>After thirty years of Applied, hands on , alternative energy research and
>development, We here at Ecogenics feel that all the questions below can be
>answered Yes.
Insofar as the peanut crop exploitation ,the whole plant can be utilised
by using a mix of technologies for example, after consumption of the nut,
there still remains large amounts of biomass, the peanut hulls may be burnt
in partial combustion to generate producer gas, the leguminous fraction
may be used in a methane digester mixed with the resulting human waste
stream, the resulting sludge may be used for fertilizer, the supernatant
may be used for fertilizer for algae- fish culture. or as a fertilizer for
other crops.
Insofar as the ethanol production We have operated ethanol production
systems of all sizes and find that the grain after fermentation becomes a
superior food due to the addition of protein and vitamins resulting from
the yeast and enzymes used to produce the ethanol, we fed the mash wet to
duroc jersey hogs resulting in a 40% increase in the rate of growth of the
animals the resulting waste stream (manure) is then flushed into a methane
digestor, producing a good measure of the fuel used to run the
distillery,the resultant sludge and supernatant (solid and liquid fractions
of the waste stream) are used to produce spirulina algae as well as other
algaes for biofuels, and in addition the algae feeds tilapia fish, the
humans gain four additional products, food ,fuel fertilizer,and heat
energy. with out a doubt we here at ecogenics have proven that ethanol fuel
production offers dramatic advantages for the people who choose to
implement this alternative energy technology. see our website
www.dabney.com/ecogenics/ for more info on these and other alternative
technologies that are specifically designed for sustainable living and the
improvement of the human condition.
Marc Cardoso. Ceo. Ecogenics
Ethanol:
>http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol.html
>http://www.webconx.com/ethanol.htm
>
>Biodiesel:
>http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html
>http://www.webconx.com/biodiesel.htm
>
>Other Biofuels:
>http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm
>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html
>
>from http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html :
>Why make biofuels?
>We had four aims in learning to make biodiesel and ethanol:
>
> a.. Finding renewable fuels for our vehicles
> b.. Helping to improve Hong Kong's galloping airpollution problem
> c.. As an environmental project for schools participating in Journey to
>Forever
> d.. As a means of improving energy self-reliance in rural communities.
>Both biodiesel and ethanol are clean, grow-your-own fuels that can be made
>on-site in small villages from renewable, locally available resources, for
>the most part using simple equipment that a village blacksmith can make and
>maintain.
>
>These fuels are among a wide range of sustainable rural energy options (see
>Steve Spence's Renewable Energy pages for a good overview:
>http://www.webconx.com). Others are methane (biogas) digesters that turn
>livestock and crop wastes into cooking and heating gas, solar energy (see
>Solar box cookers), charcoal and fuelwood (good fuels unless overharvesting
>destroys the trees themselves), wind power, water power.
>
>Usually the "answer" is in a mix of technologies. Biofuels can be used to
>power small-scale farm and workshop machinery and electricity generators as
>well as local vehicles. Knowing how to make them provides a useful set of
>ecological questions in investigating local energy options which makes it
>more than worthwhile even if the answer is "No".
>
>For instance, should a crop such as peanuts be used to make fuel, or would
>the villagers be better off eating the peanuts? Or selling them? Or should
>they press them to make oil, for cooking or for selling, and feed the
>high-protein residue "cake" to livestock, which in turn they can either eat
>or sell, while using the livestock wastes (and the crop wastes) to make
>compost to renew the soil, or to generate biogas for heating? (The heat
>generated by the composting process can also be harnessed for heating.) Or
>should they grow a different crop altogether?
>
>Should a grain crop be distilled to make ethanol fuel or should the
>villagers eat the grain? If they use the grain for livestock feed, it can be
>used for ethanol and still feed the livestock: the distillation process to
>produce ethanol converts the carbohydrates in the grain while leaving the
>protein. The protein residue is excellent stockfeed, which can be
>supplemented by forage crops which humans can't eat. This could mean a
>much-improved utilization of the available resources.
>
>This is the sort of question we'll have to find answers for in our work in
>rural villages. As always, it will be the villagers' views that decide the
>issue.
>
>Steve Spence
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