
given is the increase in area sown (and hence fertilizer used) to grow
crops in USA to meet the anticipated demand for ethanol production.
This has resulted in a shortage of product and so the price goes up.
Accordingly the people who produce our food and maintain many of our
thermal sources and outlanding areas are going to find it just that
little bit more difficult.
Don't worry though this just the first of many scams about to be
foisted on the public in the name of "combating global warming". Like
the ban on incandescent light bulbs.
Agreed. This should have been announced on April 1st, except that they
are apparently quite serious about it. The Department for Silly Ideas
is working overtime as the drought worsens, the global warming paranoia
spreads and elections loom both here and in USA.
Terry
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